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Zine With Me! – Zine Making Workshop with Marty Broski

30 July 20260Comments
12th September | 10:00- 12:00
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Seeing a Story – Illustration Workshop with Melissa Malone

30 July 20260Comments
13th September | 10:30- 12:00
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Cartooning Made Easy – Workshop with Harry Burton

30 July 20260Comments
13th September | 14:00- 15:30
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Brilliant Bedroom Bunting!

30 July 20260Comments
12th September | 10:00- 10:45
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Brilliant Bedroom Bunting!

30 July 20260Comments
12th September | 11:00- 11:45
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Animation Workshop with Fran Bravo. (Ages 3-6)

30 July 20260Comments
12th September | 10:00- 11:00

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Will you be one of 12 Magic Ticket holders? To ce Will you be one of 12 Magic Ticket holders?

To celebrate the upcoming launch of The Art of Cartoon Saloon: 25 Years we’ve got 12 signed copies to give to ticketholders. 

The 25th ticket sold for each of our 12 main events in the Watergate Theatre will receive a signed copy to be collected on the day.

Kilkenny Animated - 11-13th September 2026

Tickets onsale tomorrow!

#cartoonsaloon #artof #animationfestival #kilkennyanimated @cartoonsaloon
Kilkenny Animated is back for a belter of a weeken Kilkenny Animated is back for a belter of a weekend this September 11th - 13th. 

From masterclasses and premiere screenings through to cosplay karaoke and late night horror specials, there'll be something for everyone to enjoy, no matter your age or experience in animation. So stick the date in your diary and make sure you're signed up to receive our newsletter for an Early Bird Discount ahead of tomorrow's sale. 

Tickets go live on our website tomorrow! 

Kilkenny Animated 2026 is made possible with the support of Fáilte Ireland, Kilkenny County Council and Anime Ltd. 

#workshops #screenings #premiere #anime #animation #festival #kilkenny
It feels like only yesterday we were all gathered It feels like only yesterday we were all gathered together for Kilkenny Animated. Relive the magic of 2025, and start getting excited, because we'll be welcoming new and returning audiences back to the city 11th - 13th September 2026!

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Now it's time to say a massive thank you to our ma Now it's time to say a massive thank you to our mainstage guests; 

Steve Woods, author of Drawing the Line
Colm Dowling, Nerd Quiz creator and Zine Machine coordinator
Lisa Hanawalt, creator of Tuca & Bertie and production designer of Bojack Horseman
Brenda Chapman, director of Prince of Egypt and Academy Award winner for Brave
Chloe Farr and Adam Sillard, directors of the award winning short, Au Revoir Jerome
Martin Pope and Michael Rose, founders of Magic Light Pictures
Kevin Lima, director of Disney's A Goofy Movie and Enchanted
Clíodhna Lyons, director of Póg mo Pigeon
Paddy Lynch, founder of Stray Lines Collective
Maggie Kang and Chris Applehans, directors of smash hit, KPop Demon Hunters
Alan Holly, director of Coda and founder of And Maps And Plans,
Gráinne McGuinness, founder and creative director at Paper Owl Studios
Delphine Coudray, director of ReRooted 
Giovanna Ferrari, director of Éiru

THANK YOU so much for joining this year's Kilkenny Animated Festival! It was one of the biggest and best yet and we hope you thoroughly enjoyed it. 

Shout out to Tomm Moore, Gilly Fogg, Ed Moline and Nora Twomey for hosting the talks and moderating the Q&As and to Paul Young and Claire Finn for opening the festival and introducing our guests! 

And of course to the wonderful Andrew Downes, who took all of these photos, thank you for capturing our festival's moments so beautifully ❤️ @xposure101

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A massive thank you to Lighthouse and Cartoon Salo A massive thank you to Lighthouse and Cartoon Saloon artists, Clíodhna Lyons, Fabian Erlinghauser, Fran Bravo, Niamh Moyles, Andrzej Radka, Alan Slattery and Owen Peters for their workshops delivered over the festival weekend - the first photo shows just how much joy they brought to our young attendees!

Huge thanks also to our sketching tour artists, Marty Broski and Luca Zupancic from Lighthouse Studios, Maria Pareja from Cartoon Saloon and Tasneem Khan from SEA School for their energy and enthusiasm on the tours. The participants had a great time capturing medieval Kilkenny and the scenic bank of the Nore river on paper. 

And thanks to Andrew Downes our festival photographer for capturing these stunning moments on camera! 

#KilkennyAnimated #KilkennyFestival
OK - next we want to thank all our volunteers & cr OK - next we want to thank all our volunteers & crew helpers who worked behind the scenes, on the doors and at the venues to assist and support our guests, attendees and facilitators and who ensured the seamless running of the events and workshops. 

Led by Volunteer and Venue Manager Coordinator, Peter Geoghegan, this year's group brought so much passion and enthusiasm to their roles. We're so thankful for all the incredible work you all put in and it was so much fun catching up with you all at the social events where we had a chance to let our hair down and enjoy a bite to eat and a drink together after the long and busy days. Thank you to Peter and to every single one of you for bringing so much spirit and enthusiasm to the weekend. 

Picture taken at Sunday night's festival close, hosted by the Home Rule Club who also provided food and helped us organize the wonderful trad session. Thank you so much - we can't stop thinking about that incredible vegetable curry. @home_rule_club

#KilkennyAnimated #KilkennyAnimatedFestival #KKA2024 #KilkennyAnimated @petergkilkenny

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