Kilkenny movie lovers can enjoy cheap cinema tickets this weekend
A wide slate of movies will be available locally at slashed prices
Cinema audiences across Kilkenny will be able to enjoy the big-screen experience for less as theatres across the county join the National Cinema Weekend celebration on Saturday 5 and Sunday September 6.
Participating cinemas will offer admission prices starting from just €4 (RSP) throughout the weekend. The initiative is supported by Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland. The initiative will give Kilkenny audiences the chance to enjoy multiple films at a reduced rate across two days.
The success of previous National Cinema Days led to over 200,000 admissions across a single day and the film industry made the decision to extend the initiative this year to take in a full weekend, allowing audiences to see multiple films.
Approximately 99% of cinemas in the Republic of Ireland will participate in this initiative, offering a wide variety of new and recent releases for audiences to enjoy, including family favourites as schools reopen.
Cinemas in every county are participating, meaning easy access for audiences to big screen entertainment in their county across the weekend.
Cinemagoers across National Cinema Weekend will also be able to benefit from additional screenings catering to diverse audiences including sensory screenings along with additional subtitled and captioned screenings at various cinemas.
Off the back of a blockbuster summer and the massive popularity of many titles including The Odyssey and Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the cinema industry in Ireland has united to celebrate the ritual of cinema-going and the important place it has in Irish life.
For many years, Ireland has had the highest cinema attendance per capita in Europe. The Republic of Ireland also has the highest screen density per capita of any European country, with an average of one cinema screen per 10,000 people, demonstrating the Irish public’s love of cinema.
Alex Murphy and Chris Walley, stars of The Young Offenders (which will celebrate its ten year anniversary with a re-release of the film on National Cinema Weekend) said: “We think there’s nothing like the magic of going to the movies.”
“The shared communal experience of enjoying films as they were meant to be seen - on the big screen with a captive audience, is one of our favourite things to do.”
“We’re really looking forward to celebrating National Cinema Weekend this year by catching as many films as we can, and re-watching some of the great movies we’ve already enjoyed at the cinema this year.”
Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland is the official supporter of National Cinema Weekend 2026. Désirée Finnegan, its Chief Executive, commented: “Screen Ireland is proud to support National Cinema Weekend which is set to be a fantastic celebration of cinema, in recognition of Irish audiences and their continued support for Irish film on the big screen.