THERE is a change in venue for this weekend’s Killarney Festival of Music & Food, relocating from Killarney House Demesne to Killarney Racecourse – right at the town’s outskirt on Ross Road.
Festival goers can anticipate an excellent infrastructure with bars, hospitality areas and flushing loos – it all matters.
At least 70 Irish and international musicians will perform in a schedule published below. Boxes are ticked for every age group with comedy kings and the country’s top chefs engaged in food demonstrations linked with artisan producers. Headlining, of course, are bands and artists of the calibre of Burt Bacharach, Jools Holland, Gemma Hayes, Damien Dempsey and Mick Flannery.
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Bacharach, 6.30pm on Sunday 28
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RTE Radio 1’s Tent, which will be opened by Kathryn Thomas on Saturday @ 2pm, is inviting festival-goers to join them to experience special moments unlike any other.
This woodland themed tent will feature curated events from the Woodland Céilí to a celebration of the music of Joni Mitchell and Laurel Canyon. Comedy star Oliver Callan will perform exclusively, we’ll chat to iconic American folk-rock purveyor Father John Misty of Fleet Foxes fame, and there’ll be a tribute to Burt Bacharach’s legendary songbook.
Saturday, 27th June
Main Stage– The Shed (2.30pm), Kirsty Bertarelli (3.30pm), The Frank & Walters (5pm), ABC (6.30pm), Jools Holland (8pm) and The Stunning (10pm)
Tony Fenton Stage – Battle of Bands Winner (2.15pm), Gangs (3.05pm), David Lyttle (4.10pm), Ksyran (5.15pm), Something Happens (6.45pm), The Undertones (8.15pm), Walking on Cars (9.45pm)
Irish Independent Stage
Oh Boland (2.50pm), Tracey Bruen (3.40pm), Little Hours (4.30pm), Sleep Thieves (5.30pm), Daithi (6.40pm), Booka Brass Band (8pm) and Delorentos (9.30pm)
Acoustic Stage– Jonathan Carcone (3pm), Jimi Cullen (3.45pm), We Banjo3 (4.30pm), Colin Devlin (5.45pm), Declan O’Rourke (7pm), Wallis Bird (8.15pm) and The Young Folk (9.30pm)
The Chef’s Kitchen – Paul Treyvaud (3pm), Derry Clarke (4pm), The Grumpy Chefs (5pm) JP McMahon (6pm) Ed Cooney (7pm)
Comedy Tent – Comedy Club for Kids with Howard Reed and Little Howard (CBBC), Steve Bennett, Foil Arms & Hog (3pm) Over 16s Only : Colm O’Regan (4.30pm), Danny Ryan (4.50pm), Chris Kent (5.25pm), Foil Arms & Hog (5.50pm), Neil Delamere (6.35pm) and Apres Match (7.20pm)
Sunday, 28th June
Main Stage– Liam O’Connor (2.15pm), The Bill Doherty Rambling Band (3.20pm), The Proclaimers (5pm), Burt Bacharach (6.30pm), Texas (8.15pm), Duran Duran (10pm)
Tony Fenton Stage – Voxx (2.15pm), Land Lovers (3.05pm) Giula (4.10pm), Mundy (5.15pm), Kormacs Big Band( 6.45pm), Cry Before Dawn (8.15pm), Father John Misty (9.45pm)
Irish Independent Stage – Gingerbeard Family (2.50pm), Elastic Sleep (3.40pm), Steven Sharpe & The Broke Straight Boys (4.30pm), Tucan (5.30pm), O Emperor (6.40pm), Ham Sandwich (8pm) & Mick Flannery (9.30pm)
Acoustic Stage– Tullara Connors (3pm), Morrissey & Marshall (3.45pm), The 4 of Us (4.30pm), Gemma Hayes (5.45pm), Lloyd Yates (7pm), Paddy Casey (8.15pm) & Damien Dempsey (9.30pm)
The Chef’s Kitchen
Catherine Fulivio (3pm), Ross Lewis (4pm), Noel Enright (5pm), Sunil Ghai (6pm) and Kevin Thornton (7pm).
Comedy Stage – Comedy Club 4 Kids: Howard Reed & Little Howard (CBBC), Gunther Gruhn (Barry Murphy), Jonathan Gunning (3pm) Over 16s only : Karl Spain (4.30pm), Bernard Casey (4.50pm), Ronan Grace (5.05pm), John Colleary (5.25pm), Deirdre O’Kane (5.50pm) and Après Match (6.35pm) and Jason Byrne (7.20pm)
The Chefs Kitchen
Derry Clarke (L’Ecrivain, Dublin), Ross Lewis (Chapter One, Dublin) and JP McMahon (EatGalway Restaurant Group, which comprises Aniar, Cava Boedga, and Eat Gastropub), will join Sunil Ghai (Ananda Restaurant), Noel Enright (The Lake Hotel, Killarney); Paul Treyvaud (Treyvauds, Killarney); Catherine Fulvio (Ballyknocken House & Cookery School) in the Chef’s Kitchen where they will show food lovers how to prepare delicious mouth-watering dishes using locally produced, seasonal ingredients from Kerry .
COMEDY
Funny men Neil Delamere, Jason Byrne, Karl Spain, John Colleary, Foil Arms & Hog, Steve Bennett, Chris Kent, Colm O’Regan, Fred Cooke and Comedy Club 4 Kids with Howard Read & Little Howard (CBBC) will provide the laughs along with recently announced Après Match and Deirdre O’Kane in the comedy tent.
