Kilkenny St Patricks Festival

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"A St Patrick's Day Family Event In Ireland"
Name: St Patricks Festival
Address: Kilkenny

St. Patricks Festival in Kilkenny 2023

After hosting our biggest Parade ever in 2022, we are delighted to return once again for our Kilkenny City Parade in 2023. The centre of this year’s 5 day festival, the St. Patrick’s Festival Kilkenny Parade, promises to be a fantastic community event celebrating the creativity of Kilkenny and all things Irish. Community groups, organisations and performers will use their imagination and talents to come up with an entertaining and engaging Parade.

This Year’s theme is Legends and Stories

Drawing from the past, the present and the future, participants are asked to tap into the stories that are most important to them. These can involve stories from your local communities or group history, larger than life figures, episodes from the city and county’s history and folklore, or stories straight from your imagination! Storytelling is a core part of Irish culture and heritage. From Celtic myths and legends, to great Irish writers, the stories we tell through songs and the tales we exchange with friends. Rich in history, Kilkenny has many stories of it’s own.
At this year’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade participants are encouraged to tell their own stories literal, imagined and legendary!

The Kilkenny St. Patrick’s Day Parade will take place on Friday the 17th March at 1.30pm.

The Parade Route: John Street, Rose Inn Street, The Parade (Review stand), High Street, Market Yard (finishing/collection point).

"A St Patrick's Day Family Festival In Ireland"

15th March Wednesday

  • 10.30am  An Cailín Ciúin  – Movie Screening
  • 4pm – American Marching Bands – The Purdue Marching Band and the Mountain West Conference All-Star American Marching Band.
  • The Big Wheel – birdseye views of the city throughout the festival  11am – 6pm
  • Vintage Carousel –  beautiful carnival ride throughout the festival  11am – 6pm

16th March Thursday

  • Festival Market on the Mayor’s Walk
    11am – 6pm       Thursday 16th – Sunday 19th March
  • 1pm – 5 pm   Street Entertainment – Stiltwalkers, Unicyclist, Juggler
  • 7.30pm The Banshees of Inisherin – Movie screening
  • 8pm Pop-Up Gaeltacht – Seachtain na Gaeilge
  • The Big Wheel – birdseye views of the city throughout the festival  11am – 6pm
  • Vintage Carousel –  beautiful carnival ride throughout the festival  11am – 6pm

17th March   Friday

  • 10am – Pre Parade Party at McDonagh Junction
  • Festival Market on the Mayor’s Walk
    11am – 6pm       Thursday 16th – Sunday 19th March
  • 1.30pm ST PATRICK’S DAY PARADE Weaving stories through the street of Kilkenny
  • 1pm – 6pm  The Big Community Drum with Fuinneamh
  • 3pm – The Hit Machine on the Festival Stage
  • 3.30pm – Karbunklis Latvian Dancers
  • 4pm – Reel to Reel live local music on the Festival Stage
  • 4.40pm – Hakuna Matata street acrobatic show
  • Mr Boom’s Drum Show – with Drum Dance Ireland
  • The Big Wheel – birdseye views of the city throughout the festival  11am – 6pm
  • Vintage Carousel –  beautiful carnival ride throughout the festival  11am – 6pm
  • 7pm –  Fireflame Family Street Entertainment Show
  • 8pm – Kilfenora Céilí Band at the Watergate Theatre

18th March Saturday

  • Festival Market on the Mayor’s Walk
    11am – 6pm       Thursday 16th – Sunday 19th March
  • 12.30- Marist High School Marching Band from Chicago
  • 1.30 – Bishop Moore High School Marching Band from Florida
  • Mr Boom’s Drum Show – with Drum Dance Ireland
  • 1pm – 6pm  The Big Community Drum with Fuinneamh
  • The Big Wheel – birdseye views of the city throughout the festival  11am – 6pm
  • Vintage Carousel –  beautiful carnival ride throughout the festival  11am – 6pm
  • The Absurdist Pipe Band – clowning around the streets of Kilkenny
  • FunkyFi – chinese pole show
  • 8pm – Fireworks Display -lighting up the skies
  • 8pm – Scullion in Concert
  • 8pm – Céilí -with the Tulla Céilí Band

19th March Sunday

  • Festival Market on the Mayor’s Walk
    11am – 6pm       Thursday 16th – Sunday 19th March
  • The Big Wheel – birdseye views of the city throughout the festival  11am – 6pm
  • Vintage Carousel –  beautiful carnival ride throughout the festival  11am – 6pm
  • The Absurdist Pipe Band – clowning around the streets of Kilkenny
  • 1.45pm – Kilkenny v Waterford Allianz National Hurling League Match

Find out more about St Patrick’s Festival Kilkenny

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