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CULTURAL PROGRAMMEGALWAY 2020 EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE

CLÁR CULTÚRTHAGAILLIMH 2020 PRÍOMHCHATHAIR CHULTÚIR NA hEORPA

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Fáilte is Fiche President Michael D. Higgins

Capturing the Imagination CEO Galway 2020

A Legacy in the Making Chair Galway 2020

Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture

Small Towns Big Ideas

Galway in Europe We are all Europeans

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A Year of Radical Thinking Creative Director Galway 2020

Rijeka, Our Neighbours in Central Europe

Our Amazing Wake Makers

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At the time of programme launch, Galway 2020 provided the most recently available information but the content and/or the delivery of the programme can change beyond the control of Galway 2020. Galway 2020 will not take any responsibility for any errors, omissions and changes to the programme or content of the programme. Galway 2020 reserves the right to make changes as it deems necessary and reserves the right to alter the programme as presented for any reason whatsoever in its sole discretion to include but not limited to circumstances where any necessary funding, permission, consent, agreement or licence from any relevant governmental, local, competent authority or any individual, firm, company, association or partnership has not being secured or being unduly delayed, conditioned or onerous.

Ag an am a seoladh an clár, sholáthair Gaillimh 2020 an fhaisnéis ba dhéanaí a bhí ar fáil dó ach d’fhéadfadh sé go n-athródh ábhar agus/nó soláthar an chláir agus nach mbeadh aon smacht ag Gaillimh 2020 air sin. Ní ghlacfaidh Gaillimh 2020 aon fhreagracht as aon earráidí, aon easnaimh ná aon athruithe ar an gclár ná ar ábhar an chláir. Forchoimeádann Gaillimh 2020 an ceart chun athruithe a dhéanamh, a mhéid is dóigh leis is gá, agus forchoimeádann sé an ceart chun athrú a dhéanamh ar an gclár faoi mar a cuireadh i láthair é ar chúis ar bith dá lánrogha féin lena n-áirítear cúinsí ina dtarlódh sé nach mbeadh an maoiniú, an cead, an toiliú, an comhaontú nó an ceadúnas is gá a fháil ó aon údarás inniúil rialtais, áitiúil nó ó aon chuideachta, aon chomhlacht, aon chumann nó aon chomhpháirtíocht faighte nó go bhfuil moill á chur air, go bhfuil sé faoi choinníollacha nó go bhfuil sé dochraideach go míchuí.

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As President of Ireland, it is a particular privilege for me to present this programme for the Galway 2020 celebrations; a programme that, I am sure, will illustrate why Galway deserves the title of European Capital of Culture 2020.

Mar Uachtarán na hÉireann, is pribhléid ar leith dom an clár seo d’imeachtaí ceiliúrtha Gaillimh 2020 a chur i láthair; is clár é, is cinnte, a léireoidh an fáth a bhfuil an teideal Príomhchathair Chultúir na hEorpa 2020 tuillte ag Gaillimh.

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Beginning in February to tie in with the ancient Celtic calendar – not to mention the hope of better weather

– the programme presented here today is an ambitious collection of projects and performances, built around the four celtic seasons of Imbolc, Bealtaine, Lughnasa and Samhain. Throughout the programme, the central concept of the circular, annual and eternal, journey from darkness into light, from winter bleakness to summer harvest, appears and re-introduces itself.

Galway 2020 will be an Irish programme, with universal relevance and resonance. The festival will provide uniquely Galwegian, Irish and international perspectives exploring those quintessential Irish themes of language, landscape and migration.

The journey that began when a small group of dedicated people presented the Galway 2020 bid book is now nearing the final and most crucial stage, as the programme for the year is now unveiled. I have no doubt that the programme presented in these pages will inspire and enthuse, and in turn, prove a catalyst for further creative work in Galway and further afield.

Ours is a society that values the work of the imagination (‘samhlaíocht’ in the ancient Irish language), and that appreciates the coming together of creativity, talent and a good story. Samhlaíocht has been central in both the creation and redefinition of Irish identity throughout our history, and Galway 2020 rightfully celebrates its pivotal significance, too, for Ireland’s future.

In the Irish language, a ‘meitheal’ describes the tradition in which people in rural communities gathered together to help each other with labour intensive tasks, on the basis of a sense of community and reciprocity.

Likewise, Galway 2020, through its spirit of team work, inclusiveness and participation, will, I am sure, become a celebration of the ‘meitheal’ of the local, national and European communities of which we all are part.

Cuirfear tús leis an gclár i mí Feabhra chun teacht leis an bhféilire ársa Ceilteach – gan chaint ar an tsúil le haimsir fheabhsaithe – agus is cnuasach uaillmhianach tionscadal agus léirithe atá bunaithe ar na ceithre shéasúr Cheilteacha, Imbolc, Bealtaine, Lughnasa agus Samhain atá sa chlár atá á chur i láthair anseo inniu. Ar fud an chláir léirítear an coincheap lárnach den turas ciorclach, bliantúil agus síoraí ón dorcha go dtí an sorcha, ó ghruaim an gheimhridh go fómhar an tsamhraidh agus cuireann sé é féin i láthair an athuair.

Is clár Éireannach a bheidh in Gaillimh 2020, a mbeidh ábharthacht uilíoch ag baint leis agus a mbeidh spéis ann. Cuirfidh an fhéile léargais uathúla Gaillmheacha, Éireannacha agus idirnáisiúnta ar fáil agus déanfar plé ar théamaí tipiciúla na hÉireann, amhail teanga, tírdhreach agus imirce.

Tá an turas, ar cuireadh tús leis nuair a chuir grúpa beag daoine díograiseacha leabhar tairisceana Gaillimh 2020 i láthair, ag druidim anois leis an staid deiridh is cinniúnaí agus clár na bliana á nochtadh anois. Níl aon amhras orm ach gur ábhar spreagtha agus múscailte an clár sna leathanaigh seo agus dá réir sin go spreagfar obair bhreise chruthaitheach i nGaillimh agus níos faide i gcéin.

Is sochaí atá againne ar mór aici saothar na samhlaíochta agus a bhfuil meas aici ar theacht le chéile na cruthaitheachta, na tallainne agus an scéil mhaith. Bhí an tsamhlaíocht lárnach i gcruthú agus in athshainiú na féiniúlachta Éireannaí ar feadh ár staire, agus tá sé ceart go ndéanfadh Gaillimh 2020 a suntas ríthábhachtach maidir le todhchaí na hÉireann a cheiliúradh chomh maith.

Déanann an focal ‘meitheal’ cur síos ar an traidisiún i measc phobal na tuaithe cruinniú le chéile chun cuidiú lena chéile sa dlúthshaothrú ar an mbonn go bhfuil meon láidir pobail agus cómhalartach ann.

Ar an tslí chéanna, táim cinnte de gur ceiliúradh ar mheitheal na bpobal áitiúil, náisiúnta agus Eorpach, ar cuid díobh sinn, a bheidh in Gaillimh 2020, trí spiorad na meithle, na hionchuimsitheachta agus na rannpháirtíochta.

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This programme of the European Capital of Culture 2020 is the result of a singular labour of love begun over five years ago. We acknowledge the commitment and imagination of the many individuals and organisations which earned this national designation for Galway.

Is mar thoradh ar obair ó chroí thar thréimhse chúig bliana atá clár Phríomhchathair Chultúir na hEorpa á chur i láthair againn. Aithnímid tiomantas agus samhlaíocht na ndaoine aonair agus na n-eagraíochtaí a ghnóthaigh an t-ainmniúchán náisiúnta seo do Ghaillimh.

A Legacy in the MakingArthur Lappin

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Galway 2020 is the legacy of the groundbreaking creativity of Druid, Galway International Arts Festival and Macnas, as well as many individual artists and cultural companies that have evolved in Galway over the past 40 years. It is very fitting that they are all major participants in our programme. A new legacy will be created by Galway 2020 which will embrace the brilliance of the past, but also nurture new talents that will seek to take root in this special place.

On behalf of our dedicated Board of Directors, I wish to thank the European Commission, The Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and other Government Departments, Galway City Council and Galway County Council, public and private sector organisations and individuals, for their financial support and guidance. I pay tribute to the Galway 2020 team, so ably led by Patricia Philbin and Helen Marriage, who provide the management and creative talent to deliver what is the largest and most complex cultural event ever undertaken in Ireland. Our volunteer Wave Makers are hugely appreciated as an essential liaison between our cultural presentations and the public. We salute the artists, creators and producers of the hundreds of events that will happen during 2020, as well as the tens of thousands of the public who will be the lookers and listeners and participants in a programme that is conceived to reach into every corner of our community.

The diverse themes of language, landscape and migration, which are both the keystones and the touchstones of our programme, resonate across Europe. We offer this year of joyful celebration of our shared European culture in a spirit of solidarity and hope for the future.

Tá Gaillimh 2020 tógtha ar chruthaitheacht cheannródaíoch leithéidí Druid, Féile Ealaíon na Gaillimhe agus Macnas, mar aon leis na healaíontóirí agus na compántais chultúrtha eile atá tagtha chun cinn anseo le 40 bliain anuas. Is cuí mar sin go bhfuil siad go léir rannpháirteach inár gclár. Cruthófar oidhreacht nua le Gaillimh 2020 a ghlacfaidh le mórchumas ón am atá caite, ach a chothóidh tallann nua a fhréamhófar san áit speisialta seo.

Thar ceann an Bhoird Stiúrtha, is mian liom buíochas a ghabháil leis an gCoimisiún Eorpach, an Roinn Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta agus Ranna eile Rialtais, Comhairle Cathrach na Gaillimhe agus Comhairle Chontae na Gaillimhe, eagraíochtaí poiblí agus príobháideacha agus daoine aonair, as a dtacaíocht airgeadais agus a dtreoir. Tugaim ómós d’fhoireann Ghaillimh 2020, arna stiúradh go cumasach ag Patricia Philbin agus Helen Marriage, a bhfuil an bhainistíocht agus an chruthaitheacht acu chun an t-imeacht cultúrtha is mó agus is casta a reáchtáladh riamh in Éirinn a chur i láthair. Is mór againn ár gcuid oibrithe deonacha, na Maidhmeadóirí, a bhíonn ag feidhmiú mar theagmhálaithe leis an bpobal ag ár léirithe cultúrtha. Molaimid ealaíontóirí, cruthaitheoirí agus léiritheoirí na gcéadta imeachtaí a tharlóidh le linn 2020, mar aon leis na mílte daoine ón bpobal a bheidh mar lucht féachana, lucht éisteachta agus rannpháirtithe i gclár a shroichfidh gach cearn den phobal.

Tá na téamaí éagsúla – teanga, tírdhreach agus imirce – atá mar bhunchlocha an chláir, ábhartha ar fud na hEorpa. Tá an bhliain seo de cheiliúradh iontach ar ár gcultúr Eorpach roinnte curtha i láthair againn agus muid ag seasamh gualainn le gualainn le dóchas don todhchaí.

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This journey began in 2014 when the Irish Ministry announced a call for submissions from candidates to be considered for the title of European Capital of Culture 2020. Since then, it captured the imaginations of the people of Galway who were enthusiastically involved in the process, encouraging Galway to think big, define its uniqueness and emphasise its connectivity across the world.

The response throughout the journey has highlighted the desire of the Galway community to contribute to shaping the future of their city and county.

This is an exciting time for cultural development in Galway and Ireland. Along with the coming to life of events and activities throughout next year, it also presents enormous opportunities to achieve a long-lasting legacy and a springboard towards a new collaborative and co-operative approach to cultural development.

A sincere thank you to everyone that supported, promoted or played any role in successfully achieving the designation for Galway.

The publication of this programme marks another milestone towards an exceptional year of cultural celebration.

Cuireadh tús leis an turas seo in 2014 nuair a d’fhógair Aireacht na hÉireann glao ar aighneachtaí ó iarratasóirí le bheith san áireamh don teideal mar Phríomhchathair Chultúir na hEorpa in 2020. Ó shin i leith, tá sé imithe i gcion ar shamhlaíocht mhuintir na Gaillimhe agus tugadh spreagadh dóibh bheith ag smaoineamh ar thograí móra a dhéanfadh tréithe uathúla na Gaillimhe a léirmhíniú agus a leagfadh béim ar na naisc dhomhanda atá aici.

Léiríodh ar an turas gurb é mian phobal na Gaillimhe bheith rannpháirteach i múnlú na todhchaí don chathair agus don chontae.

Is am iontach é seo d’fhorbairt chultúrtha i nGaillimh, agus in Éirinn. De réir mar a thiocfaidh imeachtaí agus gníomhaíochtaí chun beatha i rith na bliana, tiocfaidh deiseanna ollmhóra chun solais chun oidhreacht bhuan a bhaint amach – ag cur tús le cur chuige comhoibríoch nua i dtreo forbairt chultúrtha.

Buíochas ó chroí le gach duine a thacaigh lenár n-iarratas, a chuir chun cinn é nó a d’imir ról ar bith maidir leis an aimniúchán a bhaint amach do Ghaillimh.

Is sprioc thábhachtach é foilsiú an chláir seo i dtreo bliain iontach um cheiliúradh cultúrtha.

Capturing the ImaginationPatricia Philbin

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Galway 2020European Capital of Culture

Galway, sited on the western edge of Europe, is Ireland’s beating cultural heart. It’s a vibrant place, with creativity embedded deep in its DNA. Galway City and County have the honour of hosting the European Capital of Culture in 2020 on behalf of the Irish nation.

Is í Gaillimh, atá suite ar imeall thiar na hEorpa, croílár cultúrtha na hÉireann. Is áit bhríomhar í, a bhfuil féith na cruthaitheachta go smior inti. Is mór an onóir do Ghaillimh, Cathair agus Contae, óstáil a dhéanamh ar Phríomhchathair Chultúir na hEorpa in 2020 thar ceann na hÉireann.

Ní féile í Príomhchathair Chultúir na hEorpa, tá i bhfad níos mó ná sin i gceist. Beidh taispeántas urghnách d’imeachtaí ar siúl i mbliana ina léireofar saibhreas agus éagsúlacht chultúr agus mhuintir na Gaillimhe. Scaoilfear ár gclár uaillmhianach, a mbeidh an chuid is mó de saor in aisce, ar fud sráidbhailte agus bailte móra, sa chathair agus ar na hoileáin, agus i roinnt spásanna agus áiteanna gan aon choinne.

Is ionann Gaillimh 2020 agus oidhreacht na mblianta fada d’iarracht agus infheistíocht ealaíne i gcultúr na háite seo.

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A European Capital of Culture is not a festival, it is much more than that. The year will see an extraordinary showcase of events highlighting the richness and diversity of Galway’s culture and its people. Our ambitious programme, most of which will be free, will be unleashed throughout villages and towns, the city and the islands, and in some of the most surprising and unexpected spaces and places.

Galway 2020 represents the legacy of decades of artistic endeavour and investment in the culture of this place. It is a climax of everything that has gone before and a stepping-stone to a future that will leave an improved cultural infrastructure and heightened awareness of the role of culture in society; a society that appreciates the role of its artists and the possibilities that they bring. This exciting year provides extraordinary opportunities for local people to create and participate in something beyond their wildest expectations.

The programme is a celebration of our city, our islands, our county, our language and our people, with the collective imagination of creative Galway on show for one magical year. It features the best of our local and national artists and cultural organisations, alongside incredible European and international artists who together will transform the city and landscape.

In recognition of our historic traditions, this programme is based around the four fire seasons of Ireland’s ancient pre-Christian calendar, examining the country’s roots in celebration and commemoration. It begins in February 2020, as does the pagan festival Imbolc, which represents the start of spring with its promise of new life and new beginnings. Following a spectacular, outdoor opening ceremony, the programme will unfold throughout the year according to the Celtic seasons of Bealtaine, Lughnasa and Samhain.

The core themes that run through Galway 2020 are Migration, Landscape and Language and all three resonate within a broader European context, one where Galway will become a cultural focus in 2020. Migration celebrates Irish history as well as the diversity of cultures in Europe against the backdrop of Galway County and

Tá sé mar bhuaicphointe ar ar imigh romhainn agus í mar chéim eile in aistear ár dtodhchaí a fhágfaidh bonneagar cultúrtha feabhsaithe agus feasacht mhéadaithe ar ról an chultúir sa tsochaí; sochaí a thuigeann ról na n-ealaíontóirí agus na féidearthachtaí a bhaineann leo. Le linn na bliana spreagúla seo cuirfear deiseanna iontacha ar fáil do dhaoine áitiúla chun rud éigin a chruthú agus a bheith rannpháirteach i rud faoi leith.

Is ceiliúradh é an clár seo ar ár gcathair, ár n-oileáin, ár gcontae, ár dteanga agus ar ár muintir, le samhlaíocht chomhchoiteann na Gaillimhe cruthaithí ar taispeáint feadh bliana draíochta amháin. Tá an chuid is fearr dár n-ealaíontóirí agus ár n-eagraíochtaí cultúrtha ann, in éineacht le healaíontóirí iontacha Eorpacha agus idirnáisiúnta a dhéanfaidh an chathair agus an tírdhreach a chlaochlú i dteannta a chéile.

Mar aitheantas ar ár dtraidisiúin stairiúla, tá an clár seo bunaithe ar na ceithre shéasúr tine i bhféilire réamh-Chríostaí na hÉireann, ag iniúchadh fhréamhacha na tíre bunaithe ar an gceiliúradh agus ar an gcomóradh. Tosaíonn sé i mí Feabhra 2020, mar a dhéanann an fhéile phágánach Imbolc, a léiríonn tús an earraigh lena ghealltanas do shaol agus tús nua. Tar éis searmanas oscailte iontach amuigh faoin aer, leanfar den chlár i rith na bliana de réir na séasúr Ceilteach, Bealtaine, Lughnasa agus Samhain.

Is iad an Imirce, Tírdhreach agus Teanga na príomhthéamaí a shníonn trí Ghaillimh 2020 agus tá na trí cinn acu ag teacht le comhthéacs Eorpach ar bhonn níos leithne, ceann ina mbeidh Gaillimh ina fhócas cultúrtha in 2020. Déanann an imirce ceiliúradh ar stair na hÉireann agus ar éagsúlacht na gcultúr san Eoraip i gcomhthéacs Chathair agus Chontae na Gaillimhe, cathair inar rugadh 24 faoin gcéad den daonra inti lasmuigh d’Éirinn. Léiríonn an tírdhreach seasamh na Gaillimhe ar imeall na hEorpa de réir mar a chomhoibríonn sí le comhpháirtithe Eorpacha chun na saoránaigh a mhealladh, a ndúshlán a thabhairt agus iad a bheith rannpháirteach feadh thírdhreach na tuaithe agus na mara. Cuireann teanga an éagsúlacht teangacha a labhraítear i nGaillimh agus ar fud na hEorpa chun cinn, ag ceiliúradh an róil lárnaigh a bhaineann leo inár gcultúir uathúla.

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City – a city where 24 per cent of its population was born outside of Ireland. Landscape reflects Galway’s position on the edge of Europe as it collaborates with European partners to delight, challenge and engage citizens across its rural and marine landscape. Language promotes the variety of languages spoken both in Galway and across Europe, celebrating their integral part of our unique cultures. There is a special emphasis on the Irish language in the Galway 2020 programme, reinforcing Galway as the capital of the Gaeltacht, home to the only bi-lingual city in Ireland.

Ireland stands as a nation that is proudly European. This is mirrored in our extensive engagement with over 100 partnerships, collaborations and artists from over 30 different countries. The programme is designed to ensure that each individual project will have a long-term sustainable relevance to both city and county. Created by communities and cultural organisations alike, each project has multiple local partners as well as a mix of regional or European partners. Our programme also focuses on issues that are part of a wider discussion on European concerns. At a time of increasing political uncertainty both in Europe and around the world, we want to reflect on 21st Century Ireland, what culture means to us and what it means to be European.

Leaving a lasting legacy, one that will change the social and infrastructural landscape of Galway, is key to Galway 2020’s success. We want to address the big topics of the day – identity, our place on the planet, how we care for its resources, how we live in harmony with each other and with nature, and our history and future. We want to see a Galway where young artists flourish, where communities come together to celebrate life. We want to see a Galway where creativity is rewarded, where culture is at the heart of everything we do, where life is made better for everyone who lives and visits here.

We plan to have all eyes in Ireland, in Europe and around the world to be turned towards Galway. There is an open invitation to join us in 2020. It promises to be one of the most exciting times in Galway’s history, with the potential to change our cultural landscape forever.

Tá béim ar leith ar an nGaeilge i gclár Ghaillimh 2020, lena dtreisítear Gaillimh mar phríomhchathair na Gaeltachta agus mar an t-aon chathair dhátheangach in Éirinn.

Seasann Éire mar náisiún bródúil Eorpach. Tá na macallaí de sin le feiceáil inár rannpháirtíocht fhorleathan le breis agus 100 comhpháirtíocht, comhoibriú agus ealaíontóir ó os cionn 30 tír éagsúil. Ceapadh an clár chun a chinntiú go mbeidh ábharthacht inbhuanaithe fhadtéarmach ag baint le gach tionscadal aonair don chathair agus don chontae araon. Arna chruthú ag pobail agus eagraíochtaí cultúrtha araon, tá ilchomhpháirtithe áitiúla ag baint le gach tionscadal chomh maith le meascán de chomhpháirtithe réigiúnacha nó Eorpacha. Díríonn ár gclár freisin ar shaincheisteanna atá mar chuid de phlé níos leithne ar ábhair imní de chuid na hEorpa. Ag am ina bhfuil níos mó éiginnteachta polaitíochta, san Eoraip agus ar fud an domhain, ba mhaith linn ár machnamh a dhéanamh ar Éire an 21ú haois, cad is brí le cultúr dúinn agus cad is brí le bheith Eorpach.

Tá sé ríthábhachtach do rath Ghaillimh 2020 oidhreacht bhuan a fhágáil le huacht ina diaidh, oidhreacht lena n-athrófar tírdhreach sóisialta agus bonneagair na Gaillimhe. Is mian linn aghaidh a thabhairt ar shaincheisteanna móra an lae – féiniúlacht, ár n-áit ar an domhan, an chaoi a dtugann muid aire dár gcuid acmhainní, an chaoi a mairimid lena chéile agus leis an dúlra, lenár stair agus ár dtodhchaí amach anseo. Is mian linn Gaillimh a fheiceáil ina dtiocfaidh borradh faoi ealaíontóirí óga, áit a dtagann pobail le chéile chun an saol a cheiliúradh. Is mian linn Gaillimh a fheiceáil ina dtugtar luach saothair don chruthaitheacht, áit a bhfuil cultúr ag croílár gach a ndéanaimid, áit a bhfuil an saol níos fearr do gach duine a mhaireann agus a thagann ar cuairt anseo.

Tá sé i gceist againn go mbeidh gach duine in Éirinn, san Eoraip agus ar fud an domhain ag féachaint i dtreo na Gaillimhe. Tugtar cuireadh do gach duine bheith linn in 2020. Tá sé geallta a bheith ar cheann de na tréimhsí is spreagúla i stair na Gaillimhe, agus de chumas aige ár dtírdhreach cultúrtha a athrú go brách.

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Inspired by Meitheal, the ancient Irish tradition of coming together for a common purpose, Small Towns Big Ideas focuses on this tradition of working together to ensure that all succeed in achieving a shared goal, in a contemporary and European context.

Bunaithe ar thraidisiún ársa na hÉireann, an Mheitheal, nuair a thagann an pobal le chéile ar mhaithe le haon sprioc amháin, díríonn Bailte Beaga Smaointe Móra ar an traidisiún seo de bheith ag obair i gcomhar chun a chinntiú go mbaintear amach sprioc chomhchoiteann, i gcomhthéacs comhaimseartha Eorpach.

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Small Towns Big Ideas was designed to recognise and celebrate the diversity and richness of Galway, its place, its people and its rich culture in both urban and rural settings The programme offers a unique opportunity for communities to develop exciting and ambitious projects.

Groups from all sides of the city and every corner of the county have risen to the challenge, developing creative ideas and collaborations that will have a lasting cultural impact for years to come. Piloted in 2016 in Athenry, Ballygar and Headford during the Galway 2020 bid phase, early Small Towns Big Ideas projects in each of these three towns demonstrated the creative potential of our communities, creating exciting new and ambitious cultural projects.

Since then, Small Towns Big Ideas has developed through an ongoing programme of community engagement. Two open calls to communities have resulted in over 70 new cultural projects being produced in communities right across Galway City and County. From active retirement groups creating street art with schoolchildren in Ballinasloe and to new community festivals in south Galway, and from pop-up culture cafes in Doughiska, to bonfires in Connemara, Small Towns Big Ideas has really caught fire in the lead-up to our title year.

Is clár de chuid Ghaillimh 2020 é, a thugann deis do phobail tionscadail spreagúla agus uaillmhianacha a fhorbairt. Ceapadh Bailte Beaga Smaointe Móra chun éagsúlacht agus saibhreas na Gaillimhe, an áit, na daoine agus an cultúr saibhir inti, a aithint agus a cheiliúradh i suíomhanna uirbeacha agus tuaithe araon.

Tá grúpaí ón gcathair agus ón gcontae tar éis aghaidh a thabhairt ar an dúshlán, ag forbairt smaointe cruthaitheacha agus ag comhoibriú ar chaoi a mbeidh tionchar cultúrtha buan acu ar feadh na mblianta atá le teacht. Rinneadh treoirthionscadal in 2016 i mBaile Átha an Rí, i mBéal Átha Ghártha agus in Áth Cinn le linn chéim tairisceana Ghaillimh 2020. Léirigh tionscadail luatha Bhailte Beaga Smaointe Móra sna trí bhaile sin cumas cruthaitheach ár bpobal, agus tionscadail nua agus uaillmhianacha á gcruthú acu.

Ó shin i leith, trí chlár leanúnach rannpháirtíochta pobail táthar tar éis tógáil ar Bhailte Beaga Smaointe Móra. Mar thoradh ar dhá ghlao oscailte tá os cionn 70 tionscadal cultúrtha nua á léiriú i bpobail ar fud na Gaillimhe. Orthu sin tá grúpaí gníomhaíochta lucht scoir ag cruthú ealaín sráide le páistí scoile i mBéal Átha na Sluaighe, féilte pobail nua i ndeisceart na Gaillimhe, popchaiféanna cultúir i nDabhach Uisce, agus tinte cnámh i gConamara. Is cinnte go bhfuil Bailte Beaga Smaointe Móra ag scaipeadh ar luas lasrach agus muid ag druidim i dtreo 2020.

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Everyone remembers that incredible moment in 2016 when Galway learned that it had won the designation of European Capital of Culture for 2020 – the streets were filled with cheering and a palpable excitement for what was to come. Galway had responded to the Irish Government’s open call to all local authorities in the country to bid for the 2020 designation. Following an 18-month-long engagement with artists, cultural organisations, communities and businesses, Galway’s ambitious bid book, with its core themes of language, landscape and migration, had won the designation in 2016 against stiff competition.

Is maith is cuimhin linn an nóiméad sin in 2016 nuair a fógraíodh go raibh Gaillimh chun bheith ina Príomhchathair Chultúir na hEorpa do 2020 – bhí na sráideanna lán le gártha molta, gach duine ar bís leis an dóchas don mhéid a bhí le teacht. Bhí Gaillimh tar éis freagairt don ghlao oscailte ó Rialtas na hÉireann a eisíodh do gach údarás áitiúil sa tír chun tairiscint a chur isteach le haghaidh ainmniúchán 2020. Tar éis dul i dteagmháil le healaíontóirí, eagraíochtaí cultúrtha, pobail agus gnólachtaí ar feadh 18 mí, bhuaigh Leabhar Tairisceana uaillmhianach na Gaillimhe, lena príomhthéamaí – teanga, tírdhreach agus imirce – an t-ainmniúchán in 2016 i gcoinne géariomaíochta.

Galway in EuropeWe are all Europeans

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The designation is a year-long programme of cultural events, reflecting the richness and diversity of Galway’s culture and history, while strengthening Galway and Ireland’s connection with Europe and the European family. It follows four years of working with our European partners and colleagues, strengthening our ties, involvement in cultural exchanges and conferences, and raising our profile within Europe through initiatives at the highest level. There are exchange programmes for artists, visits from high profile political leaders from across Europe and a marketing and promotional campaign that will bring visitors from across the European continent throughout 2020.

The European Capital of Culture designation is an initiative of the European Union, a concept that evolved out of a desire to place regions at the heart of cultural life across Europe. The first city to enjoy the designation was Athens in 1985 and since then, cities from Bergen to Bologna and Liverpool to Riga have experienced the impact of being designated a European Capital of Culture, an impact that has contributed to their cultural expression and development and placed them firmly on the international stage.

Through culture and the arts, the designation is intended to improve the quality of life in these places and strengthen their sense of community. It boosts their cultural, social and economic development and has a long-lasting impact on the lives of its citizens. It also creates lasting connections and collaborations with cities, communities and groups across Europe.

The designation of European Capital of Culture is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Galway’s designation takes place at a critical juncture in the history of the European Community. In a time where a vibrant culture is needed, now more than ever, to forge friendships between countries and people, Galway 2020 is embracing this opportunity with open arms.

Is clár bliana d’imeachtaí cultúrtha é an t-ainmniúchán, ina léireofar saibhreas agus éagsúlacht cultúir agus staire, agus ag an am céanna, déanfar an nasc le mórtheaghlach na hEorpa a neartú. Tá ceithre bliana caite againn ag obair lenár gcomhpháirtithe agus lenár gcomhghleacaithe Eorpacha, ag neartú na gceangal, agus muid rannpháirteach i malartuithe cultúrtha agus comhdhálacha, ag ardú ár bpróifíle laistigh den Eoraip trí thionscnaimh ardleibhéil. Tá cláir mhalartaithe ann d’ealaíontóirí, cuairteanna ó cheannairí polaitíochta iomráiteacha ó chríocha ar fud na hEorpa agus feachtas margaíochta agus bolscaireachta a thabharfaidh cuairteoirí ó áiteanna ar fud mhór-roinn na hEorpa go Gaillimh le linn 2020.

