Free family maritime festival to take over Cork’s quays this May

Cork’s quays will transform for a free maritime festival with naval ship tours, cooking demos and family-friendly fun

Sisters, Saoirse Healy, 8, and Caoimhe Healy, 10, at the launch of the free maritime festival, ‘European Maritime Days to Play’, which will be held in Cork next month to mark the city hosting Europe’s premier maritime conference. Pictures: Clare Keogh

A free maritime-themed family festival will take place along Cork’s city quays next month as the city hosts a major European maritime conference.

The two-day European Maritime Days to Play festival, featuring tours of naval and research vessels, street performances, cooking demos, and live music along Albert Quay and Kennedy Quay, will coincide with the European Maritime Day conference, which runs from May 21 to 23, hosted by Cork City Council and the Government.