April
- 7th - 13th: 5th Cork Lifetime Learning Festival, Cork City
- 12th: "Titanic" Commemoration, Cobh
- 18th - 20th: Feile Atha Da Chab, Ballydehob
- 23rd - 26th: Cork World Book Festival 2008, Cork City
- from 30th: Cork International Choral Festival, Cork City and County
May
- until 4th: Cork International Choral Festival, Cork City and County
- 2nd - 4th: Heineken Kinsale 7's Rugby Tournament, Snugmore
- 2nd - 5th: Ballydehob International Jazz Festival and Food Fair
- from 4th: 81st Cobh Summer Carillon Recital Season, St. Colman's Cathedral
- 5th: Commemoration of the Sinking of the "Lusitania", Cobh
- 9th - 11th: Rosscarbery Arts and Literature Festival,
- 16th - 18th: 10th West Cork Tourism Walking Festival, Sheep's Head Peninsula
- 23rd - 25th: Baltimore Wooden Boat Festival and "A Taste of Baltimore"
- from 25th: Coachford Fishing Festivals
- from 30th: Bandon Music Festival
June
- throughout June: 81st Cobh Summer Carillon Recital Season, St. Colman's Cathedral
- until 2nd: Bandon Music Festival
- until 6th: Coachford Fishing Festivals
- 1st - 2nd: Innishannon Steam & Vintage Rally, Co. Cork
- 1st - 7th: Biscuit People International Festival 2008, Cork City
- 14th - 29th: West Cork Garden Trail
- 19th - 22nd: International Conference on the Short Story, UCC (Cork City)
- from 21st: Cork Midsummer Festival
- from 28th: West Cork Chamber Music Festival, Bantry House
July
- through Juli: 81st Cobh Summer Carillon Recital Season, St. Colman's Cathedral
- -6th: Cork Midsummer Festival
- -6th: West Cork Chamber Music Festival, Bantry House
- 5th-6th: South of Ireland Band Championships, Clonakilty
- 6th-12th: West Cork Literary Festival, Bantry
- 12th: 57th Cork City Sports
- 12th-18th: Cork Week, Crosshaven
- 12th-20th: Kinsale Arts Week
- 14th-20th: Blackwater Festival, Youghal
- 18th-27th: Youghal Visual Arts Festival
- 21st-27th: Skibbereen Children's Festival
- 23rd-27th: Cork International Folk Dance Festival (Cork City and County)
- from 24th: St. Barrahane's Church Music Festival of Music, Castletownsend
- from 25th: Courtmacsherry Harbour Festival
August
- throughout August: 81st Cobh Summer Carillon Recital Season, St. Colman's Cathedral
- until 4th: Courtmacsherry Harbour Festival
- 1st - 4th: Indie-Pendence Music Festival, Mitchelstown
- until 21st: St. Barrahane's Church Music Festival of Music, Castletownsend
- 1st - 30th: Summer Swing, Cobh
- 3rd - 6th: Ballabuidhe Horse Races and Fair, Dunmanway
- 5th - 10th: Sliabh Luachra Summer School, Rockchapel
- 8th - 11th: Fun Fish Fermoy Festival
- 8th - 18th: Rosscarbery Family Festival
- 12th - 17th: Millstreet Horse Show, Mitchelstown
- 15th - 17th: Cobh Peoples Regatta
- 15th - 23rd: European Federation of Sea Anglers Boat Angling Championships, Cobh
- 23rd - 24th: Caheragh Trotting and Sulky Race Committee, Drimoleague
- 24th: Medieval Fun Day, Youghal
- 26th: Rosscarbery Horse Fair
- from 30th: Inniscarra Coarse Fishing Festivals, Coachford
September
- 1st - 5th: 42nd International Sea Angling Festival, Cobh
- until 19th: Inniscarra Coarse Fishing Festivals, Coachford
- until 28th: 81st Cobh Summer Carillon Recital Season, St. Colman's Cathedral
- 5th - 7th: Cape Clear Island International Story Telling Festival
- 6th: Cork Heritage Open Day, Cork City
- 11th - 14th: Cork Folk Festival, Cork City
- 12th - 14th: Courtmacsherry Storytelling Festival
- 12th - 14th: Sam Maguire Festival, Dunmanway
- 13th - 14th: Midleton Food Festival, Fota House
- 17th - 21st: East Cork Early Music Festival
- 18th - 21st: Clonakilty International Guitar Festival
- 18th - 21st: A Taste of West Cork Food Festival, Skibbereen
- 19th - 21st: Cobh Blues Experience
- 26th - 28th: Youghal Celebrates History
- from 26th: Art Trail, Cork Docklands
October
- until 5th: Art Trail, Cork Docklands
- 10th - 12th: Kinsale Gourmet Festival
- 12th - 19th: Corona Cork Film Festival, Cork City
- 13th - 14th: Growth of Port Towns Festival, Youghal
- 24th - 26th: October Beer Festival, Franciscan Well Brewery (Cork)
- 24th - 27th: Guinness Jazz Festival, Cork City
- 24th - 27th: Kinsale Fringe Jazz Festival
- 24th - 27th: Samhain Festival of Drumming, Clonakilty
- from 29th: 8th World Ghost Convention and Irish Ghost Family Festival , Cork City
November
- until 1st: 8th World Ghost Convention and Irish Ghost Family Festival , Cork City
December
- 26th: Carrigaline Wren Boys Street Carnival
