It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Killarney where the elves are kept busy sprinkling the magic dust to ensure the fully deserved reputation as the most spectacular festive season town in the entire country is maintained.

Organised by Killarney Chamber of Tourism and Commerce, with great support from Kerry County Council, the annual Christmas in Killarney festival will feature extra spectacular Christmas Magic street parades, magnificent street lights and decorations and a really unique Santa’s Grotto experience at a very special and magical location.

There will also be a bustling markets village with great gift ideas, sensational shopping and all the fun of the season of goodwill which will ensure Killarney is once again the country’s Christmas capital for 2024.

The incredible hour-long Christmas Magic parades, with Disney-style floats and characters and, of course, Santa Claus himself, will wind their way through the packed
Streets on November 23 and 30 and again on December 7, 14 and 21 of December commencing at 6.00pm.

The astonishing Christmas street lights will be officially switched on the night of the first parade on November 23.

The parades will depart from Fitzgerald Stadium and proceed through the packed streets, taking in Lewis Road, College Street, Plunkett Street, Main Street and High Street with Mickey, Minnie and other favourite Disney characters, snow queens and magical horses mingling with the crowd on the street from 5.30pm.

Each parade will be a family-friendly spectacle, featuring joyful festive entertainment for all ages right in the heart of Killarney town.

A wheelchair accessible viewing space will be available at Market Cross and an accessible, autism-friendly viewing area will be provided at Áras Phádraig on Lewis Road.