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Galway Arts Festival: Small but perfectly formed - Michael Billington, The Guardian, Wednesday July 30th 2008

“But the peculiar joy of Galway is that it covers the artistic waterfront without, like its famous Scottish sister, offering us a deluge. I've rarely encountered a better curated festival...

Galway Arts Festival July 13th-26th 2009 - Submissions Guidelines

Galway Arts Festival is a curated Festival and participation is by invitation only with artists and productions selected by the Festival Artistic Director.Companies and artists wishing to be...

Irish Times Review of Festival 2008 Visual Arts Programme

Thursday, July 17, 2008 The Irish TimesVisual art to illuminate and intrigueTwo big names may dominate this year's programme, but there's plenty of work by other artists to whet the viewing...

Just announced!

Due to popular demand Malachy Bourke will be performing an extra show at 4pm on Friday 25th in the Roisin Dubh. Tickets available from the Box Office on Merchants Rd ph 091 566577.

Additional performance of Translations

Due to phenomenonal demand another performance of Translations has been added to the Festival Programme. The performance will take place at 8pm Sunday 27th July at Oranmore Castle. Tickets on sale...

SOLD OUT SHOWS

The following shows are sold out:BlondiePhilip Glass Ensemble in St Nicholas ChurchThe New Electric Ballroom in Druid Theatre,Des Bishop in the Radisson Hotel, How the Giraffe got its neck, BOI...

Translations - directions to venue

Due to unforeseen circumstances Translations by Ouroboros Theatre will not take place at Renville Woods, Oranmore. The show will now take place in Oranmore Castle, Oranmore, Co. Galway. If...

Dan Kennedy on the Dave Fanning show

Dan Kennedy was interviewed for the Dave Fanning show on RTE Radio one. To listen to his hilarious anecdotes of life working in the music industry click on the link below....

FESTIVAL BOX OFFICE NOW OPEN

The Festival Box office is now open to the public. Opening hours are 10am to 6.30 pm Monday to Friday and 10am to 5pm on Saturdays. You can also book over the phone at 091 566577 or on...

Phone bookings from Tuesday 17th June

We are currently moving our box office facility to Galway. As a result the phone booking service will be unavailable today Monday 16th June. From tomorrow Tuesday 18th June phone bookings will...

Full Festival Line up announced

The Philip Glass Ensemble, Druid, Bill Viola, Joni Mitchell, Omara Portuondo, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Tinariwen, Walker Evans, Blondie, Larry Gelbart, Craig Wright and John Mahoney are just...

More acts announced for Festival Big Top

Another very exciting double bill has been announced with one of the most mouth-watering, world music bills to be staged in Ireland this year added to Galway Arts Festival’s...

TICKETS ON SALE FOR FESTIVAL BIG TOP

Tickets will be on sale for Festival Big Top shows on this website from 10.30 a.m Friday 16th May and through Central Ticket Bureau on 0818 205205 (Monday - Saturday 10.30 am to 5.30 pm).If...

Acts announced for Galway Arts Festival Big Top

Galway Arts Festival 2008 is set to be the ultimate summer getaway, with a line up that promises to beat the best of the rest. Galway Arts Festival will up the festival fun factor with the addition...

Trad receives rave reviews down under

Galway Arts Festival's production of Mark Doherty's play Trad has received rave reviews at the Perth International Arts Festival. In her review Victoria Laurie of The Australian called the...

Galway Arts Festival’s Trad to tour Australia

Galway Arts Festival's award-winning production of Mark Doherty's play, Trad, has been invited to one of Australia's premier festivals, the Perth International Arts Festival which takes...

2008 GALWAY ARTS FESTIVAL CALENDAR LAUNCHED

Galway Arts Festival has just launched its calendar for 2008, which is now available from Galway’s leading bookshops and newsagents. This year’s calendar featuring a stunning...

