300 school children to perform at opening gala of Cork International Choral Festival

Gala events, choral competitions, free public performances  and a Big Sing event are just some of the events taking place at the festival

Cork International Choral Festival will take place in May. 

Some 300 Cork school children are to perform as part of the opening gala of Cork International Choral Festival. The city’s oldest festival will be back for its 68th iteration this May bank holiday weekend, welcoming upwards of 5,000 performers from Ireland, Europe, the UK and Canada.

This year’s festival is expected to welcome the largest international attendance since pre-pandemic times, with tens of thousands of visitors expected to descend on Cork for the internationally renowned festival which takes place from April 26 to April 30.