CULTURAL PROGRAMME GALWAY 2020 EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE CLÁR CULTÚRTHA GAILLIMH 2020 PRÍOMHCHATHAIR CHULTÚIR NA hEORPA Contents / Clár GALWAY 2020 GALWAY
Fáilte is Fiche 2 President Michael D. Higgins
A Legacy in the Making 4 Chair Galway 2020
Capturing the Imagination 6 CEO Galway 2020
Galway 2020 7 European Capital of Culture
Small Towns Big Ideas
CONTENTS 10
Galway in Europe 12 We are all Europeans
A Year of Radical Thinking 14 Creative Director Galway 2020
Rijeka, Our Neighbours 17 in Central Europe
18 Our Amazing Wake Makers
22 Information 24 Imbolc
58 Bealtaine
90 Lughnasa
122 Samhain
Cultural Programme 138 Partners
152 Listings
Funders 162 & Supporters
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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. 1 GALWAY 2020 GALWAY Fáilte is Fiche President Michael D. Higgins
PRESIDENT’S WELCOME PRESIDENT’S As President of Ireland, it is a Mar Uachtarán na hÉireann, is particular privilege for me to pribhléid ar leith dom an clár present this programme for seo d’imeachtaí ceiliúrtha the Galway 2020 celebrations; Gaillimh 2020 a chur i láthair; a programme that, I am sure, is clár é, is cinnte, a léireoidh will illustrate why Galway an fáth a bhfuil an teideal deserves the title of European Príomhchathair Chultúir na Capital of Culture 2020. hEorpa 2020 tuillte ag Gaillimh.
2 Beginning in February to tie in with the ancient Celtic Cuirfear tús leis an gclár i mí Feabhra chun teacht leis calendar – not to mention the hope of better weather an bhféilire ársa Ceilteach – gan chaint ar an tsúil le – the programme presented here today is an ambitious haimsir fheabhsaithe – agus is cnuasach uaillmhianach collection of projects and performances, built around tionscadal agus léirithe atá bunaithe ar na ceithre the four celtic seasons of Imbolc, Bealtaine, Lughnasa shéasúr Cheilteacha, Imbolc, Bealtaine, Lughnasa and Samhain. Throughout the programme, the central agus Samhain atá sa chlár atá á chur i láthair anseo concept of the circular, annual and eternal, journey inniu. Ar fud an chláir léirítear an coincheap lárnach from darkness into light, from winter bleakness to den turas ciorclach, bliantúil agus síoraí ón dorcha go summer harvest, appears and re-introduces itself. dtí an sorcha, ó ghruaim an gheimhridh go fómhar an tsamhraidh agus cuireann sé é féin i láthair an athuair. Galway 2020 will be an Irish programme, with universal relevance and resonance. The festival will Is clár Éireannach a bheidh in Gaillimh 2020, a provide uniquely Galwegian, Irish and international mbeidh ábharthacht uilíoch ag baint leis agus a perspectives exploring those quintessential Irish mbeidh spéis ann. Cuirfidh an fhéile léargais uathúla themes of language, landscape and migration. Gaillmheacha, Éireannacha agus idirnáisiúnta ar fáil agus déanfar plé ar théamaí tipiciúla na The journey that began when a small group of dedicated hÉireann, amhail teanga, tírdhreach agus imirce. people presented the Galway 2020 bid book is now nearing the final and most crucial stage, as the Tá an turas, ar cuireadh tús leis nuair a chuir grúpa beag programme for the year is now unveiled. I have no daoine díograiseacha leabhar tairisceana Gaillimh 2020 doubt that the programme presented in these pages i láthair, ag druidim anois leis an staid deiridh is cinniúnaí will inspire and enthuse, and in turn, prove a catalyst agus clár na bliana á nochtadh anois. Níl aon amhras for further creative work in Galway and further afield. orm ach gur ábhar spreagtha agus múscailte an clár sna leathanaigh seo agus dá réir sin go spreagfar obair Ours is a society that values the work of the imagination bhreise chruthaitheach i nGaillimh agus níos faide i gcéin. (‘samhlaíocht’ in the ancient Irish language), and that appreciates the coming together of creativity, talent Is sochaí atá againne ar mór aici saothar na samhlaíochta and a good story. Samhlaíocht has been central in both agus a bhfuil meas aici ar theacht le chéile na the creation and redefinition of Irish identity throughout cruthaitheachta, na tallainne agus an scéil mhaith. Bhí our history, and Galway 2020 rightfully celebrates an tsamhlaíocht lárnach i gcruthú agus in athshainiú na its pivotal significance, too, for Ireland’s future. féiniúlachta Éireannaí ar feadh ár staire, agus tá sé ceart go ndéanfadh Gaillimh 2020 a suntas ríthábhachtach In the Irish language, a ‘meitheal’ describes the tradition maidir le todhchaí na hÉireann a cheiliúradh chomh maith. in which people in rural communities gathered together to help each other with labour intensive tasks, on Déanann an focal ‘meitheal’ cur síos ar an traidisiún the basis of a sense of community and reciprocity. i measc phobal na tuaithe cruinniú le chéile chun cuidiú lena chéile sa dlúthshaothrú ar an mbonn go Likewise, Galway 2020, through its spirit of team work, bhfuil meon láidir pobail agus cómhalartach ann. inclusiveness and participation, will, I am sure, become a celebration of the ‘meitheal’ of the local, national Ar an tslí chéanna, táim cinnte de gur ceiliúradh ar and European communities of which we all are part. 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.
3 GALWAY 2020 GALWAY A Legacy in the Making Arthur Lappin
This programme of the European Is mar thoradh ar obair ó chroí Capital of Culture 2020 is the thar thréimhse chúig bliana atá result of a singular labour of love clár Phríomhchathair Chultúir
CHAIR GALWAY 2020 GALWAY CHAIR begun over five years ago. We na hEorpa á chur i láthair acknowledge the commitment againn. Aithnímid tiomantas and imagination of the many agus samhlaíocht na ndaoine individuals and organisations aonair agus na n-eagraíochtaí which earned this national a ghnóthaigh an t-ainmniúchán designation for Galway. náisiúnta seo do Ghaillimh.
4 Galway 2020 is the legacy of the groundbreaking Tá Gaillimh 2020 tógtha ar chruthaitheacht creativity of Druid, Galway International Arts Festival cheannródaíoch leithéidí Druid, Féile Ealaíon na and Macnas, as well as many individual artists and Gaillimhe agus Macnas, mar aon leis na healaíontóirí cultural companies that have evolved in Galway over agus na compántais chultúrtha eile atá tagtha chun the past 40 years. It is very fitting that they are all cinn anseo le 40 bliain anuas. Is cuí mar sin go bhfuil major participants in our programme. A new legacy siad go léir rannpháirteach inár gclár. Cruthófar will be created by Galway 2020 which will embrace oidhreacht nua le Gaillimh 2020 a ghlacfaidh le the brilliance of the past, but also nurture new talents mórchumas ón am atá caite, ach a chothóidh that will seek to take root in this special place. tallann nua a fhréamhófar san áit speisialta seo.
On behalf of our dedicated Board of Directors, Thar ceann an Bhoird Stiúrtha, is mian liom buíochas I wish to thank the European Commission, The a ghabháil leis an gCoimisiún Eorpach, an Roinn Cultúir, Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta agus Ranna eile Rialtais, and other Government Departments, Galway City Comhairle Cathrach na Gaillimhe agus Comhairle Council and Galway County Council, public and Chontae na Gaillimhe, eagraíochtaí poiblí agus private sector organisations and individuals, for their príobháideacha agus daoine aonair, as a dtacaíocht financial support and guidance. I pay tribute to the airgeadais agus a dtreoir. Tugaim ómós d’fhoireann Galway 2020 team, so ably led by Patricia Philbin and Ghaillimh 2020, arna stiúradh go cumasach ag Patricia Helen Marriage, who provide the management and Philbin agus Helen Marriage, a bhfuil an bhainistíocht creative talent to deliver what is the largest and most agus an chruthaitheacht acu chun an t-imeacht complex cultural event ever undertaken in Ireland. Our cultúrtha is mó agus is casta a reáchtáladh riamh in volunteer Wave Makers are hugely appreciated as an Éirinn a chur i láthair. Is mór againn ár gcuid oibrithe essential liaison between our cultural presentations deonacha, na Maidhmeadóirí, a bhíonn ag feidhmiú mar and the public. We salute the artists, creators and theagmhálaithe leis an bpobal ag ár léirithe cultúrtha. producers of the hundreds of events that will happen Molaimid ealaíontóirí, cruthaitheoirí agus léiritheoirí during 2020, as well as the tens of thousands of na gcéadta imeachtaí a tharlóidh le linn 2020, mar the public who will be the lookers and listeners aon leis na mílte daoine ón bpobal a bheidh mar and participants in a programme that is conceived lucht féachana, lucht éisteachta agus rannpháirtithe to reach into every corner of our community. i gclár a shroichfidh gach cearn den phobal.
