Anchorpoint
Saturday 15th August 2026 Location: The Warehouse, Waterford Road, Kilkenny, R95 X840 A new intimate theatre production by Elaine McCague, produced by detached.collab and presented in association with Kilkenny Arts Festival. Organisers Website
All Softly Playing’: The early music beloved of James Joyce
Saturday 15th August 2026 Location: St John’s Priory Church, John Street Lower, Kilkenny, R95 AW74 Malcolm Proud and Stuart Kinsella perform early music loved by James Joyce, with Susan Proud reading from Ulysses and Chamber Music. Organisers Website
Anchorpoint
Friday 14th August 2026 Location: The Warehouse, Waterford Road, Kilkenny, R95 X840 A new intimate theatre production by Elaine McCague, produced by detached.collab and presented in association with Kilkenny Arts Festival. Organisers Website
The Death of Gesualdo
The team behind Secret Byrd – the immersive concert that astonished audiences at KAF25 – returns to the Festival this year with Death of Gesualdo, ano…
Anchorpoint
Thursday 13th August 2026 Location: The Warehouse, Waterford Road, Kilkenny, R95 X840 A new intimate theatre production by Elaine McCague, produced by detached.collab and presented in association with Kilkenny Arts Festival. Organisers Website
Anchorpoint
Wednesday 12th August 2026 Location: The Warehouse, Waterford Road, Kilkenny, R95 X840 A new intimate theatre production by Elaine McCague, produced by detached.collab and presented in association with Kilkenny Arts Festival. Organisers Website
Dowland IV: Mr Dowland’s Musicall Notebooke, Vol. II
Wednesday 12th August 2026 Location: St John’s Priory Church, John Street Lower, Kilkenny, R95 AW74 The concluding Dowland concert mixes his songs with continental contemporaries and Irish harp music. Organisers Website
Dowland III: Mr Dowland’s Musicall Notebooke, Vol. I
Wednesday 12th August 2026 Location: St John’s Priory Church, John Street Lower, Kilkenny, R95 AW74 The third Dowland concert traces the composer’s travels and music across Europe with The Earls of Ormond and guests. Organisers Website
Anchorpoint
Tuesday 11th August 2026 Location: The Warehouse, Waterford Road, Kilkenny, R95 X840 A new intimate theatre production by Elaine McCague, produced by detached.collab and presented in association with Kilkenny Arts Festival. Organisers Website
Distillation
Tuesday 11th August 2026 Location: Rothe House & Garden, Parliament Street, Kilkenny, R95 P89C Luke Casserly’s sensory performance about Ireland’s bog landscape surrounds the audience with peat, twigs, moss and a specially created bog scent. Organisers Website