Kilkenomics Festival

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.

Kilkenomics Festival
Wordmark/banner of the festival in 2018
Genre	Economics and performing arts festival
Frequency	Annually
Location(s)	Kilkenny
Years active	11 November 2010 (2010-11-11) – present
Inaugurated	11 November 2010; 14 years ago (2010-11-11)
Founder	David McWilliams, Richard Cook
Website	www.kilkenomics.com

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

• Cat Laughs