Cork Folk Festival 2023 – The Rundown
See the full programme for the 2023 Cork Folk Festival.
One of Ireland’s longest running and most treasured folk festivals.
Cork Folk Festival
Cork Folk Festival 2023
The 44th edition of the Cork Folk Festival kicked off last night with the premiere of Karan Casey‘s The Women, We Will Rise at The Everyman. Irish folk royalyty Sharon Shannon, Mary Coughlan, Frances Black, international players Damien O’Kane & Ron Block (Alison Krauss) and more will descend upon Cork for a full weekend of folk and traditional music.
Cork Folk Festival Programme
Pick up a copy of the Cork Folk Festival programme around the city. But if you can’t wait until then, hopefully the following timetable will help you navigate your way throughout the dozens of sessions, concerts and shows this weekend.
| DATE | ARTIST | VENUE |
| Thursday 28th September | ||
| 1pm | Greenshine | Rory Gallagher Theatre – MTU Bishopstown |
| 7.30pm | John Neville & Martin Leahy | Coughlan’s |
| 8pm | Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh & Tionól | Triskel |
| 8pm | Karan Casey’s The Women, We Will Rise | The Everyman |
| 9.30pm | Daoirí Farrell | Spailpín Fánach |
| Friday 29th September | ||
| 1pm | Jason Turk | Civic Trust House |
| 3pm | Linn Phipps | City Library |
| 7.30pm | Cormac O Caoimh & Martin Leahy | Coughlan’s |
| 8pm | Damien O’Kane & Ron Block | Triskel |
| 8.30pm | Céilí Mór | Douglas GAA |
| 9pm | The Céilí Allstars and Paul Walker & Karen Pfeiffer | Spailpín Fánach |
| Saturday 30th September | ||
| 11am | Music & Song Workshops | Cork School of Music |
| 11am | Rebel Murals of Cork – Singing Tour | Coburg Street |
| 12pm | Folk on the Coal Quay | Coal Quay |
| 1pm | John Spillane & Cónall Creedon | Triskel |
| 2pm | Flute Concert Hammy Hamilton, Conal Ó Gráda, Aoife Granville & Caoimhin Ó Fearghail | Spailpín Fánach |
| 2.30pm | Karan Casey’s The Women, We Will Rise | The Everyman |
| 4pm | William Jack | City Library |
| 5pm | Gals at Play Mary Greene, Brigid O’Neill, Molly O’Mahony, Siobhán O’Brien & Neo Gilson | Spailpín Fánach |
| 6pm | Songs@6 | Corner House |
| 8pm | Martin Carthy, Matt Cranitch & Jackie Daly | Triskel |
| 9pm | Steph Geremia Band and Boruma Trio | Spailpín Fánach |
| Sunday 1st October | ||
| 2pm | Fiddle Concert Bernadette Nic Gabhain, Garry Cronin, Judy Murphy, Eileen O’Brien, Alan Finn & Seamus Sands | Spailpín Fánach |
| 2pm | Folk Fest in the Fort | Elizabeth Fort |
| 5pm | Cork Singers Club | Spailpín Fánach |
| 6pm | Lee Valley String Band | Corner House |
| 8pm | The Diarmuidín Songbook | Triskel |
| 8pm | Frances Black, Sharon Shannon & Mary Coughlan | Cork Opera House |
| 8pm | Young Timey Do Old Timey | Corner House |
| 8.30pm | Box/Concertina Concert Ruby Falvey, Diarmuid Ó Meachair, Tommie Cunniffe, Paul Clesham, Conor Atkins, Cliona Halley, Aoife Dullea & Aoibheann Queally | Spailpín Fánach |
| 10.30pm | Two Time Polka | Crane Lane |
See the full programme at corkfolkfestival.com
- Cork Folk Festival 2023 takes place across various Cork venues from Thursday 28th September until Sunday 1st October.
Info and Tickets available at corkfolkfestival.com
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