Festivals

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 …

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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 …