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…

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…

Ulysses is considered to be one of the greatest, if not the greatest, novel ever written. This year Ulysses celebrates its 100th birthday, but how many people have ever read it?  Very few have made it beyond the first few chapters as they usually become entangled in Joyce’s style of Read more…

'Sing and Laugh with Paddyman'  is a folk and Irish music show brought to you by one-man band sensation, Declan O'Sullivan.  Some of his songs are serious, such as putting music to Luke Kelly's poem, 'For What Died the Sons of Roisin.'  And others are just for the laugh, such Read more…

In Stitches  Tessa Dennison is a graphic designer and textile designer and has written and contributed work to books and magazines in a variety of craft subjects including knitting, crochet, embroidery and of course, patchwork.  Her clients include Readers' Digest, Hachette and Dorling and Kindersley. Before moving to Ireland in Read more…

A singer-songwriter from Co. Clare, P.J. Murrihy has built up a loyal following over the years after he came to national prominence in the late 1980s with a song called 'Pat Murphy's Meadow.'  Since then, he has recorded many popular songs, and has also written for the likes of Big Read more…