Summit of Mayors 2026
Dear Delegate,
Welcome to our beautiful city. Should you have time to extend your stay beyond the Summit of Mayors we have put together a list of some nearby attractions, restaurants things to do during your visit.
Enjoy your stay!
Must-See Tourist Attractions
While you're in Cork kiss the famous Blarney Stone, ring the Shandon Bells, take a distillery tour in Midleton or visit the picturesque harbour town of Cobh...
What's Else is On?
Catch some traditional music in a cosy Irish pub, laugh your head off at one of the city's comedy clubs or see a show in one of our many theatres. As time gets closer to the conference more and more events will be added here...
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Sun 4 Oct
 | Sun 4 Oct | The Slow Moon Climbs By Éadaoin Glynn | Studio 12 | 10:00 | FREE | |
 | Sun 4 Oct | Cork Voices Of The Irish Revolution | St. Peters Cork | 10:00 | FREE | |
 | Sun 4 Oct | Sarah Long: Residency & Exhibition | Triskel Arts Centre | 11:00 | FREE | |
 | Sun 4 Oct | Miss Your Flight Session | Sin É | 13:00 | FREE | |
 | Sun 4 Oct | Collegiate Shag Workshop | Triskel Arts Centre | 14:00 | 20 | |
 | Sun 4 Oct | Manhunter: The Final Cut (16) | Triskel Arts Centre | 14:00 | €11/8.50 | |
 | Sun 4 Oct | Goll | Cork Arts Theatre | 15:00 | €20 | |
 | Sun 4 Oct | The Lee Sessions Trad Trail | Charlie's | 15:30 | FREE | |
 | Sun 4 Oct | Late Fame (15a) | Triskel Arts Centre | 16:00 | €8/7 | |
 | Sun 4 Oct | The Lee Sessions Trad Trail | Sin É | 17:30 | FREE | |
 | Sun 4 Oct | Pop-up Choir: 80's Night! | Cyprus Avenue | 17:30 | €25 | |
 | Sun 4 Oct | Diarmuid Breen | A Place To Be | The Lavit Gallery | 17:30 | FREE | |
 | Sun 4 Oct | The Lee Sessions Trad Trail | The White Horse | 18:00 | FREE | |
 | Sun 4 Oct | Mick Grace Duo | Seventy Seven | 18:00 | FREE | |
 | Sun 4 Oct | Aidan O' Driscoll | Cantys | 18:00 | FREE | |
 | Sun 4 Oct | The Big Swingin' Mikeys | Dwyers Of Cork | 19:00 | FREE | |
 | Sun 4 Oct | Goll | Cork Arts Theatre | 20:00 | €20 | |
 | Sun 4 Oct | Kate Nash | Coughlan's | 20:00 | €17 | |
 | Sun 4 Oct | Blues Jam (Players Welcome) House Band: Sanarblan Slim Jims | The Poor Relation | 20:00 | FREE | |
 | Sun 4 Oct | Tony Roberts | The Welcome Inn | 20:00 | FREE | |
| Sun 4 Oct | The Lee Sessions Trad Trail | Sin É | 20:30 | FREE | |
 | Sun 4 Oct | Brian O' Glanby | Cantys | 21:00 | FREE | |
 | Sun 4 Oct | The Lee Sessions - Traditional Irish Music Session | The Gables | 21:00 | FREE | |
 | Sun 4 Oct | Last Call | Dwyers Of Cork | 21:30 | FREE | |
 | Sun 4 Oct | Two Time Polka | Crane Lane Theatre | 23:00 | FREE | |
 | Sun 4 Oct | DJ Jason Coughlan (Crystal Bar) | Crane Lane Theatre | 23:00 | FREE | |
 | Sun 4 Oct | Queen of the Night - A Tribute to Whitney Houston | Cork Opera House | 00:00 | €39.50 |
Mon 5 Oct
| Mon 5 Oct | The Slow Moon Climbs By Éadaoin Glynn | Studio 12 | 10:00 | FREE | |
| Mon 5 Oct | Cork Voices Of The Irish Revolution | St. Peters Cork | 10:00 | FREE | |
 | Mon 5 Oct | Exhibition: Life, Death, Legacy: Ireland's Connected Bronze .. | Cork Public Museum | 10:00 | FREE | |
| Mon 5 Oct | Sarah Long: Residency & Exhibition | Triskel Arts Centre | 11:00 | FREE | |
