Your June Cork Circus Guide by Circus Factory Cork is here!
We’re hosting a day of circus fun for Cruinniú na nÓg 2026 in Elizabeth Fort and in Per.form Dance Studio Bantry. And in the evening our youth students are putting on their ‘Alice in Circusland’ Show.
Check out workshops coming up this month and for the rest of the summer. Our Summer Sessions and Adult Summer Camp is starting soon, along with our Kids Summer Camp.
What you’ll find in this guide:
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Circus in Cork in June
Adult Workshops
Intro to Group & Partner Acrobactics
June 28th | 11AM – 12.30PM
In this workshop, we will teach you basic partner and group acrobatics. To give everyone the introduction they need into the discipline. We will explore working together in pairs and in groups, teaching human pyramids, towers and different lifts/ jumps you can do as part of an ensemble. We will also be teaching some fun partnery moves. There will be something for everyone at the workshop.
Adult Summer Sessions
July – August, 2026
For Youth
Cruinniú na nÓg
June 6th | 11AM – 3PM
This year for Cruinniú na nÓg 2026, we are bringing circus joy and circus taster workshops to Cork City and Cork County!
Kids Summer Camp
July 7th – 9th
For Families
Cruinniú Lates | Alice in Circusland
June 6th | Doors @ 7PM / Show @ 7.30PM
Our youth ensemble is delighted to present Alice in Wonderland with a circus twist! Follow Alice down the rabbit hole and meet a cast of unicycling, plate spinning, juggling and awe-inspiring cast of wonderfully mad characters. There may even be a cup of tea or two to go around.
Circus Events in Cork
Free Show! Work in Progress: Whistle II
Sunday, June 21st
Doors 4.30PM / Show 5PM
It’s all about obedience – or not. Join us for a work in progress/presentation of the Whistle II after a week in residency at Circus Factory.
“The Whistle II” is a reinterpretation of the original, acclaimed performance The Whistle. The original work centres on an artist who arrives on stage holding a single whistle.
Please note: There may be road closures due to a concert held in Páirc Uí Chaoimh
Cork Midsummer Festival
June 12th – 21st
Catch Circus Factory’s very own member Moss Russell in ‘The Wiggle Wagon‘. Bishop Lucey Park, June 13th, 2PM & 4PM
Cork Carnival of Science
Fitzgerald’s Park
June 6th | 11AM – 5PM
Conscious Dance Workshops
Date Changed to July 4th | 6PM – 8.30PM
Circus da Silva
Ballincollig, Greenfield Roundabout | June 25th – 28th
Circus Coming in July
Creative Development & Clown Workshop
July 3rd – 5th | 10AM – 5PM
MAMM Partnering Workshop
July 10th – 12th | See event page for times
Circus Coming in August
Fire Manipulation Workshop
August 9th | 12PM – 6PM
May Circus Highlights
Cover Photo Details:
Taken at Cruinniú na nÓg, 2025
at Elizabeth Fort
Photo by Sound of Photography
Circus in Cork June, 2025
Aerial Intensive: Dynamic Silks & Rope Masterclass
Circus Picnic at Circus Factory | Cruinniú na nÓg 2025
Cruinniú na nÓg 2025 in Bere Island
Non-Fire Night June 23rd
Cork Carnival of Science
Cork Midsummer Festival
Scattered Sideways (The Scattering) – Will Flanagan
Storm In A Bathtub – A Shenanigan Family Odyssey
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