This black and white photography exhibition ‘Kenmare Carnival 1961’ captures the fun and joy that this annual event brought to the people of Kenmare every summer. The original photos were discovered in the personal archives of local man, Tim Sheehan. He donated them to Kenmare Library, who gratefully accepted such a Read more…
The Works of John B. Keane This drama piece takes excerpts from four of John B. Keane's most iconic plays - Sive; Year of the Hiker; Big Maggie, and The Field, and explores the themes of heartbreak, greed, loyalty and loss. This delightful interpretation ot the renowned author's work introduces Read more…
Creativity Space - A Bealtaine Festival Event With Carrie-Jade Williams This workshop provides the opportunity to get creative and celebrate the spring. After two years of Lockdown, this is the space to come along and try flower arranging, poetry and paper crafts in a friendly, welcoming environment. All materials supplied Read more…
Life Story Writing: A Bealtaine Festival event With Carrie-Jade Williams Whether you have a passion for poetry, a love of literature or just want to come along and see what we are doing, everyone is welcome to join us for this writing workshop.
Share Your Words - A Bealtaine Festival event With: Carrie-Jade Williams This workshop provides you with the time and space to get some words on the page. We will have some gentle writing prompts and writing exercises. This will be an opportunity for you to share your own words or Read more…
The Whiteheaded Boy The Whiteheaded Boy was first performed by the Abbey Theatre on 13.12.1916. Over 100 years later Blue Hat Productions are revisiting this Classic Play: which has gone into the Irish Theatrical Cannon. The plot centres around the Geoghegan Family. Denis Geoghegan is ‘The Whiteheaded Boy’ of the Read more…
Join us for a singalong of familiar and much-loved songs led by Veronica Whitehead and Maureen Sullivan. Everyone is welcome, regardless of experience. All you need to bring with you is your love for singing. Singing together is proven to be great for mind and body alike, and there’ll be Read more…
To mark Ireland's national day of free creativity for children and young people, we invite you to come along to a fun day of theatre games, warm-up, improvisation, skits, and a drama discussion. Meet other young people who are curious about acting. Take your first steps on stage in a Read more…
Projections 2022 is a music and video show performed by Denis O'Sullivan, a Killarney musician now living in Bonane, just outside Kenmare. Since 2015, Denis has been developing a live show incorporating all his creative elements; music, songs, photographs and videos. This live show premiered in The Pav, Cork in Read more…
For fifty years Clare Aylett (1925 - 2021) lived on the Kerry side of the Beara Peninsula and during that time, captured beautifully the light and landscapes that inspired her, using oil and watercolour. Her daughter, Holly, has curated a selection of these unique works to display. As a painter, Read more…
For fifty years, Clare Aylett (1925 - 2021) painted light and landscape on the Kerry side of the Beara Peninsula, in oil and watercolour. Her daughter, Holly, has curated a selection of these beautiful works to exhibit, and has also made a short documentary about her mother's life, 'The English Read more…
This Event has Been Postponed We Apologise for any Inconvenience Caused Please Check Kenmare Arts Festival Website for the Re-scheduled Date www.kenmareartsfestival.com Meet the Authors Anna McPartlin and Jamie O'Connell International bestselling author Anna McPartlin has been writing heart-breaking yet uproariously uplifting novels since 2006. In recent years she Read more…
