Festival at a Glance
| Theatre & Dance | Fri 05 | Sat 06 | Sun 07 | Mon 08 | Tues 09 | Wed 10 | Thu 11 | Fri 12 | Sat 13 | Sun 14 |
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| anybody waitin’? | 1pm | 1pm | 1pm | 1pm | 1pm & 10pm | 1pm & 9pm | ||||
| Beowulf - A Thousand Years of Baggage
Set Theatre |
7pm | 7pm | 7pm | |||||||
| Body Duet
The Watergate Theatre |
5pm | 2pm & 5pm | ||||||||
| Holy Mary
The Watergate Theatre |
11am & 1.30pm | 11am & 1.30pm | ||||||||
| Request Programme | 6pm | 5.30pm | 5.30pm | 6pm | 6pm | 6pm | 6pm | 6pm | 6pm | |
| Star Boy
Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel - Kilbride Suite |
12pm & 2.30pm | 12pm & 2.30pm | ||||||||
| Tabernacle
The Watergate Theatre |
2.15pm | 2.15pm | 8.30pm | |||||||
| The Big Deal
Barnstorm Theatre |
1pm | 1pm | 1pm | 1pm | 1pm | |||||
| Title & Deed
Barnstorm Theatre |
6pm | 8pm | 8pm | 8pm | 8pm | |||||
| Classical Music | Fri 05 | Sat 06 | Sun 07 | Mon 08 | Tues 09 | Wed 10 | Thu 11 | Fri 12 | Sat 13 | Sun 14 |
| Alessandro Taverna
St Canice’s Cathedral |
8pm | |||||||||
| Amarilli Trio
The Parade Tower |
1pm | |||||||||
| Birdsong Workshop
Gallery 3G Castle Yard |
5 - 7yrs 10.30am. 8 - 1 | 5 - 7yrs 10.30am. 8 - 1 | 5 - 7yrs 10.30am. 8 - 1 | |||||||
| Brian O’Kane & James Willshire - Change of Venue
St Canice’s Cathedral |
1.30pm | |||||||||
| Camerata Kilkenny
The Black Abbey |
8pm | |||||||||
| Cashell Trio
St Canice’s Cathedral |
2.30pm | |||||||||
| Christophe Rousset
St. John’s Priory |
1pm | |||||||||
| European Union Baroque Orchestra
The Black Abbey |
8pm | |||||||||
| Kaleidoscope
Design Centre |
10.15pm | 10.15pm | ||||||||
| Kilkenny Arts Festival Choir
St Canice’s Cathedral |
8.15pm | |||||||||
| Laoise O’Brien
The Parade Tower |
1pm | |||||||||
| Rebecca and Kirsten Capova
St Canice’s Cathedral |
1pm | |||||||||
| Resurgam & the Irish Baroque Orchestra, directed by Christophe Rousset
St Canice’s Cathedral |
8.15pm | |||||||||
| The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari: Silent film with live score by Eric Sweeney & 3epkano
St Canice’s Cathedral |
9pm | |||||||||
| William Butt
St. John’s Priory |
1pm | |||||||||
| Music | Fri 05 | Sat 06 | Sun 07 | Mon 08 | Tues 09 | Wed 10 | Thu 11 | Fri 12 | Sat 13 | Sun 14 |
| Barry Guy & Evan Parker
St. John’s Priory |
8.30pm | |||||||||
| Guo Yue - Cookery Demonstration
Set Theatre |
4pm | |||||||||
| Guo Yue - Performance
The Hole in the Wall |
5pm | |||||||||
| Hanggai
Set Theatre |
8pm | |||||||||
| Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel - Kilbride Suite |
10pm | |||||||||
| Luka Bloom & Friends
Set Theatre |
8.30pm | |||||||||
| Mari Kvien Brunvoll
Cleere’s - Festival Hub |
7pm | |||||||||
| OKO
Cleere’s - Festival Hub |
10pm | |||||||||
| Susan McKeown & Christine Tobin
Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel - Kilbride Suite |
7pm | |||||||||
| T with the Maggies with Donal Lunny
St Canice’s Cathedral |
8pm | |||||||||
| The Amazing Few - End of Festival Party
Set Theatre |
10.30pm | |||||||||
| TrioVD
Set Theatre |
10.30pm | |||||||||
| Wired | Fri 05 | Sat 06 | Sun 07 | Mon 08 | Tues 09 | Wed 10 | Thu 11 | Fri 12 | Sat 13 | Sun 14 |
| Agnes Obel with Cian Nugent
St Canice’s Cathedral |
8.30pm | |||||||||
| Cathal Coughlan and the Grand Necropolitan Quintet
The Watergate Theatre |
9.30pm | |||||||||
| Drums Off Chaos and Philip Jeck
Set Theatre |
9.30pm | |||||||||
| Emmy The Great
St. John’s Priory |
8pm | |||||||||
| Gemma Hayes with Ann Scott
St. John’s Priory |
4pm | |||||||||
| James Vincent McMorrow
St Canice’s Cathedral |
7pm | |||||||||
