July 2017 Events & Festivals

Bantry West Cork Chamber Music Festival welcomes a star-studded cast of international musicians. Concerts take place from morning to late night in Bantry House and St Brendan’s Church with workshops and masterclasses. 

Supported by The Arts Council Ireland, Crespo Foundation, Failte Ireland, Cork County Council, Irish Examiner, Super Value, Spotlight Events, UCC, Goethe Institute Ireland, National String Quartet Foundation, RTE Lyric and many more.

Eyeries Family Festival has a host of activities, live music and craic go leor for all ages happening in and around the village… Eyeries 2017 Summer Festival will kick off with Ireland's legendary singers / songwriters THE HIGH KINGS. Finbar Clancy, Brian Dunphy, Martin Furey and Darren Holden have entertained audiences across the world. Now they come to Eyeries. 

The Glandore Regatta is an ideal opportunity to experience a fine mix of coastal yacht racing and West Corks finest hospitality..it will not be all about racing however with the chance to learn how some of the most beautiful yachts coming out of any boatyard in Ireland are being produced by ‘upcycling’ old hulls. Also entrancing walks around the West Cork coastline as well as whale watching, kayaking or sea-fishing with food stalls and music in the square and excellent restaurants & pubs bordering the seafront. 

Skibbereen The first West Cork History Festival -  programme will span a diverse set of places, historical subjects and periods, from the local to the international, ranging from the Knights Templar to the events of the Irish revolutionary period in West Cork. Leading historians will be joined by journalists and senior diplomats, and while much of their focus will be on Irish themes, the perspective will be international. The festival will be informal, participatory and with a menu for the intellectually omnivorous. www.westcorkhistoryfestival.org/

Skibbereen Arts Festival - Art is everywhere in West Cork. In the scenery, in the people and in the atmosphere. No matter where you go you are likely to bump into a practitioner or lover of the arts. The 9th Skibbereen Arts Festival pays homage to this vital fabric of our community with a programme of music, film, theatre and poetry., literature, exhibitions, symposiums and installations, walks, talks and workshops. Family fun days.