Galway Arts Festival July 14th-27th 2008 Submissions Guidelines

Galway Arts Festival July 14th-27th 2008 - Submissions GuidelinesGalway Arts Festival is a curated Festival and participation is by invitation only with artists and productions selected by the...

30th Festival Celebration Video now online

A special video celebrating 30 years of Galway Arts Festival, featuring many of the artists who have appeared at the Festival, is now available in our Screening Room (see link below)...

Irish Times Review: Stephen Petronio

Stephen Petronio and Rufus Wainwright, what a combination they make. The first half of Stephen Petronio's triple bill- developed both with existing Wainwright music (Bud Suite) then in...

VIEW VIDEO OF GET YOUR WAR ON

Check out the video link below to Get Your War On!View GET YOUR WAR ON Here

BOX OFFICE OPEN

We are now taking phone bookings at 091 566577 and in person at our box office at 1-5 Merchants Road Galway. You can also book online on this website.

2007 Programme launched in Dublin & Galway

Galway Arts Festival announced their 2007 programme last week at two successful launches in Dublin and Galway. This year’s programme features over 400 performers, artists, writers and...

2007 Programme

Galway Arts Festival 2007 features over 400 writers, artists, performers and musicians from Australia, Belgium, Canada, Cape Verde, Cuba, England, France, Romania, Scotland, Spain, The Netherlands,...

Programme details and online booking now on this site

Welcome to the 30th Galway Arts Festival Website. Full Programme Details for the 2007 Festival are now available on this site. This year we have added new features to our site including a new day...

Galway one of its top 10 places to visit in 2007

The UK MSN website has listed Galway as one of its top 10 places to visit in 2007. The piece on the site (shown below) highlights the role of Galways' Festivals in making Galway the great place...

Galway Arts Festival and National Irish Bank nominated for Business2Arts Best Collaboration in the Community award

The Allianz Business2Arts Arts Awards celebrate imaginative and effective business partnership with the arts. The winners will be announced at a gala dinner on Wednesday 30 May in the Mansion...

Latest Review of Trad in London -- "The Times"

TRAD By Mark Doherty Bush Theatre Running until 29 April 2006 THE days when the English could make fun of the Irish are, let

World Premiere of Stuart Carolan
Druid by arrangement with Galway Arts Festival present Empress of India, a new play by one of Ireland

Latest Review of Trad in London - "Evening Standard"
Trad A craic at the Irish in true Beckett style If, at some point in his long Parisian exile, Samuel Beckett had fancied a look back in comic fondness at his native Ireland, he might have...

Latest Review of Trad in London - "Theatre Guide London"
Trad An ancient one-legged Irishman and his 100-year-old one-armed son embark on a quest to find the latter's never-seen 70-year-old son, the product of a one-night liaison with a woman whose...

Latest Review of Trad in London - "London Theatre Review"
Trad A mad fable set in a surreal universe, Mark Doherty turns years of stereotyping and Anglo-Irish mockery on its head in Trad, his new play showing at the Bush. Read More >...

Latest reviews of "Trad" at Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Trad ***** Surreal comedy about tradition How much of who you are, your values, your opinions, your character is determined by the past? Not only your past but that of your family, your...

Galway Arts Festival's production of Mark Doherty's Trad makes UK Premiere
Trad by Mark Doherty directed by Mikel Murfi UK Premiereat Assembly Rooms for Edinburgh Festival Fringe Supported by Culture Ireland August 5th - 29th (not 8th, 15th and 22nd)

Galway Arts Festival's production of Mark Doherty's Trad makes Australian Premiere
Trad by Mark Doherty directed by Mikel Murfi Australian Premiereat Union Hall, Adelaide University for Adelaide Fringe Festival Supported by Culture Ireland March 9th - 19th A fable about...

LATEST REVIEW OF "TRAD" AT ADELAIDE FRINGE FESTIVAL
Trad ***** Thank you, APA, for bringing this delicate morsel of eloquent Irish culture to our Fringe. It's Waiting for Godot meets Dancing at Lughnasa insofar as it is an absurdist meditation on...

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