03-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
The best summer festivals 2025: your guide to 70 events taking place all around Ireland
From music to arts, food and drink, wellness, cultures and family fun, here's what's happening around the country this summer
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Music: Open Ear Festival, May 29-June 1, Cork
If you're looking for a festival that's a little off the beaten track — and with musical acts to match — Open Ear is the one for you. Held on the remote Sherkin Island off the coast of Cork, the line-up exhibits a variety of avant-garde electronica, jazz, art-rock, experimental folk and more, with acts including Elaine Malone, Róis, Sunil Sharpe and Trá Pháidín.
