It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Killarney 2025 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 a sub-committee of Killarney Chamber of Tourism and Commerce, with 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 2025.

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 29, December 6, 13 and 20, commencing at 6.00pm.

Popular cartoon characters will be roaming the streets and meeting and greeting the children from 5.30pm and the magnificent snow queens and magical horses will also be out and about.

The astonishing Christmas street lights will be officially switched on the night of the first parade on November 29.

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.

This colourful, feelgood celebration showcases Killarney in a truly magnificent light and the parades attract people from all over the country and beyond.

If you haven’t been in Killarney for a Magic Parade at Christmas, you really don’t know what you’re missing!