Keep Her Lit Festival

29/08/2026

It’s been two weeks since our Lúnasa Gathering in Kells! What was your highlight, favourite moment or memory?

We’d love to hear your thoughts! Please fill out our feedback form here: https://form.typeform.com/to/ByZlM0ym

You can enter a draw to win tickets to our next headline concert 🔥

Thanks all who contributed to this extra special gathering in our old hometown. Míle buíochas ó chroí - Keep your eyes open and sign up to our mailing list for first announcements of our Samhain Gathering 🔥

Keep Her Lit!

Supported by The Heritage Council Kilkenny County Council

📷 amazing photos by Freddie Greenall 🙏

18/08/2026

🔥Thank You! Míle Buíochas!🔥

To every single person who made our first Keep Her Lit in Kells so special - all the musicians and artists who brought their magic, all the volunteers and local community for all huge help and support, and to YOU all for coming!

The love, laughter and joy was palpable all day and night and that’s what it’s all about! Bringing people together from all walks of life, to celebrate and share culture and creativity.

Tá ár gcroíche lán ❤️‍🔥

A huge thanks to Department of Culture, Communications and Sport Kilkenny County Council National Heritage Week NoreVision for their support and go check out more events as part of National Heritage Week running until August 23rd!

15/08/2026

Tonight! 🌙 Vincent Moon’s Live Cinéma 🌙

“Like Alan Lomax meets Free Jazz, L*D meets National Geographic” - an audio visual journey from archive of musical recordings from around the world, featuring recent recordings from his tour of Ireland.

With special guest .mckenna on harp and electronics ✨

Doors: 9pm
Show: 9.30pm
Ticket link in Bio

14/08/2026

🔥 Lúnasa Gathering Information & Map🔥

We wanted to take a moment to highlight how wonderful, beautiful and small Kells village is! We have one local pub, one local shop and one local cafe, as well as a pop up coffee stall, Happy Valley Coffee Blasta pizza from 1pm-6pm and the Tasty Fryer into the evening on Sunday.

You can find all our festival venues & village amenities on our festival map!

Our festival has a big heart but takes place in a small village. We ask you to come with care and curiosity, take any rubbish home with you, take public transport or car pool where possible.

👉Swipe across for information on 🚗Parking 🏠 Venues 🚾 Public Toilets 🚌 local buses and more

12/08/2026

🔥📰 EXTRA EXTRA 📰🔥

Lovely feature in the Arts & Entertainment section of today’s Kilkenny People Kilkenny Live on our Lúnasa gathering this weekend in the beautiful village of Kells.

Highlighting the truly unique outdoor and immersive 🌙 Live Cinéma 🌙 by 𝐕𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐌𝐨𝐨𝐧 with the wonderful Méabh McKenna accompanying live on harp and electronics on Saturday night.

🌾 And a full day of activity on Sunday 🌾

✨The Len Collective Daytime family concert on the mill island @ 1pm
✨ Louise O Connor and Belfast Dabke workshop (2 spaces left!) @ 3.30pm
✨ Community céilí @ 5.30pm - open to all! Beginners and more experienced dancers.
✨ Traditional music session Delaneys 7pm to round out the day!

🚨 Please note our walk with Maura on Sunday Morning is sold out! Advance booking is advised for workshops and events. Walk ups welcome but don’t want to disappoint!

🎟️ ticket link in our bio

Lunasa Gathering made possible by support of The Heritage Council Department of Culture, Communications and Sport Kilkenny Arts Office Kilkenny County Council

Visit Kilkenny

09/08/2026

🔥❤️‍🔥 TRAD SESSION ❤️‍🔥🔥

The trad sessions are the fiery heart of all our gatherings and festivals. Many a tune was played and song sung by Dave in Delaney's, now the Delaneys, so it's extra special to have our Lúnasa Gathering Trad Session here. Bígí linn a chairde and bring your instruments - all musicians welcome!

⏰ 7pm
📆 16th August
📍 Motte & Bailey

Just one week to go until we gather in Kells. Join us to celebrate the turning of the season through walks, dancing, tunes and song!

🔥❤️🔥



Supported by The Heritage Council Kilkenny County Council Kilkenny Arts Office Department of Culture, Communications and Sport NoreVision

08/08/2026

Thanks for the support Kilkenny Arts Office! ❤️🔥❤️

Keep Her Lit Lúnasa Gathering runs this August 15 & 16 in the picturesque village of Kells, Co. Kilkenny. The 2 day festival invites young and old to celebrate the beginning of the harvest season through tunes, song, dancing, walks, and a very special live cinema event.
Come along for an unique outdoor cinema experience and immersive visual and sonic journey with Vincent Moon’s ‘Live Cinema. Join us for a special performance with guest musician Méabh McKenna, whose unique performances weave together traditional, classical and electronic sounds. Also on the programme: a family-friendly Trad Picnic, Set Dancing & Dabke Workshop, Community Céilí, Traditional Music Session and River Walk on 16 August.
Visit Keep Her Lit on Eventbrite or follow on social media for more details

06/08/2026

🔥 Living Threads River Walk 🔥

This walk and workshop explores the relationship between landscapes and rivers and the interconnecting thread of living things.

Nettles have endured. Once gathered and twisted into fishing lines by our ancestors, they remind us of a time when rivers sustained both people and wildlife in different ways.

In this workshop led by Maura Brennan you will explore the changing story of our rivers through the lens of shifting baseline syndrome - the idea that each generation accepts the environment it inherits as normal, often forgetting what has been lost.

As fishing lines grow emptier, what do they tell us about the health of our rivers, our memories, and our expectations? Through making nettle cordage, sharing stories, and reflecting on our relationship with place, we'll consider how a humble plant can help us reconnect with the living threads that bind people, rivers, and the more-than-human world.

⏰ 11am
📆16th August
📍 Meeting point: Kells Priory Car Park
🎟️ €5 + booking fee
🔗 *Sold out - Follow the link to join the waitlist!

Supported by The Heritage Council

01/08/2026

Beannachtaí na Féile Lúnasa a chairde!

We are delighted to announce Méabh McKenna as guest musician to 𝐕𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐌𝐨𝐨𝐧
🌙 LIVE CINEMA on Saturday August 15th 🌙

Utilising the harp, voice, electronics and percussion, .mckenna is a multi-instrumental sound artist whose live performances have evolved from traversing the eclectic worlds of traditional, classical, and early music, intuitively weaving them with contemporary and electronic elements.

This will be a unique collaboration in a beautiful outdoor setting, taking place just after sunset in Kells, Co. Kilkenny.

📅 15 August
🕑 Doors Sunset, Show 9.30pm
🎟 €15

Keep Her Lit's Lúnasa Gathering is part of National Heritage Week and kindly supported by The Heritage Council Kilkenny County Council Department of Culture, Communications and Sport and NoreVision

🔥 Full programme at the link in our bio!