Children will use their imagination and learn new skills in this jam packed, fun filled week.
Children will draw and paint. Design and make a puppet. Create 3D, relief tiles and bowls
in clay. Learn new printing techniques. Up-cycle everyday objects into art. Make colourful
sugar craft creations, which they can eat later! And lots more….

Classes are given by Anne, who is a qualified Art Teacher. They are suitable for children
ages 5-12 yrs.

Annual Family Fun Day. Events to be confirmed

See our website for details of this wonderful festival at Borris House, Borris, Co Carlow.

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Butler Gallery is the leading contemporary art gallery and museum, with a permanent collection, in the South East of Ireland.  Butler Gallery is a free attraction and runs engaging public events for a wide variety of audiences, including: free bookable tours for groups, week-end activities for children, tailored exhibition visits for people living with dementia and their families, and bookable verbal description tours for people who are blind/visually impaired.  Butler Gallery is open year round, with diverse exhibitions by Irish and international artists.  Entry is free.

Join in the largest rubber boot race in the world with hundreds of wellie-booted runners, in all sorts of attire, over a 6.4 km circuit. A great way to start the year!

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Kilkenny Class: Dancewise Studios, Hebron Industrial Estate, Kilkenny
Tuesday - Ages 4 to 8: 5.30 pm to 6.15 pm. Ages 9 to 11: 6.30 pm to 7.30pm. Age 12 plus: 7.30 pm to 8.30 pm.
Castlecomer Class: Castlecomer Community Hall, Castlecomer, Co Kilkenny
Wednesday - Ages 4 to 8: 5.15 pm to 6pm. Age 9 plus: 6.15pm to 7.15 pm.

This enthusiastic group stages an annual pantomime in February.

New members welcome.

Auditions in October. Regular rehearsals, October to February.

This annual event offers a range of activities, including a scarecrow making competition. Don't miss this fun event!

Flipside Studio is a community based initiative that provides classes in the arts in an integrated setting. Promoting social inclusion.

Meetings held every two weeks, September to March. The Society puts on an annual show in February in Gowran Parish Hall.

New members always welcome. For children and adults.

The festival includes musical events, sporting activities and comedy acts. The regatta includes over 20 events from an Iron Man contest to cot (fishing boat) races, swimming and diving competitions.

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Programmes change weekly on Friday. Four screens.

County Kilkenny federation of ICA has several hundred members in 18 guilds, with an ethos based on friendship with women and further education. Hand crafts, computers and all of the old traditional Irish crafts are our main activities. Classes in computers, digital cameras, hand crafts, gardening, flower arranging, swimming and physical fitness may also be available. Visits to An Grianán in Co Louth, ICA’s Adult Education College, are arranged. Members go on weekend trips and there is an annual international trip. There is a hand-craft week in March every year.

KCAT Art Centre offers a variety of courses, both short and long-term for adults. Courses are facilitated by experienced tutors. These include introductory art courses, open studio days, photography, life drawing, artist’s workshops, dance, ceramics, glass art, creative writing and sculpture. Additional week-end and summer courses are continually on offer. News can be found on our website. Summer camps for children and teens are available. Visitors are welcome by appointment.

This exciting festival takes place over two weekends and the intervening week.

The festival offers a spectacular variety of events, in Kilkenny City and County, to suit all ages and tastes including art, crafts, classical, jazz, world and traditional music, poetry and book readings, street performances, outdoor plays and workshops... Just be there!!

Programme available early July from the booking office. Book early to avoid disappointment.

Adult dance fitness classes and Zumba. Parent and toddler dance classes for ages.

Featuring a world class lineup of international and Irish Roots / Americana Acts

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Classes available

Open Circle is a small community arts organisation based in Kilkenny City which seeks to make the arts available and accessible to woman of all ages and from all walks of life, living in Kilkenny City and County. The project is managed and supported by the Arts Office of Kilkenny County Council, with additional support from Kilkenny Education and Training Board. The heart of the project is our community art space the Open Circle Art House, in Kilkenny City. We offer a varied programme throughout the year, see our website for details.

Savour Kilkenny is a festival with a true community heart run by a voluntary committee of Kilkenny people who are passionate about food. Growing it, making it, cooking it, sharing it and eating it – all are celebrated each year in a jam packed programme. 

We’re lucky to have an exceptionally vibrant and creative food culture here and Savour Kilkenny is a chance to throw open our doors and invite you to join the party and enjoy it with us. 

Join us for a week-end of culinary experiences, celebrity chef demos, food stalls and much more!

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A confidence building course with emphasis on correct speech (diction work) and public speaking, but also involves a wide variety of other aspects such as drama, puppet theatre, mime, characterisation, improvisation and lots of fun.  Suitable for children from first class to sixth class.  Speech examinations also available.

The SUBTITLE European Film Festival provides a unique opportunity to catch some of the most popular European films that rarely show up at the multiplex. And a chance to meet its filmmakers and stars. If you are looking for provocative, funny, accessible and smart European films, then SUBTITLE is for you!

Classes in classical ballet, modern theatre/jazz and hip hop. From age 3 up to vocational level. Examinations available.

All teachers are fully qualified and registered with the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD).

Classes run September to June, with intensive daily classes held for senior students in July. Junior summer camp in July.

Modern hip hop dance classes as a form of exercise for children.

Range of traditional music at various venues around the City. Don’t miss it, it’s great fun!

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