| Mark Kozelek with Geese
St Canice’s Cathedral |
8.30pm | |||||||||
| New Music Night
Set Theatre |
8pm | |||||||||
| The Sea and Cake
The Watergate Theatre |
9.30pm | |||||||||
| Literature | Fri 05 | Sat 06 | Sun 07 | Mon 08 | Tues 09 | Wed 10 | Thu 11 | Fri 12 | Sat 13 | Sun 14 |
| Belinda McKeon, Kevin Barry & Paul Murray, Introduced by Cormac Kinsella
The Parade Tower |
6pm | |||||||||
| Claire Keegan & Janice Galloway
The Parade Tower |
12pm | |||||||||
| Dermot Healy & Patrick McCabe
Set Theatre |
3.30pm | |||||||||
| Fintan O’Toole: The Power of the Object
The Parade Tower |
8pm | |||||||||
| Francisco Goldman
The Parade Tower |
2pm | |||||||||
| Gerard Smyth and Leanne O’Sullivan
The Parade Tower |
11am | |||||||||
| Hubert Butler Lecture Professor Morgan Kelly
St Canice’s Cathedral |
6pm | |||||||||
| John Banville writing as Benjamin Black
The Parade Tower |
6pm | |||||||||
| Kilkenny 100 Years Ago
Newpark Hotel |
6pm | |||||||||
| Paul Muldoon & Michael Longley, Introduced by Olivia O’Leary
St Canice’s Cathedral |
6pm | |||||||||
| Sunday Miscellany: RTE Radio 1
The Watergate Theatre |
6.30pm | |||||||||
| TC Boyle, Introduced by Colm Toibin
The Parade Tower |
6pm | |||||||||
| The Arts Are A Luxury We Can’t Afford Right Now! - Panel Discussion
The Pembroke Hotel |
11.30am | |||||||||
| The Great Natural Resources Debate
The Parade Tower |
8pm | |||||||||
| Tobias Wolff & David Vann
The Watergate Theatre |
6pm | |||||||||
| Visual Art | Fri 05 | Sat 06 | Sun 07 | Mon 08 | Tues 09 | Wed 10 | Thu 11 | Fri 12 | Sat 13 | Sun 14 |
| Ann Craven
Castle Yard Gallery |
10am - 7pm | 10am - 7pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 7pm | 10am - 7pm | 10am - 7pm | 10am - 7pm | 10am - 7pm | 10am - 7pm | 10am - 6pm |
| Brunch with the Artists
Cleere’s - Festival Hub |
11.30am - 2pm | |||||||||
| David Beattie
St. Mary’s Hall |
11am - 6pm | 11am - 6pm | 11am - 6pm | 11am - 6pm | 11am - 6pm | 11am - 6pm | 11am - 6pm | 11am - 6pm | 11am - 6pm | 11am - 6pm |
| Jacco Olivier
The Courthouse |
10am - 6pm | 10.30am - 6pm | 12pm - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10.30am - 6pm | 12pm - 6pm |
| Liam O’Callaghan
Muniments Room, Kilkenny Castle |
9am - 5pm | 9am - 5pm | 9am - 5pm | 9am - 5pm | 9am - 5pm | 9am - 5pm | 9am - 5pm | 9am - 5pm | 9am - 5pm | 9am - 5pm |
| Living Colour: Film Screening
Set Theatre |
7pm | |||||||||
| Maria McKinney
Rothe House |
10.30am - 6pm | 10.30am - 6pm | 12pm - 6pm | 10.30am - 6pm | 10.30am - 6pm | 10.30am - 6pm | 10.30am - 6pm | 10.30am - 6pm | 10.30am - 6pm | 12pm - 6pm |
| Michael Thomas Murphy
Kenealy’s Art Shop |
10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 12pm - 5pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 12pm - 5pm |
| Nick Miller
The Heritage Council |
9am - 5pm | 12pm - 5pm | 12pm - 5pm | 9am - 5.30pm | 9am - 5.30pm | 9am - 5.30pm | 9am - 5.30pm | 9am - 5pm | 12pm - 5pm | 12pm - 5pm |
| Other Selections - Blackbird Gallery
Blackbird Gallery |
11am - 6.30pm | 11am - 6.30pm | 11am - 6.30pm | 11am - 6.30pm | 11am - 6.30pm | 11am - 6.30pm | 11am - 6.30pm | 11am - 6.30pm | 11am - 6.30pm | |
| Other Selections - Ceann
Shankill Castle |
2pm - 6pm | 10am - 5pm | 2pm - 6pm | 10am - 5pm | 10am - 5pm | 10am - 5pm | 10am - 5pm | 10am - 5pm | 10am - 5pm | 10am - 5pm |
| Other Selections - Daithi O hUallachain [David Holohan]
Kitchen Corridor - Kilkenny Castle |
10am - 5.30pm | 10am - 5.30pm | 10am - 5.30pm | 10am - 5.30pm | 10am - 5.30pm | 10am - 5.30pm | 10am - 5.30pm | 10am - 5.30pm | 10am - 5.30pm | 10am - 5.30pm |
| Other Selections - Grennan Mill Craft School - Brendan Brennan