Tionscnamh de chuid an Aontais Eorpaigh is ea Príomhchathair Chultúir na hEorpa, coincheap a d’eascair as an mian go gcuirfí réigiúin i gcroílár an tsaoil chultúrtha ar fud na hEorpa. Ba í an Aithin in 1985 an chéad chathair a bhain ainmniúchán amach agus ó shin i leith, tá cathracha ó Bergen go Bologna, ó Learpholl go Ríge, tar éis a chruthú go gcuireann an t-ainmniúchán mar Phríomhchathair Chultúir na hEorpa borradh nua faoina léiriú agus faoina bhforbairt chultúrtha agus go gcuireann sé ar an stáitse idirnáisiúnta iad.

Trí chultúr agus na healaíona, déanann an t-ainmniúchán caighdeán na beatha sna cathracha sin a fheabhsú agus neartaíonn sé an meon láidir pobail. Cuireann sé le forbairt chultúrtha, shóisialta agus eacnamaíoch agus bíonn tionchar fadtéarmach aige ar shaol a gcuid saoránach. Cruthaíonn sé naisc agus comhoibriú buan le cathracha, pobail agus grúpaí ar fud na hEorpa.

Is eispéireas eisceachtúil aon uaire é ainmniúchán mar Phríomhchathair Chultúir na hEorpa. Tagann ainmniúchán na Gaillimhe ag uair chinniúnach i stair an Chomhphobail Eorpaigh. In am ina bhfuil gá le cultúr bríomhar, anois níos mó ná riamh, chun cairdeas a chruthú idir tíortha agus daoine, tá Gaillimh 2020 ag fáiltiú roimh an deis seo le croí mór maith.

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A Year ofRadical ThinkingHelen Marriage

I’ve only recently come to discover Galway in all its intense beauty, deeply held traditions, ferocious weather and its passionate, independent people. To me, it’s more a feeling than a place, a magical world apart. No wonder, then, that Galway was chosen to represent Ireland as European Capital of Culture in this turbulent second decade of the 21st century.

Is le gairid a chuir mé aithne ar Ghaillimh agus ar a háilleacht, na traidisiúin láidre, an aimsir fhíochmhar agus na daoine paiseanta neamhspleácha atá ann. Domsa, is mothú atá ann seachas áit, domhan draíochtach ar leith. Ní haon ionadh, mar sin, gur roghnaíodh Gaillimh chun ionadaíocht a dhéanamh thar ceann na hÉireann mar Phríomhchathair Chultúir na hEorpa sa dara deich mbliana corrach seo den 21ú haois.

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In this programme, you’ll discover themes of landscape, language and migration. Structured around the old Celtic calendar, we start in February and run through until the end of January 2021. You’ll see a few concerts in January in the run up to our spectacular Opening Ceremony in the first week of February, particularly Music for Galway’s Midwinter Festival and Symphonic Waves’ January performance, designed to whet your appetite for what’s to come. Throughout the year, you’ll find events imagined into existence by artists who have Galway running through their veins, interwoven with an outsider’s view, as European artists unveil their own interpretations of these themes. Kari Kola’s Savage Beauty will illuminate the Connemara landscape on an epic scale, while Druid Theatre’s Galway Tour offers a more intimate exploration of both the history of great Irish writing and the hidden towns and islands of the county.

Irish weaves its way throughout the programme, brought vividly to life in Sruth na Teanga, an epic history of the language created by Branar Téatar do Pháistí. There are other languages too. Galway is Ireland’s most diverse city with a quarter of its people coming from countries across the sea. You’ll find them all taking their place in projects as various as City of Light by the Lantern Company; Travellers’ Tales; Backgrounds by Darrell Vydelingum and Fun Run, where Australia’s All The Queens Men spark a mass community celebration of endurance and triumph.

We live in challenging times. Our individual, as well as our national, identities are constantly questioned. We try to honour ancient customs while embracing the new values that emerge, as succeeding generations take centre stage. Comhaltas brings us its classic celebration of traditional Irish culture, while Nighthouse Studio’s Unsung promises a moving contemporary tribute to Galway’s lost children. Throughout the programme, the voice of the artist rings true.

Sa chlár seo, gheobhaidh tú téamaí an tírdhreacha, na teanga agus na himirce. Bunaithe ar an seanfhéilire Ceilteach, tosóimid i mí Feabhra agus beidh sé ar siúl go dtí deireadh mhí Eanáir 2021. Feicfidh tú roinnt ceolchoirmeacha i mí Eanáir roimh an Searmanas Oscailte spleodrach sa chéad seachtain de mhí Feabhra, go háirithe Féile Lár an Gheimhridh de chuid Music for Galway agus taibhiú mhí Eanáir de chuid Symphonic Waves, a dearadh chun do ghoile a ghéarú don mhéid atá le teacht. I rith na bliana, feicfidh tú imeachtaí samhlaithe ag ealaíontóirí a bhfuil Gaillimh go smior iontu, fite fuaite le dearcadh an duine ón taobh amuigh, mar a nochtann ealaíontóirí Eorpacha a léirmhínithe féin ar na téamaí seo. Cuirfidh Savage Beauty de chuid Kari Kola solas ar thírdhreach Chonamara, agus tabharfaidh Turas na Gaillimhe de chuid Amharclann Druid léargas níos doimhne ar stair na scríbhneoireachta Éireannaí agus ar na bailte agus na hoileáin cheilte sa chontae.

Tá Gaeilge le feiceáil ar fud an chláir, cuireann Sruth na Teanga le Branar Téatar do Pháistí beocht inti go soiléir le stair eipiciúil na teanga a chruthaigh siad. Tá teangacha eile ann freisin. Is í Gaillimh an chathair is éagsúla in Éirinn agus an ceathrú cuid dá daonra tagtha ó thíortha thar lear. Beidh siad ar fad ag glacadh páirt i dtionscadail mar City of Light le The Lantern Company; Travellers’ Tales; Backgrounds le Darrell Vydelingum agus Fun Run, nuair a spreagfaidh All The Queens Men na hAstráile ceiliúradh mór ar sheasmhacht agus bua.

Táimid inár gcónaí i dtréimhse dhúshlánach. Ceistítear ár bhféiniúlachtaí aonair agus náisiúnta go seasta. Déanaimid iarracht urraim a thabhairt do ghnásanna ársa fad a ghlacaimid le luachanna nua, agus glúnta i ndiaidh a chéile ag teacht chuig lár an aonaigh. Déanann Comhaltas ceiliúradh ar chultúr traidisiúnta na hÉireann, agus tugann Unsung le Nighthouse Studio ómós tochtmhar comhaimseartha do leanaí caillte na Gaillimhe. Ar fud an chláir, tá guth an ealaíontóra le cloisteáil.

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Artists have always led the way in this extraordinary place. Galway 2020 is built on the efforts of those who chose to live and work here over the last 40 years. These prophets of our future and celebrants of our past – our artists – hold up a mirror and show us who we are and where we’re headed. And from the most cutting-edge experiments of our young digital artists to the timeless magnificence of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony at the close of the year, the class of Galway 2020 will create a year of radical thinking that will live long in the memory and influence all who follow on behind.

Threoraigh ealaíontóirí an bealach riamh san áit iontach seo. Tá Gaillimh 2020 bunaithe ar iarrachtaí na ndaoine sin a roghnaigh cur fúthu agus oibriú anseo le 40 bliain anuas. Crochann fáithe seo na todhchaí agus lucht ceiliúrtha ár staire – ár n-ealaíontóirí- scáthán os ár gcomhair agus taispeánann siad dúinn cé muid féin agus cá bhfuilimid ag dul. Ó na turgnaimh cheannródaíocha de chuid ár n-ealaíontóirí óga digiteacha go mórgacht shíoraí 9ú Siansa Beethoven ag deireadh na bliana, cruthóidh rang Ghaillimh 2020 bliain de smaointeoireacht dhraíochtach a mhairfidh inár gcuimhne ar feadh i bhfad agus a imreoidh tionchar ar gach a thagann ina dhiaidh.

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Rijeka, Our Neighbours in Central Europe Galway is the 61st region to take the title of European Capital of Culture and shares the 2020 designation with Rijeka in Croatia. A coastal city located on the west coast of Croatia, Rijeka is similar in size, location, population and culture to Galway and is known for its bohemian atmosphere, rich culture and abundance of festivals. Its programme, The Port of Diversity, aims to enrich European cultural diversity and create a meeting place for Europeans coming from different backgrounds and to encourage the feeling of European citizenship.

The shared experience of the two capitals of culture, in terms of cultural vibrancy and historical connections, makes 2020 an exciting time to strengthen ties, create cultural opportunities and develop long-lasting relationships.

Is í Gaillimh an 61ú réigiún a ghlacfaidh an teideal mar Phríomhchathair Chultúir na hEorpa agus roinnfear an t-ainmniúchán in 2020 le Rijeka sa Chróit. Is cathair chósta í Rijeka, suite ar chósta thiar na Cróite, agus tá sí cosúil le Gaillimh ó thaobh méide, suímh, daonra, teanga agus cultúir de. Tá cáil ar Rijeka as an atmaisféar boihéamach, an cultúr saibhir agus líonmhaireacht na bhféilte inti. Tá sé mar aidhm ag a gclár, The Port of Diversity, éagsúlacht chultúrtha na hEorpa a shaibhriú agus áit chruinnithe a chruthú d’Eorpaigh ó chúlraí éagsúla agus daoine a spreagadh le go mothóidís gur saoránaigh de chuid na hEorpa iad.

Mar gheall ar thaithí chomhroinnte an dá phríomhchathair chultúir, i dtéarmaí beogacht chultúrtha agus naisc stairiúla, is am iontach é 2020 chun naisc a neartú, deiseanna cultúrtha a chruthú agus caidrimh fhadtéarmacha a fhorbairt.

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Our volunteer Wave Makers, kindly supported by Medtronic, will play a central part in helping ensure our ambitious programme is a success, artistically, culturally and socially.

Beidh ról lárnach ag ár n-oibrithe deonacha, na Maidhmeadóirí, le tacaíocht ó Medtronic, maidir lena chinntiú go n-éireoidh lenár gclár uaillmhianach, ar bhonn ealaíonta, cultúrtha agus sóisialta.

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Our Wave Makers will make an invaluable contribution to the delivery of the year-long celebration. They will be our ambassadors as they bring change and transformative energy to the cultural life of Galway City and County throughout 2020.

Irish people are renowned for their volunteering capacity, contributing almost half a million volunteering hours each year to ensure their communities remain vibrant, inclusive and sustainable. And people in Galway are no different. In all walks of life – from sports to the arts, charity support to fundraising – they selflessly work to make a difference through their volunteering efforts.

Galway 2020’s volunteer programme launched in February 2019 with a hugely successful event attended by people who came to volunteer for one of the largest cultural events in the world in 2020. Representatives from previous European Capitals of Culture, Aarhus 2017 and Valletta 2018, shared their experiences with potential volunteers and paved the way for the development of the volunteering initiative.

The inclusive Wave Maker programme aims to reflect the unique cultural diversity of Galway. The programme is kindly sponsored by Medtronic, one of Galway’s leading medical technology, services and solutions companies and the official health partner to Galway 2020, European Capital of Culture.

Cuirfidh ár gcuid Maidhmeadóirí go mór le seachadadh an cheiliúrtha bliana. Is iad siúd ár n-ambasadóirí agus saol cultúrtha chathair agus chontae na Gaillimhe á athrú agus á chlaochlú go fuinniúil acu le linn 2020.

Tá cáil ar mhuintir na hÉireann as an obair dheonach a dhéanann siad, agus iad ag déanamh leathmhilliún uaireanta an chloig d’obair dheonach gach bliain chun a chinntiú go bhfanfaidh a bpobail bríomhar, uilechuimsitheach agus inbhuanaithe. Agus is amhlaidh an scéal i nGaillimh. I ngach gné den saol – ón spórt go dtí na healaíona, ó obair charthanachta go tiomsú airgid – oibríonn siad gan staonadh chun difríocht a dhéanamh.

Seoladh clár oibrithe deonacha Ghaillimh 2020 i mí Feabhra 2019 le hócáid an-rathúil nuair a tháinig daoine chun obair dheonach a dhéanamh do cheann de na himeachtaí cultúrtha is mó ar domhan in 2020. Rinne ionadaithe ó Phríomhchathracha Cultúir na hEorpa roimhe seo, Aarhus 2017 agus Vaileite 2018, a gcuid taithí a roinnt le hoibrithe deonacha ionchasacha agus réitigh siad an bealach chun an tionscnamh saorálaíochais a fhorbairt.

Tá sé mar aidhm ag clár cuimsitheach na Maidhmeadóirí éagsúlacht uathúil chultúrtha na Gaillimhe a léiriú. Tá an clár arna urrú ag Medtronic, ceann de phríomhchuideachtaí na Gaillimhe um theicneolaíocht, seirbhísí agus réitigh leighis, agus comhpháirtí oifigiúil sláinte do Ghaillimh 2020, Príomhchathair Chultúir na hEorpa.

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‘I really enjoy volunteering with Galway 2020 – it’s very exciting and rewarding. I love being part of a team, where there is a great sense of camaraderie, and it is a wonderful feeling to be doing something positive to help my local community and to help develop and improve my adopted city of Galway.’

‘Is breá liom an obair dheonach atá á déanamh agam le Gaillimh 2020 – tá sé an-spreagúil agus sásúil. Is breá liom a bheith mar bhall d’fhoireann, áit a bhfuil an-chomrádaíocht, agus is iontach an rud é a bheith ag déanamh rud éigin dearfach chun cabhrú le mo phobal áitiúil agus le mo bhaile nua, Gaillimh, a fhorbairt agus a fheabhsú.’ Innocent Ogah, Galway 2020 Volunteer

Wave Makers have already been in action, kicking off their volunteering efforts at the first European Capital of Culture Family Network meeting held in Galway in April 2019. Since then, they have volunteered at a diverse range of events including Galway Medieval Festival, at Small Towns Big Ideas projects and Oranmore Arts Festival, as well as FRESH STREET#3, an international seminar for the development of street art attended by over 200 international visitors from professional artists, programmers, researchers, journalists and policy makers.

Galway 2020 expects to recruit up to 1,000 volunteers from all backgrounds for a variety of roles throughout the year and far beyond. This will include stewarding at large-scale events, ushering, invigilating, meet-and-greet roles, digital volunteer roles, administration, translation and front-of-house.

Tá na Maidhmeadóirí tar éis a bheith ag feidhmiú cheana féin, ag cur tús lena n-iarrachtaí deonacha ag an gcéad chruinniú de Líonra Teaghlaigh Phríomhchathair Chultúir na hEorpa a tionóladh i nGaillimh i mí Aibreáin 2019. Ó shin i leith, tá siad tar éis a bheith ag obair go deonach i réimse leathan imeachtaí lena n-áirítear Féile Mheánaoiseach na Gaillimhe, ag tionscadail na mBailte Beaga Smaointe Móra agus ag Féile Ealaíon Órán Mór, chomh maith le FRESH STREET#3, seimineár idirnáisiúnta chun ealaín sráide a chur chun cinn ar ar fhreastail os cionn 200 cuairteoir idirnáisiúnta idir ealaíontóirí gairmiúla, clárbhainisteoirí, taighdeoirí, iriseoirí agus lucht déanta beartas.

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Each volunteer can personalise their schedule depending on their availability and interests.

Extensive support and training is provided to those interested in volunteering with us. Training in all areas such as volunteering at events, will be developed with our various partners including Fáilte Ireland, Galway Volunteer Centre, An Garda Síochána and NUI Galway’s student volunteering programme, ALIVE.

The exciting partnership with Medtronic will also see the development of the Wave Maker Health Hub, the first of its kind for a European Capital of Culture.

Volunteering with Galway 2020 is a unique opportunity to become involved in shaping the cultural life of our city and county. Volunteers will be the living legacy that we can all be proud of for the future. Volunteers get to meet new people from places and backgrounds they might not otherwise come across; and get a unique perspective on cultural events via behind-the-scenes access. They will develop new skills, gain new cultural insights from a European perspective and form friendships and memories with locals and visitors alike. It’s an opportunity to give back, make a difference and, of course, have some fun along the way.

If you would like to volunteer with Galway 2020 see galway2020.ie/volunteering or call 091 412450.

Tá súil ag Gaillimh 2020 suas le 1,000 oibrí deonach a earcú ó gach cúlra le haghaidh róil éagsúla i rith na bliana agus ina dhiaidh sin. Áireofar leis sin maoirsiú ag imeachtaí mórscála, treorú, maoirsiú, feitheoireacht, bualadh le daoine, róil mar shaorálaithe digiteacha, riarachán, aistriúchán, agus fáilteachas. Is féidir le gach oibrí deonach a sceideal féin a phearsantú ag brath ar an am atá ar fáil acu, agus ag brath ar a spéiseanna pearsanta féin.

Cuirtear tacaíocht agus oiliúint fhairsing ar fáil dóibh siúd ar spéis leo obair dheonach a dhéanamh linn. Forbrófar oiliúint i ngach réimse amhail obair dheonach ag imeachtaí lenár gcomhpháirtithe éagsúla, Fáilte Ireland, Galway Volunteer Centre, an Garda Síochána agus clár deonach mac léinn OÉ Gaillimh, ALIVE.

Mar chuid den chomhpháirtíocht le Medtronic, forbrófar Mol Sláinte na Maidhmeadóirí, an chéad cheann dá leithéid do Phríomhchathair Chultúir na hEorpa.

Is deis ar leith é obair dheonach a dhéanamh le Gaillimh 2020 chun páirt a ghlacadh i múnlú shaol cultúrtha ár gcathrach agus ár gcontae. Is iad na hoibrithe deonacha an oidhreacht bheo is féidir linn ar fad a bheith bródúil aisti amach anseo. Bíonn deis ag na hoibrithe deonacha bualadh le daoine nua ó áiteanna agus ó chúlraí seans nach gcasfaidís orthu murach an obair dheonach sin. Faigheann siad peirspictíocht uathúil ar imeachtaí cultúrtha trí rochtain a bheith acu taobh thiar den stáitse. Forbróidh siad scileanna nua, gheobhaidh siad léargais chultúrtha nua ó pheirspictíocht na hEorpa, agus cruthóidh siad cairdeas agus cuimhní le muintir na háite agus le cuairteoirí araon. Is deis é chun tabhairt ar ais don phobal, difríocht a dhéanamh agus, ar ndóigh, spraoi a bheith agat lena linn.

Más mian leat obair dheonach a dhéanamh le Gaillimh 2020 téigh chuig galway2020.ie/ga/ ag-obair-go-deonach nó glaoigh ar 091 412450.

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TicketsGalway 2020 Box Office will open in November 2019. Please check galway2020.ie for further details.

News and Programme UpdatesThe programme will be updated with further events throughout the year. Keep up-to-date with all our news! Sign up to our newsletter at galway2020.ie

Be Social, follow us onFacebook/Twitter/Instagram: @galway2020 Vimeo: /galway2020 #galway2020

Get InvolvedFrom volunteering at events and participating in projects, there are lots of opportunities to get involved with Galway 2020. Check out volunteering opportunities at galway2020.ie/become-a-galway-2020-volunteer

Support UsGalway’s year of culture is a business opportunity that is too good to miss. See page 165 for further details.

MerchandiseA range of Galway 2020 merchandise will be on sale from November 2019 at galway2020.ie

Accessibility Galway 2020 is committed to working towards universal access across all of our activities. This involves early and ongoing accessibility planning for all of our events, our information and communications, our volunteer programme, and the wider activities of the organisation.

We encourage and welcome all interested parties to contact us to discuss any accessibility questions they have.

+353 (0) 91 412450 [email protected]

TicéidOsclófar Díoloifig Ghaillimh 2020 i mí na Samhna 2019. Tuilleadh sonraí ar galway2020.ie

Nuacht agus Nuashonruithe don ChlárDéanfar an clár a nuashonrú le himeachtaí breise i rith na bliana. Coinnigh suas chun dáta leis an nuacht ar fad! Cláraigh don nuachtlitir ag galway2020.ie

Lean muid arFacebook/Twitter/Instagram: @galway2020 Vimeo: /galway2020 #galway2020 #gaillimh2020

Glac PáirtÓ obair dheonach ag imeachtaí agus bheith rannpháirteach i dtionscadail, tá neart deiseanna ann le páirt a ghlacadh in Gaillimh 2020. Féach ar na deiseanna um obair dheonach ag galway2020.ie/ga/ag-obair-go-deonach

Tacaigh LinnIs deis iontach ghnó í bliain chultúir na Gaillimhe. Tuilleadh sonraí ar leathanach 165.

TáirgíBeidh táirgí Ghaillimh 2020 ar díol ó mhí na Samhna 2019 ar aghaidh ag galway2020.ie

InrochtaineachtTá Gaillimh 2020 dírithe ar obair i dtreo inrochtaineacht do chách inár ngníomhaíochtaí go léir. Bímid ag pleanáil ó thaobh inrochtaineachta de, go luath agus go leanúnach, do na himeachtaí go léir, i soláthar faisnéise agus i gcumarsáid, i gclár na n-oibrithe deonacha, agus i ngníomhaíochtaí eile na heagraíochta.

Fáiltímid roimh chomhfhreagras ó aon pháirtithe leasmhara chun aon cheist inrochtaineachta a phlé.

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Tús na curaíochta – mar a chuirfeas tú a bhainfeas tú

The planting begins – good things come to those who prepare, work and wait

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Galway 2020 Opening Event Produced by Wonder Works with Galway City and County Community Cast

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LOCATION / SUÍOMHGalway City and County

Ag tosú sna ceantair le teorainn i nGaillimh, pléascfaidh ceiliúradh loiscneach i mbailte beaga agus móra ar fud an chontae ag teacht le traidisiúin ársa fhéilire Ceilteach na hÉireann. Bogfar níos gaire don chathair i rith na chéad seachtaine de Imbolc, glacfaidh cliar mhór ón bpobal ar fad seilbh ar shráideanna agus ar chearnóga na Gaillimhe tráthnóna Dé Sathairn, an 8 Feabhra 2020.

Ó tharla an geimhreadh a bheith thart agus bliain úrnua amach romhainn déanfar ceiliúradh san imeacht oscailte ar luachanna bunúsacha na hÉireann

– misneach, cruthaitheacht agus teacht aniar.

Beidh sé ar siúl amuigh faoin aer, cuirfear fáilte roimh chách, agus beidh an t-imeacht féin saor in aisce.

In ómós do na laethanta atá thart agus do na tréithe speisialta sin a bhaineann le Gaillimh, tabharfar aitheantas do thodhchaí an phobail in imeacht iontach ina gcuimseofar gach rud a chuireann Gaillimh, agus Éire, i gcroílár na hEorpa in 2020.

Beginning in the farthest reaches of Galway, fiery celebrations will erupt in towns and villages across the county in keeping with the ancient traditions of the Irish Celtic calendar. Moving ever closer to the city throughout the first week of Imbolc, a huge cast drawn from across the community will invade the streets and squares of Galway on the evening of Saturday 8 February 2020.

Marking the passing of winter and the blossoming of an extraordinary new year, our opening event celebrates the quintessential values of Irishness – courage, creativity and resilience.

Taking place in the open air, everyone is welcome and the event is free to attend.

In paying homage to the stories of the past and those elements that make Galway special, our ceremony will move to recognise the community’s future in a breathtaking event that will encompass all that places Galway, and Ireland, at the heart of Europe in 2020.

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DATE / DÁTAMarch–April, June, August, September, November

LOCATION / SUÍOMHGalway, Carrick-on-Shannon, Dublin, Derry, Gothenburg (Sweden)

In 2020, TULCA will develop a bespoke project for Galway 2020, in addition to its annual festival.

TULCA has invited four alumni curators – Sarah Searson, Gregory McCartney, Daniel Jewesbury and Helen Carey – to examine our challenging and irreplaceable world, working with Irish and European artists in Galway and other locations.

Marking its 18th year, TULCA takes its own strides and stretches its ambition outside, while remaining connected with, its home city.

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In 2020, forbróidh TULCA tionscadal speisialta do Ghaillimh 2020, mar bhreis ar a fhéile bhliantúil.

Beidh ceathrar coimeádaithe alumni – Sarah Searson, Gregory McCartney, Daniel Jewesbury agus Helen Carey – i gcomhar le healaíontóirí Éireannacha agus Eorpacha, ag féachaint ar an domhan dúshlánach, ríluachmhar seo ina mairimid.

Anois san 18ú bliain, déanann TULCA a dhul chun cinn féin agus leathnaíonn sé a uaillmhian lasmuigh den chathair bhaile ach bíonn sé fós ceangailte léi.

Galway 2020 and TULCA Festival of Visual Arts present

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LOCATION / SUÍOMHGalway County

German photographer Tobias Hutzler will be Galway 2020’s artist-in-residence, capturing the drama of Galway’s landscape throughout the year.

Tobias Hutzler is a visual artist, director and photographer, renowned for capturing the zeitgeist of global culture in striking new ways. He possesses a unique point-of-view, a technically sophisticated, innovative use of light, and a highly creative approach. Hutzler will transform County Galway through light, creating an installation for each of the four seasons.

Hutzler’s work has been exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) New York; The Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles; and the National Portrait Gallery, London.

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Beidh an grianghrafadóir Gearmánach Tobias Hutzler ina ealaíontóir cónaitheach do Ghaillimh 2020, agus beidh suntasacht thírdhreach na Gaillimhe á léiriú aige ó cheann ceann na bliana.

Is ealaíontóir físealaíne, stiúrthóir agus grianghrafadóir é Tobias Hutzler, a bhfuil clú agus cáil air as spiorad an chultúir dhomhanda a ghabháil ar bhealaí nua suntasacha. Tá dearcadh uathúil aige, agus baineann sé úsáid as an solas ar bhealach nuálaíoch, sofaisticiúil, le cur chuige an-chruthaitheach. Déanfaidh Hutzler Contae na Gaillimhe a athrú ó bhonn le solas agus cruthóidh sé suiteán do gach séasúr.

Taispeánadh obair Hutzler i Músaem na Nua-Ealaíne (MoMA), Nua-Eabhrac; Spás Grianghrafadóireachta Annenberg, Los Angeles; agus i nGailearaí Náisiúnta na bPortráidí, Londain.

Perspective Tobias HutzlerCommissioned by Galway 2020

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DATE / DÁTAImbolc, Bealtaine, Lughnasa, Samhain


Tá Hope it Rains | Soineann nó Doineann ag iarraidh go mbeadh tóir ar Ghaillimh in 2020 mar gheall ar an droch-aimsir! Tugann muid cuireadh don phobal tabhairt faoi thionscnaimh chun súp a bhaint as an aimsir agus gníomhú ar son na haeráide.

Baineann cluichí agus fearais spraoi Weatherplay úsáid as an ngaoth agus an bháisteach le cruthú gurb é lá na báistí lá na bpáistí!

Cuireann Weatherproof Me! cló úr ar éadaí báistí, a dhéanann iontas agus aer den aimsir.

Gineann na saothair ealaíne Weatherbots cumhacht ón aimsir – go spéiriúil.

Beidh imeachtaí ar siúl againn in 2020 pé am a thitfidh an tóin as an spéir, mar sin coinnigh súil ghéar ar an aimsir!

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Turning our bad weather to good use, Hope it Rains | Soineann nó Doineann makes Galway the place to be because it rains and blows! We want to effect a cultural change in our relationship with weather and invite people of all ages to join our projects to make Galway weather-proof and climate resilient.

Weatherplay games and installations use the wind and rain to make outdoor play fun when the weather turns.

Weatherproof Me! transforms wearers into fantastical characters bringing delight to rainy streets.

Weatherbots renewable-energy artworks harness the weather to realise the potential of decentralised power – beautifully!

Throughout 2020, weather activated surprises will animate city and county, so check the forecast!

Hope it Rains Soineann nó Doineann Created by Ríonach Ní Néill, produced by Ciotóg & Milestone Inventive, commissioned by Galway 2020, Weatherbot partner National University of Ireland Galway

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DATE / DÁTAImbolc, Bealtaine, Lughnasa, Samhain

LOCATION / SUÍOMHGaeltacht Chonamara

Tugann Turas Chonamara cuireadh duit teanga agus tírdhreach Ghaeltacht Chonamara a fheiceáil mar a fheiceann muintir na háite iad. Tabhair cluas do ghlórtha na háite ar an mapa digiteach agus closamhairc an Áit ab Áil Liom agus bain sásamh as scéalta, amhráin agus ceol agus tú ag siúl na dúiche ónar eascair siad. Lean cosán Faoi Rún chun teacht ar scéalaíocht agus ealaín nach bhfeictear ach nuair a thagann an bháisteach.

Cuir aithne ar mhuintir na Gaeltachta agus a dtraidisiúin in Siúlach Scéalach, sraith seónna, ceardlanna, agus ceolchoirmeacha beaga agus beidh tú faoi gheasa agus faoi dhraíocht.

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Turas Chonamara invites you to discover the Irish language and landscape of the Conamara Gaeltacht at your own pace. Follow the an Áit ab Áil Liom digital audio map to immerse yourself in the region’s stories, songs and music while walking the land from which they sprang. Eavesdrop on the secret life of Conamara on the Faoi Rún landscape art and storytelling trail, which appears in the rain.

Get to know the Gaeltacht’s people and traditions through Siúlach Scéalach’s specially commissioned performances, workshops and concerts. These intimate experiences capture the deep connection between the land and its people and the unique sense of place of the Conamara Gaeltacht.

Turas Chonamara Created by Ríonach Ní Néill, produced by Ciotóg & Milestone Inventive, commissioned by Galway 2020, co-funded by the Fisheries Local Area Group (FLAG) Development programme, partnered by National University of Ireland Galway

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The Kenny Gallery will have a full programme of exhibitions throughout 2020, including largescale group shows, sculpture, painting, printmaking and children’s art. In this special year for Galway, the programme will kick off with sculptor John Behan’s Migrants and finish with a flourish of 40 Visual Artists / 40 Writers, an exhibition celebrating Kennys’ 80-year history.

