The Festival Team

Board of Directors

Emer Foley (Chair), Fergus Cronin, Susan Proud, Maureen Kennelly, Anna O’Sullivan, Conor Langton, Thomas O’Toole, Michael O’Toole, Isabell Smyth, Orla Kelly, Gobnait Kearney, Brian Kiely.

Festival Team

Chief Executive Rosemary Collier
Office Manager Valerie Ryan
Production Manager Aidan Wallace
Marketing Manager Niamh Donnellan
Fundraising Manager Chloe O'Connor
Programme Co-ordinator Evelyn McNamara
Box Office Management Cathy Hogan
Programme Editor Alistair Daniel
Publicity Cormac Kinsella
Local PR Co-ordinator Melanie O'Connor
Social Media Guru Steven O'Rourke
Festival Blogger Ken McGuire & John Morton
Marketing Assistant Celine Reilly
Volunteer Co-ordinator Niamh Duffe
Artisit Liaison Cornelia McCarthy
Assistant Artist Liason Ciara Cavanagh

Graphic Design A&D
Web Design Pixel Design
Official IT Providers BITS
Festival Image DesignWorks

Curators

Theatre/Dance Tom Creed
Classical Music Susan Proud
Music Gerry Godley
Wired Matthew Nolan
Literature Colm Tóibín
Craft Angela O'Kelly
Visual Art Josephine Kelliher
Children's Events & Street Damian Downes

The Kilkenny Arts Festival thanks the curators, artists and performers who make the festival such a unique experience.

Thanks to our enthusiastic and hard-working volunteers who give their time so generously.

Thanks to the festival partners and friends. We couldn’t do this without your support.

Thanks to everyone who is involved with the festival this year. You make it happen!

The Kilkenny Arts Festival gives special thanks to:


Alan Raggett and Nail2Nail Fine Art Services, Alan Slattery, Alison McGrath from the Kilkenny Chamber, all the staff at Kilkenny Castle (OPW), Amanda Horan & Rory McCarthy & Failte Ireland, Brendan Rice, Brian Keyes, Brian Tyrrell, Business2Arts, Caroline Coode, Cathal O’Neill, Catriona Crowe, Christine Monk, Darren Poynter, Debra O’Neill, Eamon & Eddie Langton, Fiona Flood & the Girls, Fr Louis Hughes, Ger Coady & the Watergate Theatre, Gerry Nugent & the Courts Service of Ireland, Jane Russell & the Cat Laughs team, Joe Crockett, John Purcell, Julia Crampton, Karen Hennessy & Ann Mulrooney & the Crafts Council of Ireland, Kilkenny Tourist Office, Krystle Fennelly, Mary Butler & Kilkenny County Council Arts Office, Mike Leahy, Naoise Coogan, Nick McGivney, Patrick Lydon, Roisin McQuillan & staff at Rothe House, Russell Ashby, Sabine O’Dwyer, Sgt Gary Gordon, Sharon O’Gorman, St Canice’s Kilkenny Credit Union, Sue Nunn, Susan Hallam, Sylvia Corcoran, Tess Felder, the Dean, Chapter & staff of St Canice’s Cathedral, Una McCarthy & the Arts Council, Vincent Dempsey, Willie Meighan.  Thanks also to Reverend Elaine Murray at St John’s Priory.