Grennan Mill |
10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | |
| Other Selections - Grennan Mill Craft School - Clive Nunn
Grennan Mill |
10am - 6pm | - 6pm10am | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | |
| Other Selections - Grennan Mill Craft School - Kirsty O’Keeffe
Grennan Mill |
10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | |
| Other Selections - Grennan Mill Craft School - Maire Gartland
Grennan Mill |
10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | |
| Other Selections - Grennan Mill Craft School - Nicola Brown
Grennan Mill |
10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | |
| Other Selections - Grennan Mill Craft School - Trini Kenny
Grennan Mill |
10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | |
| Other Selections - Jerpoint Studio
Jerpoint Glass Studio |
10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 12pm - 5pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 12pm - 5pm |
| Other Selections - KCAT - Mary Cody
L’Arche Cafe |
9.30am - 4pm | 9.30am - 4pm | 9.30am - 4pm | 9.30am - 4pm | 9.30am - 4pm | |||||
| Other Selections - KCAT - The Empty Heat of Neanderthal Man
The Workhouse |
10.30am - 4pm | 10.30am - 4pm | 10.30am - 4pm | 10.30am - 4pm | 10.3010.30am - 4pm | 10.30am - 4pm | 10.30am - 4pm | 10.30am - 4pm | 10.30am - 4pm | 10.30am - 4pm |
| Other Selections - Lucy McKenna
Kilkenny Castle Park |
8.30am - 8pm | 8.30am - 8pm | 8.30am - 8pm8.30am - 8pm | 8.30am - 8pm | 8.30am - 8pm | 8.30am - 8pm | 8.30am - 8pm | 8.30am - 8pm | 8.30am - 8pm | 8.30am - 8pm |
| Other Selections - Made in Kilkenny
Butler House |
10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm |
| Other Selections - Niall Harkin
Berkley Gallery |
11am - 6pm | 11am - 6pm | 11am - 6pm | 11am - 6pm | 11am - 6pm | 11am - 6pm | 11am - 6pm | 11am - 6pm | 11am - 6pm | |
| Other Selections - On the Surface
The Courtyard Bar and Grill |
10am - 9pm | 10am - 9pm | 10am - 9pm | 10am - 9pm | 10am - 9pm | 10am - 9pm | 10am - 9pm | 10am - 9pm | 10am - 9pm | 10am - 9pm |
| Other Selections - Ross Stewart & Andrew Ludick
Castle Yard Gallery |
10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm |
| Other Selections - The Workhouse Test
Dunnes Bakery |
12 - 4pm | 12 - 4pm | 12 - 4pm | 12 - 4pm | 12 - 4pm | 12 - 4pm | 12 - 4pm | 12 - 4pm | 12 - 4pm | 12 - 4pm |
| Strand 2 - Ian Burns
Butler Gallery |
3pm - 5pm | 10am - 5.30pm | 10am - 5.30pm | 10am - 5.30pm | 10am - 5.30pm | 10am - 5.30pm | 10am - 5.30pm | 10am - 5.30pm | 10am - 5.30pm | |
| Strand 2 - Rachel Dickson & Alison Lowry
Kilkenny County Council Arts Office |
10am - 5pm | 10am - 5pm | 11am - 5pm | 10am - 5pm | 10am - 5pm | 10am - 5pm | 10am - 5pm | 10am - 5pm | 10am - 5pm | 11am - 5pm |
| Strand 2 - We Are All in This Together
The Watergate Theatre |
10am - 6pm | 2pm - 6pm | One hour prior to sh | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 2pm - 6pm | One hour prior to sh |
| Supreme Criticism
Butler Gallery |
3pm - 5pm | |||||||||
| Craft | Fri 05 | Sat 06 | Sun 07 | Mon 08 | Tues 09 | Wed 10 | Thu 11 | Fri 12 | Sat 13 | Sun 14 |
| Artists’ Talk - Craft
The National Craft Gallery |
3pm | |||||||||
| Birdsong Workshop
Gallery 3G Castle Yard |
5 - 7yrs 10.30am. 8 - 1 | 5 - 7yrs 10.30am. 8 - 1 | 5 - 7yrs 10.30am. 8 - 1 | |||||||
| Bookbinding with Rachel Hazell
The National Craft Gallery |
10am - 5.30pm | 11am - 5.30pm | 10am - 5.30pm | |||||||
| Celebration of the Year of Craft
The National Craft Gallery |
6pm | |||||||||
| Fintan O’Toole: The Power of the Object
The Parade Tower |
8pm | |||||||||
| Modified Expression
The National Craft Gallery |
