
Welcome to the Bike Week 2023 Events Page for Cork City
EVENTS
Please note Bike Week 2023 has already taken place. See below for a list of events which took place in Cork City during Bike Week 2023.
Day | Date | Event Details | Time | Suitability | Locations(s) of Event |
All week | 13th-21st May | Cork Bike Hire “Cycle Freedom” | 10am – 5pm daily | Adults and children aged 9+ | Cork Bike Hire, Marina Market, Centre Park Road, Cork T12 YX76 |
All week | 13th-21st May | Cycling & Sustainability Display and showcase | 9.15am | All MTU staff, students & families | MTU Cork Library |
All week | 13th-21st May | SIVUH Bike to Work Challenge | Shift commencement | All staff | SIVUH |
All week | 13th-21st May | Bike week art exhibition | 5pm daily | Adults | The Friary |
All week | 13th-21st May | School events | 9am | School Children | Cork City Schools |
Saturday | 13th May | Introduction to triathlon for children with physical disabilities |
10.30am | Children with physical disabilities & families |
Crann Centre |
Saturday | 13th May | Bike Week Bike Bop. A Carnival of Color | 2pm | Open to all ages and abilities | Cork City Centre |
Saturday | 13th May | eBike Excitement around Cork Harbour | 10.30am | Adults | The Marina Market to Passage West |
Saturday | 13th May | Ballyphehane Tidy Towns Life Cycle & Bike Maintenance |
11.30am | Children, Families, Adults | The Marina Market |
Saturday | 13th May | History through the Spokes | 2pm | Adult & older adults | Elizabeth Fort |
Saturday | 13th May | Leisure Cycle to Passage | 10am | Older Children & Adults | Fitzgerald’s Park |
Saturday | 13th May | Midnight Leisure cycle of lights | 12am | Older Children & Adults | Grand Parade |
Saturday | 13th May | Street art tour Leisure Cycle | 6.50pm | Older Children & Adults | Grand Parade |
Saturday | 13th May | Bike week Olympics Fun & games Picnic | 2.30pm | Children, Families, Adults | Skate Park, Mardyke |
Saturday | 13th May | Bike Doctor @Coal Quay market | 10am-12pm | Adults, families | Coal Quay Market, Cornmarket St. |
Saturday | 13th May | Bike Doctor @Douglas Market | 1pm-3pm | Adults, families | Douglas Street Market |
Saturday | 13th May | Fix Your Bike special session | 2pm – 5pm | Adults, families | Cork Community Bikes, Assumption Rd, Blackpool |
Sunday | 14th May | Sketch & Cycle | 11am-1pm | Adults, families | Grand Parade, Cork centre |
Sunday | 14th May | Bike Doctor @Cork Marina | 1pm-3pm | Adults, families | Outside Lee Rowing Club, Cork Marina |
Sunday | 14th May | Choosing The Right Bike | 4pm-5.30pm | Adults | Test Site, Kyrl’s Quay, Cork centre |
Monday | 14th May & 21st May | Thank You For Cycling! café reward | 8am-10.30am | Adults | St. Luke’s Cross, Cork City |
Sunday | 14th May | An Oige Leisure Cycle To Haulbowline Amenity Park |
10am | Suitable for active cyclists | Opera House |
Sunday | 14th May | Cargo Bike & Inclusive Bikes Open Day | 1pm | Open to all | Grand Parade |
Sunday | 14th May | Racket Rebels Fun Cycle | 2pm | Members, families and friends | Cork Harbour Greenway |
Sunday | 14th May | Womens Cycle to Zumba in Tramore Valley Park | 12pm | Adult Women | Grand Parade |
Sunday | 14th May | Leisure Cycle to Mullinavasigh Waterfall | 11am | Older Children & Adults | Grand Parade |
Sunday | 14th May | Bike week Poetry Leisure Cycle | 8pm | Adults | The Friary |
Monday & Wednesday | 15th & 17th May | Be Wide Yo Ride’ Safety Workshop | 7pm | Childre 8-18yo | Blackpool Community Centre |
Monday – Friday | 15th – 19th May | FREE Bar Cap Bonanza | All day | Children | City & County Events |
