Savour Kilkenny Food Festival ★ 4.7
Savour Kilkenny draws 68,000 visitors over the October Bank Holiday with a free 100-stall Parade market, cookery demos and ticketed restaurant dinners.
Food festivals in Kilkenny worth planning a trip around, by month.
Festivals through the year
Kilkenny Farmers Market ★ 4.4
Kilkenny Farmers Market runs every Thursday on The Parade with up to 20 County Kilkenny producers selling farmhouse cheese, smoked trout, organic meat, honey.
Kilkenny Beer Festival ★ 4.1
Kilkenny Beer Festival at Sullivan's Taproom on John Street pours 10 Irish craft brewers across a May weekend with live DJs, pub food and reusable cups.
Focus: Irish craft beer and pub food
Tip: The €5 cup deposit is refundable on Sunday close. Saturday 13:00-16:00 is the smoothest window for tasting flights before the evening crowd.
Thomastown Foodweek Kilkenny ★ 4.3
Thomastown Foodweek runs each October showcasing County Kilkenny artisan producers including Goatsbridge trout, Knockdrinna cheese and Highbank Orchard with farm-to-table dinners.
Focus: County Kilkenny artisan produce, Goatsbridge trout, Knockdrinna cheese
Tip: Ticket events sell out by early October; the producer farm tours are the strongest part of the program.