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Last year’s inaugural event was so successful that plans are firmly in place for a return of the Killarney Mountain Festival.
From March 8 to 10, there’ll be plenty of mountain and adventure-related activities to do, say organisers, who are running their event in close association with the hugely successful and world-renowned Kendal Mountain Festival in the beautiful Lake District in the UK, of which Killarney is twinned.
Killarney Mountain Festival is sure to inspire and invigorate visitors with its jam-packed programme of events, some of which are free, such as live musical entertainment across the weekend, including Friday and Saturday night, film screenings, family-fun activities, and well-known inspirational guest speakers.

Venues for the various events taking place include Basecamp, the hub of the festival, located in a large festival tent just behind The Killarney Plaza Hotel, St Mary’s Church of the Sloes, The Killarney Plaza Hotel, Cinema Killarney, as well as pop up events in various venues, all located in Killarney Town Centre

“It’s clear that there’s huge excitement and anticipation ahead of the weekend,” Maureen Hegarty, Killarney Mountain Festival Committee Chair, said.
“Having had such a fantastic festival weekend last March, we are really looking forward to this year’s festival. The programme features a line-up of amazing guest speakers, some of the most renowned adventurers in the world, film screenings, family fun events, challenges including a 10-mile race on Sunday morning in association with Hardman Events, guided walks with KerryClimbing, and Quest Adventure Race for kids as well as live music entertainment by local band ‘The Rising’ on Friday night at Basecamp. This will be followed by a live session of American mountain themed songs by ‘The Constituents’, a brilliant band visiting us from Arlington, Virginia, and of course, to raise the roof off Basecamp on Saturday night, we’ll have ‘SuperCéilí’ join us for the ultimate night of Irish craic! We can’t wait to see Killarney locals and visitors alike celebrate the mountains of #IrelandsAdventureCapital and Irish culture with us in just over eight weeks’ time. There will be a wide programme of activities for everyone who joins us, and you will find us among our town centre venues and predominantly at Basecamp, the heart of the festival space.”
Visitors will also have the opportunity to attend free talks by motivational speaker and writer Nikki Bradley, adventurer and long distance hiker Olive McGloin, mountaineer, explorer and adventurer Mike O’Shea, and British record-breaking adventurer, author, keynote speaker, and sustainability campaigner Adrian Hayes.
For more information, visit wwww.killarneymountainfestival.com or find them on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.