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Arts & Culture
69 events

Outpost Comedy Club

Mon 4 May, 20:00 Monroe's Live
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CISEACH | An Embodied Manifesto

Tue 5 May, 20:00 THT
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Connemarvellous

Tue 5 May, 20:00 Studio
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ITCH

Thu 7 May, 20:00 Black Box
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Rachel Galvo

Thu 7 May, 20:00 THT
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Don't Tell Dad About Diana

Fri 8 May, 20:00 Studio
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The Day Iceland Stood Still

Sat 9 May, 15:00 THT
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Alice in Wonderland

Sun 10 May, 15:00 THT
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WhistleBlast - Hear My Voice

Mon 11 May, 20:00 Black Box
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Johnny Gotta Bus Pass

Mon 11 May, 20:00 Studio
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Nineteen Eighty Something: A Memoir

Tue 12 May, 20:00 THT
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David Nihill: Taking Tangents Tour

Wed 13 May, 20:00 THT
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HouseWork

Wed 6 May, 20:00 The Mick Lally Theatre, Galway
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Blithe Spirit by Noël Coward

Fri 8 May, 19:30 The Mick Lally Theatre, Galway
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Neill | Páidín

Fri 1 May, 20:00 An Taibhdhearc, 19 an tSráid Láir, Gaillimh, H91 E2V3
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Neill | Páidín

Sat 2 May, 20:00 An Taibhdhearc, 19 an tSráid Láir, Gaillimh, H91 E2V3
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Neill | Páidín

Sun 3 May, 20:00 An Taibhdhearc, 19 an tSráid Láir, Gaillimh, H91 E2V3
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Neill | Páidín

Thu 7 May, 20:00 An Taibhdhearc, 19 an tSráid Láir, Gaillimh, H91 E2V3
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Neill | Páidín

Fri 8 May, 20:00 An Taibhdhearc, 19 an tSráid Láir, Gaillimh, H91 E2V3
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Neill | Páidín

Sat 9 May, 20:00 An Taibhdhearc, 19 an tSráid Láir, Gaillimh, H91 E2V3
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Neill | Páidín

Sun 10 May, 20:00 An Taibhdhearc, 19 an tSráid Láir, Gaillimh, H91 E2V3
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Galway: Stories That Shaped Us

Sun 3 May, 10:00 Galway City Museum, Spanish Parade, Galway
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An Tír Faoi Thoinn – The Land Beneath the Waves

Mon 4 May, 10:00 Galway City Museum, Spanish Parade, Galway
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An tUachtarán Micheál D. Ó hUigínn – Tríd an Lionsa (Online)

Tue 5 May, 10:00 Galway City Museum, Spanish Parade, Galway
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Surrounded by Stone

Wed 6 May, 10:00 Galway City Museum, Spanish Parade, Galway
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SUPERHUMAN

Thu 7 May, 10:00 Galway City Museum, Spanish Parade, Galway
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Línte na Farraige

Fri 8 May, 10:00 Galway City Museum, Spanish Parade, Galway
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The Corrib: Myth, Legend and Folklore (Online)

Sat 9 May, 10:00 Galway City Museum, Spanish Parade, Galway
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Revolution in Galway

Sun 10 May, 10:00 Galway City Museum, Spanish Parade, Galway
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Town Hall Theatre & Galway Theatre Festival present Connemarvellous

Tue 5 May, 19:30 Town Hall Studio
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Christopher McAuley presents ITCH at the Black Box Theatre

Thu 7 May, 20:00 Black Box Theatre
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The Four Seasons - The Luminosa String Orchestra at St Nicholas' Collegiate Church

Thu 7 May, 19:30 St Nicholas' Collegiate Church
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Literature: Patrick Radden Keefe in Conversation with Tomás Kenny

Mon 4 May, 18:00 Kennys Bookshop
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Film: The Day Iceland Stood Still

Sat 9 May, 19:30 Town Hall Theatre
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Neil Delamere is Reinventing The Neil in Athenry

Sun 3 May, 19:00 Raheen Woods Hotel, Raheen, Athenry, Ireland, Galway
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Wit

