The Bantry West Cork Chamber Music Festival has become one of the leading chamber music events in Europe, attracting local, national and international audiences alike. It features more than 100 performers, some well known, others just starting their careers. There is music for every taste and performed in almost every chamber combination.
The West Cork Literary Festival in Bantry is one of Ireland’s foremost literary events. Famous international and Irish writers, as well as established and emerging writers, gather in Bantry every year. There are master classes in various genre, readings and workshops, as well as interviews with authors, book launches and a myriad of other events.
http://www.westcorkmusic.ie/literaryfestival/
The Masters of Tradition is where Bantry showcases the best of Irish and International traditional music and this music festival is an unmissable event if you have any interest in Irish music.
There are workshops and classes for traditional musicians and singers with all instruments and standards catered for. Concerts are performed by well known musicians and speakers share their knowledge of Irish music, but the reason people flock to this West Cork Music Festival is for the extraordinary quality of the impromptu sessions that continue non-stop, day and night on the streets and in the pubs.