Events in Galway

Galway Races Summer Festival (31st July – 6th August 2023) Ireland’s biggest and most famous racing festival is held in Galway during the last week of July every year and involves seven days of unrivalled action. The 2023 festival will run from Monday 31 July to Sunday 6th August. Each year sees attendances of over 100,000 at the Galway Races over the week long festival, and the town has a real buzz at night, with hangovers aplenty the following day. It is a joyous, fun-filled seven days where people might leave with a few less euros than they had when they arrived but they also leave with great new experiences, new friends and a time that will never be forgotten.

The Galway Cup has been running since 2005 and has developed into the leading under age soccer tournament in Europe. Held over four days in August at Salthill Devon F.C.’s Drom Soccer complex on the outskirts of Galway City, the tournament plays host to 50 teams from all over the world.