Baltimore Wooden Boat Festival

22 - 24 May 2026

Baltimore Wooden Boat Festival - a celebration of the traditional timber sailing boats of Ireland.

The Festival runs on the last weekend in May each year.

Sailors and boat-lovers from near and far are invited to meet in Baltimore in May for a weekend of sailing, talking, learning and partying in true West Cork style!

Run in conjunction with Baltimore Seafood Weekend, on shore there will be the best of food and drink in the restaurants and bars. In the food tents lining the pier, West Cork's finest fish smokers, cheese makers and organic gardeners will ply their exotic, world famous wares.