festivals and fairs galway city

Salthill Folk Festival - one of the very few folk festivals in Ireland - is recognised for its top class traditional celtic bands from Ireland and Europe. There are concerts and sessions every night culminating with hooker racing on the Bay and a new initiative the Heritage Proms, one of the major sucesses of the festival.

A full childrens programme operates for the week with theatre, workshops and puppet shows....

Sonas in Salthill is an annual multicultural carnival held in Salthill Park, Galway. A cross community event with an international theme, celebrating world cultures through food, music , dance, storytelling and sport. World Cup 5 a side....

The Galway races are definitely Irelands most popular racing festival! Soak up the atmosphere of the races that take place each year in Ballybrit, which is located just outside Galway city.
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The six day event takes place in the city centre of Galway; it also stretches out into the county thanks to the Cinemobile. With over 70 Irish and international features you are bound to find something to whet your appetite. There will be plenty of other activities on as well, such as film school seminars, public interviews and much, much more....

The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir (EPCC) has become Estonia’s best known choir and is reputed by many to be one of the best in the world. The choir regularly tours Europe, North America and Japan; the choir manages to have something for everyone so you are sure to leave the concerts elated....

Baboró International Arts Festival for Children is the leading Irish Arts Festival devoted exclusively to children. Over 60,000 children have attended shows and participated in workshops since Baboró began in 1997.
This year, Baboró celebrates its 11th birthday, and will feature performances from countries as diverse as Germany, Ireland, Denmark, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Norway, Poland, England and Scotland, and will offer performances ranging across all the artforms, for yo...

Baboró International Arts Festival for Children is the leading Irish Arts Festival devoted exclusively to children. Over 60,000 children have attended shows and participated in workshops since Baboró began in 1997. This year, Baboró celebrates its 11th birthday, and will feature performances from countries as diverse as Germany, Ireland, Denmark, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Norway, Poland, England and Scotland, and will offer performances ranging across all the artforms, for young p...

This event is a combined effort of eight art organisations that merge into a deluge of artistic flair, hence the name Tulca; Gaelic word for wave, flood, or outpouring. This event concentrates on the visual arts and includes projects that are engaging and intriguing....

Festival of Traditional music, song, céilí, workshops, competitions including golf and events for children. Also an Irish and Brazilian cultural display. Festival runs from: 26.10.2007 to 29.10.2007. Alternate contact number: 091 632370....

Galway has a claim as being the home of comedy in Ireland that is well founded in that it was the first to city to establish a weekly comedy club with international comedians. Galway now hosts one of the top comedy festivals in the country with comics from all over the globe from places as far as North America and Australia. This is definitely not an event to be missed....