Christmas at the Library - Grand Parade
Location: The City Library 57 - 61 Grand Parade, T12 NT99.
Description: We are Pleased to welcome Marie Conniffe to perform at our regular Live at The Library event. All welcome to join us for this free music performance.
Dates: Saturday 1 November
Times: 3pm
Pricing: Free
Booking Required: No
Website: www.corkcitylibraries.ie
Queries: music_library@corkcity.ie
Location: The City Library 57 - 61 Grand Parade, T12 NT99.
Description: Join in on our weekly trad music session, learn new tunes at your own pace or just pop in to listen to this very entertaining and inspiring group of musicians.
Dates: Saturday 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 November and Saturday 6, 13 & 20 December
Times: 3.30pm
Pricing: Free
Booking Required: No
Website: www.corkcitylibraries.ie
Queries: music_library@corkcity.ie
Location: The City Library 57 - 61 Grand Parade, T12 NT99.
Description: This is a very popular group sing-along for adults; you will sing a range of easy Amhrán as Gaeilge (Irish songs) and Sea Shanties/Folk Songs. The songs are edited/shortened to suit the audience. This fun sing-along group that welcomes all abilities.
Dates: Thursday 6, 13, 20 & 27 November and Thursday 4 & 11 December
Times: 11am
Pricing: Free
Booking Required: No
Website: www.corkcitylibraries.ie
Queries: music_library@corkcity.ie
Location: The City Library 57 - 61 Grand Parade, T12 NT99.
Description: We are Pleased to welcome Judy Murphy to perform at our regular Live at The Library event. All welcome to join us for this free music performance.
Dates: Saturday 8 November
Times: 3.30pm
Pricing: Free
Booking Required: No
Website: www.corkcitylibraries.ie
Queries: music_library@corkcity.ie
Location: The City Library 57 - 61 Grand Parade, T12 NT99.
Description: We will once again be welcoming the Cork ETB School of Music for two special performances at the City Library, Grand Parade: Come along and soak up the wonderful music—perfect for all ages to enjoy!
Dates: Friday 14 November & Friday 12 December
Times: 11am
Pricing: Free
Booking Required: No
Website: www.corkcitylibraries.ie
Queries: music_library@corkcity.ie
Location: The City Library 57 - 61 Grand Parade, T12 NT99.
Description: Celebrate the long-awaited rerelease of this lost classic record! Featuring a pre-Fleetwood Mac Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, this record has finally been rereleased! Listen to the album in full, with our Music Appreciation Society!
Dates: Wednesday 12 November
Times: 11.30am
Pricing: Free
Booking Required: No
Website: www.corkcitylibraries.ie
Queries: music_library@corkcity.ie
Location: The City Library 57 - 61 Grand Parade, T12 NT99.
Description: A Bilingual Singalong, lyrics provided for parents.
Songs adapted for 2-7year olds
Free play with finger puppets and singing toy birds.
Dates: Saturday 15 November
Times: 11.40am
Pricing: Free
Booking Required: No
Website: www.corkcitylibraries.ie
Queries: music_library@corkcity.ie
Location: The City Library 57 - 61 Grand Parade, T12 NT99.
Description: Step back in time with our morning of classic and nostalgia music, connect with fellow music lovers and soak up the wonderful music and shared stories of another era. All welcome to this morning of music from a golden age.
Dates: Saturday 15 November & Friday 19 December
Times: 11am
Pricing: Free
Booking Required: No
Website: www.corkcitylibraries.ie
Queries: music_library@corkcity.ie
Location: The City Library 57 - 61 Grand Parade, T12 NT99.
Description: We will once again be welcoming the Cork ETB School of Music for two special performances at the City Library, Grand Parade: Come along and soak up the wonderful music—perfect for all ages to enjoy!
Dates: Saturday 15 & 22 November
Times: 11am
Pricing: Free
Booking Required: No
Website: www.corkcitylibraries.ie
Queries: music_library@corkcity.ie
Location: The City Library 57 - 61 Grand Parade, T12 NT99.
Description: Andrea Mara’s books have sold more than 500,000 copies worldwide, and four of them have been shortlisted for Irish Crime Novel of the Year. She makes a Christmas visit to Cork City Libraries at the special request of our many library book clubs. Everyone welcome.
