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.
Festival announcements
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16 July 2025
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’
18 June 2025
Kilkenny Arts Festival 2025 Programme Announcement
Kilkenny Arts Festival is thrilled to unveil the full programme for #KAF25
29 April 2025
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.
28 April 2025
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.
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11 August 2022
Semele - Handel : Irish Examiner review
'...terrific singing and an abundance of appealing arias and ensembles.'
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11 August 2022
The Tempest - Rough Magic: Irish Times review
'...transports the audience to the lush and lusty green island of...
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