Watch the new trailer below to get a taste of what’s to come at Carlow Arts Festival 2025.

Alongside the four shows already announced, there are over 30 free and ticketed events to enjoy. Including:

• Interactive theatre and families show Simple Machines – where you’ll see a troupe of dancing robots and have chance to make your own mechanic choreography.
• Critically acclaimed Irish theatre-maker Little John Nee and his latest show Zeitgeist Jukebox.
• Cikada Circus return with their new show Symbiont, performed inside a specially designed venue.
• Carlow-local SexyTadhg headlines the O’Hara’s Music Stage on Friday night with a free performance alongside his five-piece band.
• Free flamenco from renowned Spanish performers La Chachi and Lola Dolores with their show Taranto Aleatorio.
• And with the help of over 100 local children, the Carnival of Collective Joy will bring imaginative worlds and characters back to the streets of Carlow.

Thanks to the ongoing generosity of our Principal Sponsor O’Hara’s Brewery, the music stage returns for four days of free music and events from local and national artists.

For the full Carlow Arts Festival Programme, click HERE