Hva som skjer i Galway, Ireland gjennom året

Travelt — Christmas break i Ireland, skoleferie i 7 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i januar.

Fortsatt på gang: Atlantic winter storms (1. des – 28. feb (vanligvis))

Travelt — February mid-term break i Ireland, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

Fortsatt på gang: Atlantic winter storms (1. des – 28. feb (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — St Patrick's Day parade, Easter break i Ireland

• Festival

  St Patrick's Day parade

  14.–17. marNasjonaldagMye folkBestill tidlig

  A long weekend of trad sessions and family events ends with the parade on the 17th, from University Road over the Salmon Weir Bridge to Eyre Square. Pubs in the Latin Quarter are packed by midday. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Easter break i Ireland, skoleferie i 6 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  Cuirt literature festival

  21.–26. aprKunstfestivalBestill tidlig

  One of Ireland's oldest literary festivals brings Irish and international writers to the Town Hall Theatre and smaller venues for readings, talks and workshops. Popular events sell out. Kilde ↗

Travelt — skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de beste månedene værmessig

• Festival

  Galway Early Music Festival

  22.–24. mai

  Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque music in churches and halls, with street performances, dance and costumed re-enactment around the city centre over a long weekend. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Summer holidays i Ireland, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i juni.

Fortsatt på gang: Galway Early Music Festival (22.–24. mai)

Toppsesong — Galway International Arts Festival, Galway Races

• Festival

  Galway Film Fleadh

  6.–14. jul · vanligvisFilmfestival

  Ireland's main film festival runs for six days in early July, with premieres at the Town Hall Theatre and a market alongside it. It lands the week before the arts festival, so July gets busy early. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Galway International Arts Festival

  13.–27. jul · vanligvisMye folkBestill tidlig

  Two weeks of theatre, big-tent gigs and street spectacle that turn the whole city into the venue. Accommodation is gone months ahead and the campsites out at Salthill fill with it. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Galway Races

  25. jul – 4. aug · vanligvisSportsarrangementMye folkBestill tidlig

  Seven days at Ballybrit from the last Monday of July, and the city runs on it: shuttle buses, hats, and hotel rates that treble. Ladies' Day on the Thursday is the one that fills the trains. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Galway Races, Summer holidays i Ireland

Ingenting nytt starter i august.

Fortsatt på gang: Galway Races (25. jul – 4. aug (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

• Festival

  Galway Oyster Festival

  24.–30. sep · vanligvisSankesesongBestill tidlig

  The last weekend of September, the first weekend of the native oyster season, and a shucking championship on the Claddagh. Running since 1954, and it still empties the bars of the Latin Quarter into a marquee. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Macnas Halloween parade, October mid-term break i Ireland

• Festival

  Macnas Halloween parade

  25. okt – 1. nov · vanligvisStor festivalMye folk

  Giant puppets and drums through the dark streets on the Halloween weekend, drawing crowds in the tens of thousands. It is free, it is one night, and the route is packed an hour beforehand. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Macnas Halloween parade, Galway Christmas Market

• Åpning

  Galway Christmas Market

  14. nov – 22. des · vanligvisJul og nyttårMye folk

  Eyre Square is boarded over with chalets and a big wheel from mid-November until just before Christmas. It is the busiest the city gets outside July, and it is dark by half four. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Macnas Halloween parade (25. okt – 1. nov (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Galway Christmas Market, Christmas break i Ireland

• Fare

  Atlantic winter storms

  1. des – 28. feb · vanligvisVinterstormer og kuling

  Most named storms reach Ireland in winter, and Galway takes them head on: gales close the Salthill promenade, cancel Aran Islands ferries and flights, and can push the sea into Spanish Arch and the Claddagh. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Galway Christmas Market (14. nov – 22. des (vanligvis))