Here's what's on around Kilkenny for the week ahead

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October 26 - November 2

Wednesday

Tunes & Tales, Kyteler's Inn, 6:30pm.

Talk: Birds of Prey in Ireland, Heritage Council, 8pm.

Happy Feet, Left Bank, 8pm.

The Raglan Rogues, Kyteler's Inn, 8:30pm.

Movie Night, Billy Byrne’s, 8:30pm.

Hooley Night, Lanigan's, 9pm.

Folk & Ballads, The Dylan Whiskey Bar, 9pm.

Trad session, Sean Byrne's, 9:30pm.

O’Faolain’s Late Club.

Thursday

Anthony & Friends, Kytelers Inn, 6pm.

Matt's Trad, Matt the Miller's, 6:30pm.

Decadent Theatre: The Pillowman, Watergate Theatre, 8pm, €20/17.

Raven Savage, Statham's, Pembroke Kilkenny, 9pm.

Karaoke, Biddy Early's, 9pm.

Stephen Murphy, The Dylan Whiskey Bar, 9pm.

Friday

Savour Kilkenny Food Festival, various venues, savourkilkenny.com.

Noel Cleere: Evening of French & Italian Music, Cafe Sol.

Anthony & Friends, Kyteler's Inn, 6pm.

French Music Evening, Cafe Sol, 6:30pm.

Rockfall: Wallop the Cat, Matt the Miller's, 6:30pm.

Lunaflics Asylum: Beetlejuice, Castleinch, 6:45pm, €25 (per car of up to five people).

Drops of Green, Kyteler's Inn, 8pm.

Live Music & DJ, Lanigan's.

The Riptide Movement, Set Theatre at Langton's, 9pm, €21 (sold out).

Beautiful Corruption, Those Black Marks & Feibhar, Brewery Corner, 9pm.

Phil & Gill, The Dylan Whiskey Bar, 9pm.

Rockfall: DJ Amos, Johno & Dools, Kyteler's Inn, 9pm.

Lunaflics Asylum: The Shining, Castleinch, 9:30pm, €25 (per car of up to give people).

Brand New Cadillac, The Field, 9:30pm.

Small Change, Statham's, Pembroke Kilkenny, 9:30pm.

Rockfall: The Kilkennys & DJ Eddie Hughes, Matt the Miller's, 9:30pm.

Rockfall: Maura Kennedy, Home Rule Club, 9:30pm.

Rockfall: Trad Session, The Ouncel House, Dungarvan, 9:30pm.

Rockfall: TV Jones & The Tomahawks, Ryan's Bar, 10pm.

Rockfall: Broken Spokes & Friends, Home Rule Club, 10pm, €5.

The Acousticats, Kyteler's Inn, 10pm.

Funky Fridays, Left Bank, 10pm.

Saturday

Rockfall: Rockfall at the Town Hall, The Tholsel, 10am.

Decadent Theatre: The Pillowman, Watergate Theatre, 2:30pm, €20/17.

Exhibition Launch, Butler Gallery, 2:30pm.

Deenside Players Phunky Pumpkin Halloween Disco, Castlecomer Community Hall, 3pm, €5.

Rockfall: I'm Your Woman, Bosco's Cafe, Watergate Theatre, 4pm.

Anthony & Friends, Kyteler's Inn,

Lunaflics Asylum: Ghostbusters, Castleinch, 6:45pm, €25 (per car of up to give people).

Kilkenny GAA: Mike Denver & Friends, The Hub at Cillin Hill, 7:30pm, €25.

Abbeyfolk, Kyteler's Inn, 8pm.

Theme Time Retro Radio, The Dylan Bar.

Saturday MixUp, Left Bank, 9pm.

Over 25s Club, Marble City Bar.

DJ OB1, Biddy Early’s.

Karaoke, PV's Bar, Kilford Arms Hotel, 9pm.

