Listowel has two big events – Listowel Races in September and Writer’s Week in May/June. These two attract huge crowds to the town.
But there’s lots more happening throughout the year.
Find more Listowel Events here.
Listowel Harvest Festival of Racing 2022 promises to be better than ever with Covid restrictions lifted and big crowds expected. The highlight of Listowel Races 2022 will be the on Wednesday when The Guinness Kerry National Steeplechase with prizemoney of €200,000 will be run. (See Racecard here).This is one of [Read More…]
Listowel Food Fair 2019 is the 25th year of this Food Fair which has been growing steadily over the years. Listowel Food Fair is becoming recognized as an important contribution to the Irish food industry it is now firmly established in the annual calendar of all Irish foodies. This year’s [Read More…]
Listowel Harvest Festival of Racing 2019 starts 8th of September 2019. We are updating Listowel Race Results 2019 as they happen. Find them also on Twitter at https://twitter.com/stayinkerry Day 7 – Saturday 14th September 2019. 8 races on the card – all National Hunt. The Going is reported as Good, [Read More…]
Click Here for up to date Results from Listowel Races 2019 Listowel Races 2019 promises another great week of top horse racing and lots of other entertainment. Listowel Races, also known as Listowel Festival of Racing or Listowel Harvest Festival is the last festival meeting of the racing Calendar year. [Read More…]
Already some of the programme for Listowel Writers Week 2019 is published. Because of the demand for places at seminars, workshops etc is high it is good to know well in advance what’s on. We will be updating this post frequently as new information becomes available. Note: Already, in December [Read More…]
Listowel Food Fair 2018 is the 24th year of this Food Fair which has been growing steadily over the years. Although it has not yet reached the level of the Dingle Food Festival or The West Cork Food Festival, it is now firmly established in the annual calendar of all [Read More…]
Listowel Races 2018 is another great week of horse racing and other fun activities. Listowel Races, also known as Listowel Festival of Racing or Listowel Harvest Festival is the last festival meeting of the racing Calendar year. It is a mixture of great flat and National Hunt racing with top [Read More…]
A two day meeting at Listowel at the beginning of June. This is a more relaxed meeting than the big festival in September, with plenty of room in the stands for a more comfortable experience. Listowel Races June 2018 is another nice smaller meeting in Listowel. Day one is an [Read More…]
This is one of Ireland’s best and most well-known literary festivals. It has got better and better over 30 years and celebrates the writings of Listowel’s famous writers as well a putting on competitions for new writers, a week of plays, reading, workshops, music and much more. There is always [Read More…]