Dates: Wednesday 3 December
Times: 6pm
Pricing: Free
Booking Required: Yes
Booking Link: An evening with Andrea Mara Tickets, Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM | Eventbrite
Website: www.corkcitylibraries.ie
Queries: city_library@corkcity.ie
Location: The City Library 57 - 61 Grand Parade, T12 NT99.
Description: The Elder Writers group was set up with the support of Cork City Library in response to a request for a senior space to explore writing memoirs, stories, poetry and essays. Their work has culminated in a beautiful anthology Elder Writers of Cork edited by members Michael P. O’Sullivan and John O’Brien. Come along to the launch and readings!
Dates: Thursday 4 December
Times: 2pm
Pricing: Free
Booking Required: No
Website: www.corkcitylibraries.ie
Queries: city_library@corkcity.ie
Location: The City Library 57 - 61 Grand Parade, T12 NT99.
Description: Join us for a magical evening of festive fun at the City Library on Thursday the 4th of December at 6pm as part of the city’s Corkmas celebrations! 🎤Expect music, laughter and surprises as library staff from across Cork City showcase their talents. Friends, family and the public are all welcome to join the fun and soak up the Christmas atmosphere. We can’t wait to see you there! 🎄❄️🎁🎅
Dates: Thursday 4 December
Times: 6pm
Pricing: Free
Booking Required: No
Website: www.corkcitylibraries.ie
Queries: music_library@corkcity.ie
Location: The City Library 57 - 61 Grand Parade, T12 NT99.
Description:
Cork City Library will sparkle with the sounds of festive merriment and delicious music as it celebrates a very special Corkmas treat with Linda Kenny, The Loungeman (aka Conor O’Shea), and Jimmy Brockie (MD).
What a very special morning it will be!
So, don the Santa hats, and don’t forget to dust off those vocal cords, as you’ll definitely be called upon to sing!
Dates: Friday 12 December
Times: 11am
Pricing: Free
Booking Required: No
Website: www.corkcitylibraries.ie
Queries: music_library@corkcity.ie
Location: The City Library 57 - 61 Grand Parade, T12 NT99.
Description: Douglas ICA choir will delight us with a selection of well loved Christmas carols.
Dates: Saturday 13 December
Times: 11am
Pricing: Free
Booking Required: No
Website: www.corkcitylibraries.ie
Queries: music_library@corkcity.ie
Location: The City Library 57 - 61 Grand Parade, T12 NT99.
Description: Choral Con Fusion who at its heart is a social group and a way for people who hail from all backgrounds, all communities and all genders and ages to come together and sing and dance and be merry will delight us with a lively selection of song.
Dates: Saturday 13 December
Times: 2.30pm
Pricing: Free
Booking Required: No
Website: www.corkcitylibraries.ie
Queries: music_library@corkcity.ie
Location: The City Library 57 - 61 Grand Parade, T12 NT99.
Description: Cór Bláth Oráiste is a Cork community choir focused on multiculturalism and music for all. They perform music from a diverse range of traditions and welcome singers from all and any music backgrounds (including no experience at all!)
Dates: Saturday 13 December
Times: 3.30pm
Pricing: Free
Booking Required: No
Website: www.corkcitylibraries.ie
Queries: music_library@corkcity.ie
Location: The City Library 57 - 61 Grand Parade, T12 NT99.
Description: Seasonal Storytelling for the very young with a visit from a special guest in a red suit!
Dates: Thursday 18 December
Times: 10am
Pricing: Free
Booking Required: No
Website: www.corkcitylibraries.ie
Queries: childrens_library@corkcity.ie
Location: The City Library 57 - 61 Grand Parade, T12 NT99.
Description:
A sharing of Hermann Marbe’s photographic archive through movement and writing.
Participants who took part in a two-day intensive workshop series treated the photographs as scores for the body, translating still images into gestures. The event brings these responses together with a single Super 8 reel filmed during the process — an embodied archive.
Curated by Artem Trofimenko for The Slow Camera Exchange Project
Dates: Saturday 20 December
Times: 3pm
Pricing: Free
Booking Required: No
Website: www.corkcitylibraries.ie
Queries: city_library@corkcity.ie