Clonmel’s Inaugural Plein Air

With the Suir Blueway running through it and built against the stunning backdrop of the Comeragh mountains, Clonmel awaits your discovery during our Plein Air on 4th and 5th July. Also within easy reach of the rich scenery and outstanding OPW sites in Carrick, Cahir and Cashel, we invite you to join us for Clonmel’s inaugural Plein Air. Come to Clonmel to paint and draw and enjoy the hospitality and cultural programme that the 2026 Clonmel Junction Arts Festival offers. Click here to find out more…

2025 Highlights

2026 Festival

Exchanges

Exploring Cultural Exchanges & Blended Cultures

Our festival theme for 2026 is ‘Exchanges’, exciting conversations about ourselves and our communities, exploring Cultural exchanges and blended cultures. Our brochure and full programme has now launched with tickets for events on sale.
Pick up our brochure at a wide selection of the cafés, shops or businesses in Clonmel and its environs as well as STAC, Clonmel Library, the Main Guard and the Museum of Hidden History. Tickets are on sale online now via the Tickets button in the top right hand corner of our website or at our Box Office in the Showgrounds Shopping Centre from 11am to 4pm Monday to Saturday.
Don’t forget to follow us on social media for information on our many events, artist videos, updates on our community development projects and other ways to be involved in the lead up to the festival (3rd to 12th July).
I would also just like to take a moment to express our sincere thanks to all our funders, sponsors and partners – the festival couldn’t happen without you. Many thanks also to our wonderful festival team, Board of Directors and volunteers – people make a festival and you certainly make the Clonmel Junction Arts Festival the special and vibrant festival that it is.
We look forward to celebrating our 2026 festival together and hope to see you at many more events during the festival from 3rd to 12th July.