In addition, Kennys Bookshop will further host a series of book launches, signings, readings, children’s events, competitions and demonstrations, in association with Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture.

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Beidh clár iomlán taispeántas ag Dánlann Uí Chionnaith le linn 2020, lena n-áireofar seónna móra do ghrúpaí, dealbhóireacht, péinteáil, déanamh priontaí agus ealaín leanaí. Cuirfear tús leis an gclár bliana speisialta seo le Migrants leis an dealbhóir, John Behan agus cuirfear clabhsúr leis le taispeántas de 40 Amharc-ealaíontóir / 40 Scríbhneoir, taispeántas ina ndéanfar ceiliúradh ar stair 80 bliain an ghnó.

Beidh neart imeachtaí eile ar siúl i Siopa Leabhar Uí Chionnaith: seoltaí leabhar, sínithe, léamha, imeachtaí do pháistí, comórtais, taispeántais, i gcomhar le Gaillimh 2020, Príomhchathair Chultúir na hEorpa.

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Symphonic Waves is an exciting new youth orchestra for the West of Ireland, inspiring young musicians to achieve their highest musical potential. Showcasing the wealth of musical talent in the region, Symphonic Waves will provide a legacy of sustainable, performance-based education for young musicians on Ireland’s western seaboard.

Symphonic Waves aims to encourage young musicians to develop their own musical identities through interactions with professional musicians and collaboration with peers from other youth orchestras in Ireland and abroad. The orchestra will participate in a range of rehearsal courses, as well as masterclasses and chamber groups on its journey to 2020 and beyond.

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Is ceolfhoireann óige nua é Symphonic Waves in Iarthar na hÉireann, a spreagann ceoltóirí óga chun barr a gcumais ceoil a bhaint amach. I sárthaispeántas de thallann cheoil an cheantair, tabharfaidh Symphonic Waves oideachas inbhuanaithe, bunaithe ar thaibhléiriú, mar oidhreacht do cheoltóirí óga ar chósta thiar na hÉireann.

Tá sé mar aidhm ag Symphonic Waves ceoltóirí óga a spreagadh chun a bhféiniúlachtaí ceoil féin a fhorbairt trí bheith ag obair le ceoltóirí gairmiúla agus le daoine ar chomhaois leo as ceolfhoirne óige eile in Éirinn agus thar lear. Glacfaidh an cheolfhoireann páirt i réimse de chúrsaí cleachtaidh, chomh maith le máistir-ranganna agus grúpaí aireagail ar a turas go 2020 agus ina dhiaidh sin.

Galway 2020 and Music Generation Galway County present

Symphonic Waves

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Galway City Museum will be the lead partner on Monument – a project that celebrates the cultural landscapes and visual language of islands in Europe. With a primary focus on the stone forts of Aran, this innovative project will investigate some of Europe’s most impressive stone monuments located on some of Europe’s smallest islands.

This project will represent the communities that created these massive monuments and work with the scientists and scholars who have investigated them – focusing on what has endured and what has been lost.

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Beidh Músaem Cathrach na Gaillimhe mar phríomh-chomhpháirtí ar Monument – tionscadal a dhéanann ceiliúradh ar thírdhreacha cultúrtha oileáin na hEorpa. Agus é dírithe go príomha ar na dúnfoirt ar Árainn, féachfaidh an tionscadal nuálach seo ar chuid de na séadchomharthaí cloiche is suntasaí san Eoraip atá lonnaithe ar chuid de na hoileáin is lú san Eoraip.

Seasfaidh an tionscadal seo do na pobail a chruthaigh na séadchomharthaí sin agus oibreofar leis na heolaithe agus na scoláirí a bhfuil taighde déanta acu orthu, ag díriú ar an méid a tháinig slán agus ar an méid a cailleadh.

DATE / DÁTAMarch to December

VENUE / IONADGalway City Museum

LOCATION / SUÍOMHGalway City

Galway 2020 and Galway City Museum present

Monument curated by Sybil Curley and Eithne Verling

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Livefeed aims to grow a culture of youth music in Galway and empower young people to pursue interests in music performance, audio and video production, event production and music journalism and promotion.

The project will provide new opportunities for young people to enjoy live music in safe, alcohol-free environments.

Working in numerous locations throughout 2019 and 2020, Livefeed will host new, engaging live music events for youth communities across Galway City and County.

The project will culminate in late 2020 at the EYE on the Edge festival, where a new tribe of young musicians and technicians will entertain the crowds over 2 days at the Livefeed stage.

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Tá sé mar aidhm ag Livefeed cultúr ceoil don aos óg a fhorbairt i nGaillimh agus daoine óga a chumhachtú chun an spéis atá acu a leanúint i dtaibhiú ceoil, léiriú fuaime agus físeán, léiriú imeachtaí, iriseoireacht cheoil agus margaíocht.

Cuirfidh an tionscadal deiseanna nua ar fáil do dhaoine óga le sult a bhaint as ceol beo i dtimpeallachtaí sábháilte, saor ó alcól.

Ag obair i suíomhanna éagsúla i rith 2019 agus 2020, reáchtálfaidh Livefeed, imeachtaí nua le ceol beo don aos óg fud fad Chathair agus Chontae na Gaillimhe.

Tabharfar an tionscadal chun críche i dtreo dheireadh 2020 ag Féile EYE on the Edge, áit a mbeidh treibh nua de cheoltóirí óga ag seinm do na sluaite thar dhá lá ar ardán Livefeed.

DATE / DÁTASeptember 2019 – September 2020


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Livefeed Produced by Tracy Bruen, David Boland and Eoin Dolan

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Galway 2020 in association with Galway Public Libraries presents

Wild Atlantic Women

Join us for a celebration of International Women’s Day with diverse voices from the West and further afield. Our special guest is the world-renowned Margaret Atwood.

Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale has become a symbol of women’s struggle against oppression. On this important day, Atwood reminds us that the ‘inner workings of Gilead and this very strange world we’re living in’ are the inspiration for her extraordinary new book, The Testaments.

Hosted by writer Susan McKay, this unique conversation will span the length of Atwood’s remarkable career, and reveal why, after 34 years, she has returned to The Handmaid’s Tale.

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Bí linn chun Lá Idirnáisiúnta na mBan a cheiliúradh le glórtha éagsúla ón Iarthar agus níos faide i gcéin. Is í Margaret Atwood ár n-aoi speisialta.

Féachtar ar The Handmaid’s Tale mar chomhartha do streachailt na mban in aghaidh an leatroim. Ar an lá tábhachtach seo, meabhróidh Atwood dúinn go bhfuair sí an spreagadh dá leabhar nua iontach, The Testaments, ó fheidhmiú inmheánach Gilead agus an domhan aisteach seo a bhfuil cónaí orainn ann.

Arna óstáil ag an scríbhneoir, Susan McKay, clúdóidh an comhrá uathúil seo gairmréim iontach Atwood agus nochtfar an fáth a bhfuil sí ag filleadh ar The Handmaid’s Tale 34 bliain níos déanaí.

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The 35th Cúirt International Festival of Literature presents World Literature Day on Tuesday 21 April 2020. This celebration of world literature will focus on a Creative Europe-funded project, Read Me I Am Yours, which is the culmination of a ten-year relationship between Cúirt and partners Vilenica International Literary Festival, Slovenia and Festival of World Literature (Fraktura), Croatia. This project offers Cúirt audiences an opportunity to engage with the vast world of contemporary European literature in translation with a special focus on literature from lesser known and used linguistic regions.

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Cuirfidh an 35ú Féile Idirnáisiúnta Litríochta, CÚIRT, Lá Domhanda na Litríochta i láthair ar an Máirt, an 21 Aibreán 2020. Beidh an ceiliúradh seo ar litríocht dhomhanda ag díriú ar an tionscadal, Read Me I Am Yours, tionscadal atá á mhaoiniú ag Eoraip Chruthaitheach, agus atá ina thoradh ar chaidreamh deich mbliana idir Cúirt agus a comhpháirtithe, Féile Idirnáisiúnta Litríochta Vilenica, an tSlóivéin agus Féile Litríochta Domhanda (Fraktura), an Chróit. Tugann an tionscadal seo deis do lucht féachana Cúirt blaiseadh a fháil de na haistriúcháin atá déanta ar litríocht chomhaimseartha na hEorpa, le haird ar leith ar litríocht ó chuid de na réigiúin teanga nach bhfuil a oiread sin eolas orthu.

35th Cúirt International Festival of Literature in association with Galway 2020 presents

World Literature Day

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CentenaryDuring Cúirt International Festival of Literature 2020 and throughout the year, the life and legacy of the novelist Eilís Dillon will be celebrated in the city where she grew up.

Best known for Across the Bitter Sea, her big historical novel about the road to Irish independence, Dillon was also a prolific author of children’s books, publishing some 40 of them between 1948 and 1992.

Widely travelled and an innovator in every sense, her first works were published in the Irish language and those and subsequent stories were rooted in the landscape of South Connemara.

During 2020, Cúirt and others in Galway and further afield will hold events to celebrate her life, revisit her writings for both children and adults, and consider the European perspective that Eilís Dillon brought to her work.

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Le linn Fhéile Idirnáisiúnta Litríochta Cúirt 2020 agus i rith na bliana, déanfar comóradh ar shaol agus ar oidhreacht an úrscéalaí Eilís Dillon sa chathair inar tógadh í.

Tá an cháil is mó uirthi as an saothar, Across the Bitter Sea, a húrscéal mór stairiúil maidir leis an troid ar son shaoirse na hÉireann, ach foilsíodh breis agus 40 leabhar do pháistí dá cuid idir 1948 agus 1992.

Rinne sí roinnt mhaith taistil le linn a saoil, agus ba nuálaí í ar gach bealach. Ba i nGaeilge a foilsíodh na chéad saothair uaithi agus bhí na scéalta sin agus na cinn a tháinig ina ndiaidh fréamhaithe i dtírdhreach Chonamara Theas.

Le linn 2020, reáchtálfaidh Cúirt agus daoine eile i nGaillimh agus i gcéin imeachtaí chun a saol a cheiliúradh, le cuairt a thabhairt an athuair ar a scríbhinní do pháistí agus do dhaoine fásta araon, agus le machnamh a dhéanamh ar an léargas Eorpach a thug Eilís Dillon dá saothar.

DATE / DÁTACúirt International Festival of Literature, April and throughout the year


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Artist Kari Kola developed his love of working with light in his native Finland, where the autumns and winters are long and very dark. His professional career has taken him to many unique places including Villa de Laak, the sacred Saana Mountain and the Stonehenge UNESCO World Heritage site.

2017 saw Kola begin a journey throughout the dark Finnish winter as his spectacular lightworks illuminated the country’s most significant sites including Saana Mountain.

For Galway 2020, Kola and his team turn their attention to the extraordinary beauty of the Connemara mountains as he attempts to create the largest lit artwork ever made. Exploring the Galway 2020 theme of landscape, he brings the newest technology to bear on one of Ireland’s most famous locations. In a massive illumination, Kola will green the mountain range in a dazzling display of technical virtuosity that will coincide with Ireland’s St Patrick’s Day celebrations.

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D’fhorbair an t-ealaíontóir Kari Kola a ghrá do bheith ag obair le solas san Fhionlainn, áit a mbíonn an fómhar agus an geimhreadh fada agus dorcha. Le linn a ghairmréime, thaistil sé chuig go leor suíomhanna uathúla, lena n-áirítear Villa de Laak, Sliabh Saana agus Láithreán Oidhreachta Domhanda UNESCO, Stonehenge.

In 2017, thosaigh Kola ar thuras le linn gheimhreadh dorcha na Fionlainne agus shoilsigh a shaothair iontacha na suíomhanna is suntasaí sa tír, sliabh Saana ina measc.

Do Ghaillimh 2020, déanfaidh Kola agus a fhoireann a n-aird a dhíriú ar áilleacht neamhghnách shléibhte Chonamara agus é ag iarraidh an saothar ealaíne soilsithe is mó a rinneadh riamh a chruthú. Agus téama tírdhreacha Ghaillimh 2020 á iniúchadh aige, tugann sé an teicneolaíocht is nuálaí chuig ceann de na háiteanna is cáiliúla in Éirinn. I soilsiú ollmhór, cuirfidh Kola dath glas ar an sliabhraon i dtaispeántas mórthaibhseach de rímháistreacht theicniúil a bheidh ar siúl ag an am céanna le ceiliúradh Lá Fhéile Pádraig na hÉireann.

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Branar Téatar do Pháistí invites you to join it on an immersive theatre adventure through the story of the Irish Language, Sruth na Teanga. Branar will create different worlds, each offering a poetic interpretation of crucial periods in the life cycle of this ancient language. The audience is invited into an unforgettable theatrical experience, encountering imaginative worlds that evoke the landscape, history and forces that have shaped Gaeilge, one of the ten most ancient languages still spoken today.

Experience a true sense of adventure with cinematic levels of detail as you travel from one room to the next in five other-worldly experiences combining live performance, puppetry, music, video mapping, breath-taking design and beautiful imagery. Branar’s world-class brand of storytelling will enchant audiences of children aged 8-plus and adults alike.

Tugann Branar Téatar do Pháistí cuireadh duit páirt a ghlacadh in eachtra thumthach amharclannaíochta trí scéal na Gaeilge, Sruth na Teanga. Cruthóidh Branar saolta éagsúla, le gach ceann acu ag tabhairt léirmhíniú filíochta ar na tréimhsí ríthábhachtacha i saolré na teanga ársa seo. Tugtar cuireadh don lucht féachana páirt a ghlacadh in eispéireas amharclannaíochta a fhanfaidh sa chuimhne go brách. Ar an gcosán draíochtúil seo, rachaidh siad isteach i saolta samhlaíocha ina músclófar an tírdhreach, an stair agus na fórsaí a mhúnlaigh an Ghaeilge, ceann de dheich gcinn de na teangacha is ársa a labhraítear sa lá atá inniu ann.

Glac páirt in eachtra fhíorspeisialta ina mbeidh maisíochtaí ar leibhéil scánnánaíochta. Téigh ar an gconair ó sheomra go seomra, áit a mbeidh cúig eispéireas osnádúrtha le taibhléiriú beo, puipéadóireacht, ceol, teilgmhapáil, íomhánna áille agus dearadh a bhainfidh an anáil díot. Tá bua scéalaíochta den chéad scoth ag Branar agus níl amhras ach go mbeidh an lucht féachana faoi gheasa ag an mórléiriú iontach seo. In oiriúint do pháistí os cionn ocht mbliana d’aois agus do dhaoine fásta araon.

DATE / DÁTA2–29 March

VENUE / IONADAirport Terminal Building, Carnmore


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DATE / DÁTAImbolc and Bealtaine

LOCATION / SUÍOMHConnacht and Ulster

Sea Tamagotchi Commissioned by Galway 2020 Manchán Magan, Emily Robyn Archer

Is tionscadal ealaíne teangeolaíochta é Sea Tamagotchi: Foclóir Farraige ina ndéantar focail mhuirí agus logainmneacha atá i mbaol i réigiúin chósta na Gaillimhe, Mhaigh Eo, Shligigh agus Dhún na nGall a lorg agus a cheiliúradh.

Téann Manchán Magan ar bhóithre farraige gach réigiúin i gcomhluadar béaloideasóra, cartagrafaí nó teangeolaí áitiúil, ag lorg logainmneacha agus focail atá ligthe i ndearmad.

Scaiptear iad sin ar an bpobal ansin ag stainnín mar a bheadh ag carnabhal ina dtugtar cuireadh do dhaoine cluichí a imirt, ag scaipeadh na bhfocal lena linn.

Reáchtálfar tionól mór ceiliúrtha ansin, áit a dtabharfar foclóir iomlán na bhfocal athaimsithe mar bhronntanas don domhan.

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Sea Tamagotchi: Foclóir Farraige is a linguistic art project that seeks out and celebrates endangered maritime words and placenames in the coastal regions of Galway, Mayo, Sligo and Donegal.

Manchán Magan roams the sea-roads of each region in the company of a local folklorist, cartographer or linguist, seeking out forgotten placenames and words.

These are then distributed to the public at a carnival-like stall, where people are invited to play games, circulating the words in the process.

A grand celebratory gathering will then take place, where the full dictionary of rediscovered words will be gifted to the world.

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DATE / DÁTA20 March–4 April

VENUE / IONADEyre Square and various city locations


FAI in association with Galway 2020 presents

Onside To coincide with the Galway leg of the National Football Exhibition, Onside will demonstrate and celebrate football’s track record of grassroots community activism and its ability to engage with people from all walks of life.

The project will place a particular emphasis on the issues of cultural diversity and refugee integration, given that it coincides with International Day Against Racism and European Week Against Racism in late March.

In addition to the on-street fun engagement activities and football matches, the project will also showcase some of the amazing work done by local communities and football organisations across Europe in response to the recent and ongoing refugee crisis.

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I gcomhthráth le cuid na Gaillimhe den Taispeántas Náisiúnta Peile, déanfaidh Onside léiriú agus ceiliúradh ar an rath atá ar an bpeil maidir le gníomhaíocht a spreagadh i measc an phobail agus an cumas atá aici dul i gcion ar gach cineál duine.

Leagfar béim ar leith sa tionscadal ar shaincheisteanna a bhaineann le héagsúlacht chultúrtha agus lánpháirtiú dídeanaithe, ós rud é go bhfuil sé ag tarlú ag an am céanna leis an Lá Idirnáisiúnta in aghaidh an Chiníochais agus Seachtain na hEorpa in aghaidh an Chiníochais ag deireadh mhí an Mhárta.

Sa bhreis ar na gníomhaíochtaí siamsaíochta sráide agus na cluichí peile, taispeánfar cuid den obair iontach a rinne pobail áitiúla agus eagraíochtaí peile ar fud na hEorpa mar fhreagra ar ghéarchéim leanúnach na ndídeanaithe.FREEFREE FAMILY

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CellissimoArtistic Director, Finghin Collins, Executive Director, Anna Lardi FogartyRussia, Italy, France, Germany, Hungary, UK, Canada, Sweden, Ireland, China, Croatia, the Netherlands

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Is mórfhéile thríbhliantúil idirnáisiúnta nua í Cellissimo ina ndéanfar ceiliúradh ar an dordveidhil, ceann de na huirlisí ceoil is ilghnéithí agus is mó a bhfuil gean uirthi, ina héagsúlachtaí go léir. Mar chuid den fhéile, baileoidh dordveidhleadóirí ó gach cearn den domhan i nGaillimh agus ina measc siúd beidh Mischa Maisky, Giovanni Sollima, Nicolas Altstaedt, István Várdai, Tatjana Vassiljeva, Marc Coppey, Laura van her Heijden, Hannah Roberts, Natalie Haas, Jakob Koranyi agus Naomi Berrill.

Tá trí cheolchoirm mhór ceolfhoirne sa phríomhchlár ealaíne. Ina measc sin, tá an chéad léiriú in Éirinn den Choinséartó Crouching Tiger le Tan Dun, á sheinm ag Ceolfhoireann Shiansach Náisiúnta RTÉ agus á stiúradh ag an gcumadóir. Cuirfidh Aonréadaithe Zagreb agus Ceolfhoireann Shiansach Náisiúnta RTÉ coinséartónna dordveidhle de chuid Haydn, Vivaldi agus Elgar i láthair. Léireofar an chéad taibhiú de cheolchoirmeacha nua dordveidhle le Gerald Barry agus Julia Wolfe, arna gcomhchoimisiúnú le Cello Biënnale Amsterdam.

Déanfar comóradh 250 bliain Beethoven a cheiliúradh le léiriú de gach ceann de na cúig shonáid dordveidhle. Beidh ceolchoirmeacha Bach Plus ar siúl in Eaglais Choláisteach San Nioclás i gCathair na Gaillimhe agus ar fud Chontae na Gaillimhe. Éist le píosa nua Bill Whelan a cumadh go speisialta do Dhordveidhil na Gaillimhe, uirlis ó lámh an luthier Kuros Torkzadeh nó téigh ar chonair na ndordveidhilí ar Inis Bó Finne. Fáiltítear roimh dhordveidhleadóirí ó chian is ó chóngar a gcuid uirlisí a thabhairt leo agus a bheith rannpháirteach sa cheolchoirm dheiridh – móroíche cheoil ar an dordveidhil.

Cellissimo, a major new international triennial cello festival, will celebrate one of the world’s most beloved and versatile instruments in all its diversity. As part of the festival, cellists from all over the world will gather in Galway including Mischa Maisky, Giovanni Sollima, Nicolas Altstaedt, István Várdai, Tatjana Vassiljeva, Marc Coppey, Laura van der Heijden, Hannah Roberts, Natalie Haas, Jakob Koranyi and Naomi Berrill.

The core artistic programme features three major orchestral concerts, including the Irish premiere of the Crouching Tiger Concerto by Tan Dun, performed by the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra and conducted by the composer. The Zagreb Soloists and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra will present cello concertos by Haydn, Vivaldi and Elgar. Premieres of new cello concertos by Gerald Barry and Julia Wolfe, co-commissioned with the Cello Biënnale Amsterdam will also take place.

Beethoven’s 250th anniversary will be marked by a performance of all five cello sonatas, while Bach Plus concerts will take place in St. Nicholas’ Collegiate Church in Galway City and locations throughout County Galway. Hear Bill Whelan’s new piece for the Galway Cello, made by luthier Kuros Torkzadeh or join a cello trail on Inishbofin. The closing concert – a cello extravaganza – invites cellists from far and wide to bring their instruments and join in.

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VENUE / IONADPálás


Pálás in association with Galway City Council presents

Song of the SeaDATE / DÁTAImbolc


Galway-based cultural body Screen Ireland has been supporting the growth of the Irish film industry and the artists who work within it since 1993. Throughout the year, Screen Ireland and Pálás Cinema will host some of those artists for in-depth conversations, with screenings of their work.

Pálás will reach into the wider community to host a screening of beloved Irish film, Song of the Sea, on the Atlantic coast that inspired it.

Song of the Sea is steeped in Irish mythology and inspired by our coastal landscape. Saoirse is a child who is the last of the selkies, women in Irish and Scottish legends who transform from seals into people. She escapes from her grandmother’s home to journey to the sea and free fairy creatures trapped in the modern world.

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Ó 1993 i leith, tá tacaíocht tugtha ag an gcomhlacht cultúrtha Screen Ireland do thionscal scannánaíochta na hÉireann. I rith na bliana, beidh ealaíontóirí á dtabhairt go Gaillimh ag Screen Ireland agus Pictiúrlann Pálás chun a ngairmeacha beatha a phlé, mar aon le léiriúcháin dá saothar.

Beidh Pálás ag bogadh amach ón bhfoirgneamh féin chun léiriú den scannán Éireannach, Song of the Sea, a thaispeáint amach ar chósta an Atlantaigh, áit a bhí ina díol ionspioráide dó.

Tá baint mhór ag miotaseolaíocht na hÉireann le Song of the Sea, agus fuarthas spreagadh dó ó thírdhreach an chósta. Is páiste í Saoirse, duine de na selkies deireannacha. Mná i bhfinscéalta na hÉireann agus na hAlban is ea selkies, a chlaochlaíonn ó rón go duine. Éalaíonn sí ó bhaile a seanmháthar le taisteal chun na farraige chun sióga a scaoileadh saor ó dhomhan an lae inniu.

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We are the Poets Presented by Poetry Ireland, Laureate na nÓg and Children’s Books Ireland in association with Galway 2020

Ireland’s fifth Laureate na nÓg, Sarah Crossan believes that all of us have a poem or verse inside our heads, waiting to be unleashed. Her theme as Laureate is We are the Poets, a two-year project inspiring young people to express themselves through poetry and verse.

Together with our friends at Poetry Ireland and Laureate na nÓg Sarah Crossan, Galway 2020 will collaborate with our poetry team to create poems in a selection of Galway schools on our themes of landscape, language and migration.

The creativity of these young Galway poets will be showcased in a county-wide series of public events in April.

Listen out for the poets on the radio as they champion diversity of voice in writing and performance throughout Poetry Month 2020.

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Creideann an cúigiú Laureate na nÓg, Sarah Crossan, go bhfuil dán nó véarsa againn go léir laistigh dár gcloigne, réidh le scaoileadh amach. Is é We are the Poets an téama atá aici mar Laureate, tionscadal dhá bhliain ina spreagtar daoine óga chun iad féin a chur in iúl trí fhilíocht agus véarsaíocht.

In éineacht lenár gcairde in Éigse Éireann agus Laureate na nÓg, Sarah Crossan, beidh Gaillimh 2020 ag obair i gcomhar leis an bhfoireann filíochta chun dánta a chumadh i rogha scoileanna ar ár dtéamaí – tírdhreach, teanga agus imirce. Beidh cruthaitheacht na bhfilí óga seo as Gaillimh á léiriú i sraith imeachtaí poiblí ar fud an chontae i mí Aibreáin.

Bí ag faire amach do na filí ar an raidió agus iad ag léiriú éagsúlacht scríbhneoireachta agus taibhléirithe le linn Mhí na Filíochta 2020.FREE

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Comhaltas Contae na Gaillimhe in association with Galway 2020 presents

Comhaltas and Céilí at the Crossroads

Established in 1951 to nurture Ireland’s cultural traditions including music, song, dance and Irish language, Comhaltas is a voluntary not-for-profit organisation with branches all over the world including, Africa, Australia, Japan, Canada, America and Great Britain. Volunteers organise a wide range of cultural workshops, festivals, activities and events annually.

One of the special events that Comhaltas will deliver in partnership with Galway 2020 is Céilí at the Crossroads, an incredible celebration of music in our towns and villages.

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Bunaíodh Comhaltas in 1951 chun traidisiúin chultúrtha na hÉireann a chothú, ceol, amhránaíocht, damhsa agus an Ghaeilge ina measc. Is eagraíocht dheonach neamhbhrabúis é Comhaltas agus tá craobhacha dá chuid ar fud an domhain, san Afraic, san Astráil, sa tSeapáin, i gCeanada, i Meiriceá agus sa Bhreatain Mhór. Eagraíonn oibrithe deonacha réimse leathan de cheardlanna cultúrtha, féilte, gníomhaíochtaí agus imeachtaí gach bliain.

Tá Céilí ag an gCrosbhóthar ar cheann de na himeachtaí speisialta a dhéanfaidh Comhaltas a chur i láthair i gcomhpháirtíocht le Gaillimh 2020, ceiliúradh iontach ceoil inár mbailte agus inár sráidbhailte.

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International Music SeriesThe National Concert Hall, Dublin in association with Galway 2020

In its ground-breaking partnership with Dublin’s National Concert Hall, Galway 2020 introduces a series of international concerts in a variety of venues across the city.

With a programme ranging from the most exciting music of today to some of classical music’s leading artists and ensembles, Galway will host some of the world’s finest musicians. See these musicians in solo concerts and collaborations, which will mark 2020 as a year when the world came to the city.

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Ina comhpháirtíocht úrnua le Ceoláras Náisiúnta Bhaile Átha Cliath, cuirfidh Gaillimh 2020 sraith de cheolchoirmeacha idirnáisiúnta i láthair in ionaid éagsúla ar fud na cathrach.

Le clár ina bhfuil réimse den cheol is corraithí sa lá atá inniu ann agus cuid de na healaíontóirí is mó de chuid an cheoil chlasaicigh, déanfaidh Gaillimh óstáil ar roinnt de na ceoltóirí is fearr ó áiteanna éagsúla ar fud na cruinne i gceolchoirmeacha aonair agus i gcomhar, ina ndéanfar ceiliúradh ar 2020 mar bhliain inar tháinig an domhan go dtí an chathair.

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DATE / DÁTAWorkshop 6–20 April Screening July, Galway Film Fleadh


Galway 2020 and Galway Film Centre in association with Screen Talent Europe present

Northern Peripheries

Sixteen European partners join Galway Film Centre, Galway UNESCO City of Film, to inspire young filmmakers from all over Europe.

During 2020, 16 young filmmakers selected from Galway and across Europe will come together for three weeks in an intensive workshop to create a number of films facilitated by expert filmmakers from the network.

The exchange of knowledge and capacity building for these filmmakers will then be produced in a toolkit, which will be available online.

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Beidh 16 chomhpháirtí Eorpacha ag obair i gcomhar le hIonad Scannánaíochta na Gaillimhe, Ceantar Scannán UNESCO na Gaillimhe, chun scannánóirí óga ón Eoraip a spreagadh.

Le linn 2020, tiocfaidh 16 scannánóir óga ó Ghaillimh agus trasna na hEorpa le chéile ar feadh trí seachtaine do dhiancheardlann. Beidh scannáin á gcruthú acu le cuidiú ó shaineolaithe ó ghréasán na scannánóirí.

Cuirfear pacáiste le chéile, a bheidh ar fáil ar líne, bunaithe ar an roinnt eolais agus forbairt acmhainní na scannánóirí seo.

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DATE / DÁTAFebruary–December

VENUE / IONADUniversity Hospitals: Galway, Merlin Park, Portiuncula, Mayo, Sligo, Letterkenny and Roscommon

LOCATION / SUÍOMHConnacht & Ulster

Galway 2020 and Saolta Arts in partnership with Saolta University Health Care Group presents

The Deepest Shade of Green

Over three distinct seasons in 2020, Saolta Arts presents exhibitions, events and new work by renowned Irish visual artists Ceara Conway and Deirdre O’Mahony and theatre practitioners Sarah Fuller and Manuela Corbari.

The Deepest Shade of Green explores the importance of connecting our hospitals with the world outside, and the importance of listening to and learning from those who use them. Made for, with, and about the hospital community, The Deepest Shade of Green creates spaces for a diversity of voices to be heard by one another.

