Tue 5 May 2026 · Festival team
Photo diary: the 2026 festival in pictures
Market crowds, guest chefs, pastry masterclasses and a cabaret supper club — the festival weekend as our photographers saw it.
Some weekends are best told in pictures. Our photographers followed the 2026 festival from the quayside launch through to the final hours of the Sunday market on Grattan Square.
Browse the programme pages to see the weekend's events, each with photography from the festival. Highlights include Rory O'Connell's packed cookery demonstration, Shane Smith's pastry masterclass, the Flahavan's family breakfast at 360 Cookhouse and the Dirty Circus supper club.
All festival photography is by Joleen Cronin and Patrick Browne. If you'd like to use festival images for press, get in touch via the contact page.