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Festival organisers confirmed that this year’s programme attracted a record 472,000 attendances across its 14-day run, surpassing the 450,000 mark for the second consecutive year and reinforcing the festival’s place at the heart of Ireland’s summer cultural calendar.

President Catherine Connolly will make a keynote address on the importance of the arts as a medium to speak truth to power at the opening of the 2026 Galway International Arts Festival next week.

Houseplants is the fully-fledged creative vision of two of Ireland’s most respected artists – Bell X1 frontman Paul Noonan, and innovative, atmospheric producer Daithí.

It has been 23 years since Bell X1, the inexorably eclectic rock band, first burst onto the Irish music scene. They play Leisureland next Thursday, December 21.

It has been 23 years since Bell X1, the inexorably eclectic rock band, first burst onto the Irish music scene. They play Leisureland next Thursday, December 21.

The Pulse from Gravity & Other Myths featuring a company of over 60 performers with a choir of 30 female voices; a newly commissioned installation from David Mach; the return of Colm Meaney to the Irish stage after 40 years performing alongside his daughter Brenda Meaney in Bedbound from Landmark Productions and GIAF; an enormous Dragon wandering the streets of Galway City; epic theatre with DruidO’Casey directed by Garry Hynes; Baxter Theatre and Handspring Puppets Life & Times of Michael K from South Africa directed by Lara Foot; a stellar line up at the Heineken® Big Top; artists Diana Copperwhite and Lorraine Tuck; Grafton Architects; musicians Martha Wainwright, KT Tunstall, Susan O’Neill, Robert Forster, James Yorkston and Nena Peerson; and First Thought Talks featuring Lindsey Hilsum, Fintan O’Toole, Gaisu Yari and a host of speakers are amongst just some of the highlights of the dazzling array of this year’s programme.

The Pulse from Gravity & Other Myths featuring a company of over 60 performers with a choir of 30 female voices; a newly commissioned installation from David Mach; the return of Colm Meaney to the Irish stage after 40 years performing alongside his daughter Brenda Meaney in Bedbound from Landmark Productions and GIAF; an enormous Dragon wandering the streets of Galway City; epic theatre with DruidO’Casey directed by Garry Hynes; Baxter Theatre and Handspring Puppets Life & Times of Michael K from South Africa directed by Lara Foot; a stellar line up at the Heineken® Big Top; artists Diana Copperwhite and Lorraine Tuck; Grafton Architects; musicians Martha Wainwright, KT Tunstall, Susan O’Neill, Robert Forster, James Yorkston and Nena Peerson; and First Thought Talks featuring Lindsey Hilsum, Fintan O’Toole, Gaisu Yari and a host of speakers are amongst just some of the highlights of the dazzling array of this year’s programme.

Two brilliant acts, KETTAMA and Pavement, have been announced for the Heineken Big Top in July as part of the Galway Arts Festival.

By Una Sinnott

Irish singer-songwriter, Mark Geary, has supported major artists across the globe, from Josh Ritter, Bell X1 and the Frames, to Coldplay, Elvis Costello, and The Pretenders. Not only that, but his work has appeared on the big screen in film and on popular television series One Tree Hill and Bones. And yet, it is through his intimate live performances that a unique connection to his audience shines.