Sun 3 May, 20:00 Corofin, CIRCLE K, Turloughmartin, Tuam, County Galway, Ireland
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Persian Songs Workshop with Dariush Rasouli - A Journey into the Persian Heart

Sun 3 May, 15:00 Croi Nua Galway, Croi Nua, Rosary Lane, Gaillimh, County Galway, H91 WY2A, Éire, Galway, Ireland
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Ciseach

Tue 5 May, 20:00 Town Hall Theatre, Galway
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The Luminosa String Orchestra: The Four Seasons

Thu 7 May, 19:30 St Nicholas' Collegiate Church, Galway
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BUTCH - BLAS

Sun 3 May, 16:00 Bank of Ireland theatre, Galway City
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Wiggle Room Workshop

Sat 2 May, 12:00 The Mick Lally Theatre, Galway
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Gulliver in Love

Sat 2 May, 20:00 The Mick Lally Theatre, Galway
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Sheep!

Wed 6 May, 20:30 The Mick Lally Theatre, Galway
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HouseWork

Fri 8 May, 20:00 The Mick Lally Theatre, Galway
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CISEACH | An Embodied Manifesto

Tue 5 May, 20:00 Town Hall Theatre, Galway
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Cúirt International Festival of Literature 2026

Sun 26 Apr, 20:00 Various venues (including Town Hall Theatre, Galway Arts Centre, etc.)
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Cúirt: “As if nothing could fall” reading & panel

Sat 25 Apr, 20:30 Galway Arts Centre
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Cúirt: “Minor Detail” panel

Fri 24 Apr, 17:30 Town Hall Theatre
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Galway Theatre Festival

Thu 30 Apr, Various Venues around Galway city
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Lacemaking in Galway Pop-Up Festival: Stories and Patterns

Sat 2 May, 14:00 Galway City Museum
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Galway Theatre Festival

Tue 5 May, Various Venues around Galway city
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Galway Theatre Festival

Wed 6 May, Various Venues around Galway city
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Galway Theatre Festival

Thu 7 May, Various Venues around Galway city
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Galway Theatre Festival

Fri 8 May, Various Venues around Galway city
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Galway Theatre Festival

Sat 9 May, Various Venues around Galway city
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Corrib Beo Talk: The Lough Carra Catchment Association

Wed 29 Apr, 19:00 Galway City Museum
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Pop‑Up Exhibition: A glimpse of Galway through the eye of the needle

Thu 30 Apr, 10:00 Galway City Museum, Education Room
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Drop‑in Lacemakers’ Circle (Lásadóireacht i nGaillimh)

Thu 30 Apr, 11:00 Galway City Museum, Education Room
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Brokentalkers – Bellow at Town Hall Theatre

Thu 30 Apr, 20:00 Town Hall Theatre
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Pop‑Up Festival: Lásadóireacht i nGaillimh – Slip d’Eas (Lacemaking Talk)

Fri 1 May, 19:00 Galway City Museum
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Galway Theatre Festival: NEILL | PÁIDÍN at An Taibhdhearc & Brú Theatre

Fri 1 May, 19:30 An Taibhdhearc Theatre / Brú Theatre
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Town Hall Theatre: Sweat at the Town Hall Studio (Galway Theatre Festival)

Fri 1 May, 19:30 Town Hall Theatre, Studio Space
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Galway Theatre Festival — Gulliver in Love

Sat 2 May, 20:00 The Mick Lally Theatre
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Galway Potters Market 2026

Sun 31 May, 10:00 Eyre Square
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Galway Early Music Festival

Fri 22 May, — St Nicholas Collegiate Church
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Ocean Voices – Community Marine Installation

Sat 2 May, 10:00 Black Box Theatre
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Met Opera 2025‑26: Eugene Onegin (cinema screening)

Sat 2 May, 19:00 Eye Cinema
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Pop‑Up Festival: Stories and Patterns

Sat 2 May, 11:00 Galway City Museum
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Felted Foraging Bowl‑Making Workshop

Sat 2 May, 10:00 (both days) Slieve Aughty Centre
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Live Music
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Momentum Festival - Saturday: The Big Day Out

Sat 2 May, 14:30 The Crescendo Tent
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Mack Fleetwood

Sat 2 May, 20:30 Roisin Dubh
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Momentum Festival - Sunday: The Coronas Plus Special Guests

Sun 3 May, 18:30 The Crescendo Tent
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Carsie Blanton with the Burning Hell

Sun 3 May, 20:00 Roisin Dubh
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Momentum Festival - Monday: The Scratch, Cliffords and Madra Salach

Mon 4 May, 16:30 The Crescendo Tent
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HamsandwicH

Fri 8 May, 20:00 Monroes
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Cloth

Fri 8 May, 20:30 Roisin Dubh
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K-Pop Forever!