The diverse themes of language, landscape and Tá na téamaí éagsúla – teanga, tírdhreach agus imirce migration, which are both the keystones and – atá mar bhunchlocha an chláir, ábhartha ar fud na the touchstones of our programme, resonate hEorpa. Tá an bhliain seo de cheiliúradh iontach ar ár across Europe. We offer this year of joyful gcultúr Eorpach roinnte curtha i láthair againn agus muid celebration of our shared European culture in ag seasamh gualainn le gualainn le dóchas don todhchaí. a spirit of solidarity and hope for the future.
Arthur Lappin Chair Galway 2020 5 GALWAY 2020 GALWAY Capturing the Imagination Patricia Philbin
This journey began in 2014 when the Irish Ministry Cuireadh tús leis an turas seo in 2014 nuair a d’fhógair announced a call for submissions from candidates Aireacht na hÉireann glao ar aighneachtaí ó iarratasóirí to be considered for the title of European Capital le bheith san áireamh don teideal mar Phríomhchathair of Culture 2020. Since then, it captured the Chultúir na hEorpa in 2020. Ó shin i leith, tá sé imithe i imaginations of the people of Galway who were gcion ar shamhlaíocht mhuintir na Gaillimhe agus tugadh enthusiastically involved in the process, encouraging spreagadh dóibh bheith ag smaoineamh ar thograí móra Galway to think big, define its uniqueness and a dhéanfadh tréithe uathúla na Gaillimhe a léirmhíniú emphasise its connectivity across the world. agus a leagfadh béim ar na naisc dhomhanda atá aici.
The response throughout the journey has highlighted Léiríodh ar an turas gurb é mian phobal na Gaillimhe the desire of the Galway community to contribute bheith rannpháirteach i múnlú na todhchaí don to shaping the future of their city and county. chathair agus don chontae.
This is an exciting time for cultural development in Is am iontach é seo d’fhorbairt chultúrtha i nGaillimh, CEO GALWAY 2020 GALWAY CEO Galway and Ireland. Along with the coming to life of agus in Éirinn. De réir mar a thiocfaidh imeachtaí agus events and activities throughout next year, it also presents gníomhaíochtaí chun beatha i rith na bliana, tiocfaidh enormous opportunities to achieve a long-lasting legacy deiseanna ollmhóra chun solais chun oidhreacht and a springboard towards a new collaborative and bhuan a bhaint amach – ag cur tús le cur chuige co-operative approach to cultural development. comhoibríoch nua i dtreo forbairt chultúrtha.
A sincere thank you to everyone that supported, Buíochas ó chroí le gach duine a thacaigh lenár n-iarratas, promoted or played any role in successfully a chuir chun cinn é nó a d’imir ról ar bith maidir leis achieving the designation for Galway. an aimniúchán a bhaint amach do Ghaillimh.
The publication of this programme marks Is sprioc thábhachtach é foilsiú an chláir seo i another milestone towards an exceptional dtreo bliain iontach um cheiliúradh cultúrtha. year of cultural celebration.
Patricia Philbin 6 Chief Executive Officer Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture Image Colm Hogan Image
Galway, sited on the western Is í Gaillimh, atá suite ar imeall thiar na hEorpa, croílár cultúrtha na hÉireann. Is áit bhríomhar í, edge of Europe, is Ireland’s a bhfuil féith na cruthaitheachta go smior inti. Is mór an onóir do Ghaillimh, Cathair agus Contae, beating cultural heart. It’s a óstáil a dhéanamh ar Phríomhchathair Chultúir vibrant place, with creativity na hEorpa in 2020 thar ceann na hÉireann. embedded deep in its DNA. Ní féile í Príomhchathair Chultúir na hEorpa, tá i bhfad níos mó ná sin i gceist. Beidh taispeántas urghnách Galway City and County d’imeachtaí ar siúl i mbliana ina léireofar saibhreas agus éagsúlacht chultúr agus mhuintir na Gaillimhe. have the honour of hosting Scaoilfear ár gclár uaillmhianach, a mbeidh an the European Capital of chuid is mó de saor in aisce, ar fud sráidbhailte agus bailte móra, sa chathair agus ar na hoileáin, agus i Culture in 2020 on behalf roinnt spásanna agus áiteanna gan aon choinne. of the Irish nation. Is ionann Gaillimh 2020 agus oidhreacht na mblianta fada d’iarracht agus infheistíocht ealaíne i gcultúr na háite seo.
7 A European Capital of Culture is not a festival, it is Tá sé mar bhuaicphointe ar ar imigh romhainn agus í mar much more than that. The year will see an extraordinary chéim eile in aistear ár dtodhchaí a fhágfaidh bonneagar showcase of events highlighting the richness and cultúrtha feabhsaithe agus feasacht mhéadaithe ar
GALWAY 2020 GALWAY diversity of Galway’s culture and its people. Our ról an chultúir sa tsochaí; sochaí a thuigeann ról na ambitious programme, most of which will be free, n-ealaíontóirí agus na féidearthachtaí a bhaineann will be unleashed throughout villages and towns, leo. Le linn na bliana spreagúla seo cuirfear deiseanna the city and the islands, and in some of the most iontacha ar fáil do dhaoine áitiúla chun rud éigin a surprising and unexpected spaces and places. chruthú agus a bheith rannpháirteach i rud faoi leith.
Galway 2020 represents the legacy of decades of Is ceiliúradh é an clár seo ar ár gcathair, ár n-oileáin, ár artistic endeavour and investment in the culture of gcontae, ár dteanga agus ar ár muintir, le samhlaíocht this place. It is a climax of everything that has gone chomhchoiteann na Gaillimhe cruthaithí ar taispeáint before and a stepping-stone to a future that will leave feadh bliana draíochta amháin. Tá an chuid is fearr an improved cultural infrastructure and heightened dár n-ealaíontóirí agus ár n-eagraíochtaí cultúrtha awareness of the role of culture in society; a society that ann, in éineacht le healaíontóirí iontacha Eorpacha appreciates the role of its artists and the possibilities agus idirnáisiúnta a dhéanfaidh an chathair agus that they bring. This exciting year provides extraordinary an tírdhreach a chlaochlú i dteannta a chéile. opportunities for local people to create and participate Mar aitheantas ar ár dtraidisiúin stairiúla, tá an clár seo in something beyond their wildest expectations. bunaithe ar na ceithre shéasúr tine i bhféilire réamh- The programme is a celebration of our city, our islands, Chríostaí na hÉireann, ag iniúchadh fhréamhacha our county, our language and our people, with the na tíre bunaithe ar an gceiliúradh agus ar an collective imagination of creative Galway on show for gcomóradh. Tosaíonn sé i mí Feabhra 2020, mar a one magical year. It features the best of our local and dhéanann an fhéile phágánach Imbolc, a léiríonn tús national artists and cultural organisations, alongside an earraigh lena ghealltanas do shaol agus tús nua. incredible European and international artists who Tar éis searmanas oscailte iontach amuigh faoin aer,
EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE OF CAPITAL EUROPEAN together will transform the city and landscape. leanfar den chlár i rith na bliana de réir na séasúr Ceilteach, Bealtaine, Lughnasa agus Samhain. In recognition of our historic traditions, this programme is based around the four fire seasons of Ireland’s Is iad an Imirce, Tírdhreach agus Teanga na ancient pre-Christian calendar, examining the country’s príomhthéamaí a shníonn trí Ghaillimh 2020 agus tá na trí roots in celebration and commemoration. It begins cinn acu ag teacht le comhthéacs Eorpach ar bhonn níos in February 2020, as does the pagan festival Imbolc, leithne, ceann ina mbeidh Gaillimh ina fhócas cultúrtha in which represents the start of spring with its promise of 2020. Déanann an imirce ceiliúradh ar stair na hÉireann new life and new beginnings. Following a spectacular, agus ar éagsúlacht na gcultúr san Eoraip i gcomhthéacs outdoor opening ceremony, the programme will Chathair agus Chontae na Gaillimhe, cathair inar rugadh unfold throughout the year according to the Celtic 24 faoin gcéad den daonra inti lasmuigh d’Éirinn. Léiríonn seasons of Bealtaine, Lughnasa and Samhain. an tírdhreach seasamh na Gaillimhe ar imeall na hEorpa de réir mar a chomhoibríonn sí le comhpháirtithe The core themes that run through Galway 2020 are Eorpacha chun na saoránaigh a mhealladh, a ndúshlán Migration, Landscape and Language and all three a thabhairt agus iad