What's on This Weekend - Friday to Sunday 20th-22nd of June

It's time for our weekend roundup! Here's what's on this weekend, between Friday the 20th and Sunday the 22nd of June across Ireland. We've got a great lineup of things to do, from Taste of Dublin to Bloomsday and much, much more.

Cork Midsummer Festival - 13.06-22.06

Ten-day city-wide takeover of theatre, circus, dance and street art - Cork becomes the stage. Read more here.

Body & Soul - 20.06-22.06

From Friday 20 to Sunday 22 June, the long-running boutique festival returns with its trademark mix of left-field music, lakeside hot tubs, pop-up performances and late-night woodland discos in Ballinlough Castle, Westmeath. Camping, day and family passes are still on sale at bodyandsoul.ie.

Dublin LGBTQ+ Pride Festival - 20.06-28.06

Pride officially spans 20 – 28 June, but plenty happens within our window: the Outhouse Book Club Pride Edition and Queer Film Club (19 June), daily Lavender Walk queer history tours from 23 June, and the exuberant RELEASE Pride Friday party on 27 June – all a warm-up for Saturday’s parade just outside the timeframe. Full listings at dublinpride.ie.

Summer Solstice Sunrise Gathering - 20.06

Circle the Lia Fáil to greet the first sun-shaft of midsummer; free, informal, and at its most atmospheric around 04:55.

St John’s Eve Bonfires - 23.06

Each year on 23 June, Ireland lights up in celebration of St John’s Eve, known in many rural communities as Bonna Night or Tine Cnámh (“bone fire”). These communal bonfires trace their roots to ancient Celtic solstice rituals that honoured the peak of the sun’s power, and, after Christianisation, to the vigil of St John the Baptist.

Read more here.