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
24 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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24 events still to come in Galway.
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- 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.
- 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.
- ArtsPrice not confirmed
Rituals of the Sidhe
28 to 29 October 2026
Circle of Life Commemorative Garden, Galway, County Galway
A guided outdoor performance brings Irish folklore into Salthill’s Circle of Life commemorative garden.
- ExhibitionsFree entry
At the Threshold: A Samhain Art Exhibition & Sensory experience
28 to 29 October 2026
Croílar Adult Day Service, Galway, County Galway
Croílar’s artists mark Samhain with an exhibition followed by a gentle sensory experience.
- SeasonalTicketed
Creatures of Samhain, Terrors from the Irish Underworld
28 October to 1 November 2026
De Burgo's, Galway, County Galway
An underground theatrical exhibition brings figures from Irish supernatural folklore into an immersive setting.
- ArtsFree entry
Gan Múchadh
30 to 31 October 2026
Galway City, Galway, County Galway
A short fire-and-light performance brings circus skills to Galway’s Halloween celebrations.
- CommunityTicketed
Samhain na mBan
31 October 2026
Áras Na nGael, Galway, County Galway
Women’s roles in seasonal traditions are explored through a creative gathering at Áras na nGael.
- CommunityFree entry
A Gathering of Souls - Gaillimh Ah-Boo!
1 November 2026
Galway City, Galway, County Galway
Galway’s Mexican community leads a public celebration of remembrance linking Día de Muertos with Irish Samhain traditions.
- ArtsFree and ticketed parts
Galway International Arts Festival 2027
12 to 25 July 2027
Galway city, various festival venues, County Galway
The organiser has announced 12 to 25 July 2027.
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