The tagline for the 2015 festival is: “Unique events in unexpected places”
Cork is a small city with plenty of history and there are areas in the city which many people have never been to but they have lived in cork for a long time. There are also only parts of Cork City that are in the city that people who visit cork are likely to never see.
The project should encourage people to explore the city of Cork not just people visiting but also people who live here day-to-day and never take the time to see the sites and culture that the city has to offer. If people take time to explore the city then will be able to find areas that they enjoy, meet people and make friends as well as taking party in the “craic” that is happening around the city.
I wrote a list of all of the areas that I could think of in cork that could be hold an event or be part of a event trail.
- Red Abbey (off Douglas St.)
- Fitzgerald Park and surrounding area
- The Lough
- The art gallery in the church on north main street
- Tryskal arts center and cinema up stairs
- The shadon tower and surrounding area
- Blackrock castle
- Elizabith Fort
- Cork City Gaol
- St. Kevin Asylum (old mental hospital)
- The Lee Fields Walk
- The docklands and surrounding area
- The viaduct
- On the many streets around the city such as:
- North Main Street
- Patrick Street
- Winthrop Street
- The beamish and crawford site Soon to be known as the brewery Quater
- UCC – Campus & Grounds
- Rory Gallagher Place (burried in Ballincollig)
- Blarney castle and grounds
- The area infront of the Opera house
- The Grand Parade and English Market.
While some of these places are not in cork city centre such as blaney they are ares which would allow for people to explore and see what is see Cork. Some of these areas are parts of the city that people pass everyday during their daily commute to work or college, for people to actually stop and take in the scenery they miss everyday.