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I rith trí shéasúr in 2020, cuirfidh Saolta Arts taispeántais agus imeachtaí i láthair, chomh maith le saothar nua de chuid na n-amharcealaíontóirí Éireannacha, Ceara Conway agus Deirdre O’Mahony, agus na cleachtóirí amharclannaíochta, Sarah Fuller agus Manuela Corbari.

In The Deepest Shade of Green déanfar iniúchadh ar a thábhachtaí atá sé ár n-ospidéil a nascadh leis an saol lasmuigh, agus an tábhacht a bhaineann le bheith ag éisteacht leo siúd a úsáideann iad agus foghlaim uathu. Cumadh The Deepest Shade of Green do phobal an ospidéil agus i gcomhar leo, agus cruthófar ann spásanna le haghaidh guthanna éagsúla chun go gcloisfidh siad a chéile.

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Tugann Aistriú léargas úrnua ar chuid de na scríbhneoirí Gaeilge is cáiliúla.

In Aistriú, déanfar scríbhinní Uí Chadhain, Sayers, Uí Dhireáin, Ní Dhomhnaill agus daoine eile ar théama na himirce a aistriú go teangacha éagsúla agus a roinnt le léitheoirí nua ar fud na hEorpa.

Tá Gaillimh 2020 tar éis dhá shaothar nua a choimisiúnú a rachaidh i ngleic go cruthaitheach leis na téacsanna agus a chuirfidh a dtéamaí os comhair an phobail ar bhealaí spreagúla: ‘Slán’ leis an amharclannóir James Riordan ó Brú Theatre in éineacht leis an Dr Mairéad Ní Chróinín, agus ‘Leide Beag’ leis an gcumadóir ceoil Ian Wilson.

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Aistriú sheds new light on some of the best-known Irish language writers.

Aistriú will translate the writings of Ó Cadhain, Sayers, Ó Direáin, Ní Domhnaill and others on the theme of migration into a range of different languages, making the texts available to new readers across Europe.

Galway 2020 has commissioned two original works that will engage creatively with the texts and present their themes to the public in inspiring ways: ‘Slán’ by theatre-maker James Riordan of Brú Theatre with Dr Mairéad Ní Chróinín, and ‘Leide Beag’ by music composer Ian Wilson.

Galway 2020 in association withNUI Galway presents

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DATE / DÁTA10 & 26 April, 24 May, 28 June, 27 September, 22 November

VENUE / IONADCollegiate Church of St Nicholas



This new concert series for Galway is inspired by the 17th Century Abendmusik in the north German city of Lübeck, another port city with a history of thriving mercantile endeavour.

Sacred and secular, old and new will be brought together, with five new commissions from Irish composers featuring alongside the finest music from centuries past. Some of Ireland’s most eminent ensembles and performers will take part alongside artists from around Europe.

Ainmníodh an tsraith nua ceolchoirmeacha seo do Ghaillimh i ndiaidh na gceolchoirmeacha cáiliúla a reáchtáladh sa 17ú hAois in Lübeck, i dtuaisceart na Gearmáine, calafort eile le stair rathúil tráchtála.

Tabharfar ceol diaga, ceol saolta agus ceol nua le chéile, le cúig choimisiún nua ó chumadóirí Éireannacha, agus iad á gcur i láthair le cuid den cheol is breátha ó na haoiseanna atá imithe.Beidh cuid de na ensembles agus na taibheoirí is fearr in Éirinn páirteach ann taobh le ceoltóirí ón Eoraip.

Music for Galway and Galway 2020 present

Abendmusik: Crossing Borders Artistic Director, Mark Duley

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Druid: The Galway TourA Galway 2020 commission

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DATE / DÁTAApril–July

VENUE / IONADVarious


Le Druid: The Galway Tour, cuirfidh Druid clár spreagúil, uaillmhianach i láthair timpeall an chontae, ag tabhairt chun cuimhne an dúthracht a chaith siad ón tús le camchuairt tuaithe. Camchuairt mhór uathúil a bheidh i gceist, ina mbeidh an compántas ina gcónaí agus ag obair i mbailte móra agus bailte beaga ar fud Chontae na Gaillimhe, ag cruthú agus ag léiriú sraith de na drámaí aon-ghnímh Éireannacha is fearr dá bhfuil ann.

Mar chuid den tionscadal, beidh compántas d’aisteoirí, de dhaoine cruthaitheacha chomh maith le pearsanra teicniúil leabaithe i bpobail ar fud an chontae. Beidh deis ag na pobail áitiúla freastal ar chleachtaí, idirghníomhú leis an gcliar agus bheith páirteach i léiriú gairmiúil ó chompántas amharclainne a bhfuil a ainm in airde ar fud an domhain mhóir.

Mar bhailchríoch ar an turas beidh tréimhse chónaitheach míosa in Amharclann Mick Lally ar Lána an Draoi i rith an tsamhraidh in 2020. Déanfar an tionscadal seo a athshamhlú go cruthaitheach agus a léiriú ar láithreacha agus in ionaid suíomhoiriúnaithe, agus fágfaidh sé oidhreacht bhuan ina dhiaidh i gcreatlach na bpobal sin.

Druid will present an exciting, ambitious, county-wide project recalling the company’s original and on-going commitment to rural touring with Druid: The Galway Tour. In a large-scale tour, the company will live and work in the towns and villages across County Galway, creating and presenting a series of the greatest Irish one-act plays of the 20th century.

As part of the project, a company of Druid actors, creatives and technical personnel will be embedded in communities throughout the county. With access to rehearsals and interactions with the cast, local communities will have a unique opportunity to engage in a professional production by a world-renowned theatre company.

The tour will culminate in a month-long residency in The Mick Lally Theatre on Druid Lane during summer 2020. Creatively re-imagined and presented in site-specific locations and venues, it is hoped that this project will leave a lasting legacy within the fabric of these communities.

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Lá Bealtaine, tinte cnámh, bláthanna agus féastaí le muintir agus cairde

May Day, bonfires, flowers and feasts with family and friends

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Internationally-renowned artist David Best, famous for his ephemeral Temples at the Burning Man event in the Nevada Desert, comes to Galway in a pioneering new work which unites young people north and south of the border in Ireland. After Derry’s UK City of Culture 2013, David Best and his Temple Crew memorably created a non-religious temple where those on opposing sides left their weapons, differences and grievances outside, acknowledging the past and readying themselves to move on.

Five years later, on the centenary of the Government of Ireland Act, which established the border between the Republic and Northern Ireland, Galway 2020 has invited Best to revisit with Borderline at a time when our own border and many others across the world are a topic of dispute, representing the most contentious geopolitical spaces of our time.

For Galway 2020, Best will reunite with those brought together in Derry to work alongside the Galway community to create another extraordinary temporary monument to a world without borders, conflict and the pain of division.

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Tá an t-ealaíontóir idirnáisiúnta David Best, a bhfuil cáil air as a theampaill ghearrshaolacha ag an imeacht Burning Man i nGaineamhlach Nevada, ag teacht go Gaillimh le saothar nua ceannródaíoch a thabharfaidh daoine óga ó thuaidh agus ó dheas den teorainn in Éirinn le chéile. Tar éis do Dhoire bheith mar Chathair Chultúir na Ríochta Aontaithe in 2013, d’oibrigh Best agus a chriú chun teampall neamhreiligiúnach a chruthú, áit ar fhág daoine ar an dá thaobh airm, difríochtaí agus gearáin taobh amuigh, ag glacadh leis an am a bhí caite agus á n-ullmhú féin chun bogadh ar aghaidh.

Cúig bliana níos déanaí, ar chomóradh céad bliain Acht Rialtas na hÉireann, a bhunaigh an teorainn idir an Poblacht agus Tuaisceart Éireann, tá cuireadh tugtha ag Gaillimh 2020 do Best cuairt a thabhairt an athuair le Borderline ag am a bhfuil ár dteorainn féin agus go leor eile ar fud an domhain mar ábhar achrainn, ag léiriú na spásanna geopholaitíochta is conspóidí sa lá atá inniu ann.

Do Ghaillimh 2020, tabharfaidh Best na daoine as Doire le chéile arís le hobair i gcomhar le pobal na Gaillimhe agus tógfaidh siad séadchomhartha sealadach urghnách in ómós do dhomhan gan teorainneacha, gan choinbhleacht agus gan phian na deighilte.

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LOCATION / SUÍOMHAcross Galway City

Galway Theatre Festival 2020

Galway Theatre Festival features nine days of exciting theatre, circus, spectacle, and storytelling, showcasing the vibrant performance culture of Ireland’s festival city.

The goal of Galway Theatre Festival is to bring a fresh and lively programme of performance to the streets and venues of Galway, evoking a raw energy and adventurous spirit. The festival provides a platform for national artists and artists based in the West of Ireland, bringing together a high-quality programme that showcases the best talents in theatre, spectacle, circus, storytelling and immersive performance.

galwaytheatrefestival.com

Beidh naoi lá d’amharclannaíocht spreagúil, sorcas, mórthaispeántas agus scéalaíocht i bhFéile Amharclannaíochta na Gaillimhe, ag cur cultúr beoga taibhléirithe na cathrach os comhair an phobail.

Tá sé mar sprioc ag Féile Amharclannaíochta na Gaillimhe clár úr agus bríomhar taibhléirithe a thabhairt chuig sráideanna agus ionaid na Gaillimhe, ag múscailt fuinneamh nádúrtha agus spiorad dána. Tugann an fhéile ardán d’ealaíontóirí náisiúnta agus d’ealaíontóirí atá lonnaithe in iarthar na hÉireann. Cuirtear clár ardchaighdeáin i láthair ag léiriú na ndaoine ildánacha a bhíonn ag obair in amharclannaíocht, mórthaispeántas, sorcas, scéalaíocht agus taibhléiriú tumthach.

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Experience the future of Galway through VR [virtual reality]. Use your breath and heartbeat to trigger video and audio and choose your own adventure as you explore new spaces in the city and county.

InterAction is a creative laboratory for participatory theatre and interactive technologies, which explores interaction among citizens and inhabitants of Europe, prompting audience members to explore new ways of ‘inter-acting’ with others and the world around them.

The laboratory will culminate in a number of immersive, experiential productions which will involve participating audiences of all ages throughout Europe.

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Faigh blaiseadh de thodhchaí na Gaillimhe trí RF [réaltacht fhíorúil]. Bain úsáid as d’anáil agus as do chroí chun físeáin agus fuaim a spreagadh agus roghnaigh d’eachtra féin le linn duit a bheith ag féachaint ar spásanna nua sa chathair agus sa chontae.

Is saotharlann chruthaitheach é InterAction le haghaidh amharclannaíocht rannpháirtíochta agus teicneolaíochtaí idirghníomhacha, a dhéanann iniúchadh ar idirghníomhaíocht idir saoránaigh agus áitritheoirí na hEorpa, ag spreagadh baill den lucht féachana chun bealaí nua ‘idirghníomhaíochta’ a fhiosrú le daoine eile agus leis an domhan mórthimpeall orthu.

Le bailchríoch a chur ar an tsaotharlann beidh roinnt léirithe tumthacha, eispéireasacha a mbeidh lucht féachana, idir óg agus aosta, ar fud na hEorpa, rannpháirteach iontu.

InterActionGalway Theatre Festival

DATE / DÁTAMay and November


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Because poetry matters, Galway 2020 will develop a series of commissions, readings and events throughout 2020. Working with Poetry Ireland, Galway Public Libraries and local and international partners, Poetry Matters will celebrate poetry in all of its forms. Amongst the featured poets are Lemn Sissay and Claudia Rankine.

Joining us on Poetry Day Ireland, award-winning poet, author and playwright, Lemn Sissay’s writing details personal struggles growing up as an unclaimed child. From Sissay’s sorrows, he forges beautiful words and a thousand reasons to live and love.

We will also welcome, in association with Poetry Ireland, Queen’s University Belfast and Galway Public Libraries, cultural theorist, poet and playwright Claudia Rankine.

Keep an eye out for further details of visits, commissions and poetry happenings throughout 2020.

poetryireland.ie

Poetry Matters Galway 2020, in association with Poetry Ireland and Galway Public Libraries

DATE / DÁTAThrougout the year


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De bharr thábhacht na filíochta, forbróidh Gaillimh 2020 sraith de choimisiúin, léamha agus imeachtaí le linn 2020. Ag obair i gcomhar le hÉigse Éireann, Leabharlanna Poiblí na Gaillimhe agus comhpháirtithe áitiúla agus idirnáisiúnta, déanfaidh Poetry Matters ceiliúradh ar an bhfilíocht de gach sórt. I measc na bhfilí a bheidh páirteach beidh Lemn Sissay agus Claudia Rankine.

Ar Lá Éigse Éireann beidh an file, údar agus drámadóir clúiteach, Lemn Sissay linn. Léiríonn a shaothar na streachailtí pearsanta a bhí aige agus é ag fás aníos mar pháiste altrama. As dóláis Sissay, cruthaíonn sé focail áille agus na mílte spreagthaí le maireachtáil agus le grá.

Cuirfimid fáilte freisin, i gcomhar le hÉigse Éireann, Ollscoil na Banríona, Béal Feirste agus Leabharlanna Poiblí na Gaillimhe, roimh an teoiricí cultúrtha, file agus drámadóir, Claudia Rankine.

Bí ag faire amach le haghaidh tuilleadh sonraí maidir le cuairteanna, coimisiúin agus imeachtaí filíochta le linn 2020.

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When Galway 2020 thought about making a book set in the Capital of Culture for young readers, the obvious person to write it was Galway’s own Patricia Forde. Patricia’s story is about a little girl who visits the strange and mythical island of Hy Brasil, off the west coast of Ireland, but then follows her heart home to Galway.

Publisher, Little Island came on board with Galway 2020 and invited illustrator Nicola Bernadelli to bring a magic touch to the book.

To the Island is an enchanting story, beautifully illustrated, that families from Galway, Ireland and beyond will treasure. It will be available in May 2020 and to celebrate, a series of events will take place in libraries and public spaces where we’ll rediscover the power of islands – real and imaginary.

littleisland.ie

Nuair a smaoinigh Gaillimh 2020 ar leabhar a scríobh do léitheoirí óga, a bheadh lonnaithe i bPríomhchathair an Chultúir, rogha an-soiléir a bhí ann gurb í Patricia Forde as Gaillimh a thabharfadh faoi. Tá scéal Patricia bunaithe ar chailín beag a thugann cuairt ar oileán aisteach agus miotasach Hy Brasil, amach ó chósta thiar na hÉireann, ach a leanann a croí ina dhiaidh sin le teacht abhaile go Gaillimh.

Tháinig an foilsitheoir, Little Island ar bord le Gaillimh 2020 agus tugadh cuireadh don mhaisitheoir, Nicola Bernadelli, a cuid draíochta a thabhairt don leabhar.

Is scéal álainn é To the Island atá maisithe go gleoite, a bheidh mar sheoid ag muintir na Gaillimhe, na hÉireann agus níos faide i gcéin. Beidh sé ar fáil i mí Bealtaine 2020 agus mar cheiliúradh, beidh sraith imeachtaí ar siúl i leabharlanna agus i spásanna poiblí, áit a meabhrófar cumhacht na n-oileán dúinn – fíor agus samhlaíoch.

To the Island Written by Patricia Forde Illustrated by Nicola Bernadelli Edited by Little Island

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Galway Early Music Festival has been promoting the best of Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque music-making in Galway since 1996. For its 25th anniversary, the festival explores Ireland’s location as a cultural crossroads in the development of music between the 12th and 18th Centuries and how these exchanges have influenced the diversity of music today.

With concerts, workshops, talks, demonstrations, music on the streets and family events, the festival continues its musical journey on the streets and in the venues of medieval Galway.

galwayearlymusic.com

Tá Féile Luathcheoil na Gaillimhe ar bun ó 1996 le ceol Meánaoiseach, ceol an Renaissance agus ceol Barócach a chur chun cinn i nGaillimh. Don chomóradh 25 bliain, féachfaidh an fhéile ar shuíomh na hÉireann mar chrosbhóthar cultúrtha i bhforbairt an cheoil idir an 12ú agus an 18ú Céad agus ar an gcaoi a bhfuil tionchar imeartha aige seo ar éagsúlacht an cheoil sa lá atá inniu ann.

Le ceolchoirmeacha, ceardlanna, cainteanna, taispeántais, ceol ar na sráideanna agus imeachtaí teaghlaigh, leanfaidh an fhéile ar a cosáin cheolmhara ar shráideanna meánaoiseacha agus in ionaid na Gaillimhe.

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The ATLANTEC Festival and Conference 2020 will be held throughout May and will consist of a series of wide-ranging information technology-themed events, of interest to IT industry professionals, community groups and those in education.

ATLANTEC aims to explore advances in Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI & ML), including algorithm development and ever increasing volumes of big data, with a focus on new and emerging technologies and digital trends that are redefining the industry.

The festival will showcase Galway’s diverse technology culture and encourage creativity and collaboration within the IT, business and educational communities in the West of Ireland.

atlantec.ie

Reáchtálfar Féile agus Comhdháil ATLANTEC 2020 i rith mhí na Bealtaine, ina mbeidh sraith d’imeachtaí ar théama na teicneolaíochta faisnéise, ar ábhar spéise iad do ghairmithe thionscal TF, do ghrúpaí pobail agus dóibh siúd san oideachas.

Tá sé mar aidhm ag ATLANTEC féachaint ar an dul chun cinn in Intleacht Shaorga agus i bhFoghlaim Mheaisín (AI & ML), lena n-áirítear forbairt algartam agus méideanna méadaithe mórshonraí, le fócas ar theicneolaíochtaí nua agus treochtaí digiteacha atá ag déanamh sainmhíniú as an nua ar an tionscal.

Léireofar san fhéile cultúr teicneolaíochta éagsúil na Gaillimhe agus spreagfaidh sí cruthaitheacht agus comhoibriú i measc na bpobal TF, gnó agus oideachais in Iarthar na hÉireann.

ATLANTECThe Art of AI & Digital Innovation

DATE / DÁTAThroughout May

VENUE / IONADNUI Galway, Hotel Meyrick


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Crossing the Line Festival is a pan-European festival of outstanding work made by Irish and European artists with intellectual disabilities.Over 100 established and emerging artists from Ireland, Sweden, France, UK, Poland and The Netherlands unite with Blue Teapot Theatre Company in a first of its kind for a European Capital of Culture.

Taking place over four days across multiple venues, the festival puts artists with intellectual disabilities centre-stage, celebrating their unique and original artistry in a programme of theatre, street shows, dance, film, masterclasses and knowledge events.

The heart of the festival, the Hub in Father Burke Park will host daily events while also acting as an accessible place to meet with artists and enjoy the experience of Crossing The Line – a festival for everyone.

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Is féile uile-Eorpach í Crossing The Line Festival ina léirítear saothar iontach ealaíontóirí Éireannacha agus Eorpacha le míchumais intleachtúla. Beidh breis agus 100 ealaíontóir as Éirinn, an tSualainn, an Fhrainc, an Ríocht Aontaithe, an Pholainn agus an Ísiltír ag teacht le chéile le Blue Teapot Theatre Company don chéad fhéile dá leithéid do Phríomhchathair Chultúir na hEorpa.

Beidh an fhéile ar siúl thar cheithre lá in ionaid éagsúla, agus cuirfear ealaíontóirí le míchumais intleachtúla i lár an stáitse, ag ceiliúradh a n-ealaíontacht uathúil i gclár amharclannaíochta, seónna sráide, damhsa, scannáin, máistir-ranganna agus imeachtaí eolais. Beidh imeachtaí laethúla ag croílár na féile, an Mol i bPáirc an Athar de Búrca. Feidhmeoidh an mol mar áit inrochtana chun bualadh le healaíontóirí agus mar áit le sult a bhaint as Crossing The Line – féile do gach duine.

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DATE / DÁTA20 –23 May

VENUES / IONADFather Burke Park, Town Hall Theatre, Black Box Theatre, Mick Lally Theatre, An Taibhdhearc, streets of Galway & Blue Teapot Theatre.


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Galway MovesA collaboration between Galway Dance Project, Dansnest (NL) and Galway 2020

Galway Moves will connect audiences, dance artists and communities to create site-specific performances, inspired and informed by our landscape.

Offering training and capacity-building opportunities in the form of dance classes and workshops, Galway Moves supports Galway choreographers in their professional development.

The project will culminate in three days of site-specific performances and original pieces of choreography, with each performance a dynamic search for hidden inspiration.

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Nascfaidh Galway Moves lucht féachana, ealaíontóirí damhsa agus pobail chun léirithe suíomhoiriúnaithe a chruthú, arna spreagadh ag ár dtírdhreach.

Ag cur deiseanna oiliúna agus forbartha acmhainne ar fáil trí ranganna agus ceardlanna damhsa, tacaíonn Galway Moves le cóiréagrafaithe na Gaillimhe ina bhforbairt ghairmiúil.

Mar chlabhsúr ar an tionscadal, beidh trí lá de thaibhléirithe suíomhoiriúnaithe agus bunphíosaí cóiréagrafaíochta, le cuardach dinimiciúil ar inspioráid cheilte i ngach léiriú.

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LOCATION / SUÍOMHInis Oírr, Aran Islands

Galway 2020 and Drop Everything present

Studio Drop Artists Drop Everything Founder and curator Mary NallyArchitect Emmett McNamara Designer and Builder Harrison Gardner

‘You have to do it wrong to get it right’ – Pádraig Póil, Dry Stone Wall Builder.

An architecture and design project by Drop Everything. Inspired by both the aesthetic and construction methods of common sights on the West of Ireland landscape from corrugated iron hay sheds to stone walls, Studio Drop explores the possibilities of affordable, sustainable and DIY design and building.

Emmett McNamara and Harrison Gardner will create an off-grid, temporary, movable studio space. Introductory workshops in construction design, technique and possibilities for newcomers to the building community will be on offer during the build phase of the project. Once completed, a seasonal rotation of artist residencies will take place in the studio.

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Tionscadal ailtireachta agus dearaidh le Drop Everything. Faoi spreagadh na modhanna aeistéitiúla agus tógála a bhaineann le radharcanna coiteanna ar thírdhreach Iarthar na hÉireann, ó sciobóil déanta d’iarann rocach go claíocha cloiche, féachann Studio Drop ar na féidearthachtaí a bhaineann le dearadh agus le tógáil inacmhainne, inbhuanaithe agus ‘déan féin é’.

Cruthóidh Emmett McNamara agus Harrison Gardner spás stiúideo sealadach ar féidir é a bhogadh. Beidh ceardlanna tosaigh i ndearadh, teicníc agus féidearthachtaí foirgníochta á dtairiscint do dhaoine nua i bpobal na tógála fad a bheidh an tionscadal á thógáil. Nuair a bheidh sé tógtha, reáchtálfar cónaitheachtaí d’ealaíontóirí gach séasúr sa stiúideo.

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Project Baa BaaProduced by Deborah Evers, Emilia Furey and Seamus Sheridan

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Project Baa Baa is a unique programme celebrating the cultural, economic and environmental contribution of sheep in Ireland and Europe. Sheep farmers, researchers and innovators, artists and designers, craft and food producers from across Ireland and Europe will gather in Galway in May 2020, taking Ireland’s agricultural heritage into focus in an EU Congress of Sheep Farming and associated traditions.

These traditions include sheep farming for meat, milk and wool, and the many uses of wool. EU Sheep Congress guests include key international speakers from farming, research, design and eco innovation and agencies such as IWTO, EU Commission, SLOW FOOD, Teagasc, Fáilte Ireland and Bord Bia. The cultural programme includes an international tapestry exhibition and symposium,

a European food and craft fair, a banquet, curated by internationally renowned chef Enda McEvoy, exhibitions in historic textiles and innovative fashion and education projects. It will also include an event where the ancient traditional Galway Hookers will sail into Galway bringing wool on the old cargo route from Kinvara to the Claddagh.

The conference and symposium, workshops, fashion and banquet events will be ticketed. Everything else is free.

Is clár é Project Baa Baa a dhéanann ceiliúradh ar an ionchur cultúrtha, eacnamaíoch agus comhshaoil a bhaineann le caoirigh in Éirinn agus san Eoraip. Tiocfaidh feirmeoirí caorach, taighdeoirí agus nuálaithe, ealaíontóirí agus dearthórí, táirgeoirí bia agus ceardaíochta as Éirinn agus as an Eoraip go Gaillimh i mí na Bealtaine 2020, agus aird á díriú ar oidhreacht talmhaíochta na hÉireann i gComhdháil AE ar an bhFeirmeoireacht Caorach agus ar Thraidisiúin Ghaolmhara.

I measc na dtraidisiún sin tá feirmeoireacht caorach le haghaidh feola, bainne agus úsáidí éagsúla olla. I measc aíonna na Comhdhála AE, beidh eochairchainteoirí idirnáisiúnta ón bhfeirmeoireacht, taighde, dearadh agus éicea-nuálaíocht agus ó áisíneachtaí mar an IWTO, Coimisiún na hEorpa, SLOW FOOD, Teagasc, Fáilte Ireland agus Bord Bia. Mar chuid den chlár cultúrtha beidh taispeántas agus siompóisiam idirnáisiúnta taipéise, aonach de bhia agus de cheardaíocht, féasta arna léiriú ag an gcócaire aitheanta Enda McEvoy, taispeántais i dteicstílí stairiúla agus i bhfaisean nuálach agus tionscadail oideachais. Sa bhreis air sin, beidh imeacht ar siúl ina fheicfear Húicéir na Gaillimhe ag seoladh isteach go Gaillimh ag tabhairt olla ar an seanbhealach lasta ó Chinn Mhara go dtí an Cladach.

Beidh ticéid le ceannach don chomhdháil, an siompóisiam, na ceardlanna, na himeachtaí faisin agus don féasta. Beidh saorchead isteach chuig na himeachtaí eile.

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DATE / DÁTAApril, May, June

VENUE / IONADClaregalway Castle, County Galway schools, CCAM (GMIT), NUI Galway, Pálás, streets of Galway


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Fever Pitch Music Festival

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The homegrown Fever Pitch Music Festival will be a two-day celebration of alternative music during the summer of 2020.A key musical highlight of the Galway summer, Fever Pitch has played host to stand-out acts in Irish alternative music such as The Waterboys, Hothouse Flowers, The Stunning, Gavin James and Aslan. International bands have also graced the stage. Reggae legends UB40 featuring Ali Campbell, drum & bass gems Rudimental and hit indie band Scouting For Girls have all made an appearance in previous festivals.

This 2020 edition will light up the old Galway Airport with a diverse line-up of trailblazers in rock and dance music. Expect two days of great music, partying and lots of craic.

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Ceiliúradh ar an gceol ailtéarnach is ea Féile Cheoil Fever Pitch, a reáchtálfar thar dhá lá le linn an tsamhraidh in 2020. Buaicphointe ceoil an tsamhraidh i nGaillimh, roimhe seo bhí Fever Pitch mar óstach do go leor ceoltóirí iontacha Éireannacha, mar The Waterboys, Hothouse Flowers, The Stunning, Gavin James agus Aslan. Bhí go leor bannaí idirnáisiúnta ar an ardán ag féilte roimhe seo chomh maith. Ina measc bhí laochra ceoil reggae UB40 le Ali Campbell, seoda druma agus dord, Rudimental, agus an banna ceoil indie, Scouting For Girls.

Beidh clár éagsúil de cheannródaithe an rac-cheoil agus an cheoil damhsa ag lonrú sean-Aerfort na Gaillimhe i bhféile 2020. Bímis ag súil le dhá lá de cheol iontach, ceiliúradh agus craic.

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GilgameshA Galway 2020 commissionWriter Marina Carr Director Noeline Kavanagh Designer Julian CrouchExecutive Producer Artichoke

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GilgameshA Galway 2020 commissionWriter Marina Carr Director Noeline Kavanagh Designer Julian CrouchExecutive Producer Artichoke

A dramatic new interpretation of the world’s oldest surviving literary epic – the story of Gilgamesh. In 2020, a giant appears in Galway. Two thirds god, one third human – his name is Gilgamesh. Master storytellers Macnas will bring the epic of Gilgamesh to Galway across four seasons in 2020 (see page 129 for Samhain performances).

Macnas will elevate their signature style, taking traditional theatre and storytelling into new outdoor and digital territories.

During spring 2020, the story of Gilgamesh will unfold. Fragments from the epic will appear across the city and county, inviting intrigue and participation from audiences locally, nationally and internationally.

Summer unleashes the spectacle of Gilgamesh outdoors. Two giants meet across a crowded city joined by a panoply of large-scale characters as Galway becomes the stage for one unforgettable night of revelry.

Each season is a self-contained event and can be experienced independently.

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Léiriú nua drámatúil ar an eipic liteartha is sine ar domhan – scéal Gilgamesh. In 2020, tagann fathach go Gaillimh. Dhá thrian Dia, aon trian duine, Gilgamesh is ainm dó. Tá eipic Gilgamesh á tabhairt go Gaillimh ag na máistir-scéalaithe, Macnas, thar cheithre shéasúr in 2020 (feic lch. 129 do léirithe na Samhna).

Tabharfaidh Macnas a stíl uathúil céim eile chun cinn, agus tabharfaidh siad an amharclannaíocht thraidisiúnta agus scéalaíocht amach go críocha nua amuigh faoin aer agus go cinn dhigiteacha.

Le linn earrach 2020, nochtfar scéal Gilgamesh. Beidh blúirí den eipic le feiceáil timpeall na cathrach agus an chontae, ag spreagadh spéise agus cuireadh á thabhairt do lucht féachana áitiúil, náisiúnta agus idirnáisiúnta bheith rannpháirteach ann.

Sa samhradh, léireofar seóthaispeántas Gilgamesh amuigh faoin aer. Buailfidh beirt fhathach le chéile thar chathair phlódaithe, agus ina dteannta beidh réimse leathan de charachtair mhóra, nuair a bheidh Gaillimh ina hardán d’oíche mhór ragairne a fhanfaidh sa chuimhne go brách.

Imeacht as féin a bheidh ann gach seásúr agus is féidir sult a bhaint astu go neamhspleách.

