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Cork Arts Fest is a multi-disciplinary festival organised and supported by Cork Institute of Technology.
Founded in 1993, initially to mark the incorporation of Cork School of Music and Crawford College of Art & Design as constituent colleges of Cork Regional Technical College, it features a diverse range of artistic activity each November.
Cork comes alive for Arts Fest with events held both on-campus and in many of the major city and county venues....

Established in 1954 to develop choral music in Ireland, the Choral Festival has become a major competition stage for choirs from overseas and at home. This festival offers the national competitions, gala concerts, fringe concerts, church performances and public performances as well as plenty more. The Festival's prestigious Fleischmann International Trophy Competition is held in high regard across Europe and is definitely an event to take your breath away. Each year it brings together some of th...