Sat 9 May, 14:45 LEISURELAND
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BIIRD

Sat 9 May, 19:00 Black Box
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The Paul Weller Experience

Sat 9 May, 19:30 Monroes
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Luke Combs UK

Thu 14 May, 20:30 Roisin Dubh
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Let It Be - The Music of The Beatles

Fri 15 May, 20:00 Monroes
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Killian Sundermann

Sat 16 May, 19:30 Monroes
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Nora Brown with Stephanie Coleman

Sun 17 May, 20:30 Roisin Dubh
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Katie Gregson-MacLeod

Mon 18 May, 20:30 Roisin Dubh
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The Nightingales

Thu 21 May, 20:30 Roisin Dubh
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Colm McGuinness

Fri 22 May, 20:30 Roisin Dubh
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Songwriters Open Mic

Tue 5 May, 19:30 Monroe's Live
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Mary Black - The Slán Tour

Sun 3 May, 20:00 Black Box
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Cash Returns - The Man in Black Tour

Fri 8 May, 20:00 THT
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BIIRD - The Holy Show Tour

Sat 9 May, 20:00 Black Box
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K-POP Forever!

Fri 8 May, 18:30 Leisureland, Salthill, Galway
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Leon Stax Album Launch Tour

Fri 8 May, 20:00 The Loft at Seven, Galway
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Live Music Lineup at Tigín

Mon 4 May, 19:00 Tigín
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Going Coastal Music Market

Sun 3 May, 13:00 The Blue Note Bar, Galway's Westend
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Momentum Festival

Sun 3 May, 18:30 Oranmore Co Galway, Oranmore, Galway, Ireland
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Carsie Blanton with the Burning Hell

Sun 3 May, 20:00 Roisin Dubh, Galway, Ireland
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Concert - Heart-Shaped Stories – An Evening with a Persian Heart

Sun 3 May, 18:00 Croi Nua Galway, Rosary Lane, Taylor's Hill, Galway, Ireland
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High Point University Chamber Singers

Wed 6 May, 13:00 St Nicholas' Collegiate Church, Galway
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HamsandwicH

Fri 8 May, 20:00 Monroe's Live
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HamsandwicH

Sat 9 May, 20:00 The Corner Stone, Woodford
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University of Tennessee Chattanooga Chamber Singers

Tue 12 May, 13:00 St Nicholas' Collegiate Church, Galway
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Fleadh Na Bealtaine

Sun 3 May, 13:00 Eyre Square, Galway City
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Calum Agnew

Sun 3 May, 18:00 The Crescendo Tent, Oranmore
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Mary Black - The Sl

Sun 3 May, 20:00 The Black Box, Galway City
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The Coronas

Sun 3 May, 21:00 The Crescendo Tent, Oranmore
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John Conneely Inc.

Sun 3 May, 23:59 Roisin Dubh, Galway City
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Bangers and Mash

Sat 9 May, 19:00 The Galway Shawl, Galway
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Mack Fleetwood

Sat 9 May, 20:00 Dolan’s Warehouse, Galway
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Leon Stax Album Launch Tour

Fri 8 May, Evening (check tickets) The Loft at Seven
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Cloth

Fri 8 May, Evening (check venue) Róisín Dubh
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ARREN

Thu 14 May, 20:00 Róisín Dubh (Top Bar)
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The Stunning at Momentum Festival (opening night)

Wed 29 Apr, Evening (TBC) Oranmore area venue
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Fleadh na Bealtaine

Fri 1 May, Various Multiple city venues and streets
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Nowhere Presents: Habgud & Niall Kelly

Fri 8 May, 23:00 Róisín Dubh
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Nathan Carter Live

