02/10/2026
Your October in Kerry, sorted 🍂
Just some of what's on nearby:
🌯Dingle Food Festival, 2nd–4th October. Dingle's streets fill with stalls, tastings and local producers for one of Ireland's best-loved food weekends. Wander the town at your own pace and eat your way along the way. Just over an hour from The Brehon.
🎃Killarney Pumpkin Farm, 3rd–31st October (select dates). Tucked into the hills of Headford, just outside Killarney, the farm offers pumpkin patches, a corn maze, a haunted cottage, storytelling with the Seanchaí and resident alpacas.
📽️ Kerry International Film Festival, 15th–18th October. Killarney becomes a hub for Irish and international cinema, with features, documentaries, shorts and premieres, plus filmmaker Q&As, workshops and industry panels. This year marks the festival's 27th edition.
👻 Samhain Chiarraí, 15th October–1st November. A county-wide celebration of the Celtic roots of Halloween, with street spectacles, Samhain processions, music, food, storytelling and folklore. In Killarney, the Cailleach Chiarraí Fire Spectacle comes to the Green Area on Station Road at the Outlet Centre on Saturday 24th October
🎤 Abbaesque, Gleneagle Arena, 23rd October. One of Ireland's best-known ABBA tribute shows comes to Killarney for a night of hits from start to finish.
💆The Akwaterra Escape at Anú Spa, 1st–31st OctoberBegin in the Vitality Suite, then settle into a 90-minute Akwaterra full body massage. Finish with a main course, tea or coffee and a mini dessert in The Brehon Bar. Available all month.
Stay with us at The Brehon and let Kerry do the rest…