14th August

The Amazing Few - End of Festival Party
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The Amazing Few - End of Festival Party

Sun 14th Aug
Set Theatre

An 11-piece band (and counting) who play ‘psycho-pop’; a unique style of music that leans heavily on ska, nicks pop’s lunch money and gives punk a wedgie.

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Mark Kozelek with Geese
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Mark Kozelek with Geese

Harmonic presents former frontman of the Red House Painters, Mark Kozelek, an acclaimed lyricist known for his achingly beautiful songs, delivered in a melancholy baritone.

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The Amazing Few

The Amazing Few

This exciting, interactive show will really get the kids jumping!

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Claire Keegan & Janice Galloway
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Claire Keegan & Janice Galloway

Sun 14th Aug
The Parade Tower

Two acknowledged masters of the short story reveal the secrets of the form

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Cashell Trio
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Cashell Trio

Multi-talented siblings join forces to perform piano trios by Beethoven, Shostakovich and Lalo

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Body Duet
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Body Duet

Sat 13th Aug - Sun 14th Aug
The Watergate Theatre

John Scott’s Irish Modern Dance Theatre presents an energy-packed performance featuring two outstanding dancers

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Birdsong Workshop

Birdsong Workshop

Workshops by musician Laoise O'Brien and visual artist Lorna Donlon.

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Title & Deed
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Title & Deed

Wed 10th Aug - Sun 14th Aug
Barnstorm Theatre

Gare St Lazare Players Ireland are back with the world premiere of Title and Deed, a new piece specially-written for the company by acclaimed American playwright Will Eno

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The Big Deal
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The Big Deal

Wed 10th Aug - Sun 14th Aug
Barnstorm Theatre

Una McKevitt returns to Kilkenny with the extraordinary real-life story of two women who knew from a very young age that they were born into the wrong bodies

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anybody waitin’?

anybody waitin’?

Mon 8th Aug - Sun 14th Aug

ponydance are back, and this time they’re free! Join these incorrigible flirts on their quest through the streets of Kilkenny to find a man

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Other Selections - Blackbird Gallery

Other Selections - Blackbird Gallery

Sat 6th Aug - Sun 14th Aug
Blackbird Gallery

The Blackbird Gallery presents a selection of works by three emerging artists

Free

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Other Selections - Grennan Mill Craft School - Maire Gartland

Other Selections - Grennan Mill Craft School - Maire Gartland

Sat 6th Aug - Sun 14th Aug
Grennan Mill

Grennan Mill Craft School welcomes six Irish artists/crafts people showing an exciting new range of work in a wide variety of media

Free

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Other Selections - Grennan Mill Craft School - Trini Kenny

Other Selections - Grennan Mill Craft School - Trini Kenny

Sat 6th Aug - Sun 14th Aug
Grennan Mill

Grennan Mill Craft School welcomes six Irish artists/crafts people showing an exciting new range of work in a wide variety of media

Free

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Other Selections - Grennan Mill Craft School - Nicola Brown

Other Selections - Grennan Mill Craft School - Nicola Brown

Sat 6th Aug - Sun 14th Aug
Grennan Mill

Grennan Mill Craft School welcomes six Irish artists/crafts people showing an exciting new range of work in a wide variety of media

Free

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Other Selections - Grennan Mill Craft School - Kirsty O’Keeffe

Other Selections - Grennan Mill Craft School - Kirsty O’Keeffe

Sat 6th Aug - Sun 14th Aug
Grennan Mill

Grennan Mill Craft School welcomes six Irish artists/crafts people showing an exciting new range of work in a wide variety of media

Free

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Other Selections - Grennan Mill Craft School - Clive Nunn

Other Selections - Grennan Mill Craft School - Clive Nunn

Sat 6th Aug - Sun 14th Aug
Grennan Mill

Grennan Mill Craft School welcomes six Irish artists/crafts people showing an exciting new range of work in a wide variety of media

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Other Selections - Grennan Mill Craft School - Brendan Brennan

Other Selections - Grennan Mill Craft School - Brendan Brennan

Sat 6th Aug - Sun 14th Aug
Grennan Mill

Grennan Mill Craft School welcomes six Irish artists/crafts people showing an exciting new range of work in a wide variety of media

Free

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Other Selections - Niall Harkin

Other Selections - Niall Harkin

Sat 6th Aug - Tue 16th Aug
Berkley Gallery

This exhibition, Votive Offerings, presents the fruits of two years’ work with sheet bronze

Free

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Modified Expression

Modified Expression

Sat 6th Aug - Sun 14th Aug
The National Craft Gallery

Tear, fold, cut, read, write, print, and colour: Modified Expression, this year’s CRAFT strand exhibition, is all about books.

Free

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Strand 2 - Ian Burns

Strand 2 - Ian Burns

Sat 6th Aug - Sun 9th Oct
Butler Gallery

Ian Burns’s sculptures and installations investigate the expectations of art viewing with wry humor and audience engaging invention.
 

Free

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Other Selections - On the Surface

Other Selections - On the Surface

Fri 5th Aug - Sun 14th Aug
The Courtyard Bar and Grill

A joint exhibition by artists Bernadette Kiely and Paul Mosse.  While Kiely’s and Mosse’s work appears very different on the surface, there is a slowly emerging resonance at play.

