(13 Mar 2010)
March 13th-17th 2010 - 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 to Galway each year to experience a parade that is widely regarded as one of the best in Ireland. The Parade will be the finale of a series of events in Galway City beginning on Saturday, 13th March. There will be theatre performances, street events, art installations and music concerts to celebrate the national holiday and the Briton who brought Christianity to Ireland.
(10 Apr 2010)
Saturday, April 10th 2010 - Jigsaw Galway is the first of its kind in the country and is based on best practice worldwide. It is a charitable organisation with an emphasis on supporting young people (15 – 25 year olds) around their mental health needs and in particular young people with emerging mental & emotional health difficulties. Suicide is the leading cause of death for young people aged 15 – 25 years. The emphasis in Jigsaw is on intervening early and stopping problems escalating – i.e. “a stitch in time saves nine”.
(20 Apr 2010)
April 20th - 25th 2010. The Cúirt International Festival of Literature is Ireland’s premier literary event. The festival annually brings approximately sixty authors of local, national and international repute to Galway for readings, workshops, discussions, book signings and much, much more.
(24 Apr 2010)
So Runs The World Away, the new album from renowned singer-songwriter Josh Ritter, will be released April 23rd on Independent Records Ireland. To celebrate, Josh makes a long overdue return to Galway with a show at the Radisson Live Lounge on Saturday April 24th.
(15 May 2010)
May 15th to 17th. First held in 1996, the Galway Early Music Festival of medieval, Renaissance and Baroque music is increasing in popularity, attracting some excellent players across a variety of musical styles to Galway City.
(06 Jul 2010)
July 6th - 11th 2010 - The Galway Film Fleadh – Ireland’s leading film festival, is a six day international film event held every July and 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.
(15 Jul 2010)
July 15th - 25th - A pretty city perched on the edge of the Atlantic, Galway has long enjoyed a reputation as a cultural hotspot and the Galway Arts Festival is now Ireland’s largest and most prestigious arts festival, with hundreds of writers, artists, performers and musicians from Ireland and all over the world.
(26 Jul 2010)
July 26th - August 1st 2010 - Galway Races Summer Festival Meeting has grown from strength to strength each year, and now has an attendance of approximately 200,000 people over the course of the seven-day festival.
(23 Sep 2010)
September 23rd - 26th - First held in 1954, the Galway International Oyster Festival has now been voted one of the 12 greatest shows on earth!