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 In the last week of July, Galway will host a week of horse racing during one of Ireland's most important and lively horse racing events. The 2009 event will not disappoint!
The Galway Races are one of Ireland's most important, not to mention colourful horse racing events. During the last week of July, Ballybrit Race course hosts the Galway Races, a real spectacle n the Irish Horse Racing calendar, which attracts some 200,000 race-goers! The Galway Races is a tradition that dates back 140 years to 1869 and involves major race events over 7 days. The highest prize is in excess of 200,000 euros. One of the highlights of the seven-day Galway festival is Ladies Day, which falls on a Thursday, where there'll be some fine fillies on show, both on and off the course. The races are a huge event for Galway and are broadcast live throughout the 7-day festival on Ireland's main Television channels, RTE and TG4. This is one of the best times to sample the craic of Galway and the rugged west of Ireland, while ‘having a flutter on the horses! |
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 The annual 31st Galway Arts Festival is just under 3 weeks away and once again they’ve got a huge programme of music, dance, theatre, comedy, street performance, literature and visual arts events to satisfy all appetities.
It takes place in Galway from July 13th to 26th in various venues around the city featuring both Irish & international artists. Here’s a small taster selection of the acts you can see there over the 2 weeks: Music - Bon Iver @ Festival Big Top
- David Gray @ Festival Big Top
- Hot 8 Brass Band @ Roisin Dubh
- Spanish Harlem Orchestra @ The Radisson
- Spiritualized, Primal Scream & David Holmes @ Festival Big Top
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A unique opportunity to meet with the world’s leading financiers in an intimate and informal atmosphere, allowing new talent to be discovered and long term partnerships to be made. The fair co-ordinates pre-scheduled meetings between filmmakers with projects in development and invited Film Financiers, Distributors and Major Producers. Last year, the Galway Film Fair organised 560 meetings over the course of two days where 80 Irish and European producers pitched their projects to the 65 financiers who attended the Fair. A pre-selected group of Irish and European producers who have feature films/documentary projects in development will have the opportunity to meet with representatives of these companies. A project book will be available for all decision makers and in the case of completed films viewing facilities will be available. The Galway Film Fair’s unique selling points: - Transatlantic Bridge
- Intimate and informal atmosphere
- Privileged access to the world’s leading financiers
- Showcasing new Irish and European cinema to leading Film Buyers, Distributors and Festival Programmers
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