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.
Thomastown Foodweek Kilkenny is a food festival in Thomastown, Kilkenny.
Editorially verified June 8, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Ticket events sell out by early October; the producer farm tours are the strongest part of the program.
Address: Thomastown, County 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 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 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.