 | Mon 5 Oct | Reusab-alt Pop Up Shop | Fred Zeppelins | 16:00 | FREE | |
| Mon 5 Oct | Diarmuid Breen | A Place To Be | The Lavit Gallery | 17:30 | FREE | |
 | Mon 5 Oct | Manhunter: The Final Cut (16) | Triskel Arts Centre | 18:00 | €11/8.50 | |
| Mon 5 Oct | The Lee Sessions Trad Trail | Sin É | 18:30 | FREE | |
 | Mon 5 Oct | Fair Play Open Mic | The Roundy | 19:30 | FREE | |
 | Mon 5 Oct | Late Fame (15a) | Triskel Arts Centre | 20:00 | €11/8.50 | |
 | Mon 5 Oct | Trad Session | Coughlan's | 20:30 | FREE | |
 | Mon 5 Oct | Jazz Improv! (All Players Welcome) | Crane Lane Theatre | 21:00 | FREE | |
| Mon 5 Oct | The Lee Sessions Trad Trail | Sin É | 21:00 | FREE | |
 | Mon 5 Oct | Danny Dineen | Dwyers Of Cork | 21:30 | FREE | |
 | Mon 5 Oct | Karaoke with Fitzies Magical Flute | Old Oak | 22:00 | FREE | |
 | Mon 5 Oct | DJ Val (Crystal Bar) | Crane Lane Theatre | 23:00 | FREE |
Tue 6 Oct
| Tue 6 Oct | The Slow Moon Climbs By Éadaoin Glynn | Studio 12 | 10:00 | FREE | |
| Tue 6 Oct | Exhibition: Life, Death, Legacy: Ireland's Connected Bronze .. | Cork Public Museum | 10:00 | FREE | |
| Tue 6 Oct | Sarah Long: Residency & Exhibition | Triskel Arts Centre | 11:00 | FREE | |
 | Tue 6 Oct | Week 4 - London: Art History Reframed - Autumn 2026: The Gre.. | Triskel Arts Centre | 11:00 | €25 | |
 | Tue 6 Oct | Róisín – Elinor O'Donovan: Sample-studios Spike Island S.. | Triskel Arts Centre | 14:00 | FREE | |
| Tue 6 Oct | Reusab-alt Pop Up Shop | Fred Zeppelins | 16:00 | FREE | |
| Tue 6 Oct | Diarmuid Breen | A Place To Be | The Lavit Gallery | 17:30 | FREE | |
| Tue 6 Oct | Manhunter: The Final Cut (16) | Triskel Arts Centre | 18:00 | €11/8.50 | |
| Tue 6 Oct | The Lee Sessions Trad Trail | Sin É | 18:30 | FREE | |
 | Tue 6 Oct | The Olllam | Cyprus Avenue | 19:00 | €32.50 | |
 | Tue 6 Oct | Kyla Cobbler - Not My Lemons | Cork Opera House | 20:00 | €39.90 | |
| Tue 6 Oct | Late Fame (15a) | Triskel Arts Centre | 20:00 | €11/8.50 | |
 | Tue 6 Oct | The Lee Sessions Trad Trail | Clancy's | 20:00 | FREE | |
 | Tue 6 Oct | Comedy Cavern: Open Mic with Christopher O'Leary | Coughlan's | 20:30 | FREE | |
| Tue 6 Oct | The Lee Sessions Trad Trail | Sin É | 21:00 | FREE | |
 | Tue 6 Oct | Louis Butler & Gavin Smith | El Fenix | 21:00 | FREE | |
 | Tue 6 Oct | Mick Grace | Dwyers Of Cork | 21:30 | FREE | |
| Tue 6 Oct | The Lee Sessions Trad Trail | Blarney Castle Hotel | 21:30 | FREE | |
 | Tue 6 Oct | DJ Ian Richards | Crane Lane Theatre | 23:00 | FREE |
Wed 7 Oct
| Wed 7 Oct | The Slow Moon Climbs By Éadaoin Glynn | Studio 12 | 10:00 | FREE | |
| Wed 7 Oct | Exhibition: Life, Death, Legacy: Ireland's Connected Bronze .. | Cork Public Museum | 10:00 | FREE | |
| Wed 7 Oct | Sarah Long: Residency & Exhibition | Triskel Arts Centre | 11:00 | FREE | |
 | Wed 7 Oct | Manhunter: The Final Cut (16) [open Captioned] | Triskel Arts Centre | 13:30 | €8/7 | |
 | Wed 7 Oct | Late Fame (15a) | Triskel Arts Centre | 16:00 | €8/7 | |
| Wed 7 Oct | Diarmuid Breen | A Place To Be | The Lavit Gallery | 17:30 | FREE | |
| Wed 7 Oct | Manhunter: The Final Cut (16) | Triskel Arts Centre | 18:00 | €11/8.50 | |
| Wed 7 Oct | The Lee Sessions Trad Trail | Sin É | 18:30 | FREE | |
