The full line up has been announced for Galway Arts Festival, and what a line up it is. Blondie, Ash, the Dandy Warhols and Tom Baxter are among the biggest names to take centre at the festival which takes place from July 14-27. Other artists to top the bill include Cathy Davey, Damien Dempsey, KT Tunstall, Tinariwen & Mayra Andrade, Alabama 3, Iris DeMent, Lisa Hannigan, Dave Geraghty and Autamata among others.

This is by far the biggest and most prominent musical line-up the festival has had to date. The Galway Arts Festival, is Ireland’s leading festival in promoting Irish and international talent across a kaleidoscope of disciplines from music, dance, and theatre to literature and the visual arts. The programme for this year’s event is as eclectic as it is vast.

The following are the musical offerings at Galway this July;
Richard Hawley, Alabama 3 – Acoustic and Unplugged, July 14; Phillip Glass Ensemble, Dave Geraghty, The Blue Nile, (15); ConTempo – Sounds of Italy, Tony Trundle, Ged Foley & Paul Mulligan, Sam Issac, (17); ConTempo - Classics of Vienna, Tommy Hayes Experience, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, (18); Breda and Claire Keville, ConTempo – Melodies of Chopin, (19); Cathy Davey, Omara Portuonda, (20); Nouvelle Vague, Lisa Hannigan, Tinariwen & Mayra Andrade, (22); KT Tunstall & Tom Baxter, (23); Blondie, Malachy Bourke, The Whip, (24); Frank Kilkelly & Friends, The Dandy Warhols & Ash, The Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir, (25); Stephnie Geremia, Maureen Browne & Elaine Hogan, Autamata, Maigh Seola, (26) John Cooper Clarke, Greg Brown, Lunasa, (27).

You’ve got to find something in there that you like…So for venues and ticket details and all you need to know about the Galway Arts Festival visit www.galwayartsfestival.com