Killarney festival will go ahead, say organisers

Despite disappointing ticket sales, the organisers of a major music festival in Kerry next weekend have pledged all acts on the programme will be performing.

A surprise, late, change of location for the Killarney Festival of Music & Food from the National Park to the local racecourse, was due to “additional costs” arising at the original venue, organisers said.

When the two-day event, held in Westport, Co Mayo for the past three years, was announced for Co Kerry earlier this year, promoters boasted it would attract 36,000 patrons. However, Kerry County Council, the licensing authority, yesterday said it had been informed the attendance would be under 5,000 each day.