Athy Bluegrass Music - July Athy Bluegrass Music held in July is a great Bluegrass Music event held in County Kildare with artists including,  Well Enough Alone, Southern Bluegrass Union, Acoustic Grass. Niall Toner Band, Bending the Strings, Woodbine.  and Bluegrass Gospel just to mention a few. Castledermot's Annual Threshing & Vintage Working Day - September Castledermot's Annual Threshing & Vintage Working Day in September is a community event in County Kildare, which does a lot of charitable work with funds raised. There are lots of activities to enjoy at the threshing and vintage show from the parade of steam engines and vintage tractors to old threshing machinery. There is lots of entertainment from Irish dancing and music, butter making, sheaf-pitching, weaving and spinning and lots of children's entertainment. Kildare County Show, Athy - June Kildare County Show held in June in Athy Show grounds on the Dublin Road is a family day out in County Kildare with Cattle on display, poultry, sheep, cooking demonstrations, crafts and much more. Oxygen Music Festival, Punchestown, Co Kildare - July Oxygen Music Festival held in July is held in Punchestown in County Kildare with a great line up of music and artists such as Paolo Nutini, Brandon Flowers, My Chemical Romance, Bruno Mars to name but a few.

Ernest Shackleton Autumn School, Athy, Co Kildare - October
Gerard Manley Hopkins International Festival, Newbridge, Co Kildare - July
Kilcullen River Festival - August
Leixlip Festival - June
Mondello Superbike Championship - May
Naas Horse Racing, Naas, Co Kildare
Oxygen Music Festival - July
Taste Kildare - August