Monday – Friday | 15th – 19th May | Cycle to Work for a Smoothie! | 7am | Alcon Ireland employees (adults) | Model Farm Road Business & Technology Park |
Monday | 15th May | Cycling Skills and Bike Maintenance | 5pm | Underage players | Bishopstown GAA club |
Monday | 15th May | We Bike Here, Community Engagement Event Hollyhill |
6pm | Adults | Hollyhill Library, Harbour View Rd |
Monday | 15th May | Long cycle to Ballincollig & proceeding bike doctor | 1.30pm | Older Children & Adults | Grand Parade |
Monday | 15th May | Leisure Cycle tune trail | 6.50pm | Older Children & Adults | Grand Parade |
Monday | 15th May | How to Check Your Bike session | 12pm-1pm | Adults | Cork College of FET, Cork centre |
Monday | 15th May | How to Check Your Bike session | 1.30pm | Students, staff, general public | Student Hub, University College Cork |
Monday | 15th May | How to Check Your Bike session for Deaf people | 4pm-5.30pm | Adults | Sign & Cycle, Deaf Enterprises, Ballinlough Rd. |
Monday | 15th May | Basic bike checks & maintenance intro | 6.30pm-8pm | Adults | Cork Community Bikes, Assumption Rd, Blackpool |
Monday | 15th May | Bike Fixing school visit, from St. Anthony’s Primary Ballinlough | 10am-12pm | Primary pupils | Sign & Cycle, Deaf Enterprises, Ballinlough Rd. |
Tuesday | 16th May | Intro to bike maintenance | 10am-12pm | Secondary pupils | Bishopstown Community School |
Tuesday | 16th May | Cycling on the Greens | 4pm-5pm | Children | Cork City Estate |
Tuesday | 16th May | Fix Your Brakes taster (rim type) | 6.30pm-8pm | Adults | Cork Community Bikes, Assumption Rd, Blackpool |
Tuesday | 16th May | Inclusive Bikes for All Open Day | 10.30am | People with disabilities | Tory Top Park |
Tuesday | 16th May | We Bike Here, Community Engagement Event Togher |
6pm | Adults | Togher Community Garden |
Tuesday | 16th May | Leisure Cycle to Blarney & proceeding bike doctor | 1.30pm | Older Children & Adults | Grand Parade |
Tuesday | 16th May | Wild walks of Cork Leisure Cycle | 6.50pm | Older Children & Adults | Grand Parade |
Tuesday | 16th May | Bike week Movie Night | 8.30pm | Adults | The Friary |
Wednesday | 17th May | An Oige Leisure Cycle To Kilcrea Abbey | 10am | Suitable for active cyclists | Opera House |
Wednesday | 17th May | Bike the VQ | 1.30pm | Adults | The VQ |
Wednesday | 17th May | Leisure Cycle to Killens & proceeding bike doctor |
1.30pm | Older Children & Adults | Grand Parade |
Wednesday | 17th May | Old Railway Leisure Cycle | 6.50pm | Older Children & Adults | Grand Parade |
Wednesday | 17th May | Bike Week Lunchtime Picnic in Fitzgerald’s park with games & Bike Doc |
12pm | Adults | Fitzgerald’s Park |
Wednesday | 17th May | Bike Ride for LCA students | 11.45am-12.45pm | Secondary pupils | Ursuline School |
Wednesday | 17th May | How to Fix Your Brakes and Punctures for Deaf people | 4pm-5.30pm | Adults | Sign & Cycle, Deaf Enterprises, Ballinlough Rd. |
Wednesday | 17th May | Cycling on the Greens | 4pm-5pm | Children | Cork City Estate |
Wednesday | 17th May | Fix Your Punctures and Tyres taster | 6.30pm-8pm | Adults | Cork Community Bikes, Assumption Rd, Blackpool |
Thursday | 18th May | Cycling games | 9.20am-1.10pm | Students with special needs | Scoile Bernadette |
Thursday | 18th May | Cycling on the Greens | 4pm-5pm | Children | Cork City Estate |
Thursday | 18th May | Fix Your Gears taster | 6.30pm-8pm | Adults | Cork Community Bikes, Assumption Rd, Blackpool |
Thursday | 18th May | An Oige Leisure Cycle To to Blarney | 7pm | Suitable for active cyclists | Opera House |
Thursday | 18th May | We Bike Here, Community Engagement Event Mayfield |
6pm | Adults | Frank O Connor Library, Mayfield |