 | Wed 7 Oct | Noel Brazil Song Competition | Coughlan's | 19:00 | FREE | |
 | Wed 7 Oct | Ceili By The Lee | Crane Lane Theatre | 19:30 | €5.00 | |
| Wed 7 Oct | The Lee Sessions Trad Trail | Clancy's | 20:00 | FREE | |
| Wed 7 Oct | Kyla Cobbler - Not My Lemons | Cork Opera House | 20:00 | €39.90 | |
| Wed 7 Oct | Late Fame (15a) | Triskel Arts Centre | 20:00 | €11/8.50 | |
 | Wed 7 Oct | Cork Song House Open Mic | Fred Zeppelins | 20:30 | FREE | |
 | Wed 7 Oct | Cornelius & Guests - Stand Up Comedy Show | The Roundy | 20:30 | FREE | |
 | Wed 7 Oct | The Long Shots | Sin É | 21:00 | FREE | |
 | Wed 7 Oct | The Lee Sessions Trad Trail | The Rock Bar | 21:30 | FREE | |
 | Wed 7 Oct | Aaron O Sullivan | Dwyers Of Cork | 21:30 | FREE | |
 | Wed 7 Oct | Fireside Folk | The Welcome Inn | 21:30 | FREE | |
| Wed 7 Oct | The Lee Sessions - Traditional Irish Music Session | The Gables | 21:30 | FREE | |
 | Wed 7 Oct | DJ Jus Me (Crystal Bar) | Crane Lane Theatre | 23:00 | FREE |
Thu 8 Oct
| Thu 8 Oct | The Slow Moon Climbs By Éadaoin Glynn | Studio 12 | 10:00 | FREE | |
| Thu 8 Oct | Exhibition: Life, Death, Legacy: Ireland's Connected Bronze .. | Cork Public Museum | 10:00 | FREE | |
| Thu 8 Oct | Sarah Long: Residency & Exhibition | Triskel Arts Centre | 11:00 | FREE | |
 | Thu 8 Oct | Lecture: Tuning The Radio- Peter Browne | UCC School of Music | 17:30 | FREE | |
| Thu 8 Oct | Diarmuid Breen | A Place To Be | The Lavit Gallery | 17:30 | FREE | |
 | Thu 8 Oct | Sara Baume and Caitríona Lally In Conversation with Eimear .. | The Boole Library UC | 18:00 | FREE | |
| Thu 8 Oct | The Lee Sessions Trad Trail | Sin É | 18:30 | FREE | |
 | Thu 8 Oct | Other Mother Ep Launch | Wavelength (Cyprus A | 19:00 | €10 | |
 | Thu 8 Oct | Jake Xerxes Fussell | Cyprus Avenue | 19:00 | €25 | |
 | Thu 8 Oct | Crochet Circle | Cork Arts Theatre | 19:30 | €18 | |
 | Thu 8 Oct | International Folk Dancing | Quaker Meeting House | 19:30 | €5 | |
 | Thu 8 Oct | Cork Folk Festival: Lee Valley String Band | Coughlan's | 20:00 | €20 | |
 | Thu 8 Oct | Cathal Fitz | Seventy Seven | 20:00 | FREE | |
 | Thu 8 Oct | 115 Jazz Jam Sessions | 115 Café And Wine B | 20:00 | FREE | |
 | Thu 8 Oct | Mechner | Fred Zeppelins | 20:00 | FREE | |
 | Thu 8 Oct | Máirtín Ó Connor, Cathal Hayden, Seamie O’ Dowd | Triskel Arts Centre | 20:00 | €25 | |
 | Thu 8 Oct | Gables Thursday Session | The Gables | 20:00 | FREE | |
 | Thu 8 Oct | Declan O’Rourke – Cork Opera House | Cork Opera House | 20:00 | €39.00 | |
 | Thu 8 Oct | Stand-up Comedy Club: Thursday Showcase | The Roundy | 20:30 | 10€ | |
 | Thu 8 Oct | Céilí Mór | Douglas Gaa Hall | 20:30 | €10 | |
 | Thu 8 Oct | The Insiders | Cantys | 21:00 | FREE | |
 | Thu 8 Oct | Tony Milner | Sin É | 21:00 | FREE | |
 | Thu 8 Oct | Seán Long | El Fenix | 21:00 | FREE | |
| Thu 8 Oct | Mick Grace | Dwyers Of Cork | 21:30 | FREE | |
 | Thu 8 Oct | The Lee Sessions Trad Trail | An Spailpín Fánach | 21:30 | FREE | |
 | Thu 8 Oct | Aoife Scott Trio | The Merchant | 21:30 | €20 | |
 | Thu 8 Oct | Ballads & Banjos | The Welcome Inn | 21:30 | FREE | |
 | Thu 8 Oct | DJ Sean Hardware(Crystal Bar) | Crane Lane Theatre | 23:00 | FREE | |
