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Every July, something remarkable happens in Galway — already a city steeped in music, storytelling and artistic rebellion, it transforms into a living, breathing celebration of creativity. Streets hum with anticipation, conversations spill late into the night, and for a few precious weeks the ordinary rules of time seem suspended. At the heart of this annual transformation sits the Heineken Big Top at Galway International Arts Festival – a venue that has become synonymous with unforgettable nights, world-class performances and moments of collective exhilaration that linger long after the lights go down.

Every July, something remarkable happens in Galway — already a city steeped in music, storytelling and artistic rebellion, it transforms into a living, breathing celebration of creativity. Streets hum with anticipation, conversations spill late into the night, and for a few precious weeks the ordinary rules of time seem suspended. At the heart of this annual transformation sits the Heineken Big Top at Galway International Arts Festival – a venue that has become synonymous with unforgettable nights, world-class performances and moments of collective exhilaration that linger long after the lights go down.

The Cavan singer will perform at the Town Hall Theatre after touring Britain and the US as a special guest of The Pogues.

Hundreds of people from national and global news outlets attended the Fís TV Summit in the Radisson Red, Galway City last week, when it was claimed that Irish language drama is now on the international stage.

For one night only, on Tuesday, November 5, Fishamble's OUTRAGE by Deirdre Kinahan will be staged in Galway's Town Hall Theatre.

TJ & DAVE, aka TJ Jagodowski and David Pasquesi, walk out on stage with nothing prepared, and within the hour they miraculously improvise multi-character, fully realized comedic plays.

Women in technology, beasts and ‘general mayhem’ will be the three themes of this year’s Galway Carton Festival, set to run for six days from October 4.

Join journalist, author, and punk rock musician John Robb for a spoken word show at Monroe’s Live on Tuesday, September 17, at 8pm.

One of Ireland’s great authors, the award-winning Donal Ryan, will be at Kennys Bookshop for an event on Friday, August 9, when he will join Tomás Kenny in conversation about his new novel, Heart, Be at Peace which is published that week.

Kennys Bookshop in Galway have announced their exclusive signed limited edition of the much anticipated fourth novel by bestselling Irish author Sally Rooney, Intermezzo.