News

Keep up to date with our latest West Cork Music news and announcements here, including news from all our festivals, concert series and educational projects.

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Chamber Music Festival 
Literary Festival
Masters of Tradition
Education
Concert Series

Masters of Tradition opens Wednesday
Monday 19 August 2019

Masters of Tradition opens Wednesday

Masters of Tradition opens on Wednesday and its line-up of fiddle players, guitarists, dancers and other musicians will soon be on their way to Bantry. 

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Tuning-Up 2019/20
Saturday 17 August 2019

Tuning-Up 2019/20

We are delighted to have the full details of the Tuning-Up programmes for the school year 2019/20. Tuning-Up is Cork County Council's Music in Schools programme, which is managed by West Cork Music. Tuning Up aims to bring leading classical musicians to perform in schools throughout Cork County. These workshops are heavily subsidised by Cork County Council’s Arts Office.

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Tickets Available
Tuesday 6 August 2019

Tickets Available

Masters of Tradition is  just around the corner and the good news is that there are still tickets available for most of our concerts.

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New Collaboration
Wednesday 24 July 2019

New Collaboration

This year, to celebrate their 10th anniversary, Skibbereen Arts Festival invited 10 other festivals to collaborate with them . We're delighted to have been one of the organisations invited - and all three of our festivals are participating.The locations, diversity and above all the high artistic quality of all the festivals involved undeniably showcase West Cork as Ireland's Premier festival destination.

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Chamber Music Tickets Available
Saturday 6 July 2019

Chamber Music Tickets Available

Tickets still available for our final day - Sunday 7th July. And fabulous video footage of the first few days of this year's West Cork Chamber Music Festival

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