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The 2026 Galway Folk Festival will include more than 80 acts over five days in 11 venues across the city, from June 3.

Red seats, a bouquet of flowers, antique chairs, then comedy giant Alan Davies comes out on-stage, with a mug of tea, to settle into his conversation with Jan Carson at the Town Hall Theatre last Wednesday, April 22.

The County Galway troop’s performance of Chapatti, by Christian O’Reilly, stole the show at the All-Ireland Confined Drama Finals, winning Glenamaddy the top gong for the first time in 60 years of performing.

From Thursday, April 30 to May 9, this year’s programme taps into themes touching on identity, belonging, memory, connection and the pull between leaving and coming back.

Written by Liam Wilson Smyth, directed by Paul Meade and starring Liam Wilson Smyth and Molly Downey, the play is a fast-paced comedy drama where two young parents mine the past for the key to their future.

As a Galway native, Sarah Clancy has grown up with Cúirt and believes it is a space where you do not have to apologise for creating or thinking anew. Bringing this motto to her lecture, she will give her audience space to think about the genocide in Gaza in a space of equality, to reflect on the Global Sumud Flotillas, and explore our lack of agency as a subversive society.

After decades of friendship, Irish eighties’ rock icons Leslie Dowdall and Flo McSweeney finally share the stage together for the very first time on their tour, Natural Women.

Cúirt is one of Europe’s oldest literary festivals, and this year’s week-long celebration in Galway, running from April 21 to April 26, will interrogate Irish and international writing, in English and Irish, for lovers of the written word of all ages.

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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.