January
Galway Bay on Ice
Date: 1st December - 10th January 2010
Location: City Centre - Nimmos Pier
Tel: 091 779777
Mother Goose
Date: 30th December - 17th January 2010
Location: Town Hall Theatre
Tel: 091 569777
Ardal O'Hanlon
Date: 30th January 2010
Location: Town Hall Theatre
Tel: 091 569777
Merriman Winter School - Scoil Gheimhridh Merriman
Date: 29th - 31st January 2010
Location: Eyre Square
Tel: 087 9324725
Merriman Winter School promotes education among Ireland's people through the study of the Irish Language and the dissemination of information on the language, history, traditions, learning and archaeology of Ireland.
February
Safety Direct Galway International Rally
Date: 5th Feb - 7th Feb 2010
Location: Headquarters at Clayton Hotel.
Tel: 065 7077293
The Safety Direct Galway International Rally Headquarters will be at the Clayton Hotel in 2010 where you will be assured of a warm welcome and excellent entertainment during the weekend. View website for detailed information; www.galwayinternationalrally.com
Tedfest 4
Date: 25th February - 7th March 2010
Location: Inis Mór - Aran Islands
Email: wplp@austin.rr.com
A celebration of all things Father Ted, including Priests versus Nuns Beach Volleyball, The Craggy Cup and the Lovely Girls Contest. Tickets go on sale soon - you can register on the website to receive advance notification - www.tedfest.org
March
Seachtain na Gaeilge
Date: Tue 02.Mar.2010 to Wed 17.Mar.2010
Location: Galway City - Cathair na Gaillimhe
Tel: 091 567824
Seachtain na Gaeilge is the annual internatioinal festival organised by Conradh na Gaeilge to promote the Irish Language. The festival is used as a means to celebrate the Irish language with activities and events organised throughout the country in the weeks leading up to St Patrick's Day in order to facilitate the promotion and use of the Irish language.
St.Patrick Day Parade
Date: 17th March 2010
Location: Galway City Centre
Tel: 091 562847
E-mail: flaherty.craig@gmail.com
Web: www.stpatricksgalway.com
2010 marks the 107th anniversary of the Galway St Patrick's Day Parade. Pipe bands, dance groups and performance artists come from all over the world each year to experience the St Patrick's Day Parade in Galway City, which is widely regarded as one of the best in Ireland.
April
Connemara International Marathon (Connemarathon)
Date: 11th April 2010
Location: Connemara
Tel: 091 565154
Take part in one of the world's most spectacular and scenic marathons. The Connemara International Marathon is a day of racing around a very scenic part of the West of Ireland. Comprising of Ireland's only on-road Ultra Marathon (39.3 miles) - 09.00; full marathon (26.2 miles) - 10.00; and, half marathon (13.1 miles) - 12.00, all taking place on the one day.
See the website for further information; www.connemarathon.com
Cúirt International Festival of Literature
Date: 20th - 25th April 2010
Location: Galway City Centre
Tel: 091 565886
The Cúirt International Festival of Literature is Irelands premier literary event. The festival annually brings approximately 60 authors of local, national and international repuit to Galway for readings, workshops, discussions, book signings and much, much more.
Visit www.galwayartscentre.ie for further information. Download the Programme of Events.
Fleadh na gCuach - The Cuchoo Festival
Date: 30th April - 3rd May 2010
Location: Kinvara
Tel: 091 637131
E-mail: info@kinvara.com
Web: www.kinvara.com
Fleadh na gCuach (The Cuchoo Festival) takes place annually in Kinvara on the May Bank Holiday weekend. It is a hugely enjoyable and successful traditional music and community-based arts festival and is now in its 16th year.
May
Trad on the Prom
Date: 18th May - 30th September 2010
Location: Salthill
Tel: 091 590209
Croí Lough Corrib Cycle
Date: 23rd May 2010
Location: Connemara
Tel: 091 544310
This very popular annual cycle around Lough Corrib is a fun event for all the family - and if it's a nice day you will be cycling along one of the lovliest routes anywhere. There is an option of a 29 mile route or a much longer 75 mile one. The event kicks off with a complimentary breakfast and cyclists depart Galway for a route through Moycullen, Oughterard, Maam Valley (29-miles), Cornamona, Cong, Headford and finishing in Galway (75-miles).The event is run in aid of Croí.