DATE / DÁTAMarch, April, June

VENUE / IONADMarch / April, activations in various locations online and in the landscape June, various outdoor locations

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Travellers’ Tales

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Galway 2020 is working with Galway Traveller Movement and the National Traveller Organisations on a number of projects that will celebrate Traveller and nomadic cultures in 21st century Ireland and Europe. Sitting within our Small Towns Big Ideas programme MISLEÓR, Festival of Nomadic Cultures is a new festival taking place in October 2019 which is co-produced by Galway Traveller Movement and Alice McDowell, documentary film-maker working in the field of human rights and democracy. Using music, art, film, poetry and talks, MISLEÓR will explore Irish and European nomadic culture and traditions while highlighting the common social, political and cultural barriers these communities experience.

Galway 2020 will also work with local and national Traveller organisations for a special event to mark Traveller Pride Week 2020. This collaborative event will focus on recognising Traveller culture and ethnicity and will highlight the contribution that the Traveller community makes to Irish culture and society.

Galway 2020 is commissioning radio producer Lucy Hannah to work with Traveller communities on a storytelling project that will see participants create their own dramatic retelling of Traveller life and history. Lucy and a creative team will be working over a number of months with Traveller communities to find new ways of making their stories heard.

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Tá Gaillimh 2020 ag obair le Gluaiseacht Taistealaithe na Gaillimhe agus leis na heagraíochtaí náisiúnta Taistealaithe ar thionscadail éagsúla a dhéanfaidh ceiliúradh ar chultúir an Lucht Siúil agus fánaíochta in Éirinn agus san Eoraip sa 21ú haois. Laistigh den chlár, Bailte Beaga Smaointe Móra, is féile nua í MISLEÓR, Féile na gCultúr Fáin a bheidh ar siúl i mí Dheireadh Fómhair 2019, arna comhléiriú ag Gluaiseacht Taistealaithe na Gaillimhe agus Alice McDowell, déantóir scannán faisnéise a bhíonn ag díriú ar chearta daonna agus ar an daonlathas. Ag baint úsáid as ceol, ealaín, scannáin, filíocht agus cainteanna, féachfaidh MISLEÓR ar chultúr agus ar na traidisiúin fánaíochta in Éirinn agus san Eoraip, ag díriú ar na constaicí sóisialta, polaitíochta agus cultúrtha a bhíonn ag na pobail seo go léir.

Beidh Gaillimh 2020 ag obair freisin le heagraíochtaí áitiúla agus náisiúnta Taistealaithe le haghaidh imeacht speisialta do Sheachtain Mhórtais na dTaistealaithe in 2020. Díreoidh an comhtionscadal seo ar aitheantas do chultúr agus eitneacht Taistealaithe, ag díriú ar an méid atá curtha ag pobal na dTaistealaithe le cultúr agus le sochaí na hÉireann.

Tá an léiritheoir raidió Lucy Hannah á choimisiúnú ag Gaillimh 2020 chun oibriú le pobail Taistealaithe ar thionscadal scéalaíochta ina ndéanfaidh rannpháirtithe a n-athinsint féin a chruthú ar shaol agus ar stair na dTaistealaithe. Beidh Lucy agus a foireann chruthaitheach ag obair go ceann roinnt míonna le pobail Taistealaithe chun bealaí nua a aimsiú chun go gcloisfí a scéal.

DATE / DÁTAOctober 2019 and June 2020


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DATE / DÁTA7–12 July

VENUE / SUÍOMHTown Hall Theatre, Pálás Cinema, Galmont Hotel


Galway Film Fleadh

The Galway Film Fleadh is Ireland’s leading film festival, welcoming a wealth and diversity of filmmaking from all around the world, all generations and cultural backgrounds. Founded over 30 years ago to be a platform for Irish filmmakers, the Galway Film Fleadh is now internationally renowned as the discovery place of new Irish film talent. The Galway Film Fleadh doesn’t do red carpets; it brings luminaries of the craft and everyday cinephiles together within an informal and intimate environment to share in the wonder of cinema.

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Is í Fleadh Scannán na Gaillimhe príomhfhéile scannán na hÉireann, ag léiriú scannánaíocht éagsúil ó áiteanna ar fud an domhain, ó gach glúin agus gach cúlra cultúrtha. Bunaíodh Fleadh Scannán na Gaillimhe breis agus 30 bliain ó shin chun bheith mar ardán do lucht déanta scannán in Éirinn, ach aithnítear anois go hidirnáisiúnta í mar áit le tallann nua scannánaíochta na hÉireann a aimsiú. Ní bhíonn aon bhrat dearg ag Fleadh Scannán na Gaillimhe; tugann sí réaltaí na ceardaíochta agus gnáthdhíograiseoirí scannán le chéile laistigh de thimpeallacht neamhfhoirmiúil agus cairdiúil chun iontas na scannánaíochta a roinnt.

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The Peripheral Visions project seeks to connect cinema communities on the periphery of Europe, by using technology and the film festival network.

In April, young Galwegians will join 48 other European cities, from 35 different countries, as part of the European Film Academy’s Young Audience Award – a ‘Eurovision style’ cinema event.

In July, 14 film festivals will come together at the Galway Film Fleadh to formalise the

‘Europa Festivals Network.’ This network will curate a roster of cinematic gems for a festival tour of County Galway’s finest film clubs and cultural venues.

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Tá sé mar aidhm ag Peripheral Visions pobail na scannánaíochta ar imeall na hEorpa a nascadh, ag baint úsáid as teicneolaíocht agus gréasán na bhféilte scannán.

I mí Aibreáin, beidh aos óg na Gaillimhe ag obair i gcomhar le 48 cathair Eorpach eile, ó 35 tír éagsúil, mar chuid de Ghradam Lucht Féachana Óg de chuid Acadamh Scannánaíochta na hEorpa – imeacht scannánaíochta ar stíl na hEoraifíse.

Ansin, i mí Iúil, tiocfaidh 14 fhéile scannán le chéile ag Fleadh Scannán na Gaillimhe chun Líonra na bhFéilte Eorpacha a chur ar bhonn foirmiúil. Beidh an líonra seo i mbun coimeádaíochta ar liosta de sheoda scannánaíochta a léireofar i gclubanna scannán agus in ionaid chultúir Chontae na Gaillimhe.

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Peripheral Visions

DATE / DÁTAYoung Audience Award 26 April Galway Film Fleadh 7–12 July


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Basketball Ireland in association with Galway 2020 presents

HoopsHoops sees Basketball Ireland set up a pop-up basketball court in Eyre Square.

Using the 3x3 basketball format which continues to grow in popularity around the world, Hoops presents a jam-packed weekend of sport and culture. In addition to the 3x3 competition, there will also be wheelchair basketball games, slam dunk competitions and other activities.

The Hoops project also showcases those elements of urban culture that go hand-in-hand with street basketball and so, each day when the games finish, the court and Eyre Square gets taken over by skateboarding, break-dancers, parkour, DJs and musicians, bringing a colourful mix of sights, sounds and movement.

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Mar chuid de thionscadal Hoops, tógfaidh Basketball Ireland preabchúirt chispheile san Fhaiche Mhór.

Ag baint úsáid as an bhformáid chispheile 3v3, atá de shíor ag fás agus tóir uirthi ar fud an domhain, cuirfidh Hoops deireadh seachtaine lán de spórt agus de chultúr i láthair. Sa bhreis ar an gcomórtas 3x3, beidh cluichí cathaoireacha rothaí, comórtais tréanphlainc agus gníomhaíochtaí eile ann chomh maith.

Ina theannta sin, taispeánfaidh tionscadal Hoops na gnéithe sin den chultúr uirbeach a théann le cispheil sráide agus mar sin, gach lá nuair a chríochnóidh na cluichí, glacfaidh clárscátálaithe, brisdamhsóirí, dioscmharcaigh agus ceoltóirí seilbh ar an gcúirt, ag tabhairt leo meascán ildaite radharcanna, fuaimeanna agus gluaiseachtaí.

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Something distinctive and different emerges when you mix a collective of circus artists sharing a common love for urban dance, with a company of movers, bridging the gap between street dance and theatre.

For this specially created site-specific performance they will work with local Irish artists to explore the possibilities of dance to celebrate and investigate the times we live in.

Imagine hip hop, Afrobeats and Krump with Chinese pole, Parkour and juggling, plus a bit of House and Popping to boot.

Conceived and devised by Mateusz Szczerek, Alessio Motta, Louiseanne Wong, Liza van Brakel, Jack Bain and Timothy Waliggo Kakeeto.

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Tagann rud éigin ar leith agus difriúil chun cinn nuair a mheasctar comharghrúpa d’ealaíontóirí sorcais a bhfuil grá acu ar fad don damhsa uirbeach, le compántas gluaisneoirí, ag trasnú na bearna idir damhsa sráide agus an amharclannaíocht.

Sa léiriú suíomhoiriúnaithe seo oibreoidh siad le healaíontóirí Éireannacha áitiúla chun na féidearthachtaí nithiúla agus damhsa a fhiosrú leis an tréimhse ina mairimid a cheiliúradh agus a imscrúdú.

Samhlaigh hip hop, Afrobeats agus Krump le cuaille Síneach, Parkour agus lámhchleasaíocht, chomh maith le beagán de cheol House agus Popáil chomh maith.

Arna shamhlú agus arna cheapadh ag Mateusz Szczerek, Alessio Motta, Louiseanne Wong, Liza van Brakel, Jack Bain agus Timothy Waliggo Kakeeto.

Human Collective (Ireland) and Rough Connections (Sweden) present in association with Rua Red, Crying Out Loud and Belfast International Arts Festival

Blame Game Unlimited Co-produced by Galway 2020 and Crying Out Loud


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Mirror PavilionJohn Gerrard Irish artist John Gerrard creates two extraordinary artworks, located in Galway City and Connemara, on major LED walls set within a stunning Mirror Pavilion.

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John Gerrard’s Straw Work and Leaf Work will be located at the Claddagh Quay in Galway City and on the spectacular 4,000-year-old Derrigimlagh Bog in Connemara respectively.Gerrard’s works are simulations, virtual worlds deceptively looking like film or video. In both works, a number of leaf and straw covered mythical characters, whose movements respond to ecologies in hyper stress, are generated by an artificial intelligence to create a never-ending, constantly evolving performance.

The large scale and beautiful mirrored structure will reflect the environment around it. In addition, the Pavilion will reflect the individual viewer whose interaction with the work takes on an energy and life all of its own. Crucially, Mirror Pavilion will be powered by local sustainable energy sources.

John Gerrard is best known for his large scale and site-specific works which have been installed in urban spaces such as the Lincoln Center Plaza in New York, Los Angeles County Museum of Art and alongside isolated locations including Palm Desert, California and a Norwegian forest.

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Beidh Saothar Tuí agus Saothar Duille le John Gerrard lonnaithe ag Cé an Chladaigh i gCathair na Gaillimhe agus ar Phortach Dheirgimligh i gConamara faoi seach. Is ionsamhlúcháin, domhain fhíorúla iad saothair Gerrard, a bhfuil an chuma orthu gur scannán nó físeán iad. Sa dá shaothar, gintear carachtair mhiotasacha duilleog-chlúdaithe agus tuí-chlúdaithe, a bhfreagraíonn a ngluaiseachtaí d’éiceolaíochtaí i hipirstrus. Déantar iad a ghiniúint ag intleacht shaorga chun taibhléiriú síoraí atá ag forbairt an t-am ar fad a chruthú.

Beidh an timpeallacht thart timpeall air le feiceáil sa déantús ollmhór álainn scáthánaithe. Sa bhreis air sin, beidh an duine aonair atá ag féachaint air le feiceáil sa phailliún, rud a chruthóidh fuinneamh agus saol dá chuid féin. An rud is tábhachtaí, beidh Mirror Pavilion á chumhachtú ag foinsí fuinnimh inbhuanaithe áitiúla.

Tá an cháil is mó ar John Gerrard as a shaothair mhóra shuíomhoiriúnaithe a insuiteáladh i spásanna uirbeacha mar an Lincoln Center Plaza i Nua-Eabhrac, Los Angeles County Museum of Arts agus i suíomhanna iargúlta i nGaineamhlach Pailme, California agus i bhforaois san Iorua.

TITLE / TEIDEALStraw Work

DATE / DÁTAApril–July

LOCATION / SUÍOMHCladdagh Quay, Galway City

TITLE / TEIDEALLeaf Work

DATE / DÁTAAugust–October

LOCATION / SUÍOMHDerrigimlagh Bog, Connemara, Galway County

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Galway International Arts Festival 2020

Regarded as one of the top summer festivals in Europe, Galway International Arts Festival is Ireland’s largest multidisciplinary festival.

In recent years festival productions have toured the globe to critical acclaim and a number of major new Irish theatre productions and visual art commissions, including John Gerrard’s Mirror Pavilion (see pages 84, 85), will receive their world premieres at GIAF 2020.

Live music at the Heineken Big Top, a European Street Spectacle Programme, Irish and international theatre, circus, opera, music and visual arts, as well as the Festival Garden and an expanded First Thought Talks Programme will make for a huge explosion of art and ideas across 14 extraordinary days. The festival will also produce a First Thought Talks Autumn Season in October at NUI Galway.

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Féachtar uirthi mar cheann de na féilte samhraidh is fearr san Eoraip, is í Féile Idirnáisiúnta Ealaíon na Gaillimhe an fhéile ildisciplíneach is mó in Éirinn.

Le blianta beaga anuas, fuair léirithe de chuid na Féile a chuaigh ar chamchuairt ar fud na cruinne moladh ard ó léirmheastóirí. Beidh na chéad taibhithe de mhórléirithe amharclannaíochta agus coimisiúin amharc-ealaíne, Mirror Pavilion le John Gerrard san áireamh, (feic lgh. 84, 85) ag GIAF 2020.

Beidh pléascadh ollmhór ealaíne agus smaointe ar siúl thar cheithre lá dhéag, le ceol beo i Mórphuball Heineken, Clár Eorpach de Sheóthaispeántais Sráide, amharclannaíocht Éireannach agus idirnáisiúnta, sorcas, ceoldráma, ceol agus amharcealaíona, mar aon le Gairdín na Féile agus clár leathnaithe First Thought Talks. Léireoidh an Fhéile Séasúr Fómhair de First Thought Talks i mí Dheireadh Fómhair in OÉ Gaillimh.

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Music for Galway and Galway 2020 in association with Irish National Opera present

Paper Boat Music, Elaine Agnew Libretto, Jessica Traynor Director, Conor Hanratty Conductor, Sinead Hayes

DATE / DÁTA11–13 June

Paper Boat Audio Installation April to August

VENUE / IONADSt. Nicholas’ Collegiate Church


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A new opera for Galway, to celebrate 700 years of St. Nicholas’ Collegiate Church.

On Midsummer’s Eve, a young homeless man, and a mother and child arrive in St. Nicholas’ Church to claim sanctuary. But an army from the past is gathering outside the doors, threatening to repeat the destruction of Galway by Cromwell’s army centuries ago. Now, the people of Galway are being asked to risk their own safety to protect the strangers, and the leaders of the 14 tribes must decide.

A professional cast and orchestra are joined by singers and musicians of all ages from Galway. Join them to find out what the tribes decide.

Ceoldráma nua do Ghaillimh, chun 700 bliain d’Eaglais Choláisteach San Nioclás a cheiliúradh.

Oíche Fhéile Eoin, tagann fear óg gan dídean agus máthair agus leanbh chuig Eaglais San Nioclás ag lorg tearmainn. Ach tá arm ón am atá thart ag bailiú taobh amuigh de na doirse, ag bagairt go ndéanfaí scrios ar Ghaillimh mar a rinne arm Chromail na céadta bliain ó shin. Anois, iarrtar ar mhuintir na Gaillimhe a sábháilteacht féin a chur i mbaol chun na strainséirí a chosaint, agus ní mór do cheannairí na 14 threibh cinneadh a dhéanamh.

Beidh foireann agus ceolfhoireann ghairmiúil ag casadh le hamhránaithe agus ceoltóirí as Gaillimh, idir óg agus aosta. Bí ann chun a fháil amach cad a chinneann na treibheanna.

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VENUE / IONADSalthill Park


Beidh compántas ón Astráil, All The Queens Men, ag tabhairt a dtionscadal iontach rannpháirtíochta pobail Fun Run go Gaillimh le linn an tsamhraidh in 2020. Tar éis míonna a bheith caite ag grúpaí pobail áitiúla, idir bheag agus mhór, ag déanamh ullmhúcháin, tá Fun Run geallta a bheith ina lá den scoth a mbeidh na mílte rannpháirtithe ag léiriú a gcuid buanna iontacha.

Faoi spreagadh agus in ómós don teachtaire Gréagach Pheidippides, a seoladh chuig an Aithin le briseadh na bPeirseach i gCath Mharatóin a fhógairt, agus é tar éis an bealach ar fad a rith gan stopadh, is seó é Fun Run a thugann deis do gach duine a gcuid aclaíochta a fheabhsú agus a mórchumas a thaispeáint.

Is é an t-ealaíontóir Tristan Meecham atá lárnach sa taispeántas seo nó rithfidh sé maratón cúig uair an chloig ar mheaisín reatha ag Páirc Bhóthar na Trá agus é á spreagadh ag taispeántais tacaíochta ó ghrúpaí pobail, grúpaí scoile agus daoine ón bpobal i gcoitinne.

Tabharfar cuireadh do ghrúpaí páirt a ghlacadh sa deis aon uaire seo le dul ar an stáitse agus seasamh sa spotsolas!

Australian company All The Queens Men are bringing their spectacular community engagement project Fun Run to Galway in the summer of 2020. Preceded by months of preparation by local community groups large and small, Fun Run promises to be one amazing day involving thousands of participants showing off their extraordinary talents.

Inspired by and in homage to the Greek messenger Pheidippides, who was sent to Athens to announce the Persians’ defeat in the Battle of Marathon, running the entire distance without stopping, Fun Run is a show that allows everyone to increase their fitness and display their brilliance.

At the centre of this five-hour performance is artist Tristan Meecham who will run a marathon on a treadmill at Salthill Park rallied and encouraged by cheerleading performances from community groups, school groups and members of the general public.

Galway groups will be invited to join in this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take to the stage and stand in the spotlight!

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Fun Run in a co-production with Galway 2020

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Fiántas fhómhar na flúirse – aontaí iontacha, rásaíocht capall, scéalaíocht agus damhsa le solas na tine

A wild time of harvest plenty – great fairs, horse-racing, story-telling and firelit dancing

LughnasaAugust – October / Lúnasa – Deireadh Fómhair

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To mark the start of Lughnasa and the long wild nights of this most enchanted of seasons, fire alchemists Cie Carabosse will create a magical fire garden on a huge scale in and around one of County Galway’s most impressive monuments. Cie Carabosse is one of France’s most celebrated street arts groups, transforming streets and parks all over the world into flickering artworks that remind us of the most basic and elemental human need for warmth and light. For Galway 2020, Cie Carabosse will be doing something truly audacious: creating a huge new piece that will be situated in and around a ruined monastery, filling its abandoned buildings with glimmering light, leading the audience on an illuminated trail that evokes the journeys taken by pilgrims hundreds of years ago.

The installation will be brought to life each night through an hour-long lighting ceremony.

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Chun ceiliúradh a dhéanamh ar thús Lughnasa agus ar oícheanta fada fiáine an tséasúir draíochta seo, cruthóidh ailceimiceoirí tine Cie Carabosse gairdín draíochtúil tine ar scála ollmhór laistigh agus timpeall ar cheann de na séadchomharthaí is suntasaí i gContae na Gaillimhe. Tá Cie Carabosse ar cheann de na grúpaí ealaíon sráide is mó clú sa Fhrainc, agus é ag athrú sráideanna agus páirceanna ar fud an domhain ó bhonn le bheith ina saothair ealaíne preabarnacha a thugann chun cuimhne dúinn an gá daonna is bunúsaí ar fad, an gá le teas agus solas. Do Ghaillimh 2020, beidh rud fíordhána ar siúl ag Cie Carabosse: cruthófar píosa nua ollmhór a bheidh suite i bhfothracha mainistreach agus timpeall orthu, ag líonadh na bhfoirgneamh tréigthe ann le breacsholas, ag treorú an lucht féachana ar chonair shoilsithe a thaispeánann na turais a thóg oilithrigh na céadta bliain ó shin.

Tabharfar chun beochta an suiteán gach oíche trí shearmanas soilsithe aon uair an chloig.

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Galway Community Circus, in partnership with Galway 2020 and the European Funambulism Network present

Wires Crossed A Balancing Act for Europe

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The largest and most ambitious circus spectacle ever to be staged in Ireland, Wires Crossed will see 400 people of all ages and walks of life take part in a spectacular crossing of the River Corrib and Claddagh Basin on highwires over a period of 2020 minutes. The River Corrib that flows through Galway City is one of the shortest yet fastest rivers in Europe. To Galwegians, the Corrib embodies the breathtaking beauty and power of nature. It also, tragically, is one of the city’s suicide locations, serving as a stark reminder of the mental health crisis affecting our world today.

Through Wires Crossed, thousands of people across Europe are learning the dynamic art of funambulism – tightwire walking using a balancing pole – as a way to restore balance within themselves and our communities. Walking on a wire conveys a sense of ease and simplicity, yet requires focus, self-belief and courage.

In August 2020, Wires Crossed will transform the streets of Galway with a four-day circus festival of world-class performances and workshops, culminating with the highwire spectacle over the Corrib. This 33-hour performance will take audiences on a journey through the darkness into the light, with an extraordinary message of hope, solidarity and strength.

Co-funded by the Erasmus+ and Creative Europe Programmes of the European Union and The Arts Council.

To find out how you can become one of our 400 highwire walkers, please visit galwaycommunitycircus.com

Is é Wires Crossed an taispeántas is mó agus is uaillmhianaí a léiríodh riamh in Éirinn agus san Eoraip. Beidh 400 duine de gach aois agus gach cúlra ag glacadh páirt i dtrasnú iontach thar Abhainn na Gaillimhe agus Abhantrach an Chladaigh ar shreanga arda thar thréimhse 2020 nóiméad.

Sníonn Abhainn na Gaillimhe trí Chathair na Gaillimhe agus tá sí ar cheann de na haibhneacha is giorra, ach is tapúla, san Eoraip. Samhlaíonn muintir na Gaillimhe go bhfuil áilleacht agus cumhacht as cuimse san abhainn. Ach is fíor freisin go bhfuil tragóid ag baint léi agus gur áit í inar chuir mórán daoine lámh ina mbás féin, ag meabhrú dúinn faoin ngéarchéim mheabhairshláinte atá againn sa lá atá inniu ann.

Trí Wires Crossed, tá na mílte daoine ar fud na hEorpa ag foghlaim ealaín na téadchleasaíochta – siúl ar shreang ag baint úsáid as cuaille cothromúcháin – mar bhealach le cothromaíocht a thabhairt ar ais iontu féin agus inár bpobail. Léiríonn siúl ar shreang mothú suaimhnis agus simplíochta, ach bíonn fócas, féinmhuinín agus misneach de dhíth.

I mí Lúnasa 2020, athróidh Wires Crossed sráideanna na Gaillimhe ó bhonn go féile cheithre lá sorcais ina mbeidh taibhléirithe agus ceardlanna den scoth, le seóthaispeántas sreang ard thar an abhainn mar chlabhsúr uirthi. Tabharfaidh an taibhléiriú seo, a mhairfidh 33 uair an chloig, an lucht féachana ar thuras tríd an dorchadas go dtí an solas, le teachtaireacht iontach dóchais, dlúthpháirtíochta agus nirt.

Arna chomh-mhaoiniú ag Erasmus+ agus Cláir na hEorpa Cruthaithí de chuid an Aontais Eorpaigh agus na Comhairle Ealaíon.

Le fáil amach cén chaoi ar féidir leat bheith mar dhuine de na 400 siúlóirí sreang ard, téigh chuig galwaycommunitycircus.com

DATE / DÁTA6–9 August

VENUE / IONADSpanish Arch/Claddagh


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Beyond the End of the Road Co-produced by Galway 2020, Original music and lyrics by Katie Doherty

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Galway 2020’s Small Towns Big Ideas in association with Shorelines Arts Festival, Portumna and November Club present Beyond the End of the Road. Having travelled around East Galway, listening to local people and collecting their stories and anecdotes, this wonderful site-specific musical, Beyond the End of the Road will explore rural life and will be performed over the weekend of the Shorelines Arts Festival in September 2020.

Watch as a storytelling rabble weave an autumn tale with the many residents of Portumna and neighbouring towns, focusing on their loves, their losses and their deepest secrets.

Inspired by traditional music, Beyond the End of the Road will be performed by a professional cast of actors and musicians, with special appearances and involvement from local performers and community.

The award-winning production premiered in Hexham Auction Mart, North East England in 2017 before touring village halls across Northumberland and Durham in 2017 and 2018. Original script by Laura Lindow, directed by Cinzia Hardy, designed by Imogen Cloët.

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Cuireann Bailte Beaga Smaointe Móra Ghaillimh 2020 i gcomhar le Shorelines Arts Festival, Port Omna agus Club na Samhna Beyond the End of the Road i láthair. Tar éis dóibh taisteal timpeall Oirthear na Gaillimhe, ag éisteacht le muintir na háite agus ag bailiú a gcuid scéalta, sa cheoldráma iontach suíomhoiriúnaithe seo, Beyond the End of the Road, féachfar ar shaol na tuaithe agus léireofar sa mharglann é le linn dheireadh seachtaine Fhéile Ealaíon Shorelines i mí Mheán Fómhair 2020.

Bí ag faire agus an chosmhuintir i mbun scéalaíocht an fhómhair ina mbeidh go leor de mhuintir Phort Omna agus na mbailte máguaird, ag díriú ar chúrsaí grá, caillteanais agus ar na rúin is daingne ina gcroí.

Arna spreagadh ag ceol traidisiúnta, beidh Beyond the End of the Road á léiriú ag cliar ghairmiúil aisteoirí agus ceoltóirí, agus taibheoirí áitiúla agus an pobal mar aíonna speisialta ann.

Bhí an chéad taibhiú den léiriú seo i Marglann Cheant Hexham, Oirthuaisceart Shasana in 2017, sula ndeachaigh sé ar camchuairt chuig hallaí sráidbhaile ar fud Northumberland agus Durham in 2017 agus 2018. Bunscript le Laura Lindow, arna stiúradh ag Cinzia Hardy, arna dhearadh ag Imogen Cloët.

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Some say that part of the Odyssey journey, described by Homer, took place on the coast of Ireland and that the Cyclops chapter was inspired by Inis Mór. Using Emily Wilson’s English translation (the first by a woman), Arts Over Borders will stage a performed reading of excerpts of Homer’s Odyssey on the beaches of Galway.

Join Galway 2020 and curators Seán Doran and Liam Browne from Arts Over Borders, for an intimate reading of this epic tale on the beaches of Galway.

Arts Over Borders have been staging live readings in unusual surroundings for a number of years with acclaimed performers and celebrated Greek musicians.

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Deirtear gur tharla cuid d’aistear Odyssey, a bhfuil cur síos déanta ag Homer air, ar chósta na hÉireann, agus go bhfuil caibidil Cyclops faoi anáil Inis Mór. Ag baint úsáid as aistriúchán Béarla Emily Wilson (an chéad cheann scríofa ag bean), déanfaidh Arts Over Borders léamh taibhithe ar Odyssey Homer, ar thránna na Gaillimhe.

Bí le Gaillimh 2020 agus léiritheoirí Seán Doran agus Liam Browne as Arts Over Borders, le haghaidh léamh an-phearsanta den scéal eipiciúil seo ar thránna na Gaillimhe.

Tá Arts Over Borders ag stáitsiú léamha beo in áiteanna neamhghnácha le roinnt blianta anuas le taibheoirí ardmholta agus ceoltóirí cáiliúla na Gréige.

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Everything that rises must dance is a participatory dance piece for women of all backgrounds, ages, shapes, sizes and abilities. The project is a living archive of female movement, a snapshot of everyday gesture, a choreography that changes in every new place that it’s presented, setting expressive and personal physical action to an evolving sonic score.

It is a celebration of female relationships and an ode to the way women have danced throughout history. 200 local participants will be recruited for two weeks of workshops, concluding in two public performances.

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Is damhsa rannpháirtíochta é Everything that rises must dance do mhná de gach cúlra, aois, cruth, méid agus cumas. Is cartlann bheo é an tionscadal de ghluaiseacht na mban, léargas ar ghothaí laethúla, cóiréagrafaíocht a athraíonn i ngach áit nua ina gcuirtear i láthair é, ag cur gníomhaíocht fhisiciúil atá léiritheach agus pearsanta le scór fuaime.

Is ceiliúradh é ar chaidrimh na mban agus is óid é don chaoi a ndeachaigh mná ag damhsa go stairiúil. Earcófar 200 rannpháirtí áitiúil le dul i mbun ceardlann ar feadh coicíse, ag críochnú le dhá thaibhléiriú poiblí.

DATE / DÁTAAugust/September

VENUE / IONADThe Spanish Arch


Everything that rises must dance Galway 2020, in association with Complicité Created by Sasha Milavic Davies & Lucy Railton

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The Mighty Oceanby Máirtín O’Connor Premiere of instrumental suite

The Mighty Ocean premieres a new and eloquent instrumental suite by leading Galway musician and composer Máirtín O’Connor.

The suite opens a musical dialogue between mankind and the environment, touching on the entrancing power of the sea, while questioning the destructive influence of mankind on our endangered oceans.

O’Connor will assemble a big band of leading musicians to perform The Mighty Ocean and other works inspired by Galway’s environment and landscape.

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In The Mighty Ocean cuirfear sraith uirlise nua i láthair den chéad uair, cumtha ag Máirtín O’Connor, an ceoltóir agus an cumadóir iomráiteach as Gaillimh.

Osclaíonn an tsraith le comhrá ceoil idir an cine daonna agus an comhshaol, agus í ag plé le cumhacht dhraíochtach na farraige. Fiosraítear ann an scrios atá á dhéanamh ag an gcine daonna ar ár n-aigéin atá i mbaol.