4pm - 5.30pm | 11am - 5.30pm | 10am - 5.30pm | 10am - 5.30pm | 10am - 5.30pm | 10am - 5.30pm | 10am - 5.30pm | 10am - 5.30pm | 11am - 5.30pm | |
| Other Selections - Ceann
Shankill Castle |
2pm - 6pm | 10am - 5pm | 2pm - 6pm | 10am - 5pm | 10am - 5pm | 10am - 5pm | 10am - 5pm | 10am - 5pm | 10am - 5pm | 10am - 5pm |
| Other Selections - Grennan Mill Craft School - Brendan Brennan
Grennan Mill |
10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | |
| Other Selections - Grennan Mill Craft School - Clive Nunn
Grennan Mill |
10am - 6pm | - 6pm10am | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | |
| Other Selections - Grennan Mill Craft School - Kirsty O’Keeffe
Grennan Mill |
10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | |
| Other Selections - Grennan Mill Craft School - Maire Gartland
Grennan Mill |
10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | |
| Other Selections - Grennan Mill Craft School - Nicola Brown
Grennan Mill |
10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | |
| Other Selections - Grennan Mill Craft School - Trini Kenny
Grennan Mill |
10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | |
| Other Selections - Jerpoint Studio
Jerpoint Glass Studio |
10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 12pm - 5pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 12pm - 5pm |
| Other Selections - Lucy McKenna
Kilkenny Castle Park |
8.30am - 8pm | 8.30am - 8pm | 8.30am - 8pm8.30am - 8pm | 8.30am - 8pm | 8.30am - 8pm | 8.30am - 8pm | 8.30am - 8pm | 8.30am - 8pm | 8.30am - 8pm | 8.30am - 8pm |
| Other Selections - Made in Kilkenny
Butler House |
10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm |
| Other Selections - Niall Harkin
Berkley Gallery |
11am - 6pm | 11am - 6pm | 11am - 6pm | 11am - 6pm | 11am - 6pm | 11am - 6pm | 11am - 6pm | 11am - 6pm | 11am - 6pm | |
| Other Selections - Ross Stewart & Andrew Ludick
Castle Yard Gallery |
10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm | 10am - 6pm |
| Paper Craft Laboratory
The National Craft Gallery |
2 - 4pm | 2 - 4pm | 2 - 4pm | |||||||
| Solas Supreme Workshop
Butler Gallery |
11am - 1pm | 11am - 1pm | 11am - 1pm | 11am - 1pm | 11am - 1pm | |||||
| Sunday Miscellany: RTE Radio 1
The Watergate Theatre |
6.30pm | |||||||||
| Street | Fri 05 | Sat 06 | Sun 07 | Mon 08 | Tues 09 | Wed 10 | Thu 11 | Fri 12 | Sat 13 | Sun 14 |
| anybody waitin’? | 1pm | 1pm | 1pm | 1pm | 1pm & 10pm | 1pm & 9pm | ||||
| Beowulf - A Thousand Years of Baggage. Free Taster
The Parade |
3.30pm | |||||||||
| Fanzini Brothers
Canal Walk |
2.30pm and 4pm | 2.30pm and 4pm | ||||||||
| Children’s Events | Fri 05 | Sat 06 | Sun 07 | Mon 08 | Tues 09 | Wed 10 | Thu 11 | Fri 12 | Sat 13 | Sun 14 |
| Birdsong Workshop
Gallery 3G Castle Yard |
5 - 7yrs 10.30am. 8 - 1 | 5 - 7yrs 10.30am. 8 - 1 | 5 - 7yrs 10.30am. 8 - 1 | |||||||
| Bookbinding with Rachel Hazell
The National Craft Gallery |
10am - 5.30pm | 11am - 5.30pm | 10am - 5.30pm | |||||||
| David Donohue
The Parade Tower |
1pm & 3pm | |||||||||
| Holy Mary
The Watergate Theatre |
11am & 1.30pm | 11am & 1.30pm | ||||||||
| Paper Craft Laboratory
The National Craft Gallery |
2 - 4pm | 2 - 4pm | 2 - 4pm | |||||||
| Solas Supreme Workshop
Butler Gallery |
11am - 1pm | 11am - 1pm | 11am - 1pm | 11am - 1pm | 11am - 1pm | |||||
| Star Boy
Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel - Kilbride Suite |
12pm & 2.30pm | 12pm & 2.30pm | ||||||||
| The Amazing Few
Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel - Kilbride Suite |
4pm |
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