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Villagers, FM Belfast, The Unthanks & more for Kilkenny Arts Festival
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Villagers, FM Belfast, The Unthanks & more for Kilkenny Arts Festival

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Wednesday, June 15, 2016

The programme for the Kilkenny Arts Festival to take place from 5th to 14th of August this year has been announced.

The 43rd edition will include a celebration of Mozart across 15 concerts, The Marble City Sessions (St. Canice’s Cathedral, Sunday 14 August) – hosted and co-curated by Martin Hayes, writer Paul Muldoon and actor Stephen Rea but of interest to Nialler9 readers are shows from Villagers (Sunday August 7th @ Set Theatre ), Icelandic electro-pop band FM Belfast (Saturday 6 August @ Set Theatre), folk band The Unthanks (Saturday August 13 @ Set Theatre) and Sam Lee (Friday 5 August @ Set Theatre) among them.

See the full programme at kilkennyarts.ie

FM Belfast - Brighter Days
The Unthanks – Mount The Air (Folk Awards 2016)

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Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the cohost of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, event curator and producer of gigs, parties & events.