Cuirfidh O’Connor grúpa mór ceoltóirí le chéile chun léiriú a dhéanamh ar The Mighty Ocean agus ar shaothair eile a fuair spreagadh ó thimpeallacht agus ó thírdhreach na Gaillimhe.

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DATE / DÁTA4 September

VENUE / IONADTown Hall Theatre


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Aerial/Sparks by Louise Manifold, in partnership with the Marine Institute

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Aerial/Sparks is an interdisciplinary art project exploring radio connectivity and its relationship to ocean space. Since 2017, artists have been developing work from the experience of their time at sea on board the Marine Institute’s research vessel the RV Celtic Explorer. One of the most unique features of the vessel is that it is acoustically silent, making it one of the quietest vessels in the world while it transits through water. The commissioned artists have been invited to create compelling and immersive stand-alone artworks for broadcast, presented on the Island of Inis Oírr in 2020.

Participating artists include; Ailís Ní Ríain, Magz Hall, David Stalling, Robertina Šebjanič , Kevin Barry, Carol Anne Connolly and Kennedy Browne. Project partners include The Marine Institute, Galway Arts Centre, Commissioners of Irish Lights and Aras Éanna, Inis Oírr.

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Is tionscadal ealaíne idirdhisciplíneach é Aerial/Sparks a dhéanann iniúchadh ar nascacht raidió agus a ceangal le spás aigéin. Ó 2017 i leith, tá ealaíontóirí tar éis a bheith ag forbairt saothair óna dtaithí féin ar muir agus iad ar bord soitheach taighde Fhoras na Mara, an RV Celtic Explorer. Ceann de na gnéithe is uathúla a bhaineann leis an soitheach ná go bhfuil sé ciúin ó thaobh fuaimíochta de, rud a dhéanann é ar cheann de na soithí is ciúine ar domhain agus é ag taisteal trí uisce. Tugadh cuireadh do na healaíontóirí coimisiúnaithe saothair ealaíne spéisiúla thumthacha a chruthú lena gcraoladh, agus cuirfear i láthair iad ar Inis Oírr in 2020.

I measc na n-ealaíontóirí rannpháirteacha tá; Ailís Ní Ríain, Magz Hall, David Stalling, Robertina Šebjanič, Kevin Barry, Carol Anne Connolly, agus Kennedy Browne. I measc chomhpháirtithe an tionscadail tá Foras na Mara, Ionad Ealaíon na Gaillimhe, Coimisinéirí Soilse na hÉireann agus Áras Éanna, Inis Oírr.

DATE / DÁTA11 September–11 October

LOCATION / SUÍOMHInis Oírr / Galway County

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DATE / DÁTAWorkshops training, experiments ongoing throughout the year Large-scale performance and exhibition September

VENUE / IONADThroughout the county

Immersive Classroom, through a series of collaborative projects, training and experiments, aims to engage youth, educators and the general public in critical debates about the way we think about space.

Comprised of four projects – Virtually Here, Enacted Astronomy, Fireflies - Lampróga: An Embodied Orrery, and IC Outdoors – Immersive Classroom examines approaches to teaching and learning through immersive technology and educational engagement.

Project partners include School of Education, NUI Galway / Insight NUI Galway / Professional Development Service for Teachers and CREW, Belgium.

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Tá sé mar aidhm ag Immersive Classroom, trí shraith de chomhthionscadail, oiliúint agus turgnaimh, go mbeadh daoine óga, oideachasóirí agus an pobal i gcoitinne rannpháirteach i ndíospóireachtaí criticiúla faoin tslí a samhlaímid an spás.

Sna ceithre thionscadal atá i gceist leis – Virtually Here, Enacted Astronomy, Fireflies - Lampróga: An Embodied Orrery, agus IC Outdoors – déanann Immersive Classroom scrúdú ar chuir chuige maidir le teagasc agus foghlaim trí theicneolaíocht thumthach agus rannpháirtíocht oideachasúil.

I measc chomhpháirtithe an tionscadail tá Scoil an Oideachais, OÉ Gaillimh/Insight OÉ Gaillimh/ An tSeirbhís um Fhorbairt Ghairmiúil do Mhúinteoirí agus CREW, an Bheilg.

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Galway 2020, in collaboration with the European Parliament, presents

EYE on the Edge

EYE on the Edge is a unique two-day festival created and curated by young people.

Partnering with the European Youth Event (EYE), which takes place biennially at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, EYE on the Edge fuses politics and culture to highlight and respond to contemporary European and global challenges through a mix of debates, workshops, artistic performances and exhibitions.

EYE on the Edge will be a clear demonstration of the centre and the edge of Europe working together to bring the voices, aspirations and demands of young people to the fore.

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Féile a mhairfidh dhá lá is ea EYE on the Edge, arna cruthú agus arna coimeád ag daoine óga.

I gcomhpháirt leis an Imeacht Óige Eorpach (EYE), a bhíonn á reáchtáil faoi dhó sa bhliain ag Parlaimint na hEorpa in Strasbourg, tá an pholaitíocht agus an cultúr fite fuaite ina chéile in EYE on the Edge le haird a dhíriú ar dhúshláin chomhaimseartha Eorpacha agus dhomhanda trí mheascán de dhíospóireachtaí, ceardlanna, léirithe ealaíne, agus taispeántais.

Beidh EYE on the Edge ina léiriú soiléir ar chroílár agus ar imeall na hEorpa ag obair lena chéile chun guthanna, mianta agus éilimh daoine óga a chur i lár an aonaigh.

DATE / DÁTA25 and 26 September

VENUE / IONADNUI Galway Campus


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Óró… is an international residency programme exploring the deep cultural connections of Europe’s minority languages and communities.

Artists from the Galway Gaeltacht, Wales, Scotland, Cornwall, Friesland, Galicia and the Basque Region have been invited to collaborate and spend time in the Gaeltacht landscape of Connemara to develop artworks connecting languages and communities.

To celebrate European Day of Languages on 26 September, Óró... culminates with site-specific artworks for the public in 2020.

European Partners: AFûk, Fryslân; Golden Tree Productions, Cornwall; La Mesa, Galicia; Oriel Plas Glyn y Weddw and Celtic Neighbours, Wales; Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Scotland; Topagunea and others in Euskal Herria; Fíbín, Ireland.

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Is clár cónaitheachta idirnáisiúnta é Óró… a dhéanann iniúchadh ar na naisc láidre chultúrtha a bhaineann le teangacha mionlaigh agus le pobail mhionlaigh na hEorpa.

Beidh ealaíontóirí ó Ghaeltacht na Gaillimhe, an Bhreatain Bheag, Albain, Corn na Breataine, an Fhreaslainn, an Ghailís agus ó Réigiún na mBascach ag comhoibriú lena chéile agus ag caitheamh ama i dtírdhreach Ghaeltacht Chonamara chun saothair ealaíne a chruthú a nascann teangacha agus pobail áitiúla.

Chun Lá Eorpach na dTeangacha a cheiliúradh, cuirfear bailchríoch ar Óró... le saothair ealaíne shuíomhoiriúnaithe don phobal in 2020.

Comhpháirtithe Eorpacha: AFûk, Fryslân; Golden Tree Productions, Cornwall; La Mesa, Galicia; Oriel Plas Glyn y Weddw agus Comharsana Ceilteacha, an Bhreatain Bheag; Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Albain; Topagunea agus daoine eile in Euskal Herria; Fíbín, Éire.

Galway 2020 and Ealaín na Gaeltachta present

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Galway 2020 is delighted to collaborate with EVA International, Ireland’s Biennial of Contemporary Art, Limerick, as it extends its programme as part of Galway 2020, with an exclusive presentation of contemporary artwork.

The Galway presentation will be an iteration within the larger programme of EVA International, responding to themes of land and environmentalism within the context of Ireland today.

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Tá ríméad ar Ghaillimh 2020 comhoibriú le EVA International, Féile Dhébhliantúil na hEalaíne Comhaimseartha in Éirinn, Luimneach, agus a chlár á leathnú mar chuid de Ghaillimh 2020, le cur i láthair eisiach de shaothar ealaíne comhaimseartha.

Déanfar cur i láthair na Gaillimhe mar leagan laistigh de chlár níos leithne de chuid EVA International, a fhreagraíonn do théamaí talún agus timpeallachtachais laistigh de chomhthéacs na hÉireann sa lá atá inniu ann.



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Now in its 15th year, Culture Night is an annual night of entertainment that celebrates art, heritage and culture across the whole of the island of Ireland. Each year, arts and cultural organisations and venues of all shapes and sizes, including the National Cultural Institutions, extend their opening hours to allow for increased access to the public. Special and unique events and workshops are specifically programmed at participating locations and everything is free.

For Culture Night 2020, dozens of events will take place in towns, villages and communities across Galway City and County with concerts, exhibitions, workshops, dance, drama and much more.

Culture Night is brought to you by the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, and the Creative Ireland Programme in partnership with Galway County Council and Galway City Council.

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Is í seo an cúigiú Oíche Chultúir déag mar oíche bhliantúil shiamsaíochta a dhéanann ceiliúradh ar ealaín, oidhreacht agus cultúr fud fad oileán na hÉireann. Gach bliain, leathnaítear amach uaireanta oscailte na n-eagraíochtaí agus na n-ionad ealaíon agus cultúrtha, idir bheag agus mhór, na hInstitiúidí Náisiúnta Cultúrtha san áireamh, chun go mbeidh deis ag an bpobal mór freastal ar imeachtaí. Leagtar amach clár d’imeachtaí agus ceardlanna speisialta in ionaid rannpháirteacha agus bíonn gach imeacht saor in aisce don phobal.

Le haghaidh Oíche Chultúir 2020, reáchtálfar na dosaenacha imeachtaí i mbailte, i sráidbhailte agus i bpobail ar fud Chathair agus Chontae na Gaillimhe le ceolchoirmeacha, taispeántais, ceardlanna, damhsa, drámaíocht agus neart eile.

Bíonn Oíche Chultúir á cur i láthair ag an Roinn Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta agus Clár Éire Ildánach i gcomhpháirtíocht le Comhairle Chontae na Gaillimhe.



Culture NightBrought to you by Galway County and City Councils

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Forty-five artists from across Europe share their powerful illustrations of the European Union’s shared past and our unsure future. From Brexit bees to wall-jumping bulls, Drawing Europe Together is a unique collection portraying the European community – with or without Britain.

This is a passionate and heartfelt exploration of Europe and what it means to many of the people who live and work within its borders. The book brings together 45 renowned illustrators who, through their drawings and accompanying words, share their vision of Europe in this beautiful and timely collection, with a foreword by the British Book Awards Illustrator of the Year 2018, Axel Scheffler.

Many of the world’s best book illustrators contribute to the book, including Quentin Blake, Claude Dubois, Jim Field, Emily Gravett, Judith Kerr, Oliver Jeffers, Sarah McIntyre, Lydia Monks, Thomas Müller and Chris Riddell.

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Roinneann daichead a cúig ealaíontóir ón Eoraip a léaráidí cumhachtacha ar stair roinnte an Aontais Eorpaigh agus ar an todhchaí neamhchinnte. Ó bheacha Breatimeachta go tairbh ag léim ballaí, is cnuasach uathúil é Drawing Europe Together a léiríonn pobal na hEorpa – leis an mBreatain nó gan í.

Is iniúchadh díograiseach ó chroí ar an Eoraip é seo, agus cad a chiallaíonn sí do mhórán daoine a oibríonn agus a chónaíonn laistigh dá teorainneacha. Tugann an leabhar seo le chéile 45 maisitheoir aitheanta, a dhéanann, trína léaráidí agus na focail a théann leo, a bhfís don Eoraip a roinnt sa chnuasach álainn tráthúil seo, le réamhrá ó Mhaisitheoir na Bliana 2018 de chuid Ghradaim Leabhar na Breataine, Axel Scheffler.

Cuireann mórán de na maisitheoirí leabhar is fearr ar domhan leis an leabhar, Quentin Blake, Claude Dubois, Jim Field, Emily Gravett, Judith Kerr, Oliver Jeffers, Sarah McIntyre, Lydia Monks, Thomas Müller agus Chris Riddell ina measc.

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VENUE / IONADKennys Bookshop & Art Gallery



Drawing Europe Together: Forty-five Illustrators, One Europe

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Breaking Bread

Building on hugely popular events in 2017 and 2018, Breaking Bread 2020 will be a celebration of Galway’s vibrant cultural diversity.

Taking the central role that food and the sharing of food occupies in culture and society, Breaking Bread showcases the wonderful cultural diversity of contemporary Galway.

This exciting programme will provide a large public platform for cultural exchange and food from all over the world, along with live music and dance performances.

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Ag tógáil ar an rath a bhí ar thionscadail in 2017 agus 2018, beidh Breaking Bread 2020 ina cheiliúradh ar éagsúlacht chultúrtha bheoga na Gaillimhe.

Ó tharla go bhfuil ról lárnach ag an mbia agus ag roinnt an bhia sa chultúr agus sa tsochaí, beidh Breaking Bread mar thaispeántas ar an éagsúlacht chultúrtha iontach atá le fáil i nGaillimh an lae inniu.

Cuirfidh an clár iontach seo ardán mór poiblí ar fáil le haghaidh malartú cultúrtha agus bia ann ó gach cearn den domhan, chomh maith le taispeántais de cheol beo agus damhsa.

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A specially curated multi-arts festival for Galway 2020 dedicated to the life and work of the great Irish writer, J M Synge and his close connections to Galway and the Aran Islands.

J M Synge was an Irish playwright, prose writer, travel writer and collector of folklore, who spent several years visiting and writing about the Aran Islands.

This festival will include some of Synge’s major works, as well as reflections on his European influences, his peers and Synge the musician.

Curated with a strong sense of place, the programmed events will take place in wonderful and unusual surroundings, exploring a full range of artforms to evoke heightened experiences that enhance our perception of the artist’s work.

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Féile il-ealaíon arna léiriú go speisialta do Ghaillimh 2020, agus í tiomnaithe do shaol agus do shaothar an scríbhneora iomráitigh Éireannaigh, J M Synge, agus a dhlúthnasc le Gaillimh agus le hOileáin Árann.

Ba dhrámadóir, scríbhneoir próis, scríbhneoir taistil agus bailitheoir béaloidis Éireannach é J M Synge, a chaith roinnt blianta ag tabhairt cuairt ar Oileáin Árann agus ag scríobh fúthu.

Léireofar cuid de mhórshaothair Synge san fhéile seo, chomh maith le léargais ar a thionchair Eorpacha, a chuid comhghleacaithe agus ar Synge, an ceoltóir.

Tionólfar imeachtaí an chláir i suíomhanna iontacha agus neamhghnácha, ina ndéanfar taiscéaladh ar réimse leathan foirmeacha ealaíne chun dianmhothúcháin a mhúscailt a chuirfidh lenár léargas ar shaothar an ealaíontóra.

Syngelines Festival

Arts Over Borders, commissioned by Galway 2020. Curated by Seán Doran and Liam Browne



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Jenny Polak is a New York-based artist/activist whose work amplifies specific calls for social justice. Her art responds to both sites and communities.

In Galway, Jenny will work with migrant workers, people in direct provision Galwegians with family members who have emigrated, and those who are new to Galway, to reframe the migrant-citizen relationship. Jenny’s own family history of migration drives her to examine detention centres, racial profiling and strategies for surviving hostile authorities as major concerns in her work.

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Is ealaíontóir/gníomhaí í Jenny Polak atá lonnaithe i Nua-Eabhrac agus tugann a saothar glór níos airde do ghlao uilíoch ar son an cheartais shóisialta. Freagraíonn a healaín do shuíomhanna agus do phobail araon.

I nGaillimh, beidh Jenny ag obair le hoibrithe imirceacha, le daoine i soláthar díreach agus leo siúd atá díreach tagtha go Gaillimh, chun athmhachnamh a dhéanamh ar an gcaidreamh idir inimircigh agus saoránaigh. Is í stair imirce theaghlach Jenny féin a spreagann í chun scrúdú a dhéanamh ar ionaid choinneála, próifíliú ciníoch, agus tá straitéisí chun teacht slán ó údaráis naimhdeacha mar chuid mhór dá saothar.

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Arrivals / DeparturesJenny PolakA Galway 2020 commission

Students from Steel City Academy take part in the Mobile Speakers Podium for Citizens and Noncitizens Chicago to Gary Walk, at Gary Airport Deportation Hub, 2018 Image Regin Igloria

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Building on Baboró’s vision that all children should enjoy equal access to quality cultural experiences, Baboró will partner with a number of Irish and international artists to deliver an expanded programme as part of Galway 2020.

Throughout the festival, children will be celebrated as artists in their own right, as well as audience members. Exciting community projects will focus on enhancing the voice of the child within our community.

Contemporary dance, parkour, circus skills and game creation will combine to create unusual performance presentations on city and county streets, in venues and in schools. Promenade performances will surprise and delight, disrupting public spaces and engaging both expectant and unsuspecting audiences.

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Ag tógáil ar fhís Bhaboró gur chóir go mbeadh rochtain chothrom ag gach leanbh ar eispéiris chultúrtha ar ardchaighdeán, beidh Baboró ag obair i gcomhpháirt le roinnt ealaíontóirí Éireannacha agus idirnáisiúnta chun clár leathnaithe a sheachadadh mar chuid de Ghaillimh 2020.

Le linn na féile, déanfar ceiliúradh ar leanaí, ní hamháin mar lucht féachana, ach mar ealaíontóirí. Beidh tionscadail phobail spreagúla ag díriú ar ghuth an linbh a fheabhsú laistigh dár bpobal.

Tiocfaidh an damhsa comhaimseartha, parkour, scileanna sorcais agus dearadh cluichí le chéile chun léirithe neamhghnácha a chruthú ar shráideanna na cathrach agus an chontae, in ionaid agus i scoileanna. Cuirfidh léirithe promanáide idir iontas agus aoibhneas ort, cuirfidh siad isteach ar spásanna poiblí agus meallfaidh siad an lucht féachana atá ag súil leo agus iad siúd nach bhfuil.

DATE / DÁTA10–18 October


Baboró International Arts Festival for Children in association with Galway 2020 presents

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City of Light, City of SanctuaryLantern Company in a co-production with Galway 2020Artistic director Jo Pocock and composer Roma Yagnik

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A breathtakingly beautiful floating city of lanterns created by Lantern Company, City of Light, City of Sanctuary will be a public space for reflection on local and global experiences of migration, home and belonging. Working with Galway residents and a team of international artists, City of Light, City of Sanctuary is inspired by the increasingly urgent issues of displacement affecting many people and communities in the world today. City of Light asks what ‘home’ really means to those who are settled and those who remain displaced.

Over a thousand Galway residents of all ages (both newly-arrived and long-established) reflecting on their own experiences and stories, will make the work using the simplest of materials. From shelters, houses and blocks of flats, to iconic buildings in Galway and farther afield, this glowing, floating cityscape will be accompanied by a cinematic soundscape by film composer Roma Yagnik that will transport audiences on a magical journey around the world.

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Cathair álainn aoibhinn na lóchrann ar snámh í City of Light, City of Sanctuary arna cruthú ag Lantern Company agus beidh sí ina spás poiblí chun machnamh a dhéanamh ar eispéiris áitiúla agus dhomhanda na himirce, an bhaile agus an mhuintearais. Ag obair le cónaitheoirí na Gaillimhe agus le foireann ealaíontóirí idirnáisiúnta, tá City of Light, City of Sanctuary faoi anáil na saincheisteanna díláithrithe atá ag éirí níos práinní agus a théann i bhfeidhm ar mhórán daoine agus pobal ar fud an domhain sa lá atá inniu ann. Ardaíonn City of Light an cheist faoin mbrí atá le ‘baile’ i ndáiríre dóibh siúd atá socraithe agus dóibh siúd atá fós díláithrithe.

Beidh níos mó ná míle áitritheoir de chuid na Gaillimhe de gach aois (idir dhaoine nua agus dhaoine seanbhunaithe) ag déanamh a machnaimh ar a n-eispéireas agus ar a gcuid scéalta féin, iad ag déanamh na hoibre ag baint úsáid as na hábhair is simplí. Ó ionaid dídine, tithe agus bloic árasán go foirgnimh íocónacha i nGaillimh agus níos faide i gcéin, beidh an dreach cathrach lonrach seo atá ar snámh á thionlacan ag fuaimdhreach leis an gcumadóir scannán, Roma Yagnik, a thabharfaidh an lucht éisteachta ar thuras draíochta ar fud an domhain.


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Three Chords and The Truth takes audiences on a musical road-trip down the memory lane of Americana. Premiering in Galway and playing thereafter in Boston, Belfast and Nashville, these specially commissioned concerts will trace the transatlantic roots of country, blues, gospel, folk and bluegrass and the influence of generations of immigrants who made the perilous journey across the wild Atlantic waves from Ireland and Scotland.

Featuring leading musicians from North America and Ireland, these four concerts will be curated by the Belfast International Arts Festival for performances in Autumn 2020.

Tugann Three Chords and The Truth an lucht féachana ar thuras ceolmhar síos bóithrín na smaointe de cheol Americana. Beidh an chéad taibhiú i nGaillimh agus in dhiaidh sin beidh léirithe i mBostún, Béal Feirste agus Nashville. Léireoidh na ceolchoirmeacha coimisiúnaithe seo na fréamhacha trasatlantachta atá ag ceol tíre, ceol blues, ceol gaspal, agus bluegrass, agus an tionchar a bhí ag na glúnta d’imircigh a rinne an turas contúirteach thar thonnta an Atlantaigh as Éirinn agus as Albain.

Arna léiriú ag Féile Idirnáisiúnta Ealaíon Bhéal Feirste, beidh scoth na gceoltóirí as Meiriceá Thuaidh agus Éirinn ag seinm i gceithre cheolchoirm i bhfómhar 2020.

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On the 120th anniversary of his birth, the annual Hubert Butler Essay Prize will come to Galway in 2020.

Butler was renowned for his groundbreaking essays on topics as diverse and relevant today as they were in the 1950s and 60s. His mantra ‘think globally, act locally’ highlighted the importance of the individual conscience in addressing the position of religious and ethnic minorities including refugees.

Commemorating the work of great 20th Century writer and humanitarian Hubert Butler, the prize focuses on the common ground between European nation states that emerged after the First World War.

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Tiocfaidh Duais Aiste Hubert Butler go Gaillimh in 2020.

Bhí cáil ar Butler as a chuid aistí ceannródaíocha ar ábhair atá chomh héagsúil agus chomh tábhachtach céanna sa lá atá inniu ann is a bhí siad sna 1950idí agus 60idí. ‘Smaoinigh ar bhonn domhanda, gníomhaigh ar bhonn áitiúil’ ba ea an mantra a bhí aige, ag tabhairt aird ar thábhacht an duine aonair chun dul i ngleic le stádas na mionlach reiligiúnach agus eitneach, dídeanaithe san áireamh.

Mar chomóradh ar shaothar an scríbhneora agus an daonnúlaigh iontaigh ón 20ú haois, Hubert Butler, tá an duais dírithe ar an gcomhthuiscint atá idir na státnáisiúin Eorpacha a tháinig chun cinn tar éis an Chéad Chogaidh Dhomhanda.

DATE / DÁTA23 October

VENUE / IONADKennys Bookshop & Art Gallery


Hubert Butler Essay Prize Organised by House of European Art London, in association with Galway 2020

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An cuimhin leat nuair a bhíodh stiúideo grianghrafadóireachta ar gach príomhshráid? Naíonáin, lánúineacha nuaphósta, leanaí nuabheirthe, teaghlaigh – théadh gach duine chuig an ngrianghrafadóir chun a bpictiúr a thógáil chun cuimhneachán a dhéanamh den am áirithe sin. In Backgrounds, tabharfaidh an t-ealaíontóir Darrell Vydelingum cuairt arís ar an smaoineamh sin agus cruthóidh sé portráid choiteann nua de Ghaillimh an lae inniu. Déanfar ceiliúradh ar iliomad pobal éagsúil na Gaillimhe trí chuireadh a thabhairt do gach duine portráid searmanais aonair a chruthú.

Déanfaidh grianghrafadóirí óga ó OÉ Gaillimh agus ó GMIT stiúideonna grianghrafadóirí a athchruthú in áiteanna ar fud na cathrach agus an chontae, agus roghnóidh an duine féin an cúlra. I dteannta a chéile, inseoidh na híomhánna seo scéal faoi cad is brí le bheith i do Ghaillmheach san 21ú haois, ag nochtadh cé atá anseo agus conas a roghnaíonn siad go léireofaí iad.

Remember the time when every town centre had its own photographic studio? Babies, newly-weds, recent arrivals, extended families – everyone would go to the photographer to get their picture taken to commemorate a moment in time. In Backgrounds, artist Darrell Vydelingum will re-visit this idea and create a new, collective portrait of Galway today. It will celebrate Galway’s many diverse communities by inviting everyone to create an individual ceremonial portrait.

Young photographers from NUI Galway and GMIT will recreate photographers’ studios in locations across the city and county, with each background chosen by the sitter. Collectively, these images will tell a story about what it means to be a Galwegian in the 21st century, revealing who is here and how they choose to be portrayed.

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Spliced Chalk it Down Productions, in association with Galway 2020 and with Galway GAA Written by Timmy Creed Directed by Gina Moxley Visual Artist David Mathúna Music & Sound Design Chris Somers Lighting Designer Eoin Winning

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Timmy is contemplating his 21 years playing GAA. He loves it. He hates it. Honest, brave and hard-hitting, Spliced is a visceral account of his struggle to become an individual outside of the sporting institution that raised him. From one of Ireland’s exciting up-and-coming writers comes Spliced, an autobiographical site-specific show with thrilling music and video dealing with the pressures of sport and masculine identity, challenging sporting institutions to broaden their perspectives.

‘A love song to the GAA’ – Tim Crouch ‘Writer-actor Timmy Creed’s explosive one-man show... fearlessly tackles Irish masculine stereotypes. Creed is one to watch.’ – The Sunday Times

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Tá Timmy ag smaoineamh ar an 21 bliain atá caite aige ag imirt cluichí Gaelacha. Is breá leis iad. Is fuath leis iad. Tá Spliced macánta, cróga agus neamhbhalbh agus tugtar cuntas ionraic ar a streachailt le bheith ina dhuine aonair lasmuigh den institiúid spóirt inar tógadh é. Ó dhuine de na scríbhneoirí iontacha atá ag teacht chun cinn in Éirinn, is seó dírbheathaisnéiseach suíomhoiriúnaithe é Spliced ina gcuimsítear ceol agus míreanna físe ar leith ag tabhairt aghaidh ar an mbrú a bhaineann leis an spórt agus leis an bhfireannacht, ag tabhairt dúshláin do na hinstitiúidí spóirt chun a ndearcadh a leathnú.

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An séasúr is dorcha – am mistéire, rógaireachta agus dobróin

The darkest season – a time of mystery, mischief and mourning

SamhainNovember – January / Samhain – Eanáir

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In 2020, Galway will mark the ancient Celtic roots of Halloween in a spectacular event which welcomes the Celtic new year with the unique and magnetic power of fire. Burners from across Europe will transform our world with flame and smoke, welcoming the dark days of winter in an atmospheric Samhain celebration which echoes the energy and rituals of our pagan ancestors.

At this powerfully charged moment of the year, when the connection between this world and the next is stronger than at any other time, expect to be surprised by one of the most anticipated events of the year.

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In 2020, déanfar comóradh i nGaillimh ar sheanbhunús na Samhna le himeacht mórthaibhseach ina gcuirfear fáilte roimh an mbliain nua Cheilteach ag úsáid cumhacht dhraíochtúil tharraingteach na tine.Cuirfidh dóirí ó áiteanna éagsúla ar fud na hEorpa athrú ó bhonn ar an domhan seo againne le tine agus deatach, ag fáiltiú roimh laethanta dorcha an gheimhridh le ceiliúradh atmaisféarach ar an tSamhain, ceiliúradh a bheidh mar mhacalla ar an bhfuinneamh agus ar na deasghnátha a bhíodh ag na daoine atá imithe romhainn.

Bí ag súil go mbainfidh ceann de na himeachtaí is mó a bhfuiltear ag tnúth leis an anáil díot ag am den bhliain atá an-chorraitheach agus ina bhfuil an nasc idir an saol seo agus an saol eile níos láidre ná ag am ar bith eile.

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Oireachtas na Samhna 2020Príomhfhéile Náisiúnta na nGael

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Galway 2020 will host the Oireachtas na Samhna festival, Ireland’s premier arts and culture Irish language extravaganza, in the European Capital of Culture at Samhain 2020. This annual festival features events to interest and enthral the young and the young at heart, showcasing the best of sean-nós (traditional old style) performing arts – sean-nós singing, sean-nós dancing, instrumental music, story-telling, lúibíní, agallaimh beirte (traditional dialogue in rhyme as Gaeilge) and much more. The festival programme includes formal and informal music and singing sessions, competitions, exhibitions, seminars, drama and a host of fringe events.

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LOCATION / SUÍOMHBóthar na Trá / Salthill

Onóir agus pribhléid is ea Oireachtas na Samhna, féile náisiúnta na nGael, an fhéile ealaíon agus chultúir is sine sa tír, a bheith i bPríomhchathair Chultúir na hEorpa um Shamhain 2020. Tionól spleodrach don óg agus don duine fásta araon í an fhéile bhliantúil seo ag a mbíonn scoth na n-ealaíon traidisiúnta le feiceáil, le cloisteáil agus le tabhairt fúthu le paisean – amhránaíocht ar an sean-nós, damhsa ar an sean-nós, ceol uirlise, scéalaíocht, lúibíní, agallamh beirte, dreas cainte agus míle ní eile. Cuimsíonn clár na féile seisiúin cheoil agus amhránaíochta, comórtais, taispeántais, seimineáir, drámaíocht agus neart imeachtaí eile ar an imeall.