Free

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Strand 2 - We Are All in This Together

Strand 2 - We Are All in This Together

Fri 5th Aug - Fri 19th Aug
The Watergate Theatre

Exhibiting artists: Maeve Coulter, Sylvia Hemmingway, Emma Hogan, Alé Mercado and Aiseling Noone.

Free

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Strand 2 - Rachel Dickson & Alison Lowry

Strand 2 - Rachel Dickson & Alison Lowry

Fri 5th Aug - Mon 5th Sep
Kilkenny County Council Arts Office

Kilkenny County Council Arts Office presents this joint exhibition of ceramics and glass from two emerging Irish makers: Rachel Dickson and Alison Lowry.

Free

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Festival Trail

Festival Trail

Fri 5th Aug - Sun 14th Aug

Gather a group of intrepid explorers to discover Kilkenny on foot, following our ‘treasure hunt’ style Festival Trail

Free

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The Three Sisters

The Three Sisters

Fri 5th Aug
Kieran Street

View colourful street decorations in Kieran Street made by local volunteers of all ages.

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Request Programme
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Request Programme

Fri 5th Aug - Sun 14th Aug

Acclaimed Cork-based theatre company Corcadorca presents an intimate show staged in a real apartment and starring IFTA-winning actress Eileen Walsh.

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Other Selections - Daithi O hUallachain [David Holohan]

Other Selections - Daithi O hUallachain [David Holohan]

Fri 5th Aug - Sun 14th Aug
Kitchen Corridor - Kilkenny Castle

An exhibition of Daithi's recent paintings, full of light and vibrancy

Free

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Other Selections - Lucy McKenna

Other Selections - Lucy McKenna

Fri 5th Aug - Sun 14th Aug
Kilkenny Castle Park

This installation in Kilkenny Castle Park explores the darker side of the human psyche

Free

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Other Selections - Ceann

Other Selections - Ceann

Fri 5th Aug - Sun 14th Aug
Shankill Castle

Ceann 2011 offers a visual feast in the historic setting of Shankill Castle

Free

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Other Selections - Made in Kilkenny

Other Selections - Made in Kilkenny

Fri 5th Aug - Sun 14th Aug
Butler House

This year’s exhibition - A Maker’s Journey: from inspiration to creation - traces the process of design, exploring the different elements each craftsperson takes into consideration to produce a finished piece

Free

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Other Selections - KCAT - The Empty Heat of Neanderthal Man

Other Selections - KCAT - The Empty Heat of Neanderthal Man

Fri 5th Aug - Sun 14th Aug
The Workhouse

An exhibition of recent sculpture work by five studio artists, comprising a range of materials such as stone, clay, wood, and mixed media

Free

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Liam O’Callaghan

Liam O’Callaghan

Fri 5th Aug - Sun 14th Aug
Muniments Room, Kilkenny Castle

Playful – even satirical – installations, sculptures and photographs exposing the methods or mechanics in their construction.

Free

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Maria McKinney

Maria McKinney

Fri 5th Aug - Sun 14th Aug
Rothe House

Maria McKinney is concerned with ideas of boredom and escapism and works with familiar objects and materials.

Free

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Michael Thomas Murphy

Michael Thomas Murphy

Fri 5th Aug - Sun 14th Aug
Kenealy’s Art Shop

Michael Thomas Murphy’s work is multidimensional and multi-layered incorporating many materials.

Free

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Jacco Olivier

Jacco Olivier

Fri 5th Aug - Sun 14th Aug
The Courthouse

Jacco Olivier fuses painting and filmmaking, continually reworking his paintings with generous, casual brushstrokes and photographing each stage of their development

Free

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Nick Miller

Nick Miller

Fri 5th Aug - Sun 14th Aug
The Heritage Council

In this multimedia piece Nick Miller draws our attention to the tradition of the reclining nude in art.

Free

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Ann Craven

Ann Craven

Fri 5th Aug - Sun 14th Aug
Castle Yard Gallery

Ann Craven is a compelling New York-based artist whose work focuses on recurring subject matter such as flowers, birds and the moon.

Free

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David Beattie

David Beattie

Fri 5th Aug - Sun 14th Aug
St. Mary’s Hall

An artist who encourages a sense of curiosity and exploration in his act of displacing quotidian objects.

Free

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Other Selections - Ross Stewart & Andrew Ludick

Other Selections - Ross Stewart & Andrew Ludick

Thu 4th Aug - Sun 14th Aug
Castle Yard Gallery

An exhibition of work by ceramicist Andrew Ludick and painter Ross Stewart

Free

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Other Selections - Jerpoint Studio

Other Selections - Jerpoint Studio

Thu 4th Aug - Wed 31st Aug
Jerpoint Glass Studio

This group exhibition showcases the work of several 'hot glass divas', both up-and-coming artists and internationally-renowned names

Free

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Other Selections - The Workhouse Test

Other Selections - The Workhouse Test

Sat 23rd Jul - Sun 14th Aug
Dunnes Bakery

The Workhouse Test presents a collaborative exhibition that aims to establish links with international art spaces

Free

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