The Annual IABS Convention will take place in the City of Cork, October 6-8.
The venue for all competitions and concerts is the magnificent City Hall, pictured here, with the headquarters hotel situated across the river in the Clayton Hotel. 

Provisional Programme of Events - depending on numbers of quartets, choruses who are registered will detemine times for each contest.
 

FRIDAY 6 OCTOBER 2017

14.00 OFFICIAL OPENING OF IABS 2017
​14:10 NATIONAL MALE AND FEMALE QUARTET COMPETITIONS FOLLOWED BY  YOUTH CATEGORY COMPETITION
20.00 INTERNATIONAL QUARTET  AND OPEN MIXED QUARTET COMPETITIONS
22.30 PRE-GLOW (Clayton Hotel)- bar open till 12.30.

SATURDAY 7 OCTOBER
10.00 NATIONAL MALE AND FEMALE CHORUS COMPETITIONS
14.00  OPEN MIXED CHORUS AND INTERNATIONAL CHORUS COMPETITIONS

SUNDAY 8 OCTOBER
09:30-12:30  CROSS CATEGORY EVALUATIONS FOR NATIONAL QUARTETS AND CHORUSES
FAREWELL CORK !