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The Stinging Fly has been working to develop, publish and promote the very best in new Irish and International writing since 1997. A special extended Galway 2020 issue of the magazine, edited by internationally renowned Irish author Lisa McInerney, with Elaine Feeney as guest poetry editor, will feature all that is great in contemporary Irish and European writing. Inspired by the Galway 2020 themes of migration, landscape and language, the issue will explore, among other things, Galway’s identity as an Irish city, a European city and a place of connection, disconnection and belonging.

Throughout the year, The Stinging Fly will organise a series of workshops and events in Galway City and County, including a launch weekend in November with talks and readings by featured authors and poets.

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Tá The Stinging Fly tar éis a bheith ag obair chun an nuascríbhneoireacht is fearr a fhorbairt, a fhoilsiú agus a chur chun cinn ó 1997 i leith. In eagrán speisialta den iris do Ghaillimh 2020, arna chur in eagar ag an údar cáiliúil as Éirinn, Lisa McInerney, i gcomhar le Elaine Feeney mar aoi-eagarthóir filíochta, léireofar gach rud atá iontach faoi scríbhneoireacht chomhaimseartha na hÉireann agus na hEorpa. Agus é á spreagadh ag téamaí Ghaillimh 2020 – imirce, tírdhreach agus teanga – déanfar plé san eagrán seo, i measc rudaí eile, ar fhéiniúlacht na Gaillimhe mar chathair Éireannach, mar chathair Eorpach, agus mar áit mhuintearais, choimhthís agus chómhuintearais.

I rith na bliana, eagróidh The Stinging Fly sraith de cheardlanna agus imeachtaí i gcathair agus i gcontae na Gaillimhe, lena n-áirítear deireadh seachtaine seolta i mí na Samhna, le cainteanna agus léamha le scríbhneoirí agus filí aitheanta.

Galway 2020 in association with The Stinging Fly and Galway Public Libraries presents

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Master storytellers Macnas will bring the epic of Gilgamesh to Galway across four seasons in 2020 (see pages 76–77 for Bealtaine performances).

Autumn will see the story of Gilgamesh reimagined as an indoor theatrical experience.

Winter sees the epilogue of Gilgamesh as the production leaves the city and county, a ritual that will resonate and live long in the memory.

Each season is a self-contained event and can be experienced independently.

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Tá eipic Gilgamesh á tabhairt go Gaillimh ag na máistir-scéalaithe, Macnas, thar cheithre shéasúr in 2020 (feic leathanaigh 76–77 do thaibhléirithe Bealtaine).

San fhómhar, déanfar scéal Gilgamesh a athshamhlú mar léiriú amharclannaíochta laistigh.

Sa gheimhreadh, feicfear eipealóg Gilgamesh, nuair a fhágfaidh an léiriú an chathair agus an contae, deasghnáth a fhanfaidh sa chuimhne ar feadh i bhfad.

Imeacht as féin a bheidh ann gach seásúr agus is féidir sult a bhaint astu go neamhspleách.

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GilgameshA Galway 2020 commission Writer Marina Carr Director Noeline Kavanagh Designer Julian CrouchExecutive Producer Artichoke

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Waterlicht Studio Roosegaarde

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LOCATION / SUÍOMHConnemara / Galway County

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A dream landscape will transform Connemara, highlighting the power and poetry of water, and raising awareness about rising water levels around the world. Responding to the pressing risk of rising sea levels brought on by global warming, Dutch artist and innovator Daan Roosegaarde will transform an area deep in the Connemara landscape into a virtual underwater world.

Waterlicht will envelop audience members in a virtual flood as they move through the installation, accompanied by a specially created podcast. The piece underlines the power of water while asking, ‘How we can face the future and adapt? How do we avoid the flood? Can we build floating cities and how much power can be generated by the movement of water?’

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Déanfar Conamara a athrú ó bhonn le tírdhreach bréige, ag cur béime ar chumhacht agus ar fhilíocht an uisce, agus ag ardú feasachta faoi leibhéil uisce a bheith ag ardú ar fud an domhain. Ag freagairt don bhaol práinneach a bhaineann le leibhéil na farraige bheith ag ardú mar gheall ar théamh domhanda, déanfaidh an t-ealaíontóir agus an nuálaí Ollannach Daan Roosegaarde ceantar i gcroílar thírdhreach Chonamara a athrú ó bhonn isteach ina dhomhan fíorúil faoi uisce.

Déanfaidh Waterlicht an lucht féachana a thimpeallú i dtuile fhíorúil de réir mar a bhíonn siad ag gluaiseacht tríd an suiteán, agus beidh podchraoladh speisialta á dtionlacan. Cuirfear béim ar chumhacht an uisce sa phíosa agus é ag fiafraí, ‘Conas is féidir linn aghaidh a thabhairt ar an todhchaí agus dul in oiriúint di? Conas a sheachnóimid an tuile? An féidir linn cathracha ar snámh a thógáil agus cá mhéad cumhachta is féidir a ghiniúint trí ghluaiseacht uisce?’

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In áit chiúin ar imeall bhaile Thuama, léireofar taispeántas machnamhach in 2020.Ón 18ú haois go dtí an 20ú haois, agus iad faoi chúram an stáit, bhí máithreacha agus páistí ag fulaingt agus rinneadh faillí agus dídhaonnú orthu. Tugann Unsung am machnaimh dóibh siúd a raibh cónaí orthu agus a cailleadh in institiúidí mar Áras Máithreacha agus Leanaí Bon Secours i dTuaim.

Tumtha i solas agus i bhfuaim, tugann Nighthouse Studio agus Gaillimh 2020 onóir agus aitheantas dóibh siúd ar tugadh an chluas bhodhar dá nglórtha.

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In 2020 in a quiet place on the edge of Tuam, a moment of reflection will unfold.From the 18th to 20th Centuries, in the care of the state, mothers and children were subjected to abuse, neglect and dehumanising social conditions. Unsung acknowledges and reflects on the lives of those across the nation who lived and died in countless institutions like the Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home in Tuam.

Immersed in light and sound, Nighthouse Studio and Galway 2020 honour and acknowledge those whose voices went unheard.

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On 12 December, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, including EU hymn Ode to Joy, will resound throughout Galway Cathedral. Choirs from all over Galway city and county will join the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and a star-studded cast of soloists in a performance conducted by Kenneth Montgomery.

Commemorating what would have been Beethoven’s 250th Birthday, the Music for Galway (MfG) Midwinter Festival focuses on Beethoven’s early period and presents three chamber music concerts featuring Russian star violinist Alina Ibragimova, French pianist Cédric Tiberghien, Galway’s ConTempo Quartet, plus a mix of Irish and international wind players.

Ar an 12 Nollaig, beidh an 9ú Siansa de chuid Beethoven, lena n-áirítear iomann an AE, Ode to Joy, le cloisteáil ar fud Ardeaglais na Gaillimhe. Beidh cóir as gach cearn de Chathair agus Chontae na Gaillimhe in éindí le Ceolfhoireann Ceolchoirme RTÉ agus cliar de réaltaí aonréadaithe i léiriú a bheidh á stiúradh ag Kenneth Montgomery.

Ar chomóradh 250ú Breithlá Beethoven, beidh Féile Lár an Gheimhridh Music for Galway (MfG) ag díriú ar thréimhse luath Beethoven agus cuirfear trí cheolchoirm aireagail i láthair leis an veidhleadóir Rúiseach Alina Ibragimova, an pianódóir Francach Cédric Tiberghien, Ceathairéad ConTempo na Gaillimhe, chomh maith le meascán de sheinnteoirí gaothuirlisí Éireannacha agus idirnáisiúnta.

DATE / DÁTAMidwinter Festival 17–19 January 2020 Beethoven 9th 12 December 2020

VENUE / IONADMidwinter Festival Town Hall Theatre Beethoven 9th Galway Cathedral


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Since the days of wandering troubadours, music has always been an art form that needs to move in order to be heard. Music moves as people move, voluntarily or by force. It moves in other ways too – moving hearts and minds, and has the power to inspire and even to incite. It is central to our struggles, both personal and political.

A weekend of music, talks and films, And It Moves – Music & Songs from an Open Road will examine migration in music through the years – exploring the power of music to move us and to move with us.

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Ó thus ama, b’éigean don cheol bogadh chun éisteacht a fháil. Bogann an ceol mar a bhíonn daoine ag gluaiseacht, dá ndeoin féin nó iad faoi bhrú. Bogann sé ar bhealaí eile chomh maith – ag bogadh croíthe agus intinní, agus tá sé de chumas aige daoine a spreagadh agus a ghríosú. Bíonn sé lárnach inár streachailtí, idir phearsanta agus pholaitiúla.

Deireadh seachtaine le ceol, cainteanna agus scannáin, féachfaidh And It Moves – Music & Songs from an Open Road ar imirce an cheoil le himeacht ama – ag déanamh machnaimh ar chumhacht an cheoil, ar an mbealach a bhogann sé muid agus ar an mbealach a bhogann sé linn.

DATE / DÁTA27–31 January 2021


Róisín Dubh Promotions in association with Old & in the Way and Galway 2020 present

And it MovesMusic & Songs from an Open RoadMusic and

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Galway 2020 will come to an end in the deepest darkest depths of Samhain. To celebrate the end of a momentous 12 months for Galway as European Capital of Culture, our closing event will transform Galway into a glittering gallery without walls. Join us to marvel at the spectacle of familiar buildings, streets and public spaces transformed by light into a magical nocturnal cityscape. Lumiere Galway will bring together some of the world’s most exciting artists all working with the medium of light, from large-scale projections and light sculptures, to interactive digital installations. An unforgettable finale that will stay in the imagination forever.

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Cuirfear clabhsúr ar Ghaillimh 2020 i ndúlaíocht dhorcha na Samhna. Chun ceiliúradh a dhéanamh ar dheireadh dhá mhí dhéag iontacha do Ghaillimh agus í mar Phríomhchathair Chultúir na hEorpa, déanfar gailearaí glioscarnach gan bhallaí de Ghaillimh. Bí linn chun féachaint le hiontas ar fhoirgnimh, sráideanna agus spásanna poiblí aitheanta agus iad athraithe ó bhonn le soilse go dreach cathrach draíochtúil oíche. Tabharfaidh Lumiere Galway cuid de na healaíontóirí is fearr ar domhan le chéile agus iad go léir ag obair le meán na soilse, ó theilgean mórscála agus dealbha soilse, go suiteáin dhigiteacha idirghníomhacha. Bailchríoch dhodhearmadta a fhanfaidh sa tsamhlaíocht go brách.

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Galway 2020 European and Global PartnersAarhus Filmværksted Denmark

Abridged UK

ACTS – laboratory for performance practices Norway

AFuk The Netherlands

Alexander Karlsson Sweden

Alina Ibragimova Russia

All the Queens Men Australia

Alvstranden Utveckling Sweden

André Morsch Germany

Anet Brusgaard. Director of the European Tapestry Network Denmark

Artcena – French National Centre for Circus Arts, Street Arts and Theatre France

Artichoke UK

Athens Film Festival Greece

Belfast Community Circus UK

Belfast Film Festival UK

Belfast International Arts Festival UK

Benj Gerdes Sweden

Boris Nieslony Germany

Bruno Frenette / Traits Dunions France

Carabosse France

Cédric Tiberghien France

Cello Biennale Amsterdam Netherlands

Ciclic Animation France

Circostrada Pan European

Circus Cabuwazi Germany

Cirkus Cirkör Sweden

Cirqueon Czech Republic

Compagnie de L’Oiseau Mouche France

Complicité UK

Conservatoire Stockholm Sweden

Coyoacan Mexico

Creative Laboratory of Contemportary Theatre KRILA Croatia

CREW Belgium

Croatian National Theatre Croatia

Daan RosenGuarde The Netherlands

Dansnest The Netherlands

Darrell Vydelingum and Ekow Eshun UK

David Best US

David Stalling Ireland / Germany

Denis Josselin / Compagnie les Treteau France

Dominic Dudley UK

Ecole de Cirque de Bruxelles Belgium

Elaine Buckholtz & Jane Cassidy US

Eric Joris Belgium

EU Commission for Agriculture & Rural Affairs Belgium

EU Japan Fest Japan

European Federation of Irish Studies (EFACIS) Belgium

European Parliament Belgium

Festival de Film Cinemania Canada

Festival International du Film Indépendant de Bordeaux France

Festival of European Short Story Croatia

Film i Skåne Sweden

Filmbasen Stockholm Sweden

Filmcloud & Kultur i Väst Sweden

Filmtalent Denmark

Filmværkstedet Klippfisk Faroe Island

Filmværkstedet, København Denmark

Filmwerkstatt Kiel Germany

Geneva Film Festival Switzerland

Gijón International Film Festival Spain

Giovanni Sollima Italy

Golden Tree Productions UK

Goteborg Stad Sweden

Hafez Omar Palestine

Hannah Roberts UK

Hervé Joulain France

Institute of the Arts Barcelona (IAB) Spain

István Várdai Hungary

IWTO – International Wool Trade Organisation Belgium

Jakob Koranyi Sweden

Jenny Polack US

Jochen Kupfer Germany

Julian Crouch UK

Kamerimage – The International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography Poland

Kari Kola Finland

Kaunas 2022 Lithuania

La Baracca Italy

La Mesa Spain

Lantern Company UK

Laura van der Heijden UK

Lily Maisky France

Luxembourg City Film Festival Luxembourg

Magz Hall UK

Marc Coppey France

Marie Thumette Brichard France

Mariona Moya Spain

Mediefabrikken, The Media Factory Norway

Midnight Sun Film Festival Finland

Mischa Maisky Russia / France

Moomstearern Sweden

MOVEO Spain

Nadege Meriau France / Germany

Natalie Haas US

Nick Powell UK

Nicolas Altstaedt Germany

Noordelijk Film Festival The Netherlands

Odense Filmværksted Denmark

Open Workshop Denmark

Oriel Plas Glyn y Weddw and Celtic Neighbours UK

Per.Art Serbia

Platform 88 France

Pouple Electrique France

Professor Lesley Millar, University of Southern England UK

Professor Włodzimierz Cygan Poland

Reykjavik Film Festival Iceland

Richard Wakely UK

Rijeka 2020 Croatia

Robertina Šebjanic Slovenia

Rough Connection Sweden

Sabhal Mor Ostaig UK

Schoenburg Strings Germany

School of Machines, Making & Make-Believe Germany

Sergi Ots Spain

SheepNet Pan-European

SLOW FOOD Foundation Italy

Sohail Salem Palestine

Tan Dun China

Tatjana Vassiljeva Russia / The Netherlands

Teatr 21 Poland

The English Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble UK

The Finnish Institute London UK / Finland

The Serious Road Trio Romania

Theatre Babel The Netherlands

Thoma Ewin Canada

Timisora 2021 Romania

Tobias Hutzler Germany

Tobogan Croatia

Topagunea Spain

ToTum Theatre Spain

Tvibit Youth Film Centre Norway

UEFA Switzerland

Université Libre de Bruxelles Belgium

University of the Arts Targu Mures Romania

Valerie Kirk, The Australian National University Australia

Valland Akademi Sweden

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Wonderworks UK

WORKINGLIFEBALANCE Ltd Austria

Yasuko Fugino, Professor of Dyeing and Weaving at Kyoto City University of Arts Japan

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EU-Japan Fest, a committee that has supported valuable exchanges between every European Capital of Culture and Japan since 1992, is the core of the project that sees Galway 2020 as interpreter in the dialogue between the two island nations.

Galway 2020 will host diverse partnerships with EU-Japan Fest to explore points of connection and affinity across a host of projects throughout 2020, from cultural exchanges and residencies, to collaborations and artistic expressions through digital technology, film, music, visual art and more.

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Is coiste é Féile AE-na Seapáine a thacaigh le malartuithe luachmhara idir gach Príomhchathair Chultúir na hEorpa agus an tSeapáin ó 1993 i leith, agus é mar chroílár an tionscadail a fhéachann ar Ghaillimh 2020 mar ateangaire san idirphlé idir an dá náisiún oileánda.

Déanfaidh Gaillimh 2020 óstáil ar chomhpháirtíochtaí éagsúla le Féile AE-na Seapáine chun pointí nasctha a fhiosrú ar fud roinnt mhaith tionscadal i rith 2020, ó mhalartuithe cultúrtha agus cónaitheachtaí, go comhshaothair agus léirithe ealaíne trí theicneolaíocht dhigiteach, scannán, ceol, amharc-ealaín agus eile.

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TG4 reflects Ireland through a different lens. Celebrating Irish culture and language is at its core.

Supporting the creative sector, it strengthens regional and economic growth across Ireland. TG4’s world class content is enjoyed globally, Aon Am, Aon Áit.

Language is one of Galway 2020’s three themes, manifested in projects celebrating, portraying and amplifying the unique beauty of the Irish language and culture.

TG4 is showcasing the diversity of Galway 2020, creating and distributing inspirational content across all platforms.

This partnership will build a legacy embodying the spirit of Galway 2020 for future generations.

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Caitheann TG4 ‘Súil Eile’ ar Éirinn. Tá cultúr agus teanga na hÉireann go tréan ann.

Ag tacú leis an earnáil chruthaitheach, déanann sé fás geilleagrach a neartú sna réigiúin agus ar fud na hÉireann. Baintear sult as ábhar den chéad scoth ar fud an domhain, Aon Am, Aon Áit.

Tá Teanga ar cheann de na trí phríomhthéama atá ag Gaillimh 2020, arna léiriú i dtionscadail a cheiliúrann, a thaispeánann agus a mhéadaíonn áilleacht uathúil na Gaeilge agus chultúr na hÉireann.

Taispeánann TG4 an éagsúlacht a bhaineann le Gaillimh 2020, ag cruthú agus ag dáileadh ábhar den chéad scoth thar na hardáin uile.

Tógfaidh an chomhpháirtíocht seo oidhreacht a léireoidh an spiorad a bhaineann le Gaillimh 2020 do na glúnta atá le teacht.

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Galway 2020 is delighted to announce a partnership with The Arts Council, the national government agency charged with developing and promoting the arts in Ireland.

The Arts Council Summer Plenary will be held in Galway in June 2020, in addition to other policy related events that will be held throughout the year.

Galway 2020 and The Arts Council will also collaborate on the Ireland Chair of Poetry, Laureate na nÓg and the Laureate for Irish Fiction. This will include the announcement of the sixth Laureate na nÓg in Galway in May 2020.

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Tá ríméad ar Ghaillimh 2020 a fhógairt go bhfuil siad ag obair i gcomhpháirt leis an gComhairle Ealaíon, an áisíneacht rialtais náisiúnta um fhorbairt agus um chur chun cinn na n-ealaíon in Éirinn.

Reáchtálfar Cruinniú Iomlánach Samhraidh na Comhairle Ealaíon i nGaillimh i mí Mheitheamh 2020, chomh maith le himeachtaí eile beartais a reáchtálfar i rith na bliana freisin.

Comhoibreoidh Gaillimh 2020 agus an Chomhairle Ealaíon freisin ar Ollúnacht Éigse Éireann, ar Laureate na nÓg agus ar Laureate i gcomhair Ficsean Éireannach. Mar chuid de sin, déanfar an séú Laureate na nÓg a fhógairt i nGaillimh i mí na Bealtaine 2020.

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RTÉ is the principal National Broadcast Media Partner for Galway 2020. As well as proudly supporting Galway 2020 across all its channels, RTÉ will deliver a range of live events and broadcasts throughout the year, as well as specially commissioned work on radio and online.

RTÉ’s mission to champion Irish culture by captivating audiences with trusted, engaging and challenging content, celebrating the country’s rich diversity and cultivating Ireland’s talent; this chimes perfectly with the values that underpin the themes celebrated by Galway 2020.

From live broadcasts to intimate podcasts made by Galway artists, RTÉ will be at the heart of the 2020 programme, carrying Galway 2020’s ideas and events to audiences nationwide and across the globe. RTÉ’s own orchestras will feature prominently in Galway 2020 events and seasons including our own commissioned series produced by Music for Galway.

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Is é RTÉ an Príomh-Chomhpháirtí Meán um Chraoladh Náisiúnta do Ghaillimh 2020. Chomh maith le bheith ag tacú le Gaillimh 2020 thar na bealaí uile, déanfaidh RTÉ imeachtaí a chraoladh beo i rith na bliana, agus déanfar saothar a choimisiúnú go speisialta don raidió agus ar líne.

Tá sé mar mhisean ag RTÉ tacú le cultúr na hÉireann trí ábhar iontaofa, suimiúil agus dúshlánach a chur ar fáil don lucht féachana, ábhar a dhéanann ceiliúradh ar éagsúlacht na tíre agus a chothaíonn buanna na hÉireann. Tagann an misean seo go maith leis na luachanna a bhaineann le téamaí Ghaillimh 2020.

Ó chraoltaí beo go podchraoltaí beaga déanta ag ealaíontóirí na Gaillimhe, beidh RTÉ ag croílár chlár 2020, ag léiriú smaointe agus imeachtaí Ghaillimh 2020 do lucht féachana ar fud na tíre agus go deimhin, ar fud an domhain. Beidh ceolfhoirne RTÉ mar chuid lárnach d’imeachtaí agus de shéasúir Ghaillimh 2020, agus ár sraith choimisiúnaithe féin á léiriú ag Music for Galway.

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Celebrating its 175th year in 2020, National University of Ireland Galway (NUI Galway) has a proud tradition of inspiring minds and shaping ideas.

The Aistriú and Immersive Classroom projects led by the University will do just that, while a range of cultural events will take place on campus throughout 2020 including a major European Conference on the themes of Language, Landscape and Migration.

NUI Galway is focused on working with our region to develop a cultural legacy that will have a lasting impact on the creative and cultural life of Galway and its hinterland. University specialisms in Drama, Film, Creative Writing, Digital Media and Publishing ensure the West of Ireland has a rich talent pool in the creative arts. New programmes of research and teaching will focus on production and curation to inspire the next generation of innovators and further develop our creative economy. Here is where there are no limits, just endless possibilities.

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Agus í ag ceiliúradh a 175ú bliain in 2020, tá traidisiún bródúil ag Ollscoil na hÉireann Gaillimh (OÉ Gaillimh) as bheith ag spreagadh intinní agus ag cruthú smaointe.

Is amhlaidh a dhéanfaidh an dá thionscadal, Aistriú agus Immersive Classroom, atá arna stiúradh ag an Ollscoil, agus beidh clár imeachtaí cultúrtha ar siúl ar an gcampas le linn 2020, lena n-áireofar Mórchomhdháil Eorpach ar théamaí na Teanga, an Tírdhreacha agus na hImirce.

Tá OÉ Gaillimh dírithe ar obair leis an réigiún chun oidhreacht chultúrtha a fhorbairt a mbeidh tionchar fadtéarmach aici ar shaol cruthaitheach agus cultúrtha na Gaillimhe agus an cheantair máguaird. Déanann speisialtóireachtaí Ollscoile sa Drámaíocht, Scannánaíocht, Scríbhneoireacht Chruthaitheach, na Meáin Dhigiteacha agus san Fhoilseoireacht a chinntiú go bhfuil buíon ildánach sna healaíona cruthaitheacha ag Iarthar na hÉireann. Beidh cláir nua taighde agus múinteoireachta ag díriú ar léiriúchán agus ar choimeádaíocht chun an chéad ghlúin eile de nuálaithe a spreagadh agus ár ngeilleagar cruthaitheach a fhorbairt níos mó. Níl aon teorainn leis na féidearthachtaí.

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Pálás is Galway’s independent arthouse cinema, operated by Element Pictures. It was conceived as a home for the film community and Galway film lovers to appreciate the best of Irish and international independent cinema on the big screen.

Encouraging discourse between filmmakers and audiences is a huge part of what gives the space a sense of community.

Through Screen Ireland in Conversation (see page 44), Pálás is delighted to give artists of all kind an opportunity to tell the stories of their careers, both at home and abroad, to Galway audiences in unique, in-depth conversations in its beautiful screening rooms.

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Is é Pálás pictiúrlann sainealaíne neamhspleách na Gaillimhe. Bunaíodh é chun bheith mar bhaile do phobal na scannánaíochta i nGaillimh chun go mbeidís in ann na scannáin Éireannacha agus idirnáisiúnta is fearr a fheiceáil ar an scáileán mór.

Tá meon an-láidir pobail sa spás a thagann as an bplé a spreagtar ann idir lucht déanta scannán agus lucht féachana.

Trí Screen Ireland i mBun Comhrá (feic leathanach 44), tá ríméad ar Pálás deis a thabhairt d’ealaíontóirí scéalta a ngairmeacha beatha, anseo in Éirinn agus thar lear, a roinnt le lucht féachana na Gaillimhe i gcomhráite uathúla doimhne sna seomraí áille scannáin.

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An active partner in a number of events and activities throughout 2020, Galway Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) will place a large focus on legacy.

GMIT recently established the School of Design & Creative Arts, combining the talents and resources of the Centre for Creative Arts & Media (CCAM) in Galway and the National Centre for Excellence in Furniture Design & Technology in Letterfrack.

The ambitious plan is to develop and advance CCAM as a creative, cultural and community-engaged hub, while developing education programmes, community-focused projects and creative enterprise.

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Mar chomhpháirtí gníomhach i roinnt imeachtaí agus gníomhaíochtaí le linn 2020, díreoidh GMIT go mór ar oidhreacht.

Le déanaí bhunaigh GMIT an Scoil Dearaidh & Ealaíon Cruthaitheach, ag nascadh buanna agus acmhainní an Lárionaid do na hEalaíona Cruthaitheacha agus na Meáin (IECM) i nGaillimh agus an tIonad Náisiúnta Barr Feabhais i nDearadh agus Teicneolaíocht an Troscáin i Leitir Fraic.

Tá plean uaillmhianach ann chun forbairt agus dul chun cinn a dhéanamh ar IECM mar mhol cruthaitheach, cultúrtha agus pobail, áit a ndéanfar forbairt ar chláir oideachais, ar thionscadail phobail, agus ar fhiontar cruthaitheach.

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Galway’s Town Hall Theatre and the nearby multi-purpose Black Box Theatre will present an eclectic and extensive mix of theatre, music, dance, film, comedy, literary, family and community shows in 2020.

With over 600 performances, screenings and events planned, the Town Hall Theatre will be at the epicentre of Galway’s cultural activity throughout this special year including playing host to all of the city’s major festivals and the best of Irish theatre companies.

Programme highlights in 2020 include: productions from Druid, Decadent, Fishamble, Macnas, Pan Pan, Blue Raincoat, Rough Magic and Theatre Lovett; Irish National Opera; Royal Moscow Ballet, Ballet Ireland, and many more.

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Cuirfidh Amharclann Halla an Bhaile agus an Dubhlann clár leathan éagsúil imeachtaí i láthair in 2020 ina mbeidh amharclannaíocht, ceol, damhsa, scannáin, greann, litríocht, seónna teaghlaigh agus seónna pobail.

Le breis agus 600 taibhléiriú, léiriú scannán agus imeachtaí beartaithe, beidh Amharclann Halla an Bhaile ag croílár ghníomhaíochtaí cultúrtha na Gaillimhe don bhliain speisialta seo, agus í mar óstach ar phríomhfhéilte na cathrach agus ar scoth na gcompántas mór amharclannaíochta as Éirinn.

I measc bhuaicphointí an chláir in 2020 beidh: léirithe de chuid Druid, Decadent, Fishamble, Macnas, Pan Pan, Blue Raincoat, Rough Magic agus Theatre Lovett; Irish National Opera; Royal Moscow Ballet, Ballet Ireland, agus go leor eile.

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Different city sectors will come together in a week-long hackathon of intensive collaborative workshops aimed at creating a One-Planet vision for the city of Galway and beyond.

The creative task will be to envisage a city that grows and prospers by addressing the current climate and ecological crisis, enabling citizens and visitors to lead happy and healthy lifestyles within the natural limits of the planet.

A Sustainability Hub will be located within the regenerated Ceannt Station area, with photographic displays, talks on sustainable living and an interactive display of the sustainable vision for Galway that will grow in size and complexity as more people take part.

Tiocfaidh earnálacha éagsúla na cathrach le chéile le haghaidh haiceatón seachtaine de dhiancheardlanna comhoibríocha dírithe ar fhís Aon-Phláinéad a chruthú do chathair na Gaillimhe agus níos faide i gcéin.

Beidh sé mar thasc cruthaitheach fís a chruthú do chathair a fhásfaidh agus a bheidh faoi rath trí dhul i ngleic leis an ngéarchéim aeráide agus éiceolaíochta atá againn, ag cumasú saoránach agus cuairteoirí chun saol sona sláintiúil a chaitheamh laistigh de theorainneacha nádúrtha an domhain.

Beidh Mol Inbhuanaitheachta lonnaithe laistigh de limistéir athnuaite Stáisiún Cheannt, le taispeántais ghrianghraf, cainteanna ar mhaireachtáil inbhuanaithe agus taispeántas idirghníomhach ar an bhfís inbhuanaithe do Ghaillimh a fhásfaidh i méid agus i gcastacht de réir mar a ghlacann daoine páirt ann.

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The beloved hookers, gleóiteogs and púcáns that grace our coast are a combination of design, craft and seamanship. These boats and those who sail them are an integral part of Galway life and culture. Their story is Galway’s story.

Bádóirí an Chladaigh are trustees of seven of these boats, and in 2020, they will be joined by seven private boats to create a fleet of 14, used to train and teach a new generation of Hooker Sailors. The public will be invited to the Claddagh Basin to study the boats in all of their glory.

Keep your eyes peeled for these elegant pieces of craftsmanship during the opening ceremony.

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Tá dearadh, ceardaíocht agus mairnéalacht ag baint leis na húicéir, na gleoiteoga agus na púcáin a mhaisíonn ár gcósta. Is cuid lárnach de shaol agus de chultúr na Gaillimhe iad na báid seo agus na daoine a bhíonn á seoladh. Is é a scéalsan, scéal na Gaillimhe.