Rebecca Lenehan
Artistic Director

Clonmel Junction Arts Festival, Clonmel, County Tipperary

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Art Walk with Catherine Marshall🎨☕️ Join renowned curator Catherine Marshall for a guided tour of Clonmel’s galleries, starting at South Tipperary Arts Centre with Séamus Nolan’s exhibition and taking in the Linn Gallery, the Main Guard and Clonmel Library, before finishing with coffee and a chat at one of Clonmel’s cafés. 📅 Wednesday, July 8 🕙 10am ⏱️ 90 mins + coffee chat 📍 South Tipperary Arts Centre 🎟️ €10 (incl. tea/coffee) | Ages 10+ Booking via www.junctionfestival.com or at our Box Office required. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
*MOVING OUTSIDE* The Heart of Our Town: A Work in Progress discussion will move from inside the Main Guard to Under the Arches due to the increasingly high temperatures this week. ☺️ ☀️ Where better to have this discussion only the heart of our town💙💛 📅 - Saturday 11th July 📍 - Main Guard - Under the Arches ⏰ - 4pm As part of their ongoing creative engagement with Clonmel, our neighbours Asylum Productions are back! During the festival they’ll be working with community actors to help on the development of their brand-new production for 2027. Come and join them for a panel discussion and Q&A about the work so far (Everything Must Go! 2022 & Gutted 2025), and a sneak peek at their future plans. Guest speakers: Shane Grogan, Tipperary County Council Town Regeneration Officer; Architect Niall O’Cleirigh of the community led Making Arklow and Reimagine Tuam projects; Asylum writer/ collaborator Aideen Wylde, together with Asylum co-artistic directors Medb Lambert & Dónal Gallagher. #asylumproductions #talks #cjaf26 #clonmeljunctionartsfestival #clonmeltown
*VENUE CHANGE* Ackroyd & Harvey Talk🎭 Due to the continuous rise in temperatures this week, in the interest of comfort , we are now holding Ackroyd & Harvey Talk Down in the @showgroundssc in Unit 9- Shopping Centre Theatre instead of the Main Guard. 📅 - Saturday 11th July ⏰ - 2pm The illustrated talk focuses on Ackroyd & Harvey’s interdisciplinary work, highlighting their innovative ‘photographic photosynthesis’ pieces and the ongoing project, Beuys’ Acorns (2007). This latter project involves cultivating trees from acorns sourced from Joseph Beuys’s influential artwork, “7000 Oaks”. Short clips from Fiona Cunningham-Reid’s acclaimed documentary, Ackroyd & Harvey: The Art of Activism, address their direct-action activist work. 📍 - Showgrounds Shopping Centre #cjaf26 #clonmeljunctionartsfestival #clonmel #clonmelarts
Due to unforeseen circumstances the event with Fin Dwyer at STAC Chapel has been postponed. We appreciate your understanding and patience.
Clonmel Junction Arts Festival “The Seven Rivers of the Sun” part 2 A Procession of Light with LUXE The most magical night in our lovely town of clonmel ✨🎭 Sponsored by Camida 📸 John D Kelly A huge thank you to Civil Defence, the Gardai and our wondering volunteers for helping to keep it all running smoothly on the night. 🥰 #cjaf26 #clonmeljunctionartsfestival #ClonmelArts #streettheatre #luxe clonmel tipperaryireland
Clonmel Junction Arts Festival “The Seven Rivers of the Sun” A Procession of Light with @luxelandscapetheatre The most magical night in our lovely town of clonmel ✨🎭 Sponsored by Camida 📸 @john_d_kelly_photography A huge thank you to Civil Defence, the Gardai and our wondering volunteers for helping to keep it all running smoothly on the night. 🥰 #cjaf26 #clonmeljunctionartsfestival #ClonmelArts #streettheatre #luxe clonmel tipperaryireland
Clonmel Junction Festival 2026 Launch with Clonmel Exchanges Podcast - Loving and Leaving Clonmel The Clonmel Exchanges Podcast Project is a partnership project with the Tipperary Museum of Hidden History. 📍 @fetchcoffee_ This Podcast series is available to listen to on Spotify now, link in bio☺️ 📽️ @peiishin8211 #cjaf26 #clonmeljunctionartsfestival #clonmelarts #podcast #clonmel
Food and Farming Day! 🐄🐖🍓🥒 📅 - Saturday 11th July ⏰ - 11am-4pm 📍 Abbey St Carpark Celebrate the rich food and farming heritage of County Tipperary with a vibrant gathering of artisan producers and local craft-makers. Enjoy delicious food, live entertainment, and a lively atmosphere, bringing together community, creativity, and the very best of Tipperary. Hands of Heritage Workshops and Demonstrations Meet stonemason Philip Quinn and Basket Maker Lynn Kirkham, part of Hands of Heritage, an award-winning Tipperary Museum of Hidden History programme celebrating traditional Irish craft skills through hands-on workshops and demonstrations. Rooted in traditional practice and contemporary material culture, it explores sustainable making practices and living heritage, connecting craftspeople with historic skills and local communities across the county throughout 2026. Funded by The Heritage Council, in partnership with Tipperary Museum of Hidden History. We welcome back Calmast, the South East Technological University (SETU) STEM engagement centre, to bring their science workshops promoting sustainability, creativity and critical thinking. In partnership with SETU and Calmast. Supported by Clonmel Show. #foodandfarming #foodmarket #cjaf26 #clonmeljunctionartsfestival
🎬#Barbarian Barbarian is a new theatre/movement work from Bob Kelly, Diarmuid Armstrong and Hannah Rogerson. Loosely inspired by John McGahern’s memoirs, it follows two children raised in a Garda barracks by their overbearing father – now grown into guards themselves, they return to relive, remember and grieve. Shifting fluidly between past and present, adult and child, Barbarian blends physical theatre and dance to excavate the inherited wounds of power, authority and masculinity. Developed through Cairde Sligo Arts Festival and The Hawk’s Well Theatre, the piece has drawn packed, emotionally-engaged audiences at both work-in-progress showings. 📅 - Friday 10th July ⏰ - 7pm 📍 - STAC Chapel Tickets available via our website - link in bio #cjaf26 #clonmelarts #clonmeljunctionartsfestival #theatre
All of @tomcampbellart Mask painting workshops are now sold out! Happy painting everyone 🖌️🤗
Tonight 8pm Born That Way: A film about Care. And Love. And Patrick Lydon. 📍 @imcclonmel Still@some tickets left at our box office, or visit the website- link@in bio🎬🍿🤗 In a small wooden house in County Kilkenny, Ireland, Patrick Lydon’s life is ebbing away. Throughout his final year he reflects on an extraordinary life that took him from a budding career in rock journalism in America to trailblazing the development of the radically inclusive Camphill Movement with his wife, Gladys, sharing life in community with people of diverse needs, abilities and backgrounds. Patrick’s story calls forth the story of Camphill itself, and articulates the impulse that drove an approach to life struggling for survival in today’s consumerist climate. At a time when the world is in need of inspiration, Patrick and Gladys’ story is just the ticket. Screening followed by Q&A with Éamon Little and Gladys Lydon. #cjaf26 #clonmeljunctionartsfestival #clonmelarts ##cinema t
From 3pm today! Get out of the hot sun for an hour at @imcclonmel 🍿🎬📽️ A screening of two short films The Good Farmer and the Failed Son and Water Under The Bridge followed by a Q&A with director Ailill Martin and writer/filmmaker Rehan Ali with Local Creative Youth Partnership (LCYP) Coordinator Nuala Martin. The Good Farmer and the Failed Son A drag queen and his father consider the traditions around inheritance and what they may mean for the future of their family farm. Water Under the Bridge The journey of a refugee does not come to an end when they reach their refuge. Instead, a new journey begins. A journey that brings its own struggles. In partnership with Tipperary ETB, Tipperary Local Creative Youth Partnership, and Creative Ireland Programme. #cjaf26 #clonmeljunctionartsfestival #shortfilm #clonmel #clonmelarts
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