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A fundraising event in aid of GROW Mental Health and Ceart Patientwise will be held in Kilkenny on Tuesday September 27.

Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three will be rolling into Kilkenny in the coming week, with their self-described ‘creative mix of early jazz, string ragtime, country blues and western swing.’

It’s a great feeling when Kilkenny suddenly bursts into life and takes on the ‘summer feelin’’!

For a long time, the Smithwicks Kilkenny Rhythm and Roots festival was regarded by its formerly small following as one of Kilkenny’s best kept secrets. But the huge level of interest and demand for tickets this year suggests that this is no longer the case. The secret is out.

Kilkenny is gearing up for festival fever again this year and recent good weather has reminded locals how wonderful Kilkenny’s summer months can be when filled with festival fun.

“Water, water, everywhere,

It was the year that Shergar was kidnapped, Eamon Coughlan won the 5000m gold medal at the World Championships in Helsinki, Tommy Walsh and Samantha Mumba were born and Cork were defeated, once again, in the All-Ireland Final.

The summer festival season in Kilkenny has been tempered this year by the news that the city’s annual Cat Laughs Comedy Festival has lost its sponsor.

Whether you are celebrating 300 years or 13 years, there can be few better ways to kick off the festivities than the sounds of Josh Ritter, a songwriter at the top of his game.

Ireland’s foremost roots music festival returns to Kilkenny for the May Bank Holiday weekend with a mixture of revered favourites and new treasures to unearth.