Trad metal folk fusion to finish festival

Thu, Mar 19, 2026

Dublin’s answer to Rage Against the Machine, The Scratch, will headline the closing day of the inaugural Momentum Festival in Oranmore, on Monday, May 4.

Gaeltacht civil rights talk for Seachtain na Gaeilge

Thu, Mar 12, 2026

Tá Cumann Seandálaíochta agus Staire na Gaillimhe ag eagrú léachta poiblí speisialta do Sheachtain na Gaeilge.

Dance icon Sonique joins Momentum Festival

Thu, Mar 05, 2026

With the Nineties’ rave sound firmly back in vogue, organisers of Galway’s newest music festival have scored quite the coup: securing Sonique to perform on Saturday, May 2.

Pianos in pubs for Patrick’s Day

Thu, Feb 12, 2026

Organisers are attempting to place a real piano in every pub around the County Galway town, and have invited 40 pianists to play shows over the two days leading up to St Patrick’s Day this year.

Tonnta Festival unveils vibrant 2026 programme celebrating Irish language and bilingual Galway

Thu, Jan 29, 2026

Tonnta, Galway’s Irish-language and bilingual festival created by Gaillimh le Gaeilge, has unveiled its full programme from today January 29 to February 1, 2026, promising four days of music, creativity, wellness, and community celebration across the city and beyond. With 24 events taking place in 15 venues, including 14 free events, the festival celebrates the Irish language as a living, inclusive, and creative part of Galway life.

Looking forward to Big Top summer nights

Wed, Dec 31, 2025

Every July, something remarkable happens in Galway — already a city steeped in music, storytelling and artistic rebellion, it transforms into a living, breathing celebration of creativity. Streets hum with anticipation, conversations spill late into the night, and for a few precious weeks the ordinary rules of time seem suspended. At the heart of this annual transformation sits the Heineken Big Top at Galway International Arts Festival – a venue that has become synonymous with unforgettable nights, world-class performances and moments of collective exhilaration that linger long after the lights go down.

Momentum builds for new music festival

Thu, Dec 18, 2025

Oranmore is turning up the volume. The coastal town is stepping into the spotlight as a bold new outdoor entertainment hotspot, launching its very own multi-day music festival next year.

Christmas shows in Castlebar

Thu, Nov 27, 2025

Whether you’re planning a family outing, a Christmas catch-up with friends, or a well-earned night to yourself, the TF Royal Theatre has a show to match the season.

Daytime delights at TF Royal Hotel in Castlebar

Thu, Oct 30, 2025

This season there are two upcoming events tailor-made for afternoon and early-evening revelry.

Box office now open for Tonnta 26

Thu, Oct 16, 2025

The Mayor of the City of Galway, Cllr Mike Cubbard, has officially announced that the box office is now open for Tonnta 2026 at the Cairde Gaillimh le Gaeilge Autumn Lón Gnó, held in the Park House Hotel, Forster Street, Galway.

Macnas Halloween Parade

Thu, Oct 16, 2025

Macnas have announced their Halloween spectacle, An Treun: The Summoning of the Lost, a spectacular, shape-shifting parade inspired by a long-lost tale by Dracula author Bram Stoker and the haunting call of the practically vanished Corncrake on Sunday, October 26 at 5.30pm.

Baboró boasts fifty children's events

Thu, Oct 09, 2025

From puppetry to urban imaginings, the 2025 festival will light up Galway

Conamara metallers in Botswana

Thu, Oct 02, 2025

They’re not wearing geansaís, and they’re not playing in Maam, Ten Ton Slug is migrating to Africa, to play a music festival in Maun, Botswana, after a warm-up gig in nearby Ghanzi. You heard it here first.

Moonlight musicians present cheque to Hospice

Thu, Oct 02, 2025

Members of the Martin Murray Foundation and Moonlight Big Band have presented a cheque to the Galway Hospice, after their big band fundraiser ‘A Night of Jazz Legends’ at the Salthill Hotel last May.

Stoney Road Press brings handmade masterpieces to Clifden Arts Festival

Thu, Aug 28, 2025

The Clifden Arts Festival is proud to present a major highlight of this year’s Visual Arts Programme: an exhibition of handmade fine art prints from the renowned Dublin-based studio Stoney Road Press. Running from September 16 to 27, the Stoney Road Press exhibition will take place in the Station House Museum, Clifden.

Roll up! Roll up! to the Racecourse

Thu, Aug 14, 2025

Circus Gerbola will be setting up in Galway this week for its 25th summer on the trot, but this year at a new location.

TD to tour Old Rahoon

Thu, Aug 14, 2025

The tour leaves the Rahoon Road end of Miller’s Lane at 11am.

Baroque choral premier at Clifden Arts Festival

Thu, Aug 14, 2025

This special performance takes place on Sunday, September 21, at 5.00pm, in St Joseph’s Church, Clifden.

Galway creatives win €2.2m Arts Council grants

Thu, Aug 07, 2025

Twenty-eight artists and arts organisations in Galway are set to receive a total of €2,285,491 in funding from the 2026 Arts Grant Funding Scheme facilitated by The Arts Council.