For more information: www.croi.ie
Galway Early Music Festival
Dates:28.May to 30.May.2010
Location: Galway City - Cathair na Gaillimhe
Telephone: +353 (0)87 9305506
The Galway Early Music Festival runs annually in May and features concerts by top international performers, workshops, schools events and music and theatre in Galway City Museum and on the streets of Galway. The festival has a unique and relaxed atmosphere and highlights the medieval town of Galway and the artistic and cultural richness of the area.
For more information and a programme of the events visit, www.galwayearlymusic.com/
June
July
Galway Film Fleadh
Date: 6th - 11th July 2010
Location: Galway City Centre
Telephone: 091 751655
E-mail: gafleadh@iol.ie
Web: www.galwayfilmfleadh.com
The Galway Film Fleadh, a six day international event, takes place every year in July. Celebrating its 22nd birthday in 2010, the central goal of the Galway Film Fleadh remains unchanged: to bring together audiences and filmmakers within an intimate environment, and share a common experience – the wonder of cinema.
It is based in the Town Hall Theatre, Galway Omniplex and on location in the county with the aid of Cinemobile, Irelands Travelling Cinema. The Fleadh will present a programme of over 70 Irish and International features, and a diverse range of events includings, Masterclasses, Seminars, Outreach events, Debate and Public Interview.
For more information: http://www.galwayfilmfleadh.com/
Galway Cathedral Recitals
Date: 8th July - 12th August 2010
Location: Galway Cathedral, Galway City
Tel: 091 531438
E-mail: music@galwaycathedral.ie
Web:www.recitals.galwaycathedral.ie
Web:www.galwaycathedral.org/recitals
Galway Cathedral Recitals is an international series of weekly summer
evening concerts in the marvellous setting of Galway's stone Cathedral.
The concerts take place at 20.00 on Thursday evenings from the 8th July
to the 12th August in 2010.
Galway Arts Festival
Date: 12th - 25th July 2010
Location: Galway City Centre
Tel: 091 509700
E-mail: info@gaf.iol.ie
Web: www.galwayartsfestival.ie
Galway Arts Festival is Ireland's largest annual arts festival, taking place each July in the city of Galway. Founded in 1978, the Festival collaborates with artists and companies throughout the world to produce and present an international programme of theatre, spectacle, dance, visual arts, music, literature & comedy involving hundreds of artists and performers.
The Festival includes parades, street performances and numerous plays, musical concerts and comedy acts.Over the years the Festival has developed a reputation to rival the near-hedonistic atmosphere which envelopes the city of Galway during those weeks. Highlights of the festival tend to be Macnas and Druid performances, two large local performance groups.
For more information: www.galwayartsfestival.com/
Galway Races- Summer Festival
Date: 26th July - 1st August 2010
Location: Galway Racecourse, Ballybrit
Tel: 091 753870
E-mail: information@galwayraces.com
Web: www.galwayraces.com
'The Summer Festival Race Meeting at the Galway Races is renowned worldwide for its electric atmosphere, excellent racing and infectious sense of fun.'
The festival runs for 7 days from the last Monday in July each year. The busiest days of the festival are Wednesday, when the Galway Plate is held, and Thursday, when the Galway Hurdle and Ladies' Day take place.
For more information: www.galwayraces.com/summer-festival.shtml
August
Earwig! Tuam Arts Festival
Date: 13th - 22nd August 2010
Location: Tuam, Co.Galway
Tel: 086 8116756
E-mail: info@earwigarts.com
Web: www.earwigart.com
Earwig! Tuam Community Arts Group was formed in October 2003 to provide Tuam and its surroundings with an outlet for its wealth of creative talent, using street theatre as an active and practical approach to expanding Community involvement in artistic activities.
The group consists of a number of experienced community arts practitioner, professional writers, directors, performers and musicians and members of the local community sector in Tuam.
Cruinniu na mBad Festival
Date: 19th - 22nd August 2010
Address: Kinvara, Co Galway,
Tel: 086 2510922
E-mail: drbrogan@gmail.com
Web: www.kinvara.com
Web: www.galwayhookerassociation.ie
Up to 100 unique Irish boats, the Galway Hookers, once the workhorses of the coast of Connemara and North Clare, will gather for a weekend of racing and celebration at Cruinniú na mBád (Gathering of the Boats) festival in Kinvara, Co. Galway, in August 2010.
