CommunityTicketed
Galway Céilí Club - Beginners Class
20 April to 30 November 2026
Kennedy's Bar, Galway, County Galway
Learn social Irish dancing with Galway Céilí Club in a class welcoming beginners.
Galway, County Galway
Events in Galway
31 events at a venue inside Galway, each listed by organisers and Fáilte Ireland. Where an event is ticketed the link goes to whoever the organiser says sells them, and the journey there is worked out from wherever you are starting.
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31 events still to come in Galway.
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- ExhibitionsFree entry
'Deviations', exhibition as part of Galway International Arts Festival 2026
12 July to 27 September 2026
Galway Arts Centre, Galway, County Galway
John Rainey transforms the language of classical sculpture in a solo exhibition at Galway Arts Centre.
- ArtsTicketed
A Moon for the Misbegotten
14 to 26 September 2026
Town Hall Theatre, Galway, County Galway
An evening of theatre in Galway, with an Irish-American family story at its heart.
- MusicTicketed
The Luminosa String Orchestra: DRAÍOCHT II - The Alchemy of Music
24 September 2026
Saint Nicholas' Collegiate Church, Galway, County Galway
Luminosa performs Mozart, Bach, Shostakovich and Nielsen at Saint Nicholas’ Collegiate Church.
- MusicTicketed
Forgotten Peoples | Chamber Choir Ireland and Gabriel Crouch
25 September 2026
Saint Nicholas' Collegiate Church, Galway, County Galway
Folk traditions and contemporary stories of displacement meet in this choral concert at St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church.
- Food and drinkFree entry
Galway International Oyster and Seafood Festival
25 to 27 September 2026
Galway City Centre, Galway, County Galway
Galway celebrates its oyster season with seafood, music and competitive oyster opening.
- MusicTicketed
Triona Marshall - Irish Harp
26 September 2026
Saint Nicholas' Collegiate Church, Galway, County Galway
Galway’s St Nicholas’ hosts an evening centred on Tríona Marshall’s harp playing.
- LiteratureFree entry
Moth & Butterfly - Riddle me a story
1 to 31 October 2026
Galway City, Galway, County Galway
Moth and Butterfly’s Riddle Me Story turns Galway into a trail of clues and recorded tales.
- LiteratureFree entry
Louise O'Neill in Conversation with Catherine Doyle
7 October 2026
Kennys, Galway, County Galway
Louise O’Neill discusses her writing with fellow author Catherine Doyle at Kennys.
- FamilyFree and ticketed parts
Gaillimh Ah-Boo! - Baboró International Arts Festival for Children
9 to 18 October 2026
Galway City, Galway, County Galway
Baboró’s Samhain strand offers children different ways to explore storytelling, art and Halloween traditions.
- LiteratureTicketed
Baboró International Arts Festival for Children: The Nightmare Club, Spooky Storycraft
10 October 2026
O'Donoghue Centre, Galway, County Galway
Young readers become the authors of a shared ghost story in this workshop with Deirdre Sullivan.
- FamilyTicketed
Baboró International Arts Festival for Children: Moving Words
10 to 11 October 2026
Mick Lally Theatre, Galway, County Galway
Moving Words pairs a live reading of Fin and the Wicked Fairy of Tara with contemporary dance and a workshop.
- ExhibitionsFree entry
Baboró International Arts Festival for Children: Shapeshifters Exhibition
10 to 18 October 2026
Outset Gallery, Galway, County Galway
Shapeshifters brings Shona Shirley Macdonald’s illustrated worlds into Outset Gallery for a free family exhibition.
- LiteratureTicketed
Baboró International Arts Festival for Children: Finding Your Voice
11 October 2026
O'Donoghue Centre, Galway, County Galway
Finding Your Voice gives teenage writers three hours to experiment with how they tell a story.
- LiteratureTicketed
Baboró International Arts Festival for Children: Writing for Samhain
11 October 2026
O'Donoghue Centre, Galway, County Galway
Writing for Samhain turns seasonal folklore into short poems and very short stories.
- FamilyTicketed
Baboró International Arts Festival for Children: Play & Create
11 to 17 October 2026
Galway Rowing Club, Galway, County Galway
Play & Create gives children a choice of art materials and sensory activities, with room to follow their own ideas.
- FamilyTicketed
Baboró International Arts Festival for Children: Illustrating a Character
11 October 2026
Outset Gallery, Galway, County Galway
Children invent an illustrated character and place it in a three-dimensional village scene with Shona Shirley Macdonald.
- LiteratureFree entry
Dara Molloy in Conversation with Tom Kenny
13 October 2026
Kennys Bookshop & Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, County Galway
Dara Molloy discusses The Celtic Way with Tom Kenny at Kennys Bookshop.
- FamilyTicketed
Baboró International Arts Festival for Children: Make a Samhain Wreath
17 October 2026
Áras na nGael, Galway, County Galway
A child and their grown-up make a willow wreath together using flowers grown and dried in Conamara.
- FamilyTicketed
Baboró International Arts Festival for Children: Spooky Disco
18 October 2026
Galway Rowing Club, Galway, County Galway
DJ Will Softly brings a Halloween dance party to Galway Rowing Club, with separate sessions for younger and older children.
- ArtsTicketed
Galway Comedy Festival 2026
20 to 26 October 2026
Galway City, Galway, County Galway
Build an evening around solo stand-up, mixed bills or comic theatre at Galway Comedy Festival.
- ArtsPrice not confirmed
Luxmuralis
23 to 31 October 2026
Saint Nicholas' Collegiate Church, Galway, County Galway
Light projections and an original score turn St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church into an evening art installation.
- ArtsFree entry
Macnas Parade - Fiáin - 40th Anniversary Halloween Parade
25 October 2026
Galway City, Galway, County Galway
Macnas celebrates forty years with a Halloween procession through Galway inspired by the wild west of Ireland.
- CommunityFree entry
Samhain Community Dance Spectacle: A Thriller in Eyre Square
26 October 2026
Eyre Square, Galway, County Galway
Join a community performance of the Thriller dance in Eyre Square.
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