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There is something for all ages and tastes at St. Patrick's Festival Kilkenny! Expect a mixture of free and ticketed events, including live music, walking tours, family entertainment, highlight events and the St. Patrick's Day Parade! March 14th -17th 2025. Experience a big festival in a small city this March by celebrating St. Patrick’s Day in Kilkenny! St. Patrick’s Festival Kilkenny gets bigger every year and this year’s theme – ‘Bí Beo, Bí Linn’ (be alive, be with us) – encourages you to join in on the fun. Locals and visitors alike will be wowed by circus performers, treated On St. Patrick’s Day, in a dramatic display, the Kilkenny Historical Re-enactment Group will take visitors back to medieval Kilkenny to relive that fateful day of November 3 in the year 1324 with The Trial of Dame Alice Kyteler. Join them in the Rothe House courtyard for this 15min performance post Parade. The 2025 Parade theme is ‘Bí Beo, Bí Linn’ – ‘Be with Us, Be Alive’ and be part of the celebration this St. Patrick’s Day at the Kilkenny St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The centre of every St. Patrick’s Festival, the Kilkenny St. Patrick’s Day Parade will take place on Monday March 17th at 1.30pm through the streets of Kilkenny. The day will finish with the festival finale a free performance by Kíla on the Festival Stage at 5pm. St. Patrick’s Day is one of 4 days of festival fun at St. Patrick’s Festival Kilkenny 2025! Taking place from the 14 th – 17 th March, with American Marching Bands, street entertainment, kids shows, workshops, live music, fire shows and No St. Patrick’s Day trip to Ireland is complete without a stop at the capital, host of the world’s largest St. Patrick’s Festival (March 15 to 17, this year). Family fun events, American Marching Bands, live music, St. Patrick's Day Parade and more! We’re inviting you to Come Together in Kilkenny this March for St. Patrick’s Festival Kilkenny 2025! Celebrate Ireland’s national holiday in the heart of Ireland’s Ancient East with a BIG FESTIVAL IN A SMALL CITY. St Patrick’s Festival Kilkenny 2025 is set for a lively four-day celebration of Irish culture, music and creativity. The ‘BIG FESTIVAL IN A SMALL CITY’ takes place from March 14th to 17th 2025. St Patrick’s Festival Kilkenny has grown from a one-day event to a lively four-day spectacle and a firm favourite for visitors in Ireland and further afield. The ‘Big Festival in a Small City Celebrate St Patrick’s Day 2025 with over 120 free and ticketed events, including live music, walking tours, family entertainment, and the iconic St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Occurring in tandem with the festival is the Kilkenny Tradfest. St Patrick's Festival Kilkenny Date : March 14-17 Website: St Patrick's Festival Kilkenny Celebrate Irish culture, spirit and music in the Medieval City. St. Patrick's Festival Kilkenny 2025 is set to be a vibrant celebration from March 14th to 17th, featuring over 120 events including American marching bands, live music, street entertainment St. Patrick's Festival Kilkenny | St. Patrick's Day Parade | Family Entertainment | Free Events | Fun for all | 14-17 March 2025 | Kilkenny, Ireland During our St. Patrick’s Festival the city and county come alive with pageantry, craic agus ceol. Enjoy free events, workshops, and performances, and the main event – The St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The St. Patrick’s Festival Kilkenny takes place alongside Kilkenny Tradfest. A traditional music festival with gigs from some of the best Gardaí in Kilkenny City will have an extensive policing plan in place this upcoming Monday for the St Patrick's Day Parade.. On Sunday, March 16, from 7am to 9pm, the Castle Road will be closed from the junction with Nuncio Road as will The Parade at the junction of High Street and Patrick Street. Festival Market, Funfair, and the buzz of Kilkenny’s streets filled with celebration We want St. Patrick’s Festival Kilkenny to be for everyone! Whether you’re watching from an accessible viewing area, live-streaming from home, or experiencing the fun in the heart of the city, we can’t wait to celebrate with you! Celebrate in the Heart of Ireland’s Ancient East. Kilkenny is a place where St. Patrick’s Day isn’t just celebrated—it’s lived. The medieval streets pulse with the rhythm of tradition, the air filled with the sounds of Irish music, and the warmth of local hospitality creating an atmosphere that’s as genuine as it gets. There’s a pulse that begins to hum beneath the soil as March approaches. It’s not the sound of spring, not the whisper of the wind through the daffodils or the bleat of new lambs in the fields. No—this is deeper. It’s ancient. It’s defiant. It’s Irish. And on St. Patrick’s Day 2025, that pulse will Whether you’re a local community group, a marching band from abroad, a group from our twinned towns or a theatrical group from anywhere, we want you to spend St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland and take part in the St. Patrick’s Festival Kilkenny. In Kilkenny we pride ourselves on creating a big festival atmosphere in our small city. In 2024 we Kilkenny Tradfest 2025. Celebrate St. Patrick's Weekend with Kilkenny Tradfest, featuring a lineup of both trad legends and emerging artists. The festival takes place from March 14th to 17th, 2025, coinciding with St. Patrick’s weekend, and capitalises on Kilkenny’s rich hospitality and creative arts culture. Kilkenny Trad Fest I have spent the last 35 St. Patrick’s Day’s in Ireland, so the guide below is first-hand knowledge. Below, you’ll find the different ways that St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland is celebrated and no – people don’t just spend the day in one of the many pubs in Ireland 1. There are St. Patrick’s Day parades of all shapes and sizes
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