Siún Milne – Violin Concert - 6 August 7pm
Tickets: €10.00

6 August 7pm at the Carnegie Arts Centre, Kenmare

The programme includes:
Ciaconna (Helena Winkelman), Bach Sonata in C major (Allegro), Hindemith Solo Sonata Op.111 (Finale), Hora Bessarabia (Roxanna Panufnik), and Dissolve, O My Heart (Missy Mazzoli).
Cork-born violinist Siún Milne is a former member of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and performs regularly with the Irish Chamber Orchestra. A dedicated chamber musician, she has collaborated with leading ensembles and soloists across major European festivals and venues and is an assistant lecturer in violin at MTU Cork.

Poets Meet Painters - 8 August 6pm

Free Admission

8 August 6pm at the Carnegie Arts Centre, Kenmare

Poets Meet Painters 2026 comes to the Carnegie for an evening where poetry and visual art meet. Shortlisted poets will read from the new Poets Meet Painters Anthology 2026, with the artworks that inspired them shown on screen, offering a vivid, intimate encounter between image and word.

Volver - 9 August 7pm

Tickets: €8.00

9 August 7pm at the Carnegie Arts Centre, Kenmare

Volver is a 2006 Spanish comedy-drama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Volver catches director Pedro Almodóvar and star Penélope Cruz at the peak of their respective powers, in service of a layered, thought-provoking film

Up - Film - 11 August 5pm

Tickets: €5.00

11 August 5pm at the Carnegie Arts Centre, Kenmare

Up is a 2009 American animated adventure comedy-drama film directed by Pete Docter and written by Bob Peterson.

Carl, an old widower, goes off on an adventure with the help of Russell, a boy scout, in his flying house to search for Paradise Falls, his wife's dream destination.

All About My Mother - 13 August 7pm

Tickets: €8.00

13 August 7pm at the Carnegie Arts Centre, Kenmare

All About My Mother (Spanish: Todo sobre mi madre) is a 1999 comedy-drama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar.

When her teenage son dies in a horrible car accident, Manuela returns to Barcelona in search of her transvestite husband to inform her about the tragedy.

EXPLODING THEATRE AND OPERA
Tickets: €20

15 August 6pm at the Carnegie Arts Centre, Kenmare

What’s life really like inside arthouse show business? How does a classic play or opera explode from page to radical, controversial opening night? Join internationally acclaimed director Daniel Kramer for an irreverent, no-holds-barred conversation on the madness of making theatre and opera. Expect music, outrageous stories and high art colliding.

Former Artistic Director of English National Opera, Kramer has created landmark productions for major houses worldwide and regularly teaches at leading universities including Harvard.

The Kate O’Riordan Prize for Short Fiction - 16 August 6pm

16 August 6pm at the Carnegie Arts Centre, Kenmare

Free Admission

The Kate O’Riordan Prize for Short Fiction – with readings and launch of the short story anthology

Event will be about 80 minutes