Fri 1 May, 20:00 Leisureland
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Momentum Festival

Fri 1 May, Various Ard na Mara
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Grace by Jeff Buckley Tribute

Sat 9 May, 18:00 Róisín Dubh
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Cerys Hafana – Live at Róisín Dubh

Thu 30 Apr, 20:00 Róisín Dubh
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Going Coastal Music Market

Sun 3 May, 13:00 The Blue Note Bar
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Celebrating Bealtaine & May Day at Brigit’s Garden

Fri 1 May, 19:00 Brigit’s Garden, Roscahill
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Mack Fleetwood – Live at Róisín Dubh

Sat 2 May, 20:00 Róisín Dubh
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Live Music Lineup at Tigín

Sun 3 May, 21:00 nightly Tigín
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Other
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Felted Foraging Bowl-Making Workshop

Mon 4 May, 10:00 Slieve Aughty Centre
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Sip & Paint Party Experience at Screene's on the Square

Sun 3 May, 15:00 Screene's on the Square
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WOMP Events; The Common Knowledge Quiz at The Ol' 55

Tue 5 May, 20:00 The Ol' 55
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Artclub 'May The Fourth' at Massimo

Wed 6 May, 19:00 Massimo
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Pop-up Record Shop - Grindhouse Galway

Sun 3 May, 11:00 Grindhouse Cafe, Unit 56, Briarhill Business Park, Ballybrit, Galway, Ireland
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Meet outside the Gourmet Tart, Salthill

Mon 4 May, 20:00 Gourmet Tart, Salthill
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Board Game Night at the Queens Street Bar, Victoria Hotel.

Tue 5 May, 18:30 Queens Street Bar, Victoria Hotel
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Tech Tribe Galway

Mon 11 May, 18:00
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Public Consultation: Headford Courthouse

Wed 6 May, 16:30 Leaf and Bean Café, Headford
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Access Programmes Information Evening

Wed 6 May, 18:00 Human Biology Building, Galway
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Digital Innovation for Sport 2026

Thu 7 May, 09:00 ATU Galway City, Galway
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Style and Skincare in Galway

Sun 10 May, 11:00 The Galmont Hotel & Spa, Galway
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Galway Indoor Market

Sat 25 Apr, 11:00 Cornstore, Middle Street
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Table Quiz in Aid of Children’s Health Foundation

Thu 30 Apr, 19:30 Flannery’s Hotel
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The Market H91 at Electric

Sat 2 May, 12:00 Electric Galway
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Outdoor & Wellness
9 events

Tuam Cycling Club Annual Sportive

Sun 3 May, 10:00 Tuam Town, Tuam, Galway, Ireland
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Suaimhneas Day Retreat

Sun 3 May, 10:00 Brigit's Garden & Café, Roscahill, Moycullen, Galway, Ireland
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Colour Run

Sun 3 May, 13:00 Garrafrauns Community Centre, Garrafrauns, Dunmore, Galway, Ireland
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Wing Tsung self defence class

Fri 8 May, 18:00
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Darkness into Light

Sat 9 May, 03:45
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Heartfulness Meditation & Relaxation (Co Galway)

Sun 3 May, 10:15
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Heartfulness Meditation & Relaxation (Co Galway)

Sun 10 May, 10:15
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Darkness into Light Walk

Sat 9 May, 04:15 Salthill, Galway
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Increase Physical Activity Grant Launch

Tue 5 May, 19:30
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Food & Drink
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Celebrate Cinco de Mayo at Mary Mullens

Sun 3 May, 00:00 Mary Mullens
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Sunday Lunch

Sun 3 May, 12:00 Radisson RED Galway
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Trieste Wine All-Stars

Thu 7 May, 19:00 Trieste Café & Wine Bar, Galway
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A Taste of May Food Festival

Fri 1 May, — Galway City and County
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Family Friendly
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Africa Day Galway

Sat 9 May, 14:00 Tuam Palace Grounds, Galway
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Silent Saturdays at Galway City Museum

Sat 25 Apr, 10:00 Galway City Museum
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Mayhem – Galway Community Circus Youth Festival

Sat 23 May, — Shantalla Park / Father Burke Park
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