Since its revival in 1979, the festival has become one of the most unique and successful weekend festivals in Ireland
The Galway Races - Autumn Festival
Date: 28th - 30th August 2010
Address: Galway Racecourse, Ballybrit, Galway
Tel: 091 753870
E-mail: information@galwayraces.com
Web: www.galwayraces.com
A 3-day meeting with a mixture of flat and national hunt racing. Commencing on Saturday, 28th August, this race meeting, which is getting more popular year on year, offers great racing, entertainment, excitement and great value for money.
For more information: http://www.galwayraces.com/
September
Galway City Rat Race
Date: To be confirmed for September
Location: Galway City Centre,
Tel: 098 28324
E-mail: info@ratraceadventure.com
Web: www.ratraceadventure.com
Rat racing is set to reach the West Coast of Ireland this coming September.
Galway City will host the first Rat Race event in the Republic of Ireland, and it's sure to be quite a show.
The Rat Race is a physical and mental adventure challenge that uses the cityscape as its playground. It is a team event in which participants hike, bike, abseil, climb and kayak the streets, structures, waterways and urban landscape, whilst navigating their way around a course
Clarenbridge Oyster Festival
Date: 10th - 12th September 2010
Location: Clarenbridge, Co.Galway
Tel: 091 796766
E-mail: info@clarenbridge.com
Web: www.clarenbridge.com
The Oyster Festival at Clarinbridge has taken place every September since 1954, with guests from all over the world returning annully to celebrate the new Oyster season.
As well as eating oysters there is plenty for visitors to enjoy, with entertainment, music and dancing especially, as well as a very dressy gala ball, where those attending will this year be entertained by the Galway Tenors, the flamboyant Boogie Nights and the Maimin Cajun Band among others.
There will also be a traditional market day on the village green and a chance to get out into and learn about the oyster beds and the surrounding countryside in the company of naturalists Gordon D'arcy and Paul Gossling.
For more information: www.clarenbridge.com/
Galway International Oyster Festival
Date: 23rd - 26th September 2010
Location: Radisson SAS Hotel , Galway City,
Tel: 091 587992
Tel: 091 527282
E-mail: info@galwayoysterfest.com
Web: www.galwayoysterfest.com
For the best in gourmet seafood, live music and the best Guinness in town it has to be The Galway International Oyster Festival. Seafood is a central part of events, with the hotly contested World Oyster Opening Championships always a big draw and local restaurants and bars pulling out the stops for the occasion. It's an occasions for serious party people, with a spectacular Mardi Gras and seafood feast on Friday and a gala ball with 6 course dinner on Saturday.
For more information www.galwayoysterfest.com
Irish Draught Horse National Show
Date: 27th September
Location: Ballybrit, Galway,
E-mail: elaj@eircom.net
Web: www.idhs.ie ~
The National Show of our only native horse is taking place in Ballybrit Race Course on the 27th September.There will be 30 show classes exhibiting the finest mares, foals, stallions, geldings and colts in the world.
Galway Chess Congress
Date: 1st - 2nd October
Location: Salthill
Tel: 086 8072384
E-mail: ronanduke@gmail.com
Web: www.galwaychess.net
The Galway Chess Congress, which is now an annual event, attracts approximately 200 competitors of all ages who play over the weekend.
Competitors come from various parts of Ireland, as well as some from the North of Ireland, and a few from the UK.
Baboró - International Arts Festival for Children
Date: 11th - 17th October 2010.
Location: Galway City Centre
Tel: 091 562667
E-mail: admin@baboro.ie
Web: www.baboro.ie
Today, Baboró International Arts Festival for Children is recognised as 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.
Baboró celebrates its 14th birthday in 2010, and will feature performances from countries as diverse as The Netherlands, Canada, Denmark, Portugal and Ireland Performers from around the world will converge on Galway bringing dozens of shows which include puppetry, music, theatre, dance, storytelling and juggling. Workshops have a central place, getting children involved in creating their own art and exploring their creative sides. There are art exhibitions, music concerts, literature events and special screenings of films
For more information: www.baboro.ie
