Galway International Arts Festival: One of the major highlights of summer entertainment in Ireland

Culture
26 Apr 23

Credit: Tarina Westlund

From rural events of the boutique kind to big city blowouts, we’ve got you covered in our 2023 Summer Festival Special. Step this way for the wheres, whens, whos and whys...

Galway International Arts Festival

Where: Various venues, Galway

When: July 17-30

Who: Kaiser Chiefs, Bell X1, Fat Freddy’s Drop, The Saw Doctors, Pavement, KETTAMA

What: One of the major highlights of summer entertainment in Ireland, the renowned festival features a treasure trove of music, theatre, comedy, art and more. The Big Top will play host to an expertly curated selection of major international and Irish acts, with events also taking place across numerous lauded venues and re-purposed spaces in the city. This year’s programme is already shaping up to be something truly special...

Make sure to: Go and see Druid Theatre’s DruidO’Casey – weaving Sean O’Casey’s Dublin Trilogy into an epic and highly ambitious theatrical event, which is having its world premiere at GIAF. Colm Meaney and Brenda Meaney will also be starring in a major new revival of Enda Walsh's Bedbound as part of the festival.

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