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Galway Cathedral’s 33rd year of annual summer concerts begins on Thursday next, 2 July, and continues every Thursday at 8.00pm until 6 August. The series opens with young Australian organist Jonathan Lee, who will use both of the cathedral’s organs. His performance includes 19th-century German composer Julius Reubke’s dramatic, symphonic tone poem for organ, renowned as one of the greatest organ works of the Romantic period.

Galway’s winter cultural calendar is set for a major highlight this January as Music for Galway announces details of its much-anticipated Midwinter Festival 2026, titled The Quartet Extends. Running from Friday, January 23, until Sunday, January 25, at the Town Hall Theatre, the festival promises a rich celebration of chamber music, creativity and collaboration, and, in the words of its organisers, “total indulgence”.

If there is a music lover in your life in need of a Christmas gift, tickets are now available for Music for Galway’s 22nd Midwinter Festival at the Town Hall Theatre from Friday, January 23, to Sunday, January 25.

After more than twenty years in the industry, the Mullingar artist has compiled a new body of work combining folk, alternative, and experimental influences.

The Swiss piano maestro François-Xavier Poizat will perform and discuss the works of Maurice Ravel next week as part of Music for Galway’s celebration of France’s greatest modern composer.

Following Music for Galway’s survey of the works of Gabriel Fauré in January 2024, another French composer comes under the spotlight at the 22nd Midwinter Festival from 17 th to 19th January 2025, this time the exquisitely inventive Maurice Ravel. Born 150 years ago to a Swiss engineer father and a Basque mother, Ravel was internationally regarded as France’s greatest living composer in the 1920s and 1930s.

After the excitement of Christmas is over, there is no better way to relax and unwind than with a weekend of super music at Music for Galway's Midwinter Festival RAVEL, followed by a stay in The Ardilaun Hotel.

The Clifden Arts Festival (September 18 to 29) is set to enchant audiences with a diverse lineup of musical events catering to all ages.