Cork Midsummer Festival 2026

1975 / Naoi Déag Seachtó Cúig by Teaċ Daṁsa announced for Cork Midsummer Festival 2026 for three performances only 19 - 21 June at Cork Opera House   “1975 is the most beautiful and sympathetic dance response to traditional Irish Music I have ever seen” - Martin Hayes (The Gloaming, The Common Ground Ensemble) We’re so thrilled and excited to announce our first highlight event for 2026 - a stunning show from the extraordinary Teac Damsa. Set to the iconic 1975 album by Irish traditional group The Bothy Band, 1975 / Naoi Déag Seachtó Cúig is a must-see dance and theatre performance ritual where music and movement merge as one. In this new show, choreographer Michael Keegan-Dolan brings together seven exceptional dancers to honour, remember and be inspired by a visionary cultural happening in challenging times. "I had always dreamed of making a dance theatre work to one complete music album. Of all the albums in all the world, it had to be 1975, by The Bothy Band." - Michael Keegan-Dolan Seven dancers. Seven chairs. Seven sharp suits. And one legendary album. Teaċ Daṁsa (Loch na hEala / Swan Lake, MÁM, How to be a Dancer in 72,000 Easy Lessons, NOBODADDY), based in the West Kerry Gaeltacht / Gaeltacht Chorca Dhuibhne, is internationally renowned for creating powerful dance-theatre ritual rooted in place and community. Tickets are on sale now! Book now Watch the trailer for 1975 / Naoi Déag Seachtó Cúig by Teaċ Daṁsa Director and Choreographer Michael Keegan-Dolan Dancers Aki Iwamoto, Daniel Myers, Amit Noy, James O’Hara, Rachel Poirier, James Southward & Holly Vallis Lighting Design Adam Silverman Costume Design Hyemi Shin & Amanda Donovan Additional Sound Design Jelle Roozenburg Videographer Mickey Kelly Photography Emilija Jefremova Recorded Music The Bothy Band | 1975 With thanks to Compass Records Supported by The Arts Council and Údarás na Gaeltachta Co-produced by Cork Midsummer Festival, Cork Opera House, and Théâtre de la Ville - Paris Book now "Seeing "Naoi Déag Seachtó Cúig" transported me right back to moments from the time of making the album, in a way I had not expected. Teaċ Daṁsa's interpretation of our work brings to life all the joy, fun, sadness and divilment of what was an an extraordinary adventure for us as a band, and I thoroughly recommend going to see it." - Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill (The Bothy Band) "This is transcendental dancing to a masterful and transformational soundtrack, amounting to a combination that is sublime.plate." - Diarmuid Ferriter, writer & historian "I was so taken by this show when I had the good fortune to see a preview in West Kerry, I wrote a poem to Michael Keegan-Dolan and company the minute I came home. I was simply moved... This is the craft of movement and memory, bodies and minds, energy and the sublime." - Dairena Ní Chinnéide, poet Cork Midsummer Festival is principally funded by