Festival at a Glance

Theatre & DanceFri 06Sat 07Sun 08Mon 09Tues 10Wed 11Thu 12Fri 13Sat 14Sun 15
A Western
Kyteler’s Inn		 6.30pm6.30pm
Foot Washing for the Sole
The Hole in the Wall		 11.45am - 9pm11.45am - 9pm11.45am - 9pm
Group Therapy for One
Cleere’s		 1pm1pm1pm1pm1pm
Susan & Darren: an event with dancing
The Watergate Theatre		 8pm8pm8pm6pm
The Smile Off Your Face
Rothe House		 2pm - 5pm & 7pm - 10pm2pm - 5pm & 7pm - 10pm2pm - 5pm & 7pm - 10pm2pm - 5pm & 7pm - 10pm2pm - 5pm & 7pm - 10pm
Victor and Gord
Cleere’s		 1pm1pm1pm1pm1pm
Where did it all go right?
The Left Bank		 6.30pm6.30pm6.30pm
Classical MusicFri 06Sat 07Sun 08Mon 09Tues 10Wed 11Thu 12Fri 13Sat 14Sun 15
Aileen Itani & Rachel Andrist
St Canice’s Cathedral		 1pm
Antti Siirala
St Canice’s Cathedral		 8pm
Façade: an entertainment for reciter and six instruments
Set Theatre		 2pm
Festival Mass
St Mary’s Cathedral		 12.30pm
Lendvai String Trio
The Parade Tower		 11am
Maarten Koningsberger & Finghin Collins
St Canice’s Cathedral		 8.30pm
Maria Ryan & Ciara Moroney
St Canice’s Cathedral		 1pm
Mark Anthony McGrath & Christian Wilson
St Canice’s Cathedral		 8pm
Meta3 String Quartet
St Canice’s Cathedral		 8.30pm
RTÉ Concert Orchestra
St Canice’s Cathedral		 2pm
The Cardinall’s Musick
The Black Abbey		 8pm
The Kilkenny Arts Festival Choir & Orchestra
St Canice’s Cathedral		 8pm
Thomas Dunford
The Parade Tower		 11am
To an Isle in the Water
Set Theatre		 10pm1pm
MusicFri 06Sat 07Sun 08Mon 09Tues 10Wed 11Thu 12Fri 13Sat 14Sun 15
Ale Möller Band
Set Theatre		 10pm
Andy Irvine
St Canice’s Cathedral		 8pm
Ballake Sissoko & Vincent Segal and Debashish Bhattacharya & Subhasis Bhattacharya
St Canice’s Cathedral		 8pm
Dublin City Jazz Orchestra with Honor Heffernan
Hotel Kilkenny - Skyline Suite		 9pm
Evan Christopher’s Django a la Creole
Set Theatre		 8pm
Fidil
Cleere’s		 6pm
Innisfree Céilí Band
Set Theatre		 10pm
Konono No.1
Set Theatre		 8pm
Michael Buckley’s Dublin Standard Time
Set Theatre		 9pm
Scullion
Set Theatre		 10pm to late
Tarab
St Canice’s Cathedral		 1pm
The Kilkenny County Session
Set Theatre		 9pm
WiredFri 06Sat 07Sun 08Mon 09Tues 10Wed 11Thu 12Fri 13Sat 14Sun 15
Adrian Crowley with Valerie Francis
Set Theatre		 3pm
And So I Watch You From Afar (followed by The Kilo 1977)
Set Theatre		 10pm
Damo Suzuki (followed by a DJ set from Donal Dineen)
Set Theatre		 10pm
Erik Friedlander & FLM Ensemble
Set Theatre		 5pm
Halves with The Ambience Affair, Ryan Taylor Doyle & Teffia Ki
Set Theatre		 10pm
Mick Flannery with Morton Valence & Catherine Dowling
St Canice’s Cathedral		 7pm
Pierce Turner with support from Jennifer Evans
The Parade Tower		 6pm
Public Seminar: The Future of Music Distribution & Promotion (chaired by Matthew Nolan)
Kilkenny County Council Arts Office		 4pm
Tindersticks with 3epkano
St Canice’s Cathedral		 8pm
LiteratureFri 06Sat 07Sun 08Mon 09Tues 10Wed 11Thu 12Fri 13Sat 14Sun 15
“Ireland’s Athletic Assault and Battery”?: Hollywood and Hurling
Set Theatre		 7pm
Ciaran Carson & Michael Coady
The Parade Tower		 6pm
Ed O’Loughlin & David Vann
Set Theatre		 3pm
Forty Years of Feminism: A discussion on where we were, where we are & where we’re going
Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel - Kilbride Suite		 6pm
Gabriel Byrne On Screen
Set Theatre		 10am - 5pm
I Can’t … I Can’t (Wedding Night)
The Parade Tower		 4pm
John Banville & Hugo Hamilton
St Canice’s Cathedral		 6pm
John Boyne & Andrew O’Hagan
The Watergate Theatre		 6pm
Joseph O’Connor & Philip King
The Watergate Theatre		 8pm
Paul Durcan
The Watergate Theatre		 4pm
The Hubert Butler Annual Lecture: Robert Fisk
St Canice’s Cathedral		 6pm
When I’m Sixty-Four: A Symposium on Pension Reform 6pm
Visual ArtFri 06Sat 07Sun 08Mon 09Tues 10Wed 11Thu 12Fri 13Sat 14Sun 15
Ciarán Walsh
Rothe House		 10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm
Declan Clarke
Rothe House		 10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm
Dennis McNulty
Ormonde St. Car Park (Top Floor)		 10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm
Eithne Jordan
11 Patrick Street		 10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm
Eoghan McTigue
Kitchen Corridor - Kilkenny Castle		 10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm
Fergus Martin
11 Patrick Street		 10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm
Michael Coleman
11 Patrick Street		 10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm
Stephen Loughman
11 Patrick Street		 10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm
surface & reality 10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm
Susan Phillipsz
Kilkenny Castle Park		 10am - 8pm10am - 8pm10am - 8pm10am - 8pm10am - 8pm10am - 8pm10am - 8pm10am - 8pm10am - 8pm10am - 8pm
Visual Art Strand 2: Endangered Studios 5pm - 8pm12noon - 6pm10am - 6pm10am - 6pm10am - 6pm10am - 6pm10am - 6pm10am - 6pm12noon - 6pm
Visual Art Strand 2: Gerard Casey, Eamon Colman, Patrick Pye 10am - 6pm10am - 6pm10am - 6pm10am - 6pm10am - 6pm10am - 6pm10am - 6pm10am - 6pm10am - 6pm10am - 6pm
Visual Art Strand 2: Guerrilla Girls
Kilkenny County Council Arts Office		 10am - 5pm11am - 5pm10am - 5pm10am - 5pm10am - 5pm10am - 5pm10am - 5pm10am - 5pm10am - 5pm11am - 5pm
Visual Art Strand 2: KCAT Thirteen 10.30am - 5pm10am - 5.30pm10.30am - 5pm10am - 5pm10am - 5pm10am - 5pm10am - 5pm10am - 5pm10am - 5.30pm10.30am - 5pm
Visual Art Strand 2: Maria Van Kesteren 2pm - 5.30pm2pm - 5.30pm12pm - 5pm2pm - 5.30pm2pm - 5.30pm2pm - 5.30pm2pm - 5.30pm2pm - 5.30pm2pm - 5.30pm12pm - 5pm
Visual Art Strand 2: Tony O’Malley
Butler Gallery		 3pm - 5pm10am - 5.30pm10am - 5.30pm10am - 5.30pm10am - 5.30pm10am - 5.30pm10am - 5.30pm10am - 5.30pm10am - 5.30pm
William McKeown
11 Patrick Street		 10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm
Willie Doherty
Rothe House		 10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm10am - 7pm
CraftFri 06Sat 07Sun 08Mon 09Tues 10Wed 11Thu 12Fri 13Sat 14Sun 15
Embracing Technology
The National Craft Gallery		 10am - 5pm10am - 5pm10am - 5pm10am - 5pm10am - 5pm10am - 5pm10am - 5pm10am - 5pm10am - 5pm
Mah Rana - ‘Jewellery is Life’ and ‘Meanings and Attachments’
The National Craft Gallery		 10am - 5pm10am - 5pm10am - 5pm10am - 5pm10am - 5pm10am - 5pm10am - 5pm10am - 5pm10am - 5pm
Strand 2 Craft: Ceramics Ireland International Festival
The National Craft Gallery		 10am - 5.30pm11am - 5.30pm10am - 5.30pm10am - 5.30pm10am - 5.30pm10am - 5.30pm10am - 5.30pm10am - 5.30pm11am - 5.30pm
Strand 2 Craft: Grennan Mill Craft School Exhibition 10am - 6pm11am - 6pm10am - 6pm10am - 6pm10am - 6pm10am - 6pm10am - 6pm10am - 6pm10am - 6pm10am - 6pm
Strand 2 Craft: Made in Kilkenny 10am - 6pm10am - 6pm10am - 6pm10am - 6pm10am - 6pm10am - 6pm10am - 6pm10am - 6pm
StreetFri 06Sat 07Sun 08Mon 09Tues 10Wed 11Thu 12Fri 13Sat 14Sun 15
Baghdaddies 3pm, 5pm
Donkey Feathers 2.30pm, 4pm1pm, 4pm
Prince Mint and The Glam Chops 1.30pm, 3pm, 4.30pm
The Baad Mutha Funkas 1.30pm, 3pm and 4.30
Up Above 5pm1pm, 4pm
Children's EventsFri 06Sat 07Sun 08Mon 09Tues 10Wed 11Thu 12Fri 13Sat 14Sun 15
Blenny, The Waterdaughter
Barnstorm Theatre Company		 12pm, 2.30pm
Children’s Craft Workshops
The National Craft Gallery		 2pm2pm2pm
Construct with Nature
Butler Gallery		 11am - 1pm11am - 1pm11am - 1pm
Derek Landy
Hotel Kilkenny - Skyline Suite		 3pm
Liam Ó Maonlaí
Hotel Kilkenny - Skyline Suite		 3.30pm
On-Off
Barnstorm Theatre Company		 12pm, 3pm12pm, 2pm
Parapapel
Barnstorm Theatre Company		 12pm, 2pm12pm, 2pm
Puppet-Making workshop with Miriam Lambert
Abbey Business Centre		 10am10am
The Big Draw
Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel - Kilbride Suite		 11am
The Billy Holiday Show
The Parade Tower		 12pm, 2.30pm
The Gingerbread Man
The Parade Tower		 1.30pm, 3.30pm
The Magic Cube
The Watergate Theatre		 5pm12pm, 2pm12pm
Whispering Waves: Stories of the Sea
The Parade Tower		 12pm, 2.30pm