a bheith rannpháirteach feadh resonate within a broader European context, one where thírdhreach na tuaithe agus na mara. Cuireann teanga Galway will become a cultural focus in 2020. Migration an éagsúlacht teangacha a labhraítear i nGaillimh celebrates Irish history as well as the diversity of cultures agus ar fud na hEorpa chun cinn, ag ceiliúradh an 8 in Europe against the backdrop of Galway County and róil lárnaigh a bhaineann leo inár gcultúir uathúla. City – a city where 24 per cent of its population was Tá béim ar leith ar an nGaeilge i gclár Ghaillimh 2020, born outside of Ireland. Landscape reflects Galway’s lena dtreisítear Gaillimh mar phríomhchathair na position on the edge of Europe as it collaborates Gaeltachta agus mar an t-aon chathair dhátheangach with European partners to delight, challenge and in Éirinn. engage citizens across its rural and marine landscape. Seasann Éire mar náisiún bródúil Eorpach. Tá na macallaí Language promotes the variety of languages spoken de sin le feiceáil inár rannpháirtíocht fhorleathan le both in Galway and across Europe, celebrating their breis agus 100 comhpháirtíocht, comhoibriú agus integral part of our unique cultures. There is a special ealaíontóir ó os cionn 30 tír éagsúil. Ceapadh an clár emphasis on the Irish language in the Galway 2020 chun a chinntiú go mbeidh ábharthacht inbhuanaithe programme, reinforcing Galway as the capital of the fhadtéarmach ag baint le gach tionscadal aonair don Gaeltacht, home to the only bi-lingual city in Ireland. chathair agus don chontae araon. Arna chruthú ag pobail Ireland stands as a nation that is proudly European. agus eagraíochtaí cultúrtha araon, tá ilchomhpháirtithe This is mirrored in our extensive engagement with over áitiúla ag baint le gach tionscadal chomh maith le 100 partnerships, collaborations and artists from over meascán de chomhpháirtithe réigiúnacha nó Eorpacha. 30 different countries. The programme is designed to Díríonn ár gclár freisin ar shaincheisteanna atá mar chuid ensure that each individual project will have a long-term de phlé níos leithne ar ábhair imní de chuid na hEorpa. sustainable relevance to both city and county. Created Ag am ina bhfuil níos mó éiginnteachta polaitíochta, by communities and cultural organisations alike, each san Eoraip agus ar fud an domhain, ba mhaith linn ár project has multiple local partners as well as a mix of machnamh a dhéanamh ar Éire an 21ú haois, cad is regional or European partners. Our programme also brí le cultúr dúinn agus cad is brí le bheith Eorpach. focuses on issues that are part of a wider discussion Tá sé ríthábhachtach do rath Ghaillimh 2020 oidhreacht on European concerns. At a time of increasing political bhuan a fhágáil le huacht ina diaidh, oidhreacht uncertainty both in Europe and around the world, we lena n-athrófar tírdhreach sóisialta agus bonneagair want to reflect on 21st Century Ireland, what culture na Gaillimhe. Is mian linn aghaidh a thabhairt ar means to us and what it means to be European. shaincheisteanna móra an lae – féiniúlacht, ár n-áit Leaving a lasting legacy, one that will change the social ar an domhan, an chaoi a dtugann muid aire dár and infrastructural landscape of Galway, is key to Galway gcuid acmhainní, an chaoi a mairimid lena chéile agus 2020’s success. We want to address the big topics of leis an dúlra, lenár stair agus ár dtodhchaí amach the day – identity, our place on the planet, how we anseo. Is mian linn Gaillimh a fheiceáil ina dtiocfaidh care for its resources, how we live in harmony with each borradh faoi ealaíontóirí óga, áit a dtagann pobail other and with nature, and our history and future. We le chéile chun an saol a cheiliúradh. Is mian linn want to see a Galway where young artists flourish, where Gaillimh a fheiceáil ina dtugtar luach saothair don communities come together to celebrate life. We want chruthaitheacht, áit a bhfuil cultúr ag croílár gach a to see a Galway where creativity is rewarded, where ndéanaimid, áit a bhfuil an saol níos fearr do gach culture is at the heart of everything we do, where life is duine a mhaireann agus a thagann ar cuairt anseo. made better for everyone who lives and visits here. Tá sé i gceist againn go mbeidh gach duine in Éirinn, We plan to have all eyes in Ireland, in Europe and around san Eoraip agus ar fud an domhain ag féachaint i dtreo the world to be turned towards Galway. There is an na Gaillimhe. Tugtar cuireadh do gach duine bheith open invitation to join us in 2020. It promises to be one linn in 2020. Tá sé geallta a bheith ar cheann de na of the most exciting times in Galway’s history, with the tréimhsí is spreagúla i stair na Gaillimhe, agus de chumas potential to change our cultural landscape forever. aige ár dtírdhreach cultúrtha a athrú go brách. 9 GALWAY 2020 GALWAY Small Towns Big Ideas
Inspired by Meitheal, the Bunaithe ar thraidisiún ársa na SMALL TOWNS BIG IDEAS TOWNS SMALL ancient Irish tradition of hÉireann, an Mheitheal, nuair a coming together for a common thagann an pobal le chéile ar purpose, Small Towns Big Ideas mhaithe le haon sprioc amháin, focuses on this tradition of díríonn Bailte Beaga Smaointe working together to ensure Móra ar an traidisiún seo de bheith that all succeed in achieving a ag obair i gcomhar chun a chinntiú shared goal, in a contemporary go mbaintear amach sprioc and European context. chomhchoiteann, i gcomhthéacs comhaimseartha Eorpach.
10 Small Towns Big Ideas was designed to recognise Is clár de chuid Ghaillimh 2020 é, a thugann deis do and celebrate the diversity and richness of phobail tionscadail spreagúla agus uaillmhianacha Galway, its place, its people and its rich culture a fhorbairt. Ceapadh Bailte Beaga Smaointe Móra in both urban and rural settings The programme chun éagsúlacht agus saibhreas na Gaillimhe, an áit, offers a unique opportunity for communities na daoine agus an cultúr saibhir inti, a aithint agus a to develop exciting and ambitious projects. cheiliúradh i suíomhanna uirbeacha agus tuaithe araon.
Groups from all sides of the city and every corner of Tá grúpaí ón gcathair agus ón gcontae tar éis aghaidh the county have risen to the challenge, developing a thabhairt ar an dúshlán, ag forbairt smaointe creative ideas and collaborations that will have a cruthaitheacha agus ag comhoibriú ar chaoi a mbeidh lasting cultural impact for years to come. Piloted in tionchar cultúrtha buan acu ar feadh na mblianta 2016 in Athenry, Ballygar and Headford during the atá le teacht. Rinneadh treoirthionscadal in 2016 i Galway 2020 bid phase, early Small Towns Big Ideas mBaile Átha an Rí, i mBéal Átha Ghártha agus in Áth projects in each of these three towns demonstrated Cinn le linn chéim tairisceana Ghaillimh 2020. Léirigh the creative potential of our communities, creating tionscadail luatha Bhailte Beaga Smaointe Móra sna exciting new and ambitious cultural projects. trí bhaile sin cumas cruthaitheach ár bpobal, agus tionscadail nua agus uaillmhianacha á gcruthú acu. Since then, Small Towns Big Ideas has developed through an ongoing programme of community Ó shin i leith, trí chlár leanúnach rannpháirtíochta engagement. Two open calls to communities have pobail táthar tar éis tógáil ar Bhailte Beaga Smaointe resulted in over 70 new cultural projects being Móra. Mar thoradh ar dhá ghlao oscailte tá os cionn produced in communities right across Galway City 70 tionscadal cultúrtha nua á léiriú i bpobail ar fud Image Emilija Jefremova Image and County. From active retirement groups creating na Gaillimhe. Orthu sin tá grúpaí gníomhaíochta street art with schoolchildren in Ballinasloe and to new lucht scoir ag cruthú ealaín sráide le páistí scoile i community festivals in south Galway, and from pop-up mBéal Átha na Sluaighe, féilte pobail nua i ndeisceart culture cafes in Doughiska, to bonfires in Connemara, na Gaillimhe, popchaiféanna cultúir i nDabhach Small Towns Big Ideas has really caught fire in the lead- Uisce, agus tinte cnámh i gConamara. Is cinnte go up to our title year. bhfuil Bailte Beaga Smaointe Móra ag scaipeadh ar luas lasrach agus muid ag druidim i dtreo 2020.
