Cork Midsummer Festival is a seasonal treat on Leeside

Cork Midsummer Festival is going back to its roots as an umbrella for the city’s thriving arts scene, says Colette Sheridan.

THE focus of this year’s Cork Midsummer Festival (June 19-23) is the wealth of artistic activity in the city.

Festival manager Lorraine Maye says it is going back to its roots. When the festival started, in 1997, its brief was to act as an umbrella for all the arts activity happening in the city.