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By night Kilkenny comes alive as visitors and locals alike enjoy the city's vibrant cultural and entertainment life. The city offers an eclectic mix of cosmopolitan designer bars, and traditional old style hostelries. What better way to spend an evening than enjoying a meal in one of the many restaurants throughout Kilkenny? Live music and theatre takes place throughout the week, so whether your taste is for dance music, poetry, theatre or rock! - Kilkenny has something to offer you.
Kilkenny’s intimate size and wonderfully atmospheric venue make it a magical location for the many festivals that fill the calendar each year. With music spilling onto the streets and venues within walking distance of each other, the whole city celebrates. For festivals and events, Kilkenny has it all.
Whatever your heart desires, open it to Kilkenny.
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Kilkenny Roots Festival 2018 Friday 4th to Monday 7th May Venues across Kilkenny City |
Audiences wind their way through the medieval streets sampling the huge range of music in the 30 plus venues, hosting over 40 Irish and international acts, with over 90 ticketed and free shows from early afternoon until late into the night. |
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Kilkenny Roots Festival 2018 Friday 4th to Monday 7th May Venues across Kilkenny City |
Audiences wind their way through the medieval streets sampling the huge range of music in the 30 plus venues, hosting over 40 Irish and international acts, with over 90 ticketed and free shows from early afternoon until late into the night. |
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Kilkenny Roots Festival 2018 Friday 4th to Monday 7th May Venues across Kilkenny City |
Audiences wind their way through the medieval streets sampling the huge range of music in the 30 plus venues, hosting over 40 Irish and international acts, with over 90 ticketed and free shows from early afternoon until late into the night. |
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Kilkenny Roots Festival 2018 Friday 4th to Monday 7th May Venues across Kilkenny City |
Audiences wind their way through the medieval streets sampling the huge range of music in the 30 plus venues, hosting over 40 Irish and international acts, with over 90 ticketed and free shows from early afternoon until late into the night. |
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Kilkenny Cat Laughs Comedy Festival 2018 Friday 1st June to Monday 4th June Venues in Kilkenny City and Thomastown |
The Kilkenny Cat Laughs Comedy Festival has grown from a small event comprising a handful of shows in 1995 to an internationally acclaimed festival which showcases the very best in Irish & international comedy acts in June. The festival attracts in excess of 30,000 visitors. |
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Kilkenny Cat Laughs Comedy Festival 2018 Friday 1st June to Monday 4th June Venues in Kilkenny City and Thomastown |
The Kilkenny Cat Laughs Comedy Festival has grown from a small event comprising a handful of shows in 1995 to an internationally acclaimed festival which showcases the very best in Irish & international comedy acts in June. The festival attracts in excess of 30,000 visitors. |
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Kilkenny Cat Laughs Comedy Festival 2018 Friday 1st June to Monday 4th June Venues in Kilkenny City and Thomastown |
The Kilkenny Cat Laughs Comedy Festival has grown from a small event comprising a handful of shows in 1995 to an internationally acclaimed festival which showcases the very best in Irish & international comedy acts in June. The festival attracts in excess of 30,000 visitors. |
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Kilkenny Cat Laughs Comedy Festival 2018 Friday 1st June to Monday 4th June Venues in Kilkenny City and Thomastown |
The Kilkenny Cat Laughs Comedy Festival has grown from a small event comprising a handful of shows in 1995 to an internationally acclaimed festival which showcases the very best in Irish & international comedy acts in June. The festival attracts in excess of 30,000 visitors. |
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Cycling: Tour de Kilkenny 2018 Saturday 4 August Kilkenny Rugby Club Waterford Road. Kilkenny Rugby Club, Waterford Rd |
Marble City Cyclers are delighted to announce that they will be hosting the ninth edition of the Tour de Kilkenny on the Saturday of the Bank Holiday weekend, 4th August 2018. In the last eight years, Tour de Kilkenny has raised over €100,000 for charity and we hope that with your help, we can raise even more funds. |