11 GALWAY 2020 GALWAY Galway in Europe We are all Europeans ourtesy of The Connacht Tribune The Connacht c ourtesy of Image
Everyone remembers that Is maith is cuimhin linn an incredible moment in 2016 when nóiméad sin in 2016 nuair a Galway learned that it had won fógraíodh go raibh Gaillimh
GALWAY IN EUROPE GALWAY the designation of European chun bheith ina Príomhchathair Capital of Culture for 2020 – the Chultúir na hEorpa do 2020 – streets were filled with cheering bhí na sráideanna lán le gártha and a palpable excitement molta, gach duine ar bís leis an for what was to come. dóchas don mhéid a bhí le teacht.
Galway had responded to the Irish Government’s Bhí Gaillimh tar éis freagairt don ghlao oscailte ó Rialtas open call to all local authorities in the country na hÉireann a eisíodh do gach údarás áitiúil sa tír chun to bid for the 2020 designation. Following an tairiscint a chur isteach le haghaidh ainmniúchán 2020. 18-month-long engagement with artists, cultural Tar éis dul i dteagmháil le healaíontóirí, eagraíochtaí organisations, communities and businesses, cultúrtha, pobail agus gnólachtaí ar feadh 18 mí, bhuaigh Galway’s ambitious bid book, with its core themes Leabhar Tairisceana uaillmhianach na Gaillimhe, lena of language, landscape and migration, had won the príomhthéamaí – teanga, tírdhreach agus imirce – an designation in 2016 against stiff competition. t-ainmniúchán in 2016 i gcoinne géariomaíochta.
12 The designation is a year-long programme of Is clár bliana d’imeachtaí cultúrtha é an t-ainmniúchán, cultural events, reflecting the richness and ina léireofar saibhreas agus éagsúlacht cultúir agus diversity of Galway’s culture and history, while staire, agus ag an am céanna, déanfar an nasc le strengthening Galway and Ireland’s connection mórtheaghlach na hEorpa a neartú. Tá ceithre bliana with Europe and the European family. It follows four caite againn ag obair lenár gcomhpháirtithe agus years of working with our European partners and lenár gcomhghleacaithe Eorpacha, ag neartú na colleagues, strengthening our ties, involvement in gceangal, agus muid rannpháirteach i malartuithe cultural exchanges and conferences, and raising cultúrtha agus comhdhálacha, ag ardú ár bpróifíle our profile within Europe through initiatives at the laistigh den Eoraip trí thionscnaimh ardleibhéil. Tá highest level. There are exchange programmes for cláir mhalartaithe ann d’ealaíontóirí, cuairteanna ó artists, visits from high profile political leaders from cheannairí polaitíochta iomráiteacha ó chríocha across Europe and a marketing and promotional ar fud na hEorpa agus feachtas margaíochta agus campaign that will bring visitors from across bolscaireachta a thabharfaidh cuairteoirí ó áiteanna the European continent throughout 2020. ar fud mhór-roinn na hEorpa go Gaillimh le linn 2020.
The European Capital of Culture designation is Tionscnamh de chuid an Aontais Eorpaigh is ea an initiative of the European Union, a concept Príomhchathair Chultúir na hEorpa, coincheap a that evolved out of a desire to place regions at d’eascair as an mian go gcuirfí réigiúin i gcroílár an the heart of cultural life across Europe. The first tsaoil chultúrtha ar fud na hEorpa. Ba í an Aithin city to enjoy the designation was Athens in 1985 in 1985 an chéad chathair a bhain ainmniúchán and since then, cities from Bergen to Bologna amach agus ó shin i leith, tá cathracha ó Bergen and Liverpool to Riga have experienced the go Bologna, ó Learpholl go Ríge, tar éis a impact of being designated a European Capital chruthú go gcuireann an t-ainmniúchán mar of Culture, an impact that has contributed to Phríomhchathair Chultúir na hEorpa borradh nua their cultural expression and development and faoina léiriú agus faoina bhforbairt chultúrtha agus placed them firmly on the international stage. go gcuireann sé ar an stáitse idirnáisiúnta iad.
Through culture and the arts, the designation is Trí chultúr agus na healaíona, déanann an intended to improve the quality of life in these places t-ainmniúchán caighdeán na beatha sna cathracha and strengthen their sense of community. It boosts sin a fheabhsú agus neartaíonn sé an meon their cultural, social and economic development and láidir pobail. Cuireann sé le forbairt chultúrtha, has a long-lasting impact on the lives of its citizens. It shóisialta agus eacnamaíoch agus bíonn tionchar also creates lasting connections and collaborations fadtéarmach aige ar shaol a gcuid saoránach. with cities, communities and groups across Europe. Cruthaíonn sé naisc agus comhoibriú buan le cathracha, pobail agus grúpaí ar fud na hEorpa. The designation of European Capital of Culture is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Galway’s designation Is eispéireas eisceachtúil aon uaire é ainmniúchán takes place at a critical juncture in the history of mar Phríomhchathair Chultúir na hEorpa. Tagann the European Community. In a time where a vibrant ainmniúchán na Gaillimhe ag uair chinniúnach i culture is needed, now more than ever, to forge stair an Chomhphobail Eorpaigh. In am ina bhfuil friendships between countries and people, Galway gá le cultúr bríomhar, anois níos mó ná riamh, chun 2020 is embracing this opportunity with open arms. cairdeas a chruthú idir tíortha agus daoine, tá Gaillimh 2020 ag fáiltiú roimh an deis seo le croí mór maith.
13 GALWAY 2020 GALWAY A Year of Radical Thinking Helen Marriage
I’ve only recently come to Is le gairid a chuir mé aithne ar discover Galway in all its Ghaillimh agus ar a háilleacht, intense beauty, deeply held na traidisiúin láidre, an aimsir
CREATIVE DIRECTOR CREATIVE traditions, ferocious weather fhíochmhar agus na daoine and its passionate, independent paiseanta neamhspleácha atá people. To me, it’s more a feeling ann. Domsa, is mothú atá ann than a place, a magical world seachas áit, domhan draíochtach apart. No wonder, then, that ar leith. Ní haon ionadh, mar Galway was chosen to represent sin, gur roghnaíodh Gaillimh Ireland as European Capital of chun ionadaíocht a dhéanamh Culture in this turbulent second thar ceann na hÉireann mar decade of the 21st century. Phríomhchathair Chultúir na hEorpa sa dara deich mbliana corrach seo den 21ú haois.
