Cork Midsummer Festival announces 'reimagined' programme of events

Day of the Straws by Marie Brett in collaboration with Katie Holly will explore how social history surrounding the 1832 Cholera epidemic relates to Covid-19 events

A 3D Covid-19 lockdown experience and theatre performances viewed from your front garden are among a series of reimagined events which will be unveiled today to bring this year’s Cork Midsummer Festival to audiences in line with public health guidelines.

The artistic team behind the festival are also set to announce specially commissioned artworks for a series of billboard walks around Cork city, a unique experience with a virtual artist who promises to transform the solitary experience of binge-watching television shows, and a taste of the city’s now famous ‘long table’ picnic event but again, from the comfort of your own home.