​Kilkenny (various venues). See www.akafringe.com; hello@akafringe
.com; FB: AlternativeKilkennyArts; IG: @aka_kilkenny; YouTube: Alternative Kilkenny Arts
 

Aug 7-17: Alternative Kilkenny Arts (AKA) Fringe Festival - The streets, galleries, and green spaces of Kilkenny will once again be a hive of activity with creativity as the AKA Fringe Festival celebrates 10 years
of community-led, volunteer-powered artistic expression. The 2025 programme features an impressive line-up of over 120 events, showcasing the talents of visual artists, performers, writers, musicians, makers, and creative collectives in pop-up locations across Kilkenny city and county. Highlights include an outdoor screening of animated short films scored live by the Irish Composers' Collective in collaboration with Cartoon Saloon, a retrospective talk on cultural figure Peter Brennan, and a landmark Emerging Artists Exhibition