14 In this programme, you’ll discover themes of Sa chlár seo, gheobhaidh tú téamaí an tírdhreacha, landscape, language and migration. Structured na teanga agus na himirce. Bunaithe ar an seanfhéilire around the old Celtic calendar, we start in February Ceilteach, tosóimid i mí Feabhra agus beidh sé ar siúl and run through until the end of January 2021. You’ll go dtí deireadh mhí Eanáir 2021. Feicfidh tú roinnt see a few concerts in January in the run up to our ceolchoirmeacha i mí Eanáir roimh an Searmanas spectacular Opening Ceremony in the first week of Oscailte spleodrach sa chéad seachtain de mhí February, particularly Music for Galway’s Midwinter Feabhra, go háirithe Féile Lár an Gheimhridh de Festival and Symphonic Waves’ January performance, chuid Music for Galway agus taibhiú mhí Eanáir de designed to whet your appetite for what’s to come. chuid Symphonic Waves, a dearadh chun do ghoile Throughout the year, you’ll find events imagined into a ghéarú don mhéid atá le teacht. I rith na bliana, existence by artists who have Galway running through feicfidh tú imeachtaí samhlaithe ag ealaíontóirí a bhfuil their veins, interwoven with an outsider’s view, as Gaillimh go smior iontu, fite fuaite le dearcadh an European artists unveil their own interpretations of duine ón taobh amuigh, mar a nochtann ealaíontóirí these themes. Kari Kola’s Savage Beauty will illuminate Eorpacha a léirmhínithe féin ar na téamaí seo. the Connemara landscape on an epic scale, while Cuirfidh Savage Beauty de chuid Kari Kola solas ar Druid Theatre’s Galway Tour offers a more intimate thírdhreach Chonamara, agus tabharfaidh Turas na exploration of both the history of great Irish writing Gaillimhe de chuid Amharclann Druid léargas níos and the hidden towns and islands of the county. doimhne ar stair na scríbhneoireachta Éireannaí agus ar na bailte agus na hoileáin cheilte sa chontae. Irish weaves its way throughout the programme, brought vividly to life in Sruth na Teanga, an epic Tá Gaeilge le feiceáil ar fud an chláir, cuireann Sruth history of the language created by Branar Téatar na Teanga le Branar Téatar do Pháistí beocht inti do Pháistí. There are other languages too. Galway is go soiléir le stair eipiciúil na teanga a chruthaigh Ireland’s most diverse city with a quarter of its people siad. Tá teangacha eile ann freisin. Is í Gaillimh an coming from countries across the sea. You’ll find them chathair is éagsúla in Éirinn agus an ceathrú cuid all taking their place in projects as various as City dá daonra tagtha ó thíortha thar lear. Beidh siad of Light by the Lantern Company; Travellers’ Tales; ar fad ag glacadh páirt i dtionscadail mar City of Backgrounds by Darrell Vydelingum and Fun Run, Light le The Lantern Company; Travellers’ Tales; where Australia’s All The Queens Men spark a mass Backgrounds le Darrell Vydelingum agus Fun community celebration of endurance and triumph. Run, nuair a spreagfaidh All The Queens Men na hAstráile ceiliúradh mór ar sheasmhacht agus bua. We live in challenging times. Our individual, as well as our national, identities are constantly Táimid inár gcónaí i dtréimhse dhúshlánach. questioned. We try to honour ancient customs Ceistítear ár bhféiniúlachtaí aonair agus náisiúnta while embracing the new values that emerge, go seasta. Déanaimid iarracht urraim a thabhairt as succeeding generations take centre stage. do ghnásanna ársa fad a ghlacaimid le luachanna Comhaltas brings us its classic celebration of nua, agus glúnta i ndiaidh a chéile ag teacht chuig traditional Irish culture, while Nighthouse Studio’s lár an aonaigh. Déanann Comhaltas ceiliúradh Unsung promises a moving contemporary ar chultúr traidisiúnta na hÉireann, agus tugann tribute to Galway’s lost children. Throughout the Unsung le Nighthouse Studio ómós tochtmhar programme, the voice of the artist rings true. comhaimseartha do leanaí caillte na Gaillimhe. Ar fud an chláir, tá guth an ealaíontóra le cloisteáil.
15 GALWAY 2020 GALWAY
Artists have always led the way in this extraordinary Threoraigh ealaíontóirí an bealach riamh san áit place. Galway 2020 is built on the efforts of those iontach seo. Tá Gaillimh 2020 bunaithe ar iarrachtaí CREATIVE DIRECTOR CREATIVE who chose to live and work here over the last 40 na ndaoine sin a roghnaigh cur fúthu agus oibriú anseo years. These prophets of our future and celebrants le 40 bliain anuas. Crochann fáithe seo na todhchaí of our past – our artists – hold up a mirror and agus lucht ceiliúrtha ár staire – ár n-ealaíontóirí- show us who we are and where we’re headed. And scáthán os ár gcomhair agus taispeánann siad dúinn from the most cutting-edge experiments of our cé muid féin agus cá bhfuilimid ag dul. Ó na turgnaimh young digital artists to the timeless magnificence cheannródaíocha de chuid ár n-ealaíontóirí óga of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony at the close of digiteacha go mórgacht shíoraí 9ú Siansa Beethoven the year, the class of Galway 2020 will create a ag deireadh na bliana, cruthóidh rang Ghaillimh year of radical thinking that will live long in the 2020 bliain de smaointeoireacht dhraíochtach a memory and influence all who follow on behind. mhairfidh inár gcuimhne ar feadh i bhfad agus a imreoidh tionchar ar gach a thagann ina dhiaidh.
Helen Marriage Creative Director
16 Rijeka, Our Neighbours in Central Europe
Galway is the 61st region to take the title of Is í Gaillimh an 61ú réigiún a ghlacfaidh an teideal mar European Capital of Culture and shares the 2020 Phríomhchathair Chultúir na hEorpa agus roinnfear designation with Rijeka in Croatia. A coastal city an t-ainmniúchán in 2020 le Rijeka sa Chróit. Is located on the west coast of Croatia, Rijeka is similar cathair chósta í Rijeka, suite ar chósta thiar na Cróite, in size, location, population and culture to Galway agus tá sí cosúil le Gaillimh ó thaobh méide, suímh, and is known for its bohemian atmosphere, rich daonra, teanga agus cultúir de. Tá cáil ar Rijeka as culture and abundance of festivals. Its programme, an atmaisféar boihéamach, an cultúr saibhir agus The Port of Diversity, aims to enrich European líonmhaireacht na bhféilte inti. Tá sé mar aidhm ag cultural diversity and create a meeting place for a gclár, The Port of Diversity, éagsúlacht chultúrtha Europeans coming from different backgrounds and na hEorpa a shaibhriú agus áit chruinnithe a chruthú to encourage the feeling of European citizenship. d’Eorpaigh ó chúlraí éagsúla agus daoine a spreagadh le go mothóidís gur saoránaigh de chuid na hEorpa iad. The shared experience of the two capitals of culture, in terms of cultural vibrancy and historical Mar gheall ar thaithí chomhroinnte an dá connections, makes 2020 an exciting time to phríomhchathair chultúir, i dtéarmaí beogacht strengthen ties, create cultural opportunities chultúrtha agus naisc stairiúla, is am iontach é and develop long-lasting relationships. 2020 chun naisc a neartú, deiseanna cultúrtha a chruthú agus caidrimh fhadtéarmacha a fhorbairt.
17 18 VOLUNTEERS GALWAY 2020 artistically, culturally and socially. programme isasuccess, helping ensure our ambitious will play acentral part in kindly supported by Medtronic, Our volunteer WaveMakers, Makers Wave Our amazing ealaíonta, agus cultúrtha sóisialta. gclár uaillmhianach, ar bhonn lena chinntiú go n-éireoidh lenár tacaíocht óMedtronic, maidir deonacha, naMaidhmeadóirí, le rólBeidh lárnach ag ár n-oibrithe
Volunteer Images Boyd Challenger Our Wave Makers will make an invaluable contribution Cuirfidh ár gcuid Maidhmeadóirí go mór le to the delivery of the year-long celebration. They seachadadh an cheiliúrtha bliana. Is iad siúd will be our ambassadors as they bring change ár n-ambasadóirí agus saol cultúrtha chathair and transformative energy to the cultural life of agus chontae na Gaillimhe á athrú agus á Galway City and County throughout 2020. chlaochlú go fuinniúil acu le linn 2020.
Irish people are renowned for their volunteering capacity, Tá cáil ar mhuintir na hÉireann as an obair contributing almost half a million volunteering hours dheonach a dhéanann siad, agus iad ag déanamh each year to ensure their communities remain vibrant, leathmhilliún uaireanta an chloig d’obair dheonach inclusive and sustainable. And people in Galway are no gach bliain chun a chinntiú go bhfanfaidh a bpobail different. In all walks of life – from sports to the arts, bríomhar, uilechuimsitheach agus inbhuanaithe. charity support to fundraising – they selflessly work to Agus is amhlaidh an scéal i nGaillimh. I ngach gné make a difference through their volunteering efforts. den saol – ón spórt go dtí na healaíona, ó obair charthanachta go tiomsú airgid – oibríonn siad Galway 2020’s volunteer programme launched gan staonadh chun difríocht a dhéanamh. in February 2019 with a hugely successful event attended by people who came to volunteer for one Seoladh clár oibrithe deonacha Ghaillimh 2020 i of the largest cultural events in the world in 2020. mí Feabhra 2019 le hócáid an-rathúil nuair a tháinig Representatives from previous European Capitals of daoine chun obair dheonach a dhéanamh do Culture, Aarhus 2017 and Valletta 2018, shared their cheann de na himeachtaí cultúrtha is mó ar domhan experiences with potential volunteers and paved the in 2020. Rinne ionadaithe ó Phríomhchathracha way for the development of the volunteering initiative. Cultúir na hEorpa roimhe seo, Aarhus 2017 agus Vaileite 2018, a gcuid taithí a roinnt le hoibrithe The inclusive Wave Maker programme aims to deonacha ionchasacha agus réitigh siad an bealach reflect the unique cultural diversity of Galway. The chun an tionscnamh saorálaíochais a fhorbairt. programme is kindly sponsored by Medtronic, one of Galway’s leading medical technology, services and Tá sé mar aidhm ag clár cuimsitheach na solutions companies and the official health partner Maidhmeadóirí éagsúlacht uathúil chultúrtha na to Galway 2020, European Capital of Culture. 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.
