Events

Cavan Arts Festival celebrates its 9th year with a brilliant programme over 4 days and nights of music, dance, contemporary circus, comedy, theatre, workshops and more. A weekend of wild and wonderful arts and cultural experiences.

The Big Top Tent will rise in Con Smith Park for the weekend, magical musical as well as comic experiences will bring us late into the night at The Town Hall Theatre and as ever a few life-changing artistic experiences thrown in for good measure.

Join us as we bring some of the best artists in Ireland today together for one wild, inspiring weekend in Cavan from Thursday 14th to Sunday 17th May 2026.

Proud to have been shortlisted for The LAMA All‑Ireland Community and Council Awards’s Best Irish Festival 2024 and County Finalist for National Lottery Good Causes Awards 2025 in the Arts and Culture Category.