What's on in Kenmare, Co. Kerry, this week and beyond: festivals, markets, sessions, fixtures, classes and services. Updated twice a week. Filter by category below.
Add the whole calendar to your phoneA tribute exhibition to the life and art of Christine Bowen, shown by Gormleys alongside Art at the Falls at Sheen Falls Lodge. Final week to see it before it closes on 18 October.
The 27th Kerry International Film Festival fills CinemaKillarney for four days of new Irish and international features, documentaries, shorts and premieres, with filmmaker Q&As, workshops and industry panels. This year's theme is "Home", with a strand on films made in Kerry, a Czech film focus and a family film. Tickets via the festival website.
Gormleys Gallery's exhibition of modern and contemporary art in the rooms and riverside gardens of Sheen Falls Lodge, including works by Warhol, Banksy and Tracey Emin. Open daily 11:00–19:00 until 18 October, except Friday 16 October.
The Rosary is prayed each evening at Holy Cross Church. All welcome.
David Gleeson's 2026 Irish feature (93 minutes, Cert 15). Tickets €9.
The 38th Killarney National Park Autumn Talks Series continues with Professor Grace McCormack on why native honeybees and other pollinators matter, the threats they face and what is being done to protect them. Free admission, limited seating; also streamed live on the park's Facebook page.
A free one-day showing of photographs that artist Jessica Callan picked from the camera roll of her own working phone, a small window into how she sees the world.
Morning Mass Monday to Friday. Some days are skipped (for example Thursday 15 October 2026), so check the weekly parish newsletter.
Gormleys Gallery's exhibition of modern and contemporary art in the rooms and riverside gardens of Sheen Falls Lodge, including works by Warhol, Banksy and Tracey Emin. Open daily 11:00–19:00 until 18 October, except Friday 16 October.
The Rosary is prayed each evening at Holy Cross Church. All welcome.
Gormleys Gallery's exhibition of modern and contemporary art in the rooms and riverside gardens of Sheen Falls Lodge, including works by Warhol, Banksy and Tracey Emin. Open daily 11:00–19:00 until 18 October, except Friday 16 October.
The Rosary is prayed each evening at Holy Cross Church. All welcome.
Confessions at Holy Cross Church before the Saturday Vigil Mass.
Vigil Mass every Saturday evening.
Gormleys Gallery's exhibition of modern and contemporary art in the rooms and riverside gardens of Sheen Falls Lodge, including works by Warhol, Banksy and Tracey Emin. Open daily 11:00–19:00 until 18 October, except Friday 16 October.
Sunday Mass at noon.
Kenmare Shamrocks take on North Kerry for a place in the county senior football final. Dr Crokes v Spa follows in the second semi-final at 3.30pm.
The Rosary is prayed each evening at Holy Cross Church. All welcome.
An hour of prayer before the Blessed Sacrament every Sunday evening.
Morning Mass Monday to Friday. Some days are skipped (for example Thursday 15 October 2026), so check the weekly parish newsletter.
The Rosary is prayed each evening at Holy Cross Church. All welcome.
Morning Mass Monday to Friday. Some days are skipped (for example Thursday 15 October 2026), so check the weekly parish newsletter.
The Rosary is prayed each evening at Holy Cross Church. All welcome.
Evening Mass at Our Lady of the Assumption, Templenoe. Dates of the monthly Mass are announced in the Kenmare parish newsletter.
Local growers, bakers, cheesemakers and craft stalls on The Square every Wednesday.
Morning Mass Monday to Friday. Some days are skipped (for example Thursday 15 October 2026), so check the weekly parish newsletter.
The Rosary is prayed each evening at Holy Cross Church. All welcome.
A public information evening on crime prevention hosted by An Garda Síochána. All welcome.
Cork's October bank holiday jazz weekend. Ticketed concerts at the Opera House, City Hall, Everyman and Triskel include Courtney Pine, Jason Moran, Kokoroko, Yussef Dayes and The Boomtown Rats, alongside the free Guinness Music Trail through some 70 pubs and venues and street performances on the Big Fringe stage at Emmet Place.
Morning Mass Monday to Friday. Some days are skipped (for example Thursday 15 October 2026), so check the weekly parish newsletter.
Coming up in neighbouring villages.