Galway 2020 Volunteer 2020 Ní Chonaill Galway Niamh 19 ‘I really enjoy volunteering with Galway 2020 – it’s very exciting and rewarding. I love being part of a team, where there GALWAY 2020 GALWAY 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 VOLUNTEERS
Wave Makers have already been in action, kicking off Tá na Maidhmeadóirí tar éis a bheith ag feidhmiú their volunteering efforts at the first European Capital cheana féin, ag cur tús lena n-iarrachtaí deonacha of Culture Family Network meeting held in Galway ag an gcéad chruinniú de Líonra Teaghlaigh in April 2019. Since then, they have volunteered at a Phríomhchathair Chultúir na hEorpa a tionóladh i diverse range of events including Galway Medieval nGaillimh i mí Aibreáin 2019. Ó shin i leith, tá siad tar Festival, at Small Towns Big Ideas projects and éis a bheith ag obair go deonach i réimse leathan Oranmore Arts Festival, as well as FRESH STREET#3, imeachtaí lena n-áirítear Féile Mheánaoiseach an international seminar for the development na Gaillimhe, ag tionscadail na mBailte Beaga of street art attended by over 200 international Smaointe Móra agus ag Féile Ealaíon Órán Mór, visitors from professional artists, programmers, chomh maith le FRESH STREET#3, seimineár researchers, journalists and policy makers. idirnáisiúnta chun ealaín sráide a chur chun cinn ar ar fhreastail os cionn 200 cuairteoir idirnáisiúnta Galway 2020 expects to recruit up to 1,000 idir ealaíontóirí gairmiúla, clárbhainisteoirí, volunteers from all backgrounds for a variety of taighdeoirí, iriseoirí agus lucht déanta beartas. roles throughout the year and far beyond. This will include stewarding at large-scale events, ushering, invigilating, meet-and-greet roles, digital volunteer
20 roles, administration, translation and front-of-house. Stephen Curran Galway 2020 Volunteer galway2020.ie/volunteering or call091412450. If you would like to volunteer withGalway 2020 see and, of course, have somefunalong theway. to givean opportunity back, make adifference and memorieswithlocalsand visitors alike. It’s from aEuropean perspective and form friendships will develop new skills,gain new cultural insights cultural events via behind-the-scenes access. They come across; and get auniqueperspective on places and backgrounds they might not otherwise the future. Volunteers get to meet new peoplefrom be theliving legacy that we can allbeproud of for cultural life of and county. our city Volunteers will to become involvedopportunity inshaping the Volunteering withGalway 2020 isaunique first of itskind for a European Capital of Culture. the development of the Wave Maker HealthHub, the The exciting partnership withMedtronic willalsosee Galway’sstudent volunteeringprogramme, ALIVE. Volunteer Centre, An Garda Síochána and NUI our various partners including Fáilte Ireland, Galway such as volunteering at events, willbedeveloped with interested in volunteering withus. Training inallareas Extensive and support training isprovided to those depending ontheir availability and interests. Each volunteer can personalise their schedule agus, ar ndóigh,spraoi abheithagat lenalinn. ar aisdonphobal,tabhairt difríocht adhéanamh na háite agus lecuairteoirí araon. Isdeiséchun agus cruthóidh siad cairdeas agus cuimhnílemuintir léargais nuaópheirspictíocht chultúrtha nahEorpa, Forbróidh siad scileanna nua,gheobhaidhsiad trí rochtain abheithacu taobh thiar denstáitse. siad peirspictíocht uathúil ar imeachtaí cultúrtha murachorthu an obair dheonach sin.Faigheann nua óáiteanna agus óchúlraí seans nach gcasfaidís deis ag nahoibrithedeonacha bualadh ledaoine linn ar fad abheithbródúil aisti amach anseo. Bíonn hoibrithe deonacha an oidhreacht bheo isféidir árcultúrtha gcathrach agus ár gcontae. Isiad na Gaillimh 2020 chunpáirt aghlacadh imúnlúshaol Is deisar leithéobair dheonach adhéanamh le do Phríomhchathair Chultúir na hEorpa. Maidhmeadóirí, an chéad cheann dáleithéid Medtronic, forbrófar MolSláinte na Mar chuiddenchomhpháirtíocht le deonach mac léinnOÉGaillimh, ALIVE. Volunteer Centre, an Garda Síochána agus clár gcomhpháirtithe éagsúla, Fáilte Ireland, Galway amhail obair dheonach ag imeachtaí lenár dhéanamh linn.Forbrófar oiliúint ingach réimse fáil dóibhsiúdar spéisleoobair dheonach a Cuirtear tacaíocht agus oiliúint fhairsing ar agus ag brath ar aspéiseanna pearsanta féin. féin aphearsantú ag brath ar an am atá ar fáil acu, fáilteachas. Is féidir le gach oibrídeonach asceideal shaorálaithe digiteacha, riarachán, aistriúchán, agus maoirsiú, feitheoireacht, bualadh ledaoine, róil mar leis sinmaoirsiú ag imeachtaí mórscála, treorú, éagsúla irithnabliana agus inadhiaidhsin. Áireofar deonach aearcú ógach cúlra lehaghaidh róil Tá súilag Gaillimh2020 suasle1,000 oibrí ag-obair-go-deonach nóglaoigh ar 091412450. le Gaillimh2020 téighgalway2020.ie/ga/ chuig Más mian leat obair dheonach adhéanamh 21 Tickets Ticéid Galway 2020 Box Office will open in November 2019. Osclófar Díoloifig Ghaillimh 2020 i mí na Samhna Please check galway2020.ie for further details. 2019. Tuilleadh sonraí ar galway2020.ie
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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
26 Beginning in the farthest reaches Ag tosú sna ceantair le teorainn i of Galway, fiery celebrations nGaillimh, pléascfaidh ceiliúradh will erupt in towns and villages loiscneach i mbailte beaga across the county in keeping agus móra ar fud an chontae with the ancient traditions of ag teacht le traidisiúin ársa the Irish Celtic calendar. fhéilire Ceilteach na hÉireann.
Moving ever closer to the city throughout the first Bogfar níos gaire don chathair i rith na chéad week of Imbolc, a huge cast drawn from across the seachtaine de Imbolc, glacfaidh cliar mhór ón bpobal community will invade the streets and squares of ar fad seilbh ar shráideanna agus ar chearnóga na Galway on the evening of Saturday 8 February 2020. Gaillimhe tráthnóna Dé Sathairn, an 8 Feabhra 2020.
Marking the passing of winter and the blossoming Ó tharla an geimhreadh a bheith thart agus bliain of an extraordinary new year, our opening úrnua amach romhainn déanfar ceiliúradh san event celebrates the quintessential values of imeacht oscailte ar luachanna bunúsacha na hÉireann Irishness – courage, creativity and resilience. – misneach, cruthaitheacht agus teacht aniar.
Taking place in the open air, everyone is Beidh sé ar siúl amuigh faoin aer, cuirfear fáilte roimh welcome and the event is free to attend. chách, agus beidh an t-imeacht féin saor in aisce.
