Galway tribes from here to Hungary

Thu, Oct 15, 2026

The Tribes in Hungary: Walter Lynch and Ferenc Martyn, now open, is free to attend and hosts a range of photographs, art prints, personal objects, and audio.

Festival season 2027 to begin as Gaeilge

Thu, Oct 15, 2026

Tonnta will kickstart Galway’s 2027 festival season, with more than 20 Irish-language/bilingual events taking place across 15 venues from January 28, to January 31.

Spooktacular festival of laughs

Thu, Oct 08, 2026

Spanning international headliners, Irish comedy greats, and the best emerging talent on the circuit, tickets are on sale now for 60 shows across 14 venues over seven days and nights from October 20 to 26.

€6m arts fund open now - Kyne

Thu, Oct 08, 2026

The Arts Capital Investment Fund was opened for submissions last week, with a deadline of December 18.

Folio festival at Charlie Byrne’s

Thu, Oct 08, 2026

The inaugural festival will run from next Thursday, October 15, to Sunday, October 18, and will feature talks and readings on fiction, essays, historical fiction, poetry, history and music. All events are in Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop on Middle Street. Everything is free but booking is required.

The line-up includes the prominent eco-builder and well-known TV broadcaster, Harrison Gardner, who will talk about his new book and foster greater self-reliance in how we build our houses and live our lives, on Sunday, at 5pm.

Scourge of British politics in town for one night only

Thu, Oct 01, 2026

He has been praised by poet Linton Kwesi Johnson; folk singer Eliza Carthy called him her “spirit animal”, while The Daily Mail declared him “disgusting...deranged...sick and offensive.”

Public lecture on Ballinasloe Fair

Thu, Oct 01, 2026

Historian Steve Dolan will deliver an illustrated lecture titled ‘Snapshots of Ballinasloe Fair and Galway Life from Newspaper Reports, 1750–2000’ as part of this year’s Ballinasloe Fair & Festival.

Experts gather to discuss county's oral archives

Thu, Oct 01, 2026

The seminar, titled A Century of County Galway Voices: A Shared Responsibility for the Future, follows the completion of the County Galway Oral Heritage Audit, led by the Heritage Office of Galway County Council, which identified 86 collections, more than 4,500 recordings and over 60 collection holders across County Galway and its wider diaspora.

Spooktacular festival of laughs

Thu, Sep 24, 2026

Spanning international headliners, Irish comedy greats, and the best emerging talent on the circuit, tickets are on sale now for 60 shows across 14 venues over seven days and nights from October 20 to 26.

Launch party for 2026 Comedy Festival

Thu, Sep 10, 2026

After months of careful curation, talent scouting and cajoling, organisers of the Galway Comedy Festival are going for a well-earned pint and a chuckle tomorrow, Friday, September 11, in Mary Mullen’s Bar, at 6.30pm, to show off their 2026 line-up to a select few, before its publication next week.

Have your caricature cartooned on Culture Night

Thu, Sep 10, 2026

The Galway Cartoon Festival is hosting a special cartoon and painting event at the Town Hall Theatre, for Culture Night, on Friday, September 18.

Baboró turns thirty

Thu, Sep 03, 2026

For three decades Galway has hosted Ireland’s flagship festival devoted exclusively to children and families, and to celebrate its 30th anniversary this autumn, Baboró has unveiled its most ambitious programme to date.

A taste of salt in city centre

Thu, Sep 03, 2026

A new community festival to celebrate the city’s coastal connections will run at Galway Rowing Club in Woodquay, and the University of Galway’s Ryan Institute, from Friday, September 11, to Sunday, September 13.

Sniggering satirists and sketchy scribblers to swarm city

Thu, Sep 03, 2026

When the avowed theme of an artistic extravaganza is ‘having a laugh’ there must be sarcasm there, somewhere…

Kilskeagh ruins host first church service in centuries

Thu, Aug 20, 2026

The first Mass to be held in centuries at Old Kilskeagh Church and Graveyard will take place this evening, Thursday, August 20, as part of Heritage Week.

What tales can Inishbofin tell?

Thu, Aug 20, 2026

Communities across Ireland’s western seaboard have been invited to answer the question: what stories is the landscape telling us?

Clifden Arts Festival themed to welcome

Thu, Aug 20, 2026

The 49th Clifden Arts Festival will run for ten days from Thursday, September 17, promising public art, architecture, sculpture, exhibitions and creative encounters.

GALWAY GOLD AND ANTIQUE BUYING EVENT

Thu, Aug 20, 2026

20th to 24th August from 10am to 5pm daily.
Venue: Clayton Hotel Galway, Monivea Road, Ballybrit, H91 D526

Clifden to create cultural centre once again

Thu, Aug 13, 2026

The visual arts programme, reflecting this year's theme of OPEN - A Festival of Welcome, Encounter, and Possibility, invites audiences to experience art in galleries, churches, public spaces, and some of Connemara's most remarkable landscapes.

Wild party for Macnas’ middle age

Thu, Aug 13, 2026

The world-renowned masters of storytelling and pioneers of imagination have called this anniversary performance on Sunday, October 25, Fíain – a celebration of the wild heart of the West.

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