THE BIG THINK AT GALWAY SUMMER GARDEN: THE ULTIMATE LAST CHANCE SUMMER FESTIVAL

Wed, Sep 09, 2020

Just as you thought the last chance of a proper festival had gone for this year, along comes The Big Think - a festival of talks and ideas - to fill you with inspiration, insight, hope and joy. Galway Summer Garden provides the perfect festival vibe for this Indian summer of enlightenment and laughs. The central outdoor stage is encircled by a panopticon of beautifully-appointed bell tents (each with its own dedicated loo!), from which you can ‘contactlessly’ order your food and drinks delivered to the door.

GIAF 2020 Autumn Edition - it's on!

Thu, Sep 03, 2020

COVID-19 may have rendered Galway's summer festival season inert, but the city and its festivals are too resilient to be kept down forever, so for the first time in its 43 year history, the arts festival moves to the autumn.

Breandán Ó hEithir and the 'gentle' Black and Tans

Thu, Aug 27, 2020

THE ANNUAL Féile na bhFlaitheartach, which usually takes place on Inis Mór each August, has been re-imagined in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, and will be an online event this year.

Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture launches reimagined programme

Thu, Aug 13, 2020

From next month until March 2021, more than 350 artists from Galway, and across Ireland, will take part in a seven month, reimagined, Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture programme.

Galway Fringe Festival 2020 - a physical and virtual festival

Thu, Aug 13, 2020

THE GALWAY Fringe Festival will come in two forms this year - a physical form featuring art exhibitions throughout this month, and a virtual form with online shows in September.

A Race Week vibe at Galway Summer Garden

Thu, Jul 30, 2020

SUMMER 2020 will not pass by completely without some form of physical festival vibe in Galway, thanks to the Galway Summer Garden pop-up outdoor festival venue in Salthill.

Galway 2020 approved funding for re-imagined programme

Thu, Jul 16, 2020

GALWAY 2020's re-imagined programme "will now become a reality" according to the organisation, following Government approval for it's re-imagined programme of events.

Pride Inside - LGBT+ online events start this weekend

Thu, Jul 09, 2020

COVID-19 and the continuing restrictions means there will not be a Pride parade in Galway this summer, filling the city's streets with colour and joyfulness, but the need for advocacy, activism, and community spirit remains as important as ever.

Classic Drive in Cinema comes to GALWAY THIS WEEKEND!!

Wed, Jul 01, 2020

Fasten your seatbelt, bring the popcorn and grab the family and get ready to be entertained. Classic Drive in Cinema is proud to present Bridget Jones Diary, Grease, The Secret Life of Pets & Forest Gump at Castlegar GAA Club on Saturday July 4th and Sunday July 5th. Tickets from €25.00 + booking fees are on sale now from Ticketweb.ie

Commemorating the Connaught Rangers mutiny - a century on

Thu, Jun 18, 2020

ON SUNDAY June 27 1920, a small group of Connaught Rangers, from C Company of the 1st Battalion, based at Wellington Barracks, Jalandhar, the Punjab, announced they were refusing to obey orders.

Get ready for The Sopranos Zoom quiz

Fri, Jun 05, 2020

Do you know your Baccalas from your Parisis and your Apriles? Capocollo from prosciutto?

Get ready for The Sopranos Zoom quiz

Thu, Jun 04, 2020

Do you know your Baccalas from your Parisis and your Apriles? Capocollo from prosciutto?

Sounds From The Countryside - a sound postcard

Thu, May 21, 2020

SOUNDS FROM The Countryside, a sound postcard by the Galway artist Anne Marie Deacy, will be released tomorrow - Friday May 22 - in a limited edition which can be played at 45rpm.

Webinar on Galway and the creative arts

Thu, May 21, 2020

HOW HAS theatre and traditional music developed in Galway since the 1960s? How has Galway been represented, historically, in art and literature?

Bard Yard - poetry, music, and an online open mic

Mon, May 18, 2020

EMERGING AND aspiring Galway poets, along with singer-songwriter Bríd Kenny, will feature in the next Bard Yard, the new monthly open-mic event in the city, currently taking place on-line.

Galway 2020 to explore re-imagined programme

Thu, May 07, 2020

GALWAY 2020 looks set to take place with a re-imagined programme of events in the closing months of this year and in early 2021, with some events happening digitally.

Smaller Galway International Arts Festival to go ahead in the autumn

Thu, May 07, 2020

THERE WILL be no Galway International Arts Festival this summer, but the year will not pass by entirely without it. Galway will instead have a different kind of arts festival, at a different time than it is used to.

Oranmore Arts Festival goes online in May

Thu, Apr 23, 2020

THE ORANMORE Arts Festival has been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, but rather than being cancelled, the organising committee has decided to move a selection of the programme online.

Galway 2020 - postponed and cancelled events

Thu, Mar 19, 2020

A MAJORITY of events scheduled as part of Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture have been postponed owing to coronavirus restrictions, although a small number of events have been cancelled.

Sing a song in one night with the Easy Choir

Thu, Mar 05, 2020

EASY CHOIR, Galway’s 'zero commitment choir' for those who want to sing, would love to be in a choir, but may not be able to commit full-time, holds its next event on Monday March 9.

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