Lux Alma will perform as part of the Anam Festival programme of events this weekend..TRALEE will embrace the arts this weekend as the Anam Festival returns to venues around town.
The Anam Arts Festival was launched in 2024 to celebrate the town’s creative spirit. It features a diverse lineup of writers, poets, playwrights, spoken word artists, and musicians, offering a platform to both emerging local talent and established Irish artists.
The festival takes place from July 3rd to July 5th across various venues in Tralee. This year sees award-winning composer and musician Lux Alma kick off the festival performing live at Maddens on Milk Market Lane on Friday at 7pm.
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Working across music, theatre, film and live art, Lux Alma creates immersive sonic experiences that blur the boundaries between composition and storytelling. For tickets, click here.
Meanwhile, over in Dom O’Donnell’s Car Park in Boherbee, the Hy-Breasal Players immersive theatrical experience – ‘Parked – Six New Plays in Six Cars in Sixty Minutes,’ written and directed by Frank Houlihan, takes place over the three nights.
Unfortunately, the immersive theatrical experience — featuring six original short plays performed across six different cars in sixty minutes — is sold out, but text 0879415523 in case of last minute cancellations.
Dr. Liz Quirke will be in conversation with author and Burning Books Podcaster Ruth Mckee in an intimate event with limited spaces at The Tannery, a forgotten space on Rock Street.
Author Ruth Mckee, whose podcast takes great pleasure in delving into the books which have formed the backdrop to its guests’ lives will have the tables turned on her as she speaks to Dr.Liz Quirke about her debut novel “Wild Irish”. For tickets click here.
Saturday will see award-winning author Louise O’Neill in conversation with Anne O’Neill at The Ashe Hotel at 5.30pm. Click here for tickets.
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Local artist James Hayes presents his debut solo exhibition at Siamsa Tíre from 6pm. Known for his striking murals throughout Tralee and his nature-inspired work exploring human connection, landscape and wildlife, this exhibition showcases a new body of work from one of Kerry’s most exciting emerging artists. Free admission.
Award-winning blues and folk artist Ndidi O brings her soulful, genre-blending sound to Anam Festival for her first festival performance in Kerry. The gig takes place at Maddens at 7pm and tickets can be bought by clicking here.
Sunday will see an a special screening of The Trackless Wild, a documentary by Charlie O’Brien that weaves together music, musing, and storytelling in a moving exploration of the Irish diaspora in Argentina. It takes place at No.14 Princes Street at 2pm. For tickets, click here.
Finally, at 7.30pm, there’s an intimate evening of folk song and harmony with acclaimed singer Pauline Scanlon and The Half Room, celebrating storytelling, tradition, and the power of the human voice. It takes place in St John’s Church Ashe Street and tickets can be bought by clicking here.
For more on the Anam Festival, click here to go to their website.
