News & Media

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18 July 2025

Kilkenny Arts Festival Announces the Hubert Butler Annual Lecture 2025

Award winning journalist, photographer and author Sally Hayden announced for Hubert Butler Annual Lecture in the Watergate Theatre.

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Festival announcements

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Kilkenny Arts Festival announces ‘The More Beautiful World’

Kilkenny Arts Festival announces that actor Ciarán Hinds and mezzo-soprano Sharon Carty will join The Fews Ensemble for the world premiere of Sam Perkin’s The More Beautiful World’

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Kilkenny Arts Festival 2025 Programme Announcement

Kilkenny Arts Festival is thrilled to unveil the full programme for #KAF25

Photo: Sisi Burn

Early highlights announced for Kilkenny Arts Festival Classical Music programme

Kilkenny Arts Festival is thrilled to announce some early highlights for its 2025 Classical Music programme.

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Michael Gallen’s “The Curing Line” wins world’s largest award for new opera, the prestigious Fedora Prize

The Curing Line, which is due to premiere at Kilkenny Arts Festival in 2026, has scooped one of the world’s largest opera awards.

In the Media

Semele - Handel : Irish Examiner review

'...terrific singing and an abundance of appealing arias and ensembles.'

The Tempest - Rough Magic: Irish Times review

'...transports the audience to the lush and lusty green island of...