In paying homage to the stories of the past and those In ómós do na laethanta atá thart agus do na tréithe elements that make Galway special, our ceremony speisialta sin a bhaineann le Gaillimh, tabharfar will move to recognise the community’s future in a aitheantas do thodhchaí an phobail in imeacht breathtaking event that will encompass all that places iontach ina gcuimseofar gach rud a chuireann Galway, and Ireland, at the heart of Europe in 2020. Gaillimh, agus Éire, i gcroílár na hEorpa in 2020. galway2020.ie
DATE / DÁTA 1–8 February
LOCATION / SUÍOMH Galway City and County 27 GALWAY 2020 GALWAY IMBOLC , 2018, TULCA 2018 TULCA , 2018, Ecology a Prosperous for Procedures O’Kelly, Ciara Image
Galway 2020 and TULCA In 2020, TULCA will develop a In 2020, forbróidh TULCA tionscadal Festival of Visual Arts present bespoke project for Galway 2020, speisialta do Ghaillimh 2020, mar UnSelfing in addition to its annual festival. bhreis ar a fhéile bhliantúil. TULCA has invited four alumni curators Beidh ceathrar coimeádaithe alumni – Sarah Searson, Gregory McCartney, – Sarah Searson, Gregory McCartney, Daniel Jewesbury and Helen Carey – to Daniel Jewesbury agus Helen Carey – i examine our challenging and irreplaceable gcomhar le healaíontóirí Éireannacha agus DATE / DÁTA world, working with Irish and European Eorpacha, ag féachaint ar an domhan March–April, June, August, September, November artists in Galway and other locations. dúshlánach, ríluachmhar seo ina mairimid. LOCATION / SUÍOMH Marking its 18th year, TULCA takes Anois san 18ú bliain, déanann TULCA Galway, Carrick-on-Shannon, Dublin, its own strides and stretches its a dhul chun cinn féin agus leathnaíonn Derry, Gothenburg (Sweden) ambition outside, while remaining sé a uaillmhian lasmuigh den chathair connected with, its home city. bhaile ach bíonn sé fós ceangailte léi.
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28 German photographer Tobias Hutzler Beidh an grianghrafadóir Gearmánach Perspective will be Galway 2020’s artist-in-residence, Tobias Hutzler ina ealaíontóir cónaitheach Tobias Hutzler capturing the drama of Galway’s do Ghaillimh 2020, agus beidh landscape throughout the year. suntasacht thírdhreach na Gaillimhe á Commissioned by Galway 2020 léiriú aige ó cheann ceann na bliana. Tobias Hutzler is a visual artist, director and photographer, renowned for capturing Is ealaíontóir físealaíne, stiúrthóir agus the zeitgeist of global culture in striking grianghrafadóir é Tobias Hutzler, a bhfuil new ways. He possesses a unique point- clú agus cáil air as spiorad an chultúir of-view, a technically sophisticated, dhomhanda a ghabháil ar bhealaí nua innovative use of light, and a highly suntasacha. Tá dearcadh uathúil aige, agus
DATE / DÁTA creative approach. Hutzler will transform baineann sé úsáid as an solas ar bhealach Throughout the year County Galway through light, creating an nuálaíoch, sofaisticiúil, le cur chuige an- LOCATION / SUÍOMH installation for each of the four seasons. chruthaitheach. Déanfaidh Hutzler Contae Galway County na Gaillimhe a athrú ó bhonn le solas agus Hutzler’s work has been exhibited in cruthóidh sé suiteán do gach séasúr. the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) New York; The Annenberg Space for Taispeánadh obair Hutzler i Músaem Photography, Los Angeles; and the na Nua-Ealaíne (MoMA), Nua- National Portrait Gallery, London. Eabhrac; Spás Grianghrafadóireachta Annenberg, Los Angeles; agus i nGailearaí FREE FAMILY galway2020.ie Náisiúnta na bPortráidí, Londain. 29 GALWAY 2020 GALWAY Paul Kinsella & Ríonach Ní Néill Kinsella & Ríonach Paul Image
IMBOLC Tá Hope it Rains | Soineann nó Doineann Turning our bad weather to good use, Hope it Rains ag iarraidh go mbeadh tóir ar Ghaillimh Hope it Rains | Soineann nó Doineann Soineann nó in 2020 mar gheall ar an droch-aimsir! makes Galway the place to be because Tugann muid cuireadh don phobal tabhairt it rains and blows! We want to effect a Doineann faoi thionscnaimh chun súp a bhaint as an cultural change in our relationship with aimsir agus gníomhú ar son na haeráide. weather and invite people of all ages Created by Ríonach Ní Néill, to join our projects to make Galway produced by Ciotóg & Milestone Baineann cluichí agus fearais spraoi Inventive, commissioned by weather-proof and climate resilient. Weatherplay úsáid as an ngaoth Galway 2020, Weatherbot partner National University agus an bháisteach le cruthú gurb Weatherplay games and installations of Ireland Galway é lá na báistí lá na bpáistí! use the wind and rain to make outdoor play fun when the weather turns. DATE / DÁTA Cuireann Weatherproof Me! cló úr ar Imbolc, Bealtaine, Lughnasa, Samhain éadaí báistí, a dhéanann iontas agus Weatherproof Me! transforms LOCATION / SUÍOMH aer den aimsir. wearers into fantastical characters Galway City and County bringing delight to rainy streets. Gineann na saothair ealaíne Weatherbots cumhacht ón aimsir – go spéiriúil. Weatherbots renewable-energy artworks harness the weather to realise the potential Beidh imeachtaí ar siúl againn in 2020 of decentralised power – beautifully! pé am a thitfidh an tóin as an spéir, mar sin coinnigh súil ghéar ar an aimsir! Throughout 2020, weather activated FREE FAMILY surprises will animate city and county, 30 hopeitrains.ie so check the forecast! Paul Kinsella Paul Image
Turas Tugann Turas Chonamara cuireadh Turas Chonamara invites you to discover duit teanga agus tírdhreach Ghaeltacht the Irish language and landscape of the Chonamara Chonamara a fheiceáil mar a fheiceann Conamara Gaeltacht at your own pace. muintir na háite iad. Tabhair cluas do Follow the an Áit ab Áil Liom digital audio Created by Ríonach Ní Néill, ghlórtha na háite ar an mapa digiteach map to immerse yourself in the region’s produced by Ciotóg & Milestone Inventive, commissioned by agus closamhairc an Áit ab Áil Liom agus stories, songs and music while walking the Galway 2020, co-funded bain sásamh as scéalta, amhráin agus land from which they sprang. Eavesdrop by the Fisheries Local Area ceol agus tú ag siúl na dúiche ónar eascair on the secret life of Conamara on the Group (FLAG) Development siad. Lean cosán Faoi Rún chun teacht ar Faoi Rún landscape art and storytelling programme, partnered by National University of Ireland Galway scéalaíocht agus ealaín nach bhfeictear trail, which appears in the rain. ach nuair a thagann an bháisteach. DATE / DÁTA Get to know the Gaeltacht’s people and Imbolc, Bealtaine, Lughnasa, Samhain Cuir aithne ar mhuintir na Gaeltachta traditions through Siúlach Scéalach’s LOCATION / SUÍOMH agus a dtraidisiúin in Siúlach Scéalach, specially commissioned performances, Gaeltacht Chonamara sraith seónna, ceardlanna, agus workshops and concerts. These ceolchoirmeacha beaga agus beidh intimate experiences capture the tú faoi gheasa agus faoi dhraíocht. deep connection between the land and its people and the unique sense of turaschonamara.ie place of the Conamara Gaeltacht.
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IMBOLC The Kenny Gallery will have a full Beidh clár iomlán taispeántas ag Dánlann Kennys programme of exhibitions throughout Uí Chionnaith le linn 2020, lena n-áireofar Bookshop & 2020, including largescale group shows, seónna móra do ghrúpaí, dealbhóireacht, sculpture, painting, printmaking and péinteáil, déanamh priontaí agus ealaín Art Gallery children’s art. In this special year for leanaí. Cuirfear tús leis an gclár bliana Galway, the programme will kick off speisialta seo le Migrants leis an dealbhóir, with sculptor John Behan’s Migrants John Behan agus cuirfear clabhsúr leis le and finish with a flourish of 40 Visual taispeántas de 40 Amharc-ealaíontóir / Artists / 40 Writers, an exhibition 40 Scríbhneoir, taispeántas ina ndéanfar celebrating Kennys’ 80-year history. ceiliúradh ar stair 80 bliain an ghnó.
