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Galway Early Music Festival - TBC
Since its inception in 1996, Galway Early Music has produced
annual festivals which celebrated the culture of Europe from
the 12th to the 18th century in music, dance, costume and
colour. The aim of the festival is to create an audience for
the music and dance of the medieval, renaissance and baroque
periods through concerts and participation in workshops and
masterclasses. The festival also encourages interaction of
professional and amateur musicians and the development of
historically informed performance in Galway and in Ireland
as a whole.
Website: www.galwayearlymusic.com
Salthill Air Show - TBC (CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE)
The Salthill Air Show is a free air show held every summer
along the Salthill Promenade on the shores of the famous Galway
Bay. The Salthill Air Show is one of the few FREE Air Show's
in Europe
Website: www.salthillairshow.com
Galway Film Fleadh - 5th July - 10th July 2011
The
Galway Film Fleadh, a six day international film event held
every July, welcomes a mad diversity of filmmaking from around
the world.The Fleadh is very much a filmmakers' festival, and
attracts directors, actors, cinematographers and artists of
all generations and cultural backgrounds, who present their
work before their peers. The Fleadh’s diverse audience
is made up of the general cinema going public, film buffs, studentfilmmakers,
industry professionals and invited guests.
Website: www.galwayfilmfleadh.com/
Galway Arts Festival - July 11th - 24th July 2011
Galway Arts Festival is Ireland’s leading multi-disciplinary
arts festival, incorporating theatre, spectacle, dance,
visual arts, music, literature & comedy. Since its inception,
the Festival has become a platform for Irish & International
art of the highest quality and is now established as one
of Europe’s key cultural events.
Website: www.galwayartsfestival.ie
Western Vintage Motor Rally - TBC
At the conclusion of the 1977 I.V.V.C.C. Autumn Rally in Galway
a few enthusiast motorists, got together with the idea of
forming a vintage motoring club in the West of Ireland.
Website: www.wvvmc.com/
Galway Races - Monday 25th July - Sunday 31st July
2011
The
Galway Races has become the greatest of all Irish Racing Festivals
and probably the most lavish, colourful and sociable fixtures
in the Irish Racing World. It is also both monetarily and
numbers-wise the most successful race meeting in the country
hailed as one of the world leaders in that field. It is not
only a great sporting event, but also a unique social occasion
filled with atmosphere, passion and craic and attracts both
true race-goers and socialites alike.
Website: www.galwayraces.com
Galway
International Oyster Festival -
21st Sept - 25th Sept 2011
Non stop entertainment featuring national and international
artists.
Website: www.galwayoysterfest.com
*All Above Dates May Be Subject to Change |
