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.
Kilkenny Farmers Market is a food festival in Medieval Mile, Kilkenny.
Editorially verified May 29, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Address: The Parade, Kilkenny
Savour Kilkenny draws 68,000 visitors over the October Bank Holiday with a free 100-stall Parade market, cookery demos and ticketed restaurant dinners.
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.
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 runs each October showcasing County Kilkenny artisan producers including Goatsbridge trout, Knockdrinna cheese and Highbank Orchard with farm-to-table dinners.
Tip: Ticket events sell out by early October; the producer farm tours are the strongest part of the program.
Savour Kilkenny draws 68,000 visitors over the October Bank Holiday with a free 100-stall Parade market, cookery demos and ticketed restaurant dinners.