Music, Food & Street Performances
Creative activities from street performances to live music and children’s entertainment will make ‘European Maritime Days to Play’ on Cork’s quayside the place to be.
Listed below are timed performances, but also watch out for our walkabout entertainers, including
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The Frozen Explorer: Stop him to ask a question, or just to hear some random stories of Tom Crean, Ernest Shackleton, and our other frozen heroes
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Stiltwalkers from Cork Circus Factory
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Become part of a spontaneous choir, creating a unique symphony of sound and movement with the "Musica Maestro"
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Pirates and Buccaneers - enchanting tales of swash-buckling adventure, with humour, in full pirate costume
The festival will have hot food, ice creams, drinks and pick n mix to help keep the hunger and thirst at bay.
Entertainment Schedule
All performances are in the Cork City Council Marquee
Enjoy the sounds of some Sea Shanties from this hugely popular singing group, bringing the songs of traditional seafaring workers to the Cork quays.
Playing at 4 p.m. on Friday 23 May
Leeside Jazz is a six-piece ensemble comprised of Cork based musicians playing a selection of well known and lesser known jazz hits.
Playing at 5:30 p.m. on Friday 23 May
Cork Pops Orchestra: Evelyn Grant and the orchestra will be joined by soprano Linda Kenny to perform a programme of light classics
Playing at 2 p.m. on Saturday 24 May
A super-sized brass and samba percussion big-band, a multicultural blend of international jazz musicians and samba drummers, producing a unique high-impact sound that hits you simultaneously in the chest and the soul
Playing at 3.30 p.m. on Saturday May 24
Danceable rhythms from this collective of musicians from Ireland and around the world.
Playing at 5 p.m. on Saturday 24 May
She loves dancing, he loves chickens.
She has prepared a poetic, delicate and tender ballet, he has prepared a display of mayhem.
Hilarious non-verbal street show featuring clown, dance, circus, comedy and absurdity.
Show at 12:15 on Saturday 24 May
Originally from the gaelteacht maritime village of an Rinn near Helvic head, Pax is well-known in the Cork traditional music scene.
Playing at 2pm on Friday May 23
A costumed, clown-based series of stories, including a pirate character and some high seas adventures.
Shows at 1pm and 3pm on Friday May 23