Kilkenny is the place to be as Kilkenomics kicks off over the coming days

Kilkenomics, the world's first economics and comedy festival is right around the corner with a limited amount of tickets still available. 

This year is the 15th year of the festival and once again audiences will get to enjoy an incredible lineup of discussions and debates with plenty of lively banter and comedy in the mix.

Kilkenomics brings together top economists, financial experts, academics and commentators along with some of the sharpest comedians around, to deliver thought-provoking and entertaining discussions on the most pressing Irish and global economic, social and political issues.

Known for its unique blend of serious economic debate with a twist of humour and subversion, this year's festival will feature a stellar lineup of speakers tackling subjects ranging from the future of artificial intelligence to the political rise of the right in Europe; and from the Irish housing crisis to the critical economic and political outcomes of the US Presidential election which will have just been decided hours before. 

Audiences can expect lively, no-holds-barred discussions on the global economy, climate change populism, and everything in between—delivered with brilliant insights as well as wit, humour, and irreverence.

Over the four-day event, attendees will be treated to more than 60 panel discussions with economists and commentators such as festival co-founder David McWilliams, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Peter Frankopan, Rory Sutherland, Fintan O'Toole, Carole Nakhle, Carolina Alves, Julia Hobsbawn and Kyla Scanlon sharing the stage with comedians like Dylan Moran, Colm O’Regan, Sam Kebede, Alison Spittle, Kevin McGahern, Shane Daniel Byrne, Karl Spain and Julie Jay; ensuring a festival full of insightful and enlightening moments.

Kilkenomics runs from November 7 to 10.  

www.kilkenomics.com