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                                                 Galway Event Highlights 2010

This is our guide to the main events happening in Galway during the year.
We do our best to ensure that details of events are correct at time of inclusion.

MARCH 2010 st patrick's day 2010 Galway

17 March 2010 marks the 107th anniversary
of the Galway St Patrick's Day Parade.
Pipe bands, dance groups and performance
artists come from all over the world to
Galway each year to experience a parade
that is widely regarded as one of the best
in Ireland.

Galway’s St Patrick’s Day Parade takes
place on Wednesday March 17, starting
at 12.30pm. However the parade will be
the finale of a whole series of events
as the St Patrick’s festivities are extended
to five days this year!

From Saturday March 13 to Wednesday 17,
Galway will come alive in a blaze of parades,
theatre performances, street events,
art installationsand music concerts
to celebrate the national holiday and the
Briton who brought Christianity to Ireland.

APRIL 2010

21st - 26th April 2010
Cúirt International Festival of Literature
Literary festival.
Web:   www.galwayartscentre.ie

MAY 2010

15 - 17 May 2010
The Galway Early Music Festival
Featuring concerts, workshops, street performances
of music, dance and historical re-enactment.
Web: www.galwayearlymusic.com

JUNE 2010

The Salthill Air Show
is a free air show held every summer along
the Salthill Promenade on the shores of the
famous Galway Bay, Ireland. The Salthill Air
Show is one of the few FREE Air Show's in
Europe.

Web: www.salthillairshow.com

JULY 2010

6th– 11th July 2010
Galway Film Fleadh
Film festival for feature films and shorts.
2010 marks the 22nd Galway Film Fleadh,
and the central goal of Jeremy Ironsthe festival
remains unchanged: to bring together audiences
and filmmakers within an intimate environment,
and share a common experience.

Web: www.galwayfilmfleadh.com

12th - 15th JULY 2010

Galway Arts Festival
One of Europe most inventive,
vibrant & colorful events.
A truly international celebration
of the performing and visual arts
which takes place in and around
Galway City each July.
Web: http://www.galwayartsfestival.com/

26th July – 1st August 2010

The Galway Races – Summer Festival Meeting.
Galway Race course, Ballybrit, Galway.
Ireland's premier horse racing festival.
Adrenalin-pumping action, heart-stopping
finishes and breath-taking fashion;
you are at the Galway Races.
Situated on the outskirts of Galway city,
in the West of Ireland, the Galway Race Festivals
are world renowned.

Web: www.galwayraces.com

AUGUST

Connemara Pony Show
Clifden, Co Galway.
Premier show for Connemara Ponies in Ireland
for breeders and owners from home and overseas.

12th - 15th August

Roundstone Summer Festival
Roundstone, Co Galway. A weekend where people can come and sample the beauty of the village of Roundstone and the warmth and friendliness of its inhabitants.
Web: www.roundstonesummerfest.com

Galway Races AUTUMN FESTIVAL 2010
Sat Aug 28th – Mon Aug 30th Web: www.galwayraces.com

10th - 12th September 2010

Clarenbridge Oyster Festival
Clarenbridge, Co. Galway
Great food, great Guinness, great music
and entertainment all in a splendid
marquee on the banks of the Claren River
which flows through the village of
Clarenbridge on theedge of Galway Bay.

Web: www.clarenbridge.com

8th – 10th September

Galway Races – Autumn Festival Meeting
Galway Racecourse, Ballybrit, Galway

Web: www.galwayraces.com

14 – 24 September

Clifden Arts Week
Clifden, Co. Galway

23th September - 26th September 2010

Galway International Oyster Festival
Galway City
Music, song, dance and food,
and oysters, of course!

Web: www.galwayoysterfest.com

12th – 18th October 2010

Baboró - International Arts Festival for Children
All day at all the major venues in Galway City.
National and International theater, puppetry,
music, dance etc. for children. Including family
events and workshops.

Web: www.baboro.ie

24th – 25th October 2010

Galway Races October Bank Holiday
Weekend Meeting

Galway Race course, Ballybrit, Galway

Web: www.galway-races.net
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When is St. Patrick's Day

Below is a calendar for the next several years that shows what day of the week
St. Patrick's Day falls on.

Wednesday    March 17 2010
Thursday       March 17 2011
Saturday       March 17 2012
Sunday         March 17 2013
Monday       March 17 2014