Events

Our favorite day of the year is almost here 🎅🎁 Join us on November 29th when we officially light up Listowel for Christmas 🎄 There’s sure to be plenty of Christmas cheer with music, family activities, face painting and of course, some very special gu …

Since its inception in 1995, the Listowel Food Fair has continued to develop successfully and is now an established event in the calendar of Kerry festivals. The key object of the Food Fair is to increase to the awareness of the range and quality of …

The Harvest Festival at Listowel is celebrated as one of the longest established race meetings in Ireland. The seven-day meeting takes place each September, the 2025 festival takes place from September 21st to 27th. Like all major Irish racing festiv …

Listowel International Storytelling Festival is relatively new to Listowel’s festival calendar with the inaugural festival held in 2019. An initiative of Kerry Writers’ Museum, the festival brings together a wealth of Irish and international storytel …

Friday, August 23rd   Saturday, August 24th  

Fleadh Cheoil Chiarraí 2022 will take place for the 2nd year in Ballybunion. Competitions will take place from June 8th to 16th. Close on a thousand competitors are expected to travel to Ballybunion to take part in a range of competitions, from singi …

Listowel Writers’ Week, Ireland’s oldest literary and arts festival, is a welcoming place where writers, artists and poets gather in the beautiful heritage town Listowel, County Kerry. We promote writing of all genres and create an environment in whi …

Listowel will play host to 2 Cruinniú na nÓg events suitable for various ages. Cruinniú na nÓg is a flagship initiative of the Creative Ireland Programme’s Creative Youth Plan to enable the creative potential of children and young people. Little Squi …