Kilkenny Arts Festival

Kilkenny Arts Festival
St Canice's Cathedral ahead of a festival performance in 2013
StatusActive
GenreArts festival
Date(s)August
FrequencyAnnual
Location(s)Kilkenny
CountryIreland
Years active1974–present
Most recent2019
Websitekilkennyarts.ie

The Kilkenny Arts Festival, formally known as Kilkenny Arts Week, was founded in Kilkenny, Ireland, in 1974. It covers a number of art forms, including classical music and performance. Playwright and poet Seamus Heaney gave a reading of some of his works during the inaugural event.[1]

As of 2016, the event included theatre, dance, visual arts, and other forms of music and literature. The festival commissions works for the event locally and from abroad.[2]

  1. ^ "Kilkenny Arts Festival". Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Visit Kilkenny". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2016.