Cork Craft and Design
Established in 2005, Cork Craft & Design brings together the very best of Cork’s unique and excellent Irish craft and design tradition. The organisati…
Richard Dawson
Like Syd Barrett or Robert Wyatt, Richard Dawson is one of those maverick English musicians who doesn’t so much throw the rulebook out of the window a…
Martin Hayes & Friends
Martin Hayes rounds off the Marble City Sessions in style with this typically eclectic gathering of leading Festival artists and musicians, including …
Gary O’Neill
Kilkenny-born singer-songwriter Gary O’Neill burst onto the music scene last year when his debut EP, To Those I’ve Missed, garnered over one million s…
Martina Evans
‘It’s not often you pick up a book and feel within five pages that this is what you’ve been waiting to read your whole life’ wrote Philip Terry in The…
Rollercoaster B2B DJs
Whether you’ve a long day of Festival-going behind you or a big night ahead (or both!), drop by the Barrel Yard and unwind with a beer, a bite and som…
So Where Do I Start?
This free playwriting workshop for writers based in Kilkenny explores the relationship between beginnings and endings in plays.How can you bring abou…
Poetry Ireland Review Launch
Join us for readings from and the launch of Poetry Ireland Review 143 edited by Mícheál McCann, featuring new poems from Stephen Sexton, acclaimed US …
Poetry Masterclass
Martina Evans’ masterclass is open to poets who have been writing for a minimum of two years and/or have had poetry published in a recognised journal …
Liane Lang, Deep Time Dip
Butler Gallery, in association with Kilkenny Arts Festival, is very pleased to present Deep Time Dip by Liane Lang, a German-born, London-based visual…