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


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.