What's on in Kilkenny...
Visual arts New John Shinnors paintings will be on display - and on sale - in Butler House. Sean Lynch will install a series of architectural structures in the Castle grounds. Melanie O'Rourke explores Ireland's sense of materialism, while Nicholas Keogh and Paddy Bloomer will be having fun with a wheelie bin in Bin Disco. Amanda Coogan's Aishling 2005 will see her standing holding an AK47 to a Dolly Parton soundtrack.
Street spectacle Snuff Puppets from Australia and Ireland's Buí Bolg.
Theatre The Performance Corporation present The Yokohama Delegation, the heroic tale of an ambitious man. Garrett Keogh's
Dog Show is billed as a psychedelic canine thriller.
Music The Irish Youth Wind Ensemble opens the programme. Abdul Salam Kheir and lutenist David Miller present Arabian Delights and Baroque Gems. Cuarteto Casals will be performing pieces by Mozart and Shostakovich. Argentinean guitarist Ariel Hernandez appears with Irish classical accordionist Dominic Dunne. Hecho en Irlanda offers audiences the chance to learn salsa, capoeira and the tango.
Literature Canadian novelist Guy Vanderhaeghe, author of The Last Crossing and The Englishman's Boy, will be joined by Sebastian Barry. Performance poets Jean "Binta" Breeze and Lemn Sissay will attend.
Film A screening of Le Passion de Jeanne d'Arc/The Passion of Joan of Arc is accompanied by a live performance of a new soundtrack by 3epkano. Plus, special screenings of short films by Irish animators.
Young people's programme The series of readings, theatre and workshops will include a reading by Eoin Colfer, author of Artemis Fowl.