Tá Bádóirí an Chladaigh ina n-iontaobhaithe ar sheacht gcinn de na báid seo, agus in 2020, tiocfaidh seacht mbád phríobháideacha leo chun cabhlach de cheithre bhád déag a chruthú, agus bainfear leas astu chun glúin nua de mhairnéalaigh húicéar a oiliúint. Tabharfar cuireadh don phobal chuig Abhantrach an Chladaigh le féachaint ar áilleacht na mbád.

Bí ag faire amach do na píosaí galánta ceardaíochta seo le linn an tsearmanais oscailte.

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Galway 2020 will deliver an impactful Schools Programme, which will be delivered by the Galway 2020 Cultural Partners and our designated Cultural Education Partners through commissioned projects that will provide opportunities for children to explore learning and fun through creativity.

The programme aims to provide opportunities for children as both audience members and participants within the artistic programme.

Among those partnering on our Schools Programme are Music Generation Galway, Creative Schools, the Arts Council, the Galway Roscommon Education Partnership and the Arts Offices.

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Léireoidh Gaillimh 2020 clár fiúntach do scoileanna, a bheidh á chur i láthair ag Comhpháirtithe Cultúrtha Ghaillimh 2020 agus ag ár gComhpháirtithe Oideachais Chultúrtha trí thionscadail choimisiúnaithe a thabharfaidh deiseanna do leanaí foghlaim agus spraoi a dhéanamh trí chruthaitheacht.

Tá sé mar aidhm ag an gclár deiseanna a sholáthar do leanaí mar bhaill den lucht féachana agus mar rannpháirtithe sa chlár ealaíne.

I measc na gcomhpháirtithe ar an gClár Scoileanna tá Music Generation na Gaillimhe, Scoileanna Ildánacha, an Chomhairle Ealaíon, Comhpháirtíocht Oideachais Ros Comáin-na Gaillimhe, na hOifigí Ealaíon.

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During our year as European Capital of Culture, Galway 2020 will host National, European and International conferences, meetings and awards. Some of the conferences taking place in Galway in 2020 are CIRCOM (European Association of Regional Television) Annual Conference, EAVE (European AudioVisual Entrepreneurs) Annual Conference and CEV (Capacity Building Conference incorporating Volunteer Ireland Annual Conference). We look forward to welcoming thousands of international and national delegates to Galway, to network, exchange ideas and to do business, under the auspices of the Galway 2020 Cultural Programme.

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Le linn na bliana a mbeimid mar Phríomhchathair Chultúir na hEorpa, beidh Gaillimh 2020 ina óstach ar chomhdhálacha, cruinnithe agus dámhachtainí Náisiúnta, Eorpacha agus Idirnáisiúnta. I measc na gcomhdhálacha a bheidh ar siúl i nGaillimh in 2020 beidh Comhdháil Bhliantúil CIRCOM (An Cumann Eorpach um Theilifís Réigiúnach), Comhdháil Bhliantúil EAVE (Fiontraithe Closamhairc na hEorpa) agus Comhdháil CEV (Ionad Oibrithe Deonacha na hEorpa, agus Comhdháil Bhliantúil Ionad Oibrithe Deonacha na hÉireann mar chuid de). Táimid ag súil go mór le fáilte a chur roimh na mílte toscairí idirnáisiúnta agus náisiúnta go Gaillimh, chun aithne a chur ar a chéile, chun smaointe a mhalartú, agus chun gnó a dhéanamh, faoi choimirce Chlár Cultúrtha Ghaillimh 2020.

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Music for Galway Midwinter Festival 17–19 January Town Hall Theatre, Galway City Music for Galway, RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Kenneth Montgomery

Opening Event 1–8 February Galway City and County Produced by Wonder Works with Galway City and County Community Cast 26–27

Unselfing, TULCA March–April, June, August, September, November

Galway, Carrick-on-Shannon, Dublin, Derry, Gothenburg (Sweden) Galway 2020, TULCA Festival of Visual Arts 28

Perspective Throughout the year Galway County Tobias Hutzler, commissioned by Galway 2020 29

Hope It Rains | Soineann nó Doineann Imbolc, Bealtaine, Lughnasa, Samhain Galway City and County Created by Ríonach Ní Néill, produced by Ciotóg & Milestone Inventive, commissioned by Galway 2020, Weatherbot partner National University of Ireland Galway

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Turas Chonamara Imbolc, Bealtaine, Lughnasa, Samhain Gaeltacht Chonamara Created by Ríonach Ní Néill, produced by Ciotóg & Milestone Inventive, commissioned by Galway 2020, co-funded by the Fisheries Local Area Group (FLAG) Development programme, partnered by National University of Ireland Galway

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Kennys Bookshop & Art Gallery Throughout the year Galway City Kennys Bookshop & Art Gallery 32

Symphonic Waves Throughout the year Galway City and County Galway 2020 and Music Generation Galway County 33

Monument March to December Galway City Museum / Galway City Galway 2020 and Galway City Museum, curated by Sybil Curley and Eithne Verling

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Livefeed September 2019–September 2020 Galway City and County Galway 2020, produced by Tracy Bruen, David Boland and Eoin Dolan 36

Wild Atlantic Women 8 March Galway City Galway 2020 in association with Galway Public Libraries 37

World Literature Day 21 April Galway City 35th Cúirt International Festival of Literature in association with Galway 2020 38

Centenary Cúirt International Festival of Literature, April and throughout the year

Galway City and County Eilís Dillon, 35th Cúirt International Festival of Literature 39

Savage Beauty March Connemara / Galway County Kari Kola commissioned by Galway 2020 40–41

Sruth Na Teanga 2–29 March Airport Terminal Building, Carnmore / Galway County Branar Téatar do Pháistí, commissioned by Galway 2020.Artistic Director Marc Mac Lochlainn, Designer Maeve Clancy, Composer Michael Chang

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Sea Tamagotchi Imbolc and Bealtaine Connacht and Ulster Manchán Magan, Emily Robyn Archer, commissioned by Galway 2020 44

Onside 20 March–4 April Eyre Square and various city locations / Galway City FAI, in association with Galway 2020 45

Cellissimo 25 April–3 May Galway City and County Music for Galway and Galway 2020, Artistic Director, Finghin Collins,Executive Director, Anna Lardi Fogarty

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Screen Ireland (in conversation) Throughout the year Pálás / Galway City Pálás, Screen Ireland 48

Song Of The Sea Imbolc Galway City Pálás, in association with Galway City Council 48

We are the Poets Throughout the year Galway City and County Poetry Ireland, Laureate na nÓg and Children’s Books Ireland, in association with Galway 2020

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Comhaltas and Céilí at the Crossroads Throughout the year Galway City and County Comhaltas Contae na Gaillimhe, in association with Galway 2020 50

International Music Series Throughout the year Galway City The National Concert Hall, Dublin, in association with Galway 2020 51

Northern Peripheries Workshop 6–20 April Screening July, Galway Film Fleadh

Galway City Galway 2020 and Galway Film Centre in association with Screen Talent Europe 52

The Deepest Shade Of Green February–December University Hospitals: Galway, Merlin Park, Portiuncula, Mayo, Sligo, Letterkenny and Roscommon / Connacht and Ulster

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Aistriú Throughout the year Galway City and County Galway 2020, in association with NUI Galway 54

Abendmusik: Crossing Borders 10 & 26 April, 24 May, 28 June, 27 September, 22 November

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The Galway Tour April–July Various / Galway City and County Druid, commissioned by Galway 2020 56–57

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Opening Event 1–8 February Galway City and County Produced by Wonder Works with Galway City and County Community Cast 26–27

Unselfing, TULCA March–April, June, August, September, November

Galway, Carrick-on-Shannon, Dublin, Derry, Gothenburg (Sweden) Galway 2020, TULCA Festival of Visual Arts 28

Perspective Throughout the year Galway County Tobias Hutzler, commissioned by Galway 2020 29

Hope It Rains | Soineann nó Doineann Imbolc, Bealtaine, Lughnasa, Samhain Galway City and County Created by Ríonach Ní Néill, produced by Ciotóg & Milestone Inventive, commissioned by Galway 2020, Weatherbot partner National University of Ireland Galway

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Turas Chonamara Imbolc, Bealtaine, Lughnasa, Samhain Gaeltacht Chonamara Created by Ríonach Ní Néill, produced by Ciotóg & Milestone Inventive, commissioned by Galway 2020, co-funded by the Fisheries Local Area Group (FLAG) Development programme, partnered by National University of Ireland Galway

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Kennys Bookshop & Art Gallery Throughout the year Galway City Kennys Bookshop & Art Gallery 32

Symphonic Waves Throughout the year Galway City and County Galway 2020 and Music Generation Galway County 33

Monument March to December Galway City Museum / Galway City Galway 2020 and Galway City Museum, curated by Sybil Curley and Eithne Verling

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Livefeed September 2019–September 2020 Galway City and County Galway 2020, produced by Tracy Bruen, David Boland and Eoin Dolan 36

Wild Atlantic Women 8 March Galway City Galway 2020 in association with Galway Public Libraries 37

World Literature Day 21 April Galway City 35th Cúirt International Festival of Literature in association with Galway 2020 38

Centenary Cúirt International Festival of Literature, April and throughout the year

Galway City and County Eilís Dillon, 35th Cúirt International Festival of Literature 39

Savage Beauty March Connemara / Galway County Kari Kola commissioned by Galway 2020 40–41

Sruth Na Teanga 2–29 March Airport Terminal Building, Carnmore / Galway County Branar Téatar do Pháistí, commissioned by Galway 2020.Artistic Director Marc Mac Lochlainn, Designer Maeve Clancy, Composer Michael Chang

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Sea Tamagotchi Imbolc and Bealtaine Connacht and Ulster Manchán Magan, Emily Robyn Archer, commissioned by Galway 2020 44

Onside 20 March–4 April Eyre Square and various city locations / Galway City FAI, in association with Galway 2020 45

Cellissimo 25 April–3 May Galway City and County Music for Galway and Galway 2020, Artistic Director, Finghin Collins,Executive Director, Anna Lardi Fogarty

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Screen Ireland (in conversation) Throughout the year Pálás / Galway City Pálás, Screen Ireland 48

Song Of The Sea Imbolc Galway City Pálás, in association with Galway City Council 48

We are the Poets Throughout the year Galway City and County Poetry Ireland, Laureate na nÓg and Children’s Books Ireland, in association with Galway 2020

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Comhaltas and Céilí at the Crossroads Throughout the year Galway City and County Comhaltas Contae na Gaillimhe, in association with Galway 2020 50

International Music Series Throughout the year Galway City The National Concert Hall, Dublin, in association with Galway 2020 51

Northern Peripheries Workshop 6–20 April Screening July, Galway Film Fleadh

Galway City Galway 2020 and Galway Film Centre in association with Screen Talent Europe 52

The Deepest Shade Of Green February–December University Hospitals: Galway, Merlin Park, Portiuncula, Mayo, Sligo, Letterkenny and Roscommon / Connacht and Ulster

Galway 2020 and Saolta Arts in partnership with Saolta University Health Care Group

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Aistriú Throughout the year Galway City and County Galway 2020, in association with NUI Galway 54

Abendmusik: Crossing Borders 10 & 26 April, 24 May, 28 June, 27 September, 22 November

Collegiate Church of St Nicholas / Galway City Music for Galway and Galway 2020Artistic Director, Mark Duley

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The Galway Tour April–July Various / Galway City and County Druid, commissioned by Galway 2020 56–57

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Borderline May Galway County David Best, commissoned by Galway 2020 60–61

Galway Theatre Festival 2020 1–9 May Across Galway City Galway Theatre Festival 62

InterAction Galway Theatre Festival May and November Galway City and County Galway Theatre Festival 63

Poetry Matters Throughout the year Galway City and County Galway 2020, in association with Poetry Ireland and Galway Public Libraries 64

To the Island May Galway City and County Written by Patricia Forde, illustrated by Nicola Bernadelli, edited by Little Island 65

Galway Early Music Festival 2020 22–24 May Galway City Galway Early Music Festival 66

ATLANTEC: The Art of AI & Digital Innovation Throughout May NUI Galway, Hotel Mayrick / Galway City and County ATLANTEC Festival 67

Crossing the Line Festival 20–23 May Father Burke Park, Town Hall Theatre, Black Box Theatre, Mick Lally Theatre, An Taibhdhearc, streets of Galway & Blue Teapot Theatre / Galway City

Blue Teapot Theatre Company, commissioned by Galway 2020 68–69

Galway Moves May Galway City and County Galway Dance Project, Dansnest (NL) and Galway 2020 70

Studio Drop May Inis Oírr Aran Islands / Galway County Galway 2020 and Drop Everything Artists: Drop Everything Founder and curator Mary Nally, Architect Emmett McNamara, Designer and Builder Harrison Gardner

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Project Baa Baa April, May, June Claregalway Castle, County Galway schools, CCAM (GMIT), NUI Galway, Pálás, streets of Galway / Galway City and County

Galway 2020, produced by Deborah Evers and Seamus Sheridan 72–73

Fever Pitch Music Festival Bealtaine Galway Airport / Galway County Fever Pitch Music Festival 74–75

Gilgamesh March, April, June March / April, activations in various locations online and in the landscape June, various outdoor locations

Macnas, commissioned by Galway 2020 Writer Marina Carr, Director Noeline Kavanagh, Designer Julian Crouch

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Travellers’ Tales October 2019 and June 2020 Galway City and County Galway Traveller Movement and the National Traveller Organisations in collaboration with Galway 2020 78–79

Galway Film Fleadh 7–12 July Town Hall Theatre, Pálás Cinema, Galmont Hotel / Galway City Galway Film Fleadh 80

Peripheral VisionsYoung Audience Award 26 April Galway Film Fleadh 7–12 July

Galway City and County Galway Film Fleadh, Galway 2020 81

Hoops 15–17 May Eyre Square / Galway City Basketball Ireland, in association with Galway 2020 82

Blame Game Unlimited 15–17 May Eyre Square and across the city / Galway City Human Collective (Ireland) and Rough Connections (Sweden) in association with Rua Red, Crying Out Loud and Belfast International Arts Festival. Co-produced by Galway 2020 and Crying Out Loud.

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Mirror Pavilion Straw Work April–JulyLeaf Work August–October

Straw Work Claddagh Quay / Galway CityLeaf Work Derrigimlagh Bog / Connemara, Galway County

Artist John Gerrard, Galway International Arts Festival and Galway 2020 84–85

Galway International Arts Festival 2020 13–26 July Galway City and County Galway International Arts Festival 86

Paper Boat 11–13 June Paper Boat Audio Installation, April to August

St. Nicholas’ Collegiate Church / Galway City Music for Galway and Galway 2020, in association with Irish National Opera Music by Elaine Agnew, Libretto by Jessica Traynor, Director Conor Hanratty, Conductor Sinead Hayes

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Fun Run 27 June Salthill Park / Galway City All The Queens Men in a co-production with Galway 2020 88–89

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Galway Theatre Festival 2020 1–9 May Across Galway City Galway Theatre Festival 62

InterAction Galway Theatre Festival May and November Galway City and County Galway Theatre Festival 63

Poetry Matters Throughout the year Galway City and County Galway 2020, in association with Poetry Ireland and Galway Public Libraries 64

To the Island May Galway City and County Written by Patricia Forde, illustrated by Nicola Bernadelli, edited by Little Island 65

Galway Early Music Festival 2020 22–24 May Galway City Galway Early Music Festival 66

ATLANTEC: The Art of AI & Digital Innovation Throughout May NUI Galway, Hotel Mayrick / Galway City and County ATLANTEC Festival 67

Crossing the Line Festival 20–23 May Father Burke Park, Town Hall Theatre, Black Box Theatre, Mick Lally Theatre, An Taibhdhearc, streets of Galway & Blue Teapot Theatre / Galway City

Blue Teapot Theatre Company, commissioned by Galway 2020 68–69

Galway Moves May Galway City and County Galway Dance Project, Dansnest (NL) and Galway 2020 70

Studio Drop May Inis Oírr Aran Islands / Galway County Galway 2020 and Drop Everything Artists: Drop Everything Founder and curator Mary Nally, Architect Emmett McNamara, Designer and Builder Harrison Gardner

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Project Baa Baa April, May, June Claregalway Castle, County Galway schools, CCAM (GMIT), NUI Galway, Pálás, streets of Galway / Galway City and County

Galway 2020, produced by Deborah Evers and Seamus Sheridan 72–73

Fever Pitch Music Festival Bealtaine Galway Airport / Galway County Fever Pitch Music Festival 74–75

Gilgamesh March, April, June March / April, activations in various locations online and in the landscape June, various outdoor locations


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Travellers’ Tales October 2019 and June 2020 Galway City and County Galway Traveller Movement and the National Traveller Organisations in collaboration with Galway 2020 78–79

Galway Film Fleadh 7–12 July Town Hall Theatre, Pálás Cinema, Galmont Hotel / Galway City Galway Film Fleadh 80

Peripheral VisionsYoung Audience Award 26 April Galway Film Fleadh 7–12 July

Galway City and County Galway Film Fleadh, Galway 2020 81

Hoops 15–17 May Eyre Square / Galway City Basketball Ireland, in association with Galway 2020 82

Blame Game Unlimited 15–17 May Eyre Square and across the city / Galway City Human Collective (Ireland) and Rough Connections (Sweden) in association with Rua Red, Crying Out Loud and Belfast International Arts Festival. Co-produced by Galway 2020 and Crying Out Loud.

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Mirror Pavilion Straw Work April–JulyLeaf Work August–October

Straw Work Claddagh Quay / Galway CityLeaf Work Derrigimlagh Bog / Connemara, Galway County

Artist John Gerrard, Galway International Arts Festival and Galway 2020 84–85

Galway International Arts Festival 2020 13–26 July Galway City and County Galway International Arts Festival 86

Paper Boat 11–13 June Paper Boat Audio Installation, April to August

St. Nicholas’ Collegiate Church / Galway City Music for Galway and Galway 2020, in association with Irish National Opera Music by Elaine Agnew, Libretto by Jessica Traynor, Director Conor Hanratty, Conductor Sinead Hayes

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Fun Run 27 June Salthill Park / Galway City All The Queens Men in a co-production with Galway 2020 88–89

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Fire Garden August Galway County Cie Carabosse, commissioned by Galway 2020 92–93

Wires Crossed: A Balancing Act for Europe 6–9 August Spanish Arch / Claddagh / Galway City Galway Community Circus, in partnership with Galway 2020 and the European Funambulism Network 94–95

Beyond the End of the Road September Galway County Galway 2020 in association with Shorelines Arts Festival, Portumna and November Club Original music and lyrics by Katie Doherty, Original script by Laura LindowDirected by Cinzia Hardy, Designed by Imogen Cloët

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Odyssey August Galway County Arts Over Borders in a co-production with Galway 2020 98–99

Everything that rises must dance August / September The Spanish Arch / Galway City Galway 2020, in association with Complicité Created by Sasha Milavic Davies & Lucy Railton

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The Mighty Ocean 4 September Town Hall Theatre / Galway City and County Galway 2020, Máirtín O’Connor 101

Aerial/Sparks 11 September–11 October Inis Oírr / Galway County Galway 2020 and Louise Manifold, in partnership with the Marine Institute 102–103

Immersive Classroom September and ongoing throughout the year.

Throughout the county Galway 2020 and School of Education NUI Galway, in partnership with CREW, Belgium

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Eye on the Edge 25 & 26 September NUI Galway Campus / Galway City Galway 2020, in collaboration with the European Parliament 105

Óró... September Connemara / Galway County Galway 2020, Ealaín na Gaeltachta 106

39th EVA International September Galway City EVA International 107

Culture Night September Galway City and County The Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, and the Creative Ireland Programme, in partnership with Galway County and City Councils

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October Kennys Bookshop & Art Gallery / Galway City Galway 2020. Illustrators: Quentin Blake, Claude Dubois, Jim Field, Emily Gravett, Judith Kerr, Oliver Jeffers, Sarah McIntyre, Lydia Monks, Thomas Müller and Chris Riddell

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Breaking Bread October Galway City Galway 2020 110

Syngelines Festival September Galway City and County Arts Over Borders, commissioned by Galway 2020. Curated by Seán Doran and Liam Browne 111

Arrivals/Departures October Galway City and County Jenny Polak, commissioned by Galway 2020 112

RISE 10–18 October Galway City and County Baboró International Arts Festival for Children, in association with Galway 2020 113

City of Light, City of Sanctuary September Galway City Lantern Company, in a co-production with Galway 2020 Artistic director Jo Pocock and composer Roma Yagnik

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Three Chords and the Truth Lughnasa Co-produced with Belfast International Arts Festival in partnership with Belfast City Council

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Hubert Butler Essay Prize 23 October Kennys Bookshop & Art Gallery / Galway City Organised by House of European Art London, in association with Galway 2020 117

Backgrounds: I Am Galway October Galway City and County Darrell Vydelingum, commissioned by Galway 2020 118–119

Spliced Lughnasa Various Galway GAA Clubs / Galway City and County Chalk it Down Productions, Galway 2020, in association with Galway 2020 and Galway GAA. Written by Timmy Creed, Directed by Gina Moxley, Visual Artist David Mathúna, Music & Sound Design Chris Somers,Lighting Designer Eoin Winning

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Fire Garden August Galway County Cie Carabosse, commissioned by Galway 2020 92–93

Wires Crossed: A Balancing Act for Europe 6–9 August Spanish Arch / Claddagh / Galway City Galway Community Circus, in partnership with Galway 2020 and the European Funambulism Network 94–95

Beyond the End of the Road September Galway County Galway 2020 in association with Shorelines Arts Festival, Portumna and November Club Original music and lyrics by Katie Doherty, Original script by Laura LindowDirected by Cinzia Hardy, Designed by Imogen Cloët

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Odyssey August Galway County Arts Over Borders in a co-production with Galway 2020 98–99

Everything that rises must dance August / September The Spanish Arch / Galway City Galway 2020, in association with Complicité Created by Sasha Milavic Davies & Lucy Railton

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The Mighty Ocean 4 September Town Hall Theatre / Galway City and County Galway 2020, Máirtín O’Connor 101

Aerial/Sparks 11 September–11 October Inis Oírr / Galway County Galway 2020 and Louise Manifold, in partnership with the Marine Institute 102–103

Immersive Classroom September and ongoing throughout the year.

Throughout the county Galway 2020 and School of Education NUI Galway, in partnership with CREW, Belgium

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Eye on the Edge 25 & 26 September NUI Galway Campus / Galway City Galway 2020, in collaboration with the European Parliament 105

Óró... September Connemara / Galway County Galway 2020, Ealaín na Gaeltachta 106

39th EVA International September Galway City EVA International 107

Culture Night September Galway City and County The Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, and the Creative Ireland Programme, in partnership with Galway County and City Councils

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October Kennys Bookshop & Art Gallery / Galway City Galway 2020. Illustrators: Quentin Blake, Claude Dubois, Jim Field, Emily Gravett, Judith Kerr, Oliver Jeffers, Sarah McIntyre, Lydia Monks, Thomas Müller and Chris Riddell

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Breaking Bread October Galway City Galway 2020 110

Syngelines Festival September Galway City and County Arts Over Borders, commissioned by Galway 2020. Curated by Seán Doran and Liam Browne 111

Arrivals/Departures October Galway City and County Jenny Polak, commissioned by Galway 2020 112

RISE 10–18 October Galway City and County Baboró International Arts Festival for Children, in association with Galway 2020 113

City of Light, City of Sanctuary September Galway City Lantern Company, in a co-production with Galway 2020 Artistic director Jo Pocock and composer Roma Yagnik

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Three Chords and the Truth Lughnasa Co-produced with Belfast International Arts Festival in partnership with Belfast City Council

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Hubert Butler Essay Prize 23 October Kennys Bookshop & Art Gallery / Galway City Organised by House of European Art London, in association with Galway 2020 117

Backgrounds: I Am Galway October Galway City and County Darrell Vydelingum, commissioned by Galway 2020 118–119

Spliced Lughnasa Various Galway GAA Clubs / Galway City and County Chalk it Down Productions, Galway 2020, in association with Galway 2020 and Galway GAA. Written by Timmy Creed, Directed by Gina Moxley, Visual Artist David Mathúna, Music & Sound Design Chris Somers,Lighting Designer Eoin Winning

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Oireachtas na Samhna 2020: Príomhfhéile Náisiúnta na nGael

Samhain / November Bóthar na Trá / Salthill An tOireachtas 126–127

West Words November Galway City and County Galway 2020 in association with The Stinging Fly and Galway Public Libraries 128

Gilgamesh November, December November, Black Box Theatre December, Epilogue in various outdoor locations


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Waterlicht October Galway County Galway 2020, Studio Roosegaarde 130–131

Unsung November Galway County Nighthouse Studio, commissioned by Galway 2020 132–133

Music for Galway celebrates Beethoven Beethoven 9th, 2 December 2020 Galway Cathedral / Galway City Music for Galway, RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Kenneth Montgomery 134

And it Moves – Music & Songs from an Open Road

27–31 January 2021 Galway City and County Róisín Dubh Promotions, in association with Old & in the Way and Galway 2020 135

Closing Event: Lumiere Galway January 2021 Galway City Galway 2020, artists to be announced 136–137

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Oireachtas na Samhna 2020: Príomhfhéile Náisiúnta na nGael

Samhain / November Bóthar na Trá / Salthill An tOireachtas 126–127

West Words November Galway City and County Galway 2020 in association with The Stinging Fly and Galway Public Libraries 128

Gilgamesh November, December November, Black Box Theatre December, Epilogue in various outdoor locations


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Waterlicht October Galway County Galway 2020, Studio Roosegaarde 130–131

Unsung November Galway County Nighthouse Studio, commissioned by Galway 2020 132–133

Music for Galway celebrates Beethoven Beethoven 9th, 2 December 2020 Galway Cathedral / Galway City Music for Galway, RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Kenneth Montgomery 134

And it Moves – Music & Songs from an Open Road

27–31 January 2021 Galway City and County Róisín Dubh Promotions, in association with Old & in the Way and Galway 2020 135

Closing Event: Lumiere Galway January 2021 Galway City Galway 2020, artists to be announced 136–137

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Catherine Cullen

Claire McColgan

Christopher Greene

Enda Newton

Caroline Loughnane

Lisa Clancy

Leon Butler

Iwona Aleksandra Kwiek

Arthur Lappin

Finbarr Bradley

Moling Ryan

Michael Cubbard

James McClearn

Niall McNelis

Seán Ó Tuairisg

Declan McGonagle

Aideen McGinley

Máire Geoghegan Quinn

John Crumlish

Pearce Flannery

Eileen Mannion

Michael G. Connolly

Noel Larkin

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Helen Marriage (Artichoke)Creative Director

Marilyn Gaughan ReddanHead of Programme

Pearse DohertyHead of Production

Kate HowardCultural Producer

Liz KellyCultural Producer

Siobhán O’MalleyCultural Producer

Craig FlahertyCultural Producer

Denise McDonaghDigital Programme Manager

Kate Harvey (Artichoke)Cultural Producer

Emma O’Flaherty Programme and Production Assistant

Cormac Mac MahonVideographer and Administration

Fintan MaherCommunications Director

Sarah McDonaghPR Manager

Anna Vinegrad (Artichoke)Marketing and Communications Consultant

Aisling DonoghueMarketing Manager

Jo LavelleEditor

Sorcha Nic AodhaDigital Communications Coordinator

Bridgette BrewHead of Tourism Engagement

Tracey NolanMarketing and Merchandise

Freda Nic Giolla ChatháinOifigeach Cumarsáide Gaeilge

Meadhbh McNuttEditorial Assistant

Sarah Coop (Artichoke)Development Director

Ma-ayan Plane (Artichoke)Deputy Development Director

Vivienne Molloy Graphic Designer

Alan GradyOperations Director

Stuart South (Artichoke)Corporate Development Manager

Ian BurkeAccount Executive

Cepta O’ConnellHead of Finance

Seán RyanAdministrator

Alan KennyHead of Human Resources

Matti AllamInternational Relations Manager

Nollaig McGuinnessCommunity Engagement Coordinator

Elena ToniatoVolunteer Development Manager

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We wish to acknowledge all the public and private sector organisations and individuals for their support and guidance.

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Galway’s year of culture is a business opportunity that is too good to miss. To be part of Galway 2020 is to invest in the future of the region.Partnership opportunities are available for businesses of all sizes keen to get involved and support.

In return for your financial support, your business will benefit from a higher profile on the national and international stage through a bespoke package of attractive rights and benefits.

Be part of this year of life-enhancing and unforgettable experiences, as Galway becomes a window to Ireland, Europe and the world.

Is deis iontach ghnó í bliain chultúrtha na Gaillimhe. Is ionann bheith rannpháirteach i nGaillimh 2020 agus infheistiú i dtodhchaí an réigiúin.Tá deiseanna comhpháirtíochta ar fáil do ghnólachtaí de gach méid atá ag iarraidh bheith páirteach agus tacú linn.

Mar mhalairt ar do thacaíocht airgeadais, beidh próifíl níos airde ag do ghnó ar ardán náisiúnta agus idirnáisiúnta, trí phacáiste saincheaptha de chearta agus sochair tharraingteacha.

Bí páirteach sa bhliain seo d’imeachtaí iontacha, nuair a bheidh Gaillimh mar fhuinneog chun na hÉireann, chun na hEorpa agus chuig an domhan mór.

To find out more about how your business can benefit from a partnership with Galway 2020, please contact

Sarah Coop Development Director call +353 91 412 450 email [email protected]

Stuart South Corporate Development Manager call +353 91 412 450 email [email protected]

Le tuilleadh eolais a fháil ar an gcaoi ar féidir le do ghnó leas a bhaint as comhpháirtíocht le Gaillimh 2020, déan teagmháil le

Sarah Coop Stiúrthóir Forbartha glaoigh ar +353 91 412 450 rphost [email protected]

Stuart South Bainisteoir Forbartha Corparáidí glaoigh ar +353 91 412 450 rphost [email protected]

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