Thursday | 18th May | Leisure Cycle to Great Island & Cobh & proceeding bike doctor |
12pm | Older Children & Adults | Grand Parade |
Thursday | 18th May | Leisure Cycle to Ballincollig | 8pm | Older Children & Adults | Grand Parade |
Friday | 19th May | Back to Biking | 10am | Students of NLN Focus groups | Passage Greenway Cork |
Friday | 19th May | #5KFriday Cycle To The Market | 6.30pm | Adults | Marina Market |
Friday | 19th May | Parks greenways & quiteways of Cork City & proceeding bike doctor |
1.30pm | Older Children & Adults | Grand Parade |
Friday | 19th May | Leisure Sunset Cycle through the Planets | 6.50pm | Older Children & Adults | Patrick’s Bridge |
Friday | 19th May | New Moon Leisure Cycle | 10pm | Adults | Blackrock Castle |
Friday | 19th May | Bike week Sunset Leisure Cycle through time |
6.50pm | Adults | Patrick’s Bridge |
Friday | 19th May | Bike Fixing school visit, at Beaumont School | 10am-12pm | Primary pupils | Beaumont Girls NS, Cork |
Friday | 19th May | Bike Doctor @UCC | 1pm-3pm | Students, staff, general public | Student Hub, University College Cork |
Friday | 19th May | Bike Ride to Blackrock | 2pm-5pm | Deaf people, general public | Sign & Cycle, Deaf Enterprises, Ballinlough Rd. |
Friday | 19th May | Cycling on the Greens | 4pm-5pm | Children | Cork City Estate |
Friday | 19th May | Fix Your Bearings taster | 6.30pm-8pm | Adults | Cork Community Bikes, Assumption Rd, Blackpool |
Saturday | 20th May | Cycling on the Greens w/ Cork City Partnership | 11am-12.30pm | Children | St. Vincent’s GAA, Knocknaheeny, Cork City |
Saturday | 20th May | Fix Your Bike special session | 2pm – 5pm | Adults, families | Cork Community Bikes, Assumption Rd, Blackpool |
Saturday | 20th May | Fix Your Brakes taster (disc type) | 5.30pm-7pm | Adults | Cork Community Bikes, Assumption Rd, Blackpool |
Saturday | 20th May | Down the Line with a 99 Leisure Cycle | 11am | Children, Families, Adults | Blackrock Castle car park |
Saturday | 20th May | Sigma Homes Staff Day | 11.30am | Staff and families | Cork Harbour Greenway |
Saturday | 20th May | Cork Gay Project Rainbow Cycle | 11.30am | Adults | Marina Market |
Saturday | 20th May | The Wobbly Bike Show | 11am | Children, Families, Adults | Fitzgerald’s Park |
Saturday | 20th May | Bikers Big Bike Week BBQ | 2pm | Adults | The Lough |
Sunday | 21st May | Junior Ibop Family Cycle | 11am | All ages and abilities | The Marina |
Sunday | 21st May | Ballinlough Tidy Towns Come & try electric bikes fun cycle |
2pm | Adults | Marina To Passage |
Sunday | 21st May | Womens Cycle to Yoga in the Marina Market | 12pm | Adult Women | Grand Parade |
Sunday | 21st May | Women Don’t Cycle Film Screening | 4pm | Adult Women | Cork City Centre |
Sunday | 21st May | Women Don’t Cycle Q&A Focus group | 5pm | Adult Women | Cork City Centre |
Sunday | 21st May | Volunteer Connect and Celebrate Evening | 6pm | Adults | Cork City Centre |
Sunday | 21st May | Leisure Cycle to Crosshaven | 11am | Older Children & Adults | Grand Parade |
Sunday | 21st May | 4 cities history Leisure Cycle | 6.50pm | Older Children & Adults | Grand Parade |
Sunday | 21st May | Bike Week Closing Party Leisure Cycle | 8pm | Adults | The Friary |
Sunday | 21st May | Community Gardens Bike Ride | 11am-2pm | Families, adults | St. Luke’s Community Garden, Cork City |
Sunday | 21st May | Electric bikes | 12.30pm-2pm | Adults | Test Site, Kyrl’s Quay, Cork centre |
Sunday | 21st May | Bike Ride to Ballincollig | 2pm-5pm | Families, adults | Grand Parade, Cork centre |
For more information contact:
Cork Sports Partnership, Cork City Council
Email: Bike Week Cork