The 2017 Kilkenny Arts Festival takes place from 11–20 August 2017. Our Festival Programme will be announced in Spring/Summer 2017
Since its foundation in 1974, Kilkenny Arts Festival has gathered many of the world’s finest musicians, performers, writers and artists in Ireland’s medieval city each August. For ten days, the city’s historic churches, castle, courtyards, townhouses and gardens offer a magical setting for unique collaborations and intimate encounters between audiences and artists.