
Cape Clear Island International Storytelling Festival 2022
Cape Clear Storytelling Festival is one of Ireland’s most distinctive and best-loved festivals.
The festival team is happy to announce that this year’s Cape Clear International Storytelling Festival is a hybrid festival with a combination of both live events on beautiful Cape Clear Island and some evening online performances that can be shared with our storytelling community around the world. We look forward to joining you at this year’s festival.
Due to this year’s festival format, all events require advanced booking- please see our programme page to get your ticket.
In 2022, the festival will run from 2nd – 4th September. It celebrates one of the world’s oldest art forms, and brings storytellers and listeners together for amazing experiences in the unique setting on Ireland’s southernmost inhabited island.
Cape Clear is situated 8 miles off the coast of Baltimore in West Cork. The stunning scenery and local folklore make this the perfect setting for this long-running and much-loved storytelling festival.

The event is one of the most renowned festivals in the world storytelling calendar. Each year it brings together some of the most accomplished tellers from around the world. The event gives visitors to Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way the opportunity to meet the best Irish exponents of the storytelling art in an intimate and dramatic island environment.
For full details, how to get to Cape Clear, places to stay. and places to eat on the island, see the festival website at http://capeclearstorytelling.com
Check out the event programme.
You will need to book early to find a place to stay on Cape Clear!
The festival celebrates one of the world’s oldest art forms, and brings story-tellers and listeners together for amazing experiences in the unique setting of Ireland’s most southernmost inhabited island.
Cape Clear is situated 8 miles off the coast of Baltimore in West Cork. The stunning scenery and local folklore make this the perfect setting for the storytelling festival which is now in its 20th year.
The event has become one of the most renowned festivals in the world storytelling calendar. Each year it brings together some of the most accomplished tellers from around the world. It also gives visitors to Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way the opportunity to meet the best Irish exponents of the storytelling art in an intimate and dramatic island environment.
The storytellers at Cape Clear Island International Storytelling Festival 2022 include participants from Ireland, the UK, America and Germany.
For full details of the festival, how to get to Cape Clear, places to stay and places to eat on the island, see the festival website at http://capeclearstorytelling.com