 | Thu 8 Oct | DJ Darren Shorten | The Vicarstown | 23:00 | FREE! | |
 | Thu 8 Oct | Bounce with Adam Raymond (O.b City) | Intermission Bar | 23:00 | FREE | |
 | Thu 8 Oct | The Funts | Crane Lane Theatre | 23:30 | FREE | |
 | Thu 8 Oct | Cork Folk Festival | Cork City |
Fri 9 Oct
| Fri 9 Oct | The Slow Moon Climbs By Éadaoin Glynn | Studio 12 | 10:00 | FREE | |
| Fri 9 Oct | Exhibition: Life, Death, Legacy: Ireland's Connected Bronze .. | Cork Public Museum | 10:00 | FREE | |
| Fri 9 Oct | Sarah Long: Residency & Exhibition | Triskel Arts Centre | 11:00 | FREE | |
 | Fri 9 Oct | John Spillane | Triskel Arts Centre | 13:00 | €25 | |
 | Fri 9 Oct | Old Butter Roads Festival | Cork City | FREE | ||
 | Fri 9 Oct | Martin Leahy | Civic Trust House | 14:30 | €10 | |
| Fri 9 Oct | Diarmuid Breen | A Place To Be | The Lavit Gallery | 17:30 | FREE | |
 | Fri 9 Oct | Jack Ahern | Cantys | 18:00 | FREE | |
| Fri 9 Oct | Lee Sessions Trad Trail | Sin É | 18:30 | FREE | |
 | Fri 9 Oct | Absolute Eagles - A Tribute To The Eagles | Cyprus Avenue | 19:00 | €25 | |
 | Fri 9 Oct | 'Who's That Girl'- Eurythmics & Annie Lennox Experience - Li.. | The Pavillion | 19:00 | €27.79 | |
 | Fri 9 Oct | 'Projection Gourmande', French Dinner and Film | Metropole Hotel | 19:00 | €91 | |
 | Fri 9 Oct | Breanndán Begley, Cáit Ní Riain, Colm Murphy | St. Peters Cork | 19:00 | €20 | |
 | Fri 9 Oct | Conversation | Seán Ronayne: Untold Sounds | Briery Gap | 19:00 | €24/€20 | |
| Fri 9 Oct | Crochet Circle | Cork Arts Theatre | 19:30 | €18 | |
 | Fri 9 Oct | Trophy Night: Cork City FC vs Finn Harps | Turners Cross Stadiu | 19:30 | Adult | |
 | Fri 9 Oct | Emma Doran: Emmaculate | The Everyman | 20:00 | €29 | |
 | Fri 9 Oct | Altan | Triskel Arts Centre | 20:00 | €29 | |
 | Fri 9 Oct | MDR | Coughlan's | 20:00 | €10 | |
 | Fri 9 Oct | The Best Of Cork Autumn Series | City Limits | 20:30 | 20 | |
 | Fri 9 Oct | Ger Ahern | Seventy Seven | 21:00 | FREE | |
 | Fri 9 Oct | Fiesta Latina with DJ Wilros | Crane Lane Theatre | 21:00 | FREE | |
| Fri 9 Oct | The Lee Sessions Trad Trail | Sin É | 21:00 | FREE | |
| Fri 9 Oct | Freaky Friday 'Fiesta Latina' (Day Of The Dead Costume Party.. | Crane Lane Theatre | 21:00 | FREE | |
 | Fri 9 Oct | Outsound | Fred Zeppelins | 21:00 | €7.50 | |
 | Fri 9 Oct | Acoustra | Dwyers Of Cork | 22:00 | FREE | |
 | Fri 9 Oct | Dr Dec and The Side Effects | Cantys | 22:00 | FREE | |
 | Fri 9 Oct | Hank Wedel & Down In The City | The Poor Relation | 22:00 | FREE | |
 | Fri 9 Oct | Joe Black | The Welcome Inn | 22:30 | FREE | |
 | Fri 9 Oct | Boss Hogg | The Vicarstown | 23:00 | FREE | |
 | Fri 9 Oct | DJ IIbuko (Crystal Bar) | Crane Lane Theatre | 23:00 | FREE | |
 | Fri 9 Oct | DJ Rostah | Intermission Bar | 23:00 | FREE | |
 | Fri 9 Oct | Livewire with DJ Dvn | The Pavillion | 23:00 | FREE | |
 | Fri 9 Oct | Baila Baila with DJ Mystic Gold | The Old Town Whiskey | 23:00 | FREE | |
 | Fri 9 Oct | Black Dog: DJ Bdc | The Vicarstown | 00:00 | FREE | |
| Fri 9 Oct | DJ Val | Crane Lane Theatre | 00:00 | FREE | |
| Fri 9 Oct | Cork Folk Festival | Cork City | |||
 | Fri 9 Oct | Qween – It’s A Kinda Queen – Cork Opera House | Cork Opera House | 00:00 | €34.00 |
