Weekend plans? Your guide to what's happening in Cork 

Whether you'd like some comedy, drama, music or fancy a visit to the Cork Whiskey Festival, there's plenty happening Leeside this weekend. 
Weekend plans? Your guide to what's happening in Cork 

Rosie O’Donnell is at the Opera House on Sunday

THEATRE

Saturday

How To Gael, Cork Opera House, 8pm €31: Part of the Cork Podcast Festival. How To Gael is Ireland’s No.1 bilingual podcast. Join Doireann Ní Ghlacáin, Louise Cantillon, and their guests, and enjoy the delights of using our ancient, proud native language!

Tuesdays With Morrie, Everyman, 8pm, €31-39: The heart-warming story of an ambitious journalist and his relationship with his former professor who is nearing the end. Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher and Mitch Albom.

Unmasked ’26, Cork Arts Theatre, 2.30pm, €22: Final performance of the show by the talented performers of CADA, aged from just three and a half up. Directed by Catherine Mahon-Buckley, with individual shows directed by Fionula Linehan, Moyra O’Hare, and Megan O’Mahony,

Sunday

Rosie O’Donnell - Common Knowledge, 8pm, €33: The U.S comedian is now living in Dublin, and reflects on the move, the culture shift, family life, and the humbling and hilarious realisation that maybe you don’t have it all figured out.

Hello My Friend: Unleash The Power Within, Everyman, 2pm, €25: A powerful live experience designed to help you reconnect with yourself, reset your mindset and step into the version of you that’s been waiting underneath the noise, stress and self-doubt.

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MUSIC

Saturday

Ballydehob Tradfest, various venues: Events on Saturday include a Rebel Songs And Ballads session and a fiddle celebration. On Sunday, there is a festival céilí and more sessions. See ballydehobtradfest.com

Féile Fearann Rí, various venues: Now in its fourth year, the festival concludes today, featuring workshops, rehearsals, concerts, recitals, sessions and storytelling events across Cork city’s northside.

These Charming Men - A Tribute To The Smiths, Cyprus Avenue, 7pm, €20: Tribute band celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Smiths’ iconic third album The Queen Is Dead.

Sunday

Ora Cogan, Wavelength (Cyprus Avenue Rooftop), 7pm, €20: Ora’s approach to songwriting melds traditional, experimental, and psychedelic into something wholly unique.

Théo Ould & Alison Langer, Ionad Cultúrtha, Baile Mhúirne, 4pm, €15-20: Music Network presents a ground-breaking collaboration featuring two of the most exciting stars in the world of classical music, the brilliant accordionist Théo Ould and the stellar soprano Alison Langer.

OTHER EVENTS

Saturday

Patrick McDonnell, Cork Comedy Club, 9pm, tickets at thecomedyclub.ie : Star of The Savage Eye, Irish Pictorial Weekly, and Naked Camera, Patrick was also Eoin McLove in Father Ted

Cork Whiskey Fest 2026, Oliver Plunkett Street & Cork City Hall, 12.30pm-6pm: Also running on Sunday, the festival has a packed programme of whiskey tastings and expert-led experiences, alongside the expanded Brand Expo & Socials in City Hall, bringing together more than 60 distilleries, breweries and brands under one roof. See corkwhiskeyfest.com

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