Print the Witch! Lino Printmaking workshop
Sunday 01th November 2026 Location: Butler Gallery, Evans’ Home, John’s Quay, Kilkenny, R95 YX3F Inspired by the stories, folklore and legends surrounding Kilkenny’s witch trials, this beginner-friendly workshop introduces traditional linocut printmaking. Local artist and printmaker Blaise Butler guides participants…
Cures and Curses by Sarah McKenna
Saturday 31th October 2026 Location: Kilkenny Home Rule Club, 3 John’s Quay, Kilkenny, R95 T382 After two years documenting traditional cures and curses in Ireland’s border counties, Sarah McKenna presents a 45-minute storytelling performance about how these practices survive in…
Cauldron of Curiosities at Rothe House
Saturday 31th October 2026 Location: Rothe House & Garden, 16 Parliament Street, Kilkenny, R95 P89C A drop-in family programme at Rothe House featuring Bemusement Games in the courtyard, spooky music from DJ Raven, and Scientific Sue in the Tudor Kitchen…
BRIDGET: Film Screening + Q&A
Saturday 31th October 2026 Location: Billy Byrne’s Gastro Bar & Venue, 39 John Street Upper, Kilkenny, R95 K091 Anne Williamson’s first film recounts the 1895 killing of 26-year-old seamstress Bridget Cleary after her husband became convinced she had been replaced…
Kilkenny’s Toil & Trouble presents Anakronos: The Red Book of Ossory
Friday 30th October 2026 Location: St Canice’s Cathedral & Round Tower, The Close, Coach Road, Kilkenny City, R95 V63H Anakronos, led by Caitríona O’Leary, sets sixty Latin poems written by Bishop Richard de Ledrede and preserved in the fourteenth-century Red…
Sing Along Social presents The Witches’ Ball
In partnership with the Kilkenny’s Night Time Economy initiative, Sing Along Social bring their mass-participation, no-mic-required singalong to Water…
The Juniper Tree – Movie Screening with Live Score
Thursday 29th October 2026 Location: Watergate Theatre, Parliament Street, Kilkenny, R95 D320 Composer Matthew Nolan, with Seán Mac Erlaine, Lisa Dowdall and Damien Lennon, performs a specially commissioned live score for Nietzchka Keene’s debut feature The Juniper Tree. Loosely based…
AUTUMN MAGIC: Make a Macramé Pumpkin – Kids Face Paint FREE! |
Join us for AUTUMN MAGIC: Make a macramé pumpkin and get free kids face paint fun with Áine & Andrea.
Lizzie No with support from Ellie Sullivan
Friday 23th October 2026 Location: Billy Byrnes Gastro Bar and Venue, 39 John St, Kilkenny, Kilkenny Singer-songwriter, harpist, and guitarist Lizzie No has established herself as one of the most exciting new voices in indie folk music. Organisers Website
Deireadh Seachtaine Amhránaíochta ~ Sean-nós singing weekend
Friday 16th October 2026 Location: Home Rule Club DEIREADH SEACHTAINE AMHRÁNAÍOCHTA AR AN SEAN-NÓS SEAN-NÓS SINGING WEEKEND 16–18 Deireadh Fómhair Cill Chainnigh | The Home Rule Club le hEithne Ní Chatháin A weekend of sean-nós singing. Is as Gaeilge a…