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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Due to the increasing temperatures we have made slight alterations to two event locations this coming Sunday ! We would like to keep our audience and volunteers cool and as comfortable as possible ☺️☀️ @tomcampbellart @natalialuk_ #cjaf26 #clonmeljunctionartsfestival #wellnessday #funinthepark
Venue changes - Saturday 11th July ☀️ Due to the increasing temperatures we have made slight alterations to two event locations this coming Saturday! We would like to keep our audience and volunteers cool and as comfortable as possible ☺️☀️🎭 @ackroydharvey @asylum_productions_kk #cjaf26 #clonmeljunctionartsfestival #clonmel #clonmelarts
Double Bill of Dance Cosmophobia by Alessandra Azeviche and Tremors 📅 - Sunday 12th 📍 - STAC Chapel ⏰- 5pm This work-in-progress is an attempt to challenge the institutional ignorance sustaining both ecological ruin and our existential dread of the cosmos. Asking “is fear a primal instinct or a symptom of modern alienation?”, the piece draws on Mestre Nêgo Bispo’s revolutionary theories to interrogate how losing our ancestral and ecological connections fuels collective anxiety by bridging counter-colonial thought and environmental psychology. Tremors is a call to embrace our vulnerability at different stages of our lives and re-imagine the space of dance performance. Our response to the horizontal acceleration of time that comes with age is to intensify our attention, to enable a gentle internal transformation that extends to audiences. Tremors imagines dance as a communal, attentive practice: redemption through presence and listening. Harmonics emerging from the chaos of dynamic, opposing forces, and our singular ability to blend fury and tenderness in a single gesture. Alexandre Iseli, Scientist, dancer, choreographer, and director of Tipperary Dance; dancer and choreographer Murielle Elizéon based in the United States; Thomas Belhom, French composer & musician; Sarah Marguier, a multi-disciplinary French artist working across photography, movement-based art and design for performing arts. (20 mins (followed by short interval) + 45 mins) In partnership with Tipperary Dance and Culture Mill. #dance #cjaf26 #clonmeljunctionartsfestival #clonmelarts
After a hectic week, a calming series of wellbeing events invites you to slow down and reconnect. Bring a picnic and relax in the shade with family and friends 🧘‍♀️ Join Deirdre Brady for guided meditation, a talk on nutrition and mindful eating by Neil Dennehy, Lara Slattery (creator of Sukha Wellness) for a restorative sound bath, alongside arts and crafts designed to encourage mindfulness, creativity, and calm. Mayumi Nakabayashi Mandala Workshop , Yoga in the Park with Brenda Foley , Tom Campbell’s Mask Project performance and more…🧘😮‍💨 🌳🌼 ☀️🎭 In partnership with South Tipperary Involvement Centre. #wellness #yoga #cjaf26 #clonmeljunctionartsfestival #clonmelarts
Meeting at The Blackened Circle in STAC, Séamus will lead a group discussion followed by a visit to one of the storied sites that has resonance with members of the Clonmel Traveller community (further details will be sent on application). In partnership with Creative Communities, Creative Ireland Programme, Tipperary County Council and South Tipperary Arts Centre 📅 - Friday 10th July 📍 - South Tipperary Arts Centre ⏰ - 1pm Free event #arttalk #clonmeljunctionartsfestival #cjaf26 #
Sun Merchant offers a unique ensemble featuring mandolin, oud, double bass and clarinet. The evening will feature guest musicians, songs from their recent singles as well as interpretations of popular Arabic, Balkan and Macedonian songs with the set split between more traditional rock material and fully acoustic world music songs. 📅 - Saturday 11th July 📍 - STAC Chapel ⏰ - 9pm Supported by The Grapevine #cjaf26 #livemusic #clonmeljunctionartsfestival #clonmelarts
It was a very busy day and creative at the Platform yesterday with our Pottery Painting workshops🫟🎨 📽️ @peiishin8211 @showgroundssc #potterypainting #painting #cjaf26 #clonmelarts #clonmeljunctionartsfestival
Between the Willow Shade and the Fairy Glade’ – a Vintage Afternoon Tea Concert with Bryony Morison 📅 - Thursday 9th July 📍 - Place4U Café, 29 Morton St. ⏰ - 3pm Soprano Bryony Morison, a graduate of the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, brings her passion for storytelling to a special afternoon tea concert. Enjoy a varied programme of Irish folk, classical and repertoire. The focus will contrast in style and mood, with emphasis on storytelling through song. #cjaf26 #clonmeljunctionartsfestival #vintagetea #soprano
Young Curator’s Exhibition Launch “2 B or not to be” 📍 Main Guard The Young Curator’s Programme is kindly supported by the University of Limerick Art Collection. Exhibition opening hours: Tuesday – Sunday, 9am – 5pm (last admission 4:15pm). 📽️ by @peiishin8211 #cjaf26 #clonmeljunctionartsfestival #clonmelarts #artexhibitions #clonmel
Tom Campbell’s Mask Performance 🎭 Come walk with a mask this Sunday! ☀️ Meeting at Only in th Showgrounds Shopping Centre opposite Pamela Scott’s at 1.15pm this Sunday 12th July with performances in Denis Burke Park under the trees at 2pm. 🌳 Children must be accompanied by an adult... 🐖 🐔 🐴 😺 🐕 🐘 🐻 🐻‍❄ #cjaf26 #clonmeljunctionartsfestival #tomcampbellart #maskproject #clonmelarts
Exchanges: A Performance by Dagogo Hart and Andy Spearpoint. A project Partnership with @southtipparts @dagogo_hart @andyspearpoint 📸 @john_d_kelly_photography #exchanges #cjaf26 #clonmeljunctionartsfestival #southtipparts #clonmelarts
Our amazing artist Natalia putting the finishing touches to her Mural on the Plaza 😍 #graffiti #wallart #cjaf26 #clonmeljunctionartsfestival #clonmelarts
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