By SINÉAD CONNOLLY THIS year’s Kilkenny Roots festival was the most successful ever, with ticket sales up more than 20% on last year’s event. Festival founder John Cleere said he was delighted with this year’s May Bank Holiday weekend event, with more and more people coming from abroad for the 22-year-old festival. John told KilkennyNow.ie: […]
IT’S that time of year again folks! Kilkenny Roots Festival hits our streets this weekend with a musical mix of swing, bluegrass, rockabilly to cajun, folk, blues and more. Attracting some the most famous names in Americana/Roots canon the festival offers free and ticketed gigs throughout the city. So here’s a taste of what’s on […]
WHETHER you’re rockin’ to the sounds of the Kilkenny Roots Festival or just chilling at home over the May Bank Holiday weekend, the weather should dampen your spirits too much. Met Éireann’s latest forecast says we’re in for a largely dry, albeit fairly cool, extended weekend in this corner of the country. But local weather […]
KILKENNY is the place to be this summer, with some of very best national and international acts of every description to grace stages at venues around the county. But tickets are selling fast, so get ahead of the crowd with our full list of events and acts in order to avoid disappointment. Some of them […]
KILKENNY Roots Festival has featured in a guide to the ’15 Best Things To Do in Ireland’ over the May Bank Holiday weekend. Thousands of music lovers from across the country and from abroad will descend on the Marble City this weekend as more than 30 venues play host to a stellar line-up of leading […]
THE hugely popular Kilkenny Roots Festival launches this evening at the Smithwick Experience – and audiences can look forward to a thrilling line up for this year’s May bank holiday weekend. This year the Roots Festival celebrates in 22nd year with a stellar line up, including Grammy winner Patty Griffin, legendary Mexican-American rock musician, songwriter […]