Galway Arts Festival 2009
The annual 31st Galway Arts Festival is just under 3 weeks away and once again they’ve got a huge programme of music, dance, theatre, comedy, street performance, literature and visual arts events to satisfy all appetities.
It takes place in Galway from July 13th to 26th in various venues around the city featuring both Irish & international artists. Here’s a small taster selection of the acts you can see there over the 2 weeks:
Music
- Bon Iver @ Festival Big Top
- David Gray @ Festival Big Top
- Hot 8 Brass Band @ Roisin Dubh
- Spanish Harlem Orchestra @ The Radisson
- Spiritualized, Primal Scream & David Holmes @ Festival Big Top
Theatre & Dance
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream @ Town Hall Theatre
- DNA @ Nun’s Island Theatre
- Druid - Synge Centenary @ St.Nicholas Church
- Furioso @ Black Box Theatre
- The Gigli Concert @ Druid Lane Theatre
Comedy
- Dead cat Bounce Wired @ Roisin Dubh
- Mark Thomas @ Radisson
- Tommy Tiernan @ Cuba
There’s plenty of stuff to keep the little ones content too including special children’s events & street theatre including the annual Macnas Festival parade.
The full programme is online here, you can find out more & book your tickets on the Galway Arts Festival website at www.galwayartsfestival.com. Check them out on Facebook, Bebo & YouTube too. See you down there!
Surprised to see no trad Irish music going on, seeing that Galway city is a hotbed for great trad music.
Still looks like great fun, and wish I were over for it..