Galway International Arts Festival

Ireland’s most charming city comes alive once more in July 2022, as ‘extraordinary’ descends on its medieval streets.

From 11-24 July 2022, thousands of visitors and locals alike will enjoy the key cultural event on Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way: Galway International Arts Festival.

During the two packed weeks, the festival will feature the very best of the performing and visual arts from Ireland and around the world, with an international program of theatre, opera, dance, circus, exhibitions, spectacle, music, comedy, talks, and discussions.

While the full program will be made public in May 2022, the music program has already been announced, with tickets now on sale for live music at the festival’s iconic Big Top on the banks of the River Corrib from Sinead O’Connor, The Flaming Lips, Pixies, Kaiser Chiefs, The Academic, Jon Hopkins and The Stunning.

Named by The Guardian as ‘One of the Top Five Summer Festivals in Europe’ in 2017, Flight Network as ‘One of Europe’s Top 20 Art & Culture Festivals in 2018’, American Express Essentials as ‘One of the Top 20 Theatre Festivals Around the World’, & TravelZoo as 'One of the most spectacular arts festivals in the world', Galway International Arts Festival (GIAF) is a multi-disciplinary arts festival that includes music, theatre, circus, street, dance, opera, the visual arts & an extensive talks programme.

Visitors can hear Ireland’s finest traditional musicians and experience exhibitions by internationally renowned and emerging visual artists who have taken up residency in festival galleries. They can come face–to–face with amazing street spectacle on cobblestone streets, watch the curtain rise and fall on international world premieres before they go on to tour the world, catch new Irish theatre before it goes on to tour the globe, see world-class dance acts, genre-bending opera, stunning visual arts, and top international music acts.

Galway International Arts Festival is easily accessible from Dublin and Shannon Airports. So head to Galway, Ireland next July and experience extraordinary for yourself!