Festivals in Galway 2013
The Gathering 2013
Throughout 2013, Ireland will open its arms to hundreds of thousands of friends and family from all over the world, calling them home to gatherings in villages, town and cities.
Communities throughout Ireland will showcase and share the very best of Irish culture, tradition, business, sport, fighting spirit and the uniquely Irish sense of fun.
Over 70 million people worldwide calin Irish ancestery. The Gathering Ireland 2013 provides the perfect excuse to reach out to those who moved away, their relatives, friends and descendants and invite them home.
The Gathering is the people's party. It will kick off in spectacular style at the New Year's Eve Festival in Dublin and will be celebrated through gatherings of the people and Ireland's major festivals during 2013. Be part of it.
International Quilt Festival of Ireland
Dates: June 06th - 11th 2013
website: www.iqof.com
Unlike other quilt festivals held around the world, where all the functions take place in a convention hall, the International Quilt Festival of Ireland will be located on the beautiful NUI campus in Galway city, where a special Quilter's Village is being designed on the banks of the River Corrib. Here you'll be able to walk around and enjoy all the special attractions this village has to offer.
There will be a Quilter's Market where you can buy everything from Irish crafts to traditional Irish Brown Bread, the Fat Quarters Chocolate Shop, a School House for our hands on quilting classes
Galway Arts Festival is Ireland's largest annual arts festival, taking place each July in the city of Galway. Founded in 1978, the festival collaborates with artists and companies throughout the world to produce and present an international programme of theatre, spectacle, dance, visual arts, music, literature and comedy involving hundreds of artists and performers.
Galway Arts Festival is at the heart of all aspects of life in Galway City contributing immeasurably to the economic, social and cultural life of the west of Ireland. Over its 34-year history, the festival has become a vital showcase for Irish arts internationally and international arts in Ireland and is now firmly established as Ireland's leading arts festival.
The festival will highlight dance, physical theatre and spectacle from America and Europe illustrating the festival’s continuing commitment to staging extraordinary, ambitious and innovative projects, the world premiere of new Irish theatre and site specific visual arts commissions to add to the magic and diversity of Galway in July.
A festival highlight is the annual Macnas Parade which winds its way through the city streets, bringing a mixture of high excitment, spectacle and an abundance of energy to Galway.
Ireland's biggest and most famous racing festival is held in Galway during the last week of July every year and involves seven days of unrivalled action. This years festival will run from 29th July until 04th August 2013. Some 250,000 people attend the Galway Races throughout the week, and the town has a real buzz at night, with hangovers aplenty the following day. It is a joyous, fun-filled seven days where people might leave with a few less Euros than they had when they arrived but they also leave with great new experiences, new friends and a time that will never be forgotten.
There are 49 races available in the 2013 Galway Races Festival betting held at the Galway Festival over its seven day duration, the total Prize money on offer this year is in excess of €2 million for the first time. The Blue Riband race is the famous Galway Plate, a race so central to the history of Galway races. It takes place on Wednesday, the third day of the meeting and it will be the race that attracts by far the most media attention and certainly much of the Galway Festival betting. Galway Festival Ladies Day is on the fourth day of the Festival and it is one of the most colourful.