Rockfall: Over 25s 1980s Nostalgia Disco, Kyteler's Inn, 9:30pm, €10.

Rockfall: 70s Fancy Dress Disco, The Pumphouse, 9:30pm.

Rockfall: Johnny Hillman, Little Andy's, 9:30pm.

Lunaflics Asylum: The Silence of the Lambs, Castleinch, 9:30pm, €25 (per car of up to give people).

Rockfall: Ben Reel, Ryan's Bar, 10pm.

Roisin Dubh, Kyteler's Inn, 10pm.

Rockfall: Party Night with DJ Eoin, Matt the Miller's, 10pm.

Sunday

Rockfall: Kiddies Disco, Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel, 2pm, €10/3.

Rockfall: Sunday Sessions, Ryan's Bar, 4pm.

Music in Kilkenny: Duo Chagall, Castalia Hall, Ballytobin, 4pm.

Lunaflics Asylum: Kids Trick r Treat Party, Castleinch, 5pm, €25 (per car of up to give people).

Sunday Sessions, Ryan's Bar, 6pm.

Generation 5, Kyteler's Inn, 6:30pm.

Wallop the Cat, Matt the Miller's, 6:30pm.

Lunaflics Asylum: Scarefest Double Bill, Castleinch, 7:30pm, €25 (per car of up to give people).

DJ Aaron Burchael, Biddy Early’s.

Halloween Costume Party, Left Bank.

Rockfall: From Cover to Cover, Cleere's Bar & Theatre, 9pm.

Tomas Jackman, Kyteler's Inn, 9pm.

Kevin & Eugene, The Dylan Whisky Bar, 9pm.

The Barflies, The Pumphouse, 9:30pm.

Loose Cannons, The Field, 9:30pm.

Rockfall: Halloween Bank Holiday with DJ Eddie Hughes, 9:30pm.

Rockfall: Iron Maiden Tribute Band, Kyteler's Inn, 10pm.

Langton’s Nightclub, 10:30pm.

Monday

Rockfall: Marathon Gig, Kyteler's Inn, 4pm, €5.

Paris Swing Band, Cafe Sol.

Lunaflics Asylum: Casper, Castleinch, 5:30pm, €25 (per car of up to give people).

Anthony & Friends, Kyteler's Inn, 6:30pm.

Games Night, Billy Byrnes.

Lunaflics Asylum: The Exorcist, Castleinch, 8pm, €25 (per car of up to give people).

Monday Club, Abbey Bar & Venue, 8pm.

John Hogan, Home Rule Club, 9pm, €10.

Stephen Murphy, The Dylan Whisky Bar, 9pm.

Drops of Green, The Field, 9:30pm.

Trad session, Cleere's Bar, 9:30pm.

Rockfall: Halloween Mega Party with After Dark & DJ Eddie Hughes, Matt the Millers, 10pm.

Thank Funk, Left Bank, 10pm.

Lunaflics Asylum: Nightmare on Elm Street, Castleinch, 10:45pm, €25 (per car of up to give people).

Tuesday

Taco Tuesday, Billy Byrne’s, 6pm.

Wallop The Cat, Matt the Miller's, 6:30pm.

Kilkenny Film Club: The Stanford Prison Experiment, Set Theatre at Langton's, 8pm, €8.

Trad, Bollard's, 8pm.

Bad Poster Girl, Brewery Corner, 9pm.

Trad, Paris Texas, 9pm.

Trad-a-Various, Statham's, Pembroke Kilkenny, 10:30pm.

Any day

Kevin Cosgrove: A Peening Sound, Butler Gallery, from Saturday to December 18.

The Vase Function Reviewed, National Craft Gallery, Castle Yard, Kilkenny, to November 6.

Rebekka Tomal: Travelogue, Watergarden, Thomastown, to November 10.

Kilkenny Cinema has a wide variety of films to suit all ages and interests on show at a number of times each day. See our entertainment ads page for full details.

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