Kilkenomics Festival

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Kilkenomics Festival
Kilkenomics Festival 2018.jpg
Wordmark/banner of the festival in 2018
GenreEconomics and performing arts festival
FrequencyAnnually
Location(s) Kilkenny
Years active11 November 2010 (2010-11-11) – present
Inaugurated11 November 2010;14 years ago (2010-11-11)
Founder David McWilliams, Richard Cook
Website www.kilkenomics.com

The Kilkenomics Comedy and Economic Festival is an economics and comedy festival in Kilkenny, Ireland, the brainchild of David McWilliams and Richard Cook. [1] It grew out of the Cat Laughs festival founded in 1994.

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Its first session ran from 11 to 14 November 2010.

The festival mocks banking and political figures. [2] The festival also features its own currency known as "the marble". [3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "David McWilliams Economist" . Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  2. ↑ Doyle, Dara (9 November 2010). "Irish Mock Bankers at Festival as 'Lenny Bruce Meets Keynes'". Businessweek.
  3. ↑ "Kilkenomics to launch its own currency". Kilkenny People. 22 October 2010. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012.
External audio
Nuvola apps arts.svg Kilkenomics: Finding Humor In Economic Crisis, All Things Considered on NPR
Nuvola apps arts.svg The Kilkenomics festival, BBC


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