festivals and fairs galway

A swashbuckling weekend of medieval, renaissance and baroque music on the shores of the Corrib River, Galway Ireland. The Caribbean wasn't the only place pirates left their mark! St Patrick was taken by pirates to Ireland, 9th & 10th century pirates and sea raiders on the Irish Sea were the inspiration for prayers and chants of protection, the 17th century pirate queen, Granuaile, ruled the waters around Galway and Mayo and we are even featuring some modern musical pirates. The theme is fun, the...

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....

A family fun festival with street parade and sports day....

Held throughout the month of December and early January, there is an outdoor ice rink and there will also be Santa’s grotto and a Christmas Market. This is without a doubt one of the best Christmas times you’ll have and one the kids will remember for some time....

If you come to this festival you will be taking a step back in time. This event celebrates all the aspects of the city during the medieval and renaissance periods. There will be concerts in the styles of the time and plenty of street theatre to really get you into the feel of it....

Youth oriented community based to promote arts in the town to younger people. Art/theatre workshops at the making on a floating theatre and art camps in the town also music and comedy gigs and fireworks display. Poetry, storytelling and art exhibits....

Inishbofin Arts Festival is a community arts festival with a programme that includes a wide and varied list of events with music, visual arts, workshops, arts and crafts and much more to offer....

This is Ireland's premier show of Connemara Ponies, featuring dancing contests, a craft fair, and a dog show....

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....