What's on in Kilkenny

Yulefest Kilkenny

Wed Nov 29th - Wed Dec 13th 2023 (Provisional)

Mostly taking place at weekends – though some events run through the week – Yulefest combines food and craft …

Kilkenomics

Thu Nov 2nd - Sat Nov 11th 2023 (Provisional)

If ever there was a festival that was hard to categorise this has to be it - it's an event that unlikely as it sounds …

Kilkenny Arts Festival

Fri Aug 9th - Sun Aug 25th 2024 (Provisional)

A long established and highly regarded festival encompassing theatre and dance, classical, jazz, folk and other music, …

Cat Laughs Comedy Festival

Thu May 30th - Mon Jun 10th 2024 (Provisional)

This annual event is a fixture on the comedy circuit and brings not just the cream of Irish comedians to Kilkenny but …

Castlecomer Wellie Race

Wed Jan 3rd 2024 (Provisional)

An annual fixture on the New Year calendar in which the denizens of 'Comer take to streets in outrageous fancy dress, …