DATE / DÁTA In addition, Kennys Bookshop will further Beidh neart imeachtaí eile ar siúl i Throughout the year host a series of book launches, signings, Siopa Leabhar Uí Chionnaith: seoltaí LOCATION / SUÍOMH readings, children’s events, competitions leabhar, sínithe, léamha, imeachtaí Liosban, Galway City and demonstrations, in association with do pháistí, comórtais, taispeántais, Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture. i gcomhar le Gaillimh 2020, Príomhchathair Chultúir na hEorpa. thekennygallery.ie | kennys.ie
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32 Galway 2020 and Music Generation Symphonic Waves is an exciting new youth Is ceolfhoireann óige nua é Symphonic Galway County present orchestra for the West of Ireland, inspiring Waves in Iarthar na hÉireann, a spreagann Symphonic young musicians to achieve their highest ceoltóirí óga chun barr a gcumais ceoil musical potential. Showcasing the wealth a bhaint amach. I sárthaispeántas de Waves of musical talent in the region, Symphonic thallann cheoil an cheantair, tabharfaidh Waves will provide a legacy of sustainable, Symphonic Waves oideachas inbhuanaithe, performance-based education for young bunaithe ar thaibhléiriú, mar oidhreacht do musicians on Ireland’s western seaboard. cheoltóirí óga ar chósta thiar na hÉireann.
Symphonic Waves aims to encourage Tá sé mar aidhm ag Symphonic Waves young musicians to develop their own ceoltóirí óga a spreagadh chun a
DATE / DÁTA musical identities through interactions with bhféiniúlachtaí ceoil féin a fhorbairt trí Throughout the year professional musicians and collaboration bheith ag obair le ceoltóirí gairmiúla agus LOCATION / SUÍOMH with peers from other youth orchestras le daoine ar chomhaois leo as ceolfhoirne Galway City and County in Ireland and abroad. The orchestra will óige eile in Éirinn agus thar lear. Glacfaidh participate in a range of rehearsal courses, an cheolfhoireann páirt i réimse de as well as masterclasses and chamber chúrsaí cleachtaidh, chomh maith le groups on its journey to 2020 and beyond. máistir-ranganna agus grúpaí aireagail ar a turas go 2020 agus ina dhiaidh sin. galway2020.ie
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34 Galway 2020 and Galway City Museum present Monument curated by Sybil Curley and Eithne Verling
Galway City Museum will be Beidh Músaem Cathrach the lead partner on Monument na Gaillimhe mar phríomh- – a project that celebrates the chomhpháirtí ar Monument cultural landscapes and visual – tionscadal a dhéanann language of islands in Europe. ceiliúradh ar thírdhreacha
With a primary focus on the stone forts of Aran, cultúrtha oileáin na hEorpa. this innovative project will investigate some of Agus é dírithe go príomha ar na dúnfoirt ar Árainn, Europe’s most impressive stone monuments féachfaidh an tionscadal nuálach seo ar chuid de na located on some of Europe’s smallest islands. séadchomharthaí cloiche is suntasaí san Eoraip atá This project will represent the communities that lonnaithe ar chuid de na hoileáin is lú san Eoraip. created these massive monuments and work with the Seasfaidh an tionscadal seo do na pobail scientists and scholars who have investigated them – a chruthaigh na séadchomharthaí sin agus focusing on what has endured and what has been lost. oibreofar leis na heolaithe agus na scoláirí a bhfuil galwaycitymuseum.ie taighde déanta acu orthu, ag díriú ar an méid a tháinig slán agus ar an méid a cailleadh.
DATE / DÁTA March to December
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Galway 2020 presents Livefeed aims to grow a culture of Tá sé mar aidhm ag Livefeed cultúr ceoil Livefeed youth music in Galway and empower don aos óg a fhorbairt i nGaillimh agus young people to pursue interests in IMBOLC Produced by Tracy Bruen, daoine óga a chumhachtú chun an spéis David Boland and Eoin Dolan music performance, audio and video atá acu a leanúint i dtaibhiú ceoil, léiriú production, event production and fuaime agus físeán, léiriú imeachtaí, music journalism and promotion. iriseoireacht cheoil agus margaíocht.
The project will provide new opportunities Cuirfidh an tionscadal deiseanna nua ar fáil for young people to enjoy live music do dhaoine óga le sult a bhaint as ceol beo in safe, alcohol-free environments. i dtimpeallachtaí sábháilte, saor ó alcól.
Working in numerous locations Ag obair i suíomhanna éagsúla i rith throughout 2019 and 2020, Livefeed 2019 agus 2020, reáchtálfaidh Livefeed, will host new, engaging live music imeachtaí nua le ceol beo don aos óg fud DATE / DÁTA events for youth communities fad Chathair agus Chontae na Gaillimhe. September 2019 across Galway City and County. – September 2020 Tabharfar an tionscadal chun críche i
LOCATION / SUÍOMH The project will culminate in late 2020 dtreo dheireadh 2020 ag Féile EYE on Galway City and County at the EYE on the Edge festival, where the Edge, áit a mbeidh treibh nua de a new tribe of young musicians and cheoltóirí óga ag seinm do na sluaite technicians will entertain the crowds thar dhá lá ar ardán Livefeed. over 2 days at the Livefeed stage.
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Galway 2020 in association with Join us for a celebration of International Bí linn chun Lá Idirnáisiúnta na mBan Galway Public Libraries presents Women’s Day with diverse voices from the a cheiliúradh le glórtha éagsúla ón Wild West and further afield. Our special guest Iarthar agus níos faide i gcéin. Is í is the world-renowned Margaret Atwood. Margaret Atwood ár n-aoi speisialta.
Atlantic Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale Féachtar ar The Handmaid’s Tale mar Women has become a symbol of women’s struggle chomhartha do streachailt na mban in against oppression. On this important day, aghaidh an leatroim. Ar an lá tábhachtach Atwood reminds us that the ‘inner workings seo, meabhróidh Atwood dúinn go of Gilead and this very strange world bhfuair sí an spreagadh dá leabhar nua DATE / DÁTA we’re living in’ are the inspiration for her iontach, The Testaments, ó fheidhmiú 8 March extraordinary new book, The Testaments. inmheánach Gilead agus an domhan LOCATION / SUÍOMH aisteach seo a bhfuil cónaí orainn ann. Galway City Hosted by writer Susan McKay, this unique conversation will span the Arna óstáil ag an scríbhneoir, Susan length of Atwood’s remarkable career, McKay, clúdóidh an comhrá uathúil seo and reveal why, after 34 years, she has gairmréim iontach Atwood agus nochtfar returned to The Handmaid’s Tale. an fáth a bhfuil sí ag filleadh ar The Handmaid’s Tale 34 bliain níos déanaí. galway2020.ie TICKET
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35th Cúirt International Festival The 35th Cúirt International Festival of Cuirfidh an 35ú Féile Idirnáisiúnta of Literature in association Literature presents World Literature Litríochta, CÚIRT, Lá Domhanda na with Galway 2020 presents Day on Tuesday 21 April 2020. This Litríochta i láthair ar an Máirt, an 21 World celebration of world literature will focus Aibreán 2020. Beidh an ceiliúradh on a Creative Europe-funded project, seo ar litríocht dhomhanda ag díriú Literature Read Me I Am Yours, which is the ar an tionscadal, Read Me I Am Yours, Day culmination of a ten-year relationship tionscadal atá á mhaoiniú ag Eoraip between Cúirt and partners Vilenica Chruthaitheach, agus atá ina thoradh International Literary Festival, Slovenia ar chaidreamh deich mbliana idir Cúirt
DATE / DÁTA and Festival of World Literature (Fraktura), agus a comhpháirtithe, Féile Idirnáisiúnta 21 April Croatia. This project offers Cúirt Litríochta Vilenica, an tSlóivéin agus LOCATION / SUÍOMH audiences an opportunity to engage Féile Litríochta Domhanda (Fraktura), an Galway City with the vast world of contemporary Chróit. Tugann an tionscadal seo deis do European literature in translation with a lucht féachana Cúirt blaiseadh a fháil de special focus on literature from lesser na haistriúcháin atá déanta ar litríocht known and used linguistic regions. chomhaimseartha na hEorpa, le haird ar leith ar litríocht ó chuid de na réigiúin cuirt.ie teanga nach bhfuil a oiread sin eolas orthu.
38 Eilís Dillon During Cúirt International Festival Le linn Fhéile Idirnáisiúnta Litríochta Cúirt Centenary of Literature 2020 and throughout 2020 agus i rith na bliana, déanfar comóradh the year, the life and legacy of the ar shaol agus ar oidhreacht an úrscéalaí novelist Eilís Dillon will be celebrated Eilís Dillon sa chathair inar tógadh í. in the city where she grew up. Tá an cháil is mó uirthi as an saothar, Across Best known for Across the Bitter Sea, her the Bitter Sea, a húrscéal mór stairiúil maidir big historical novel about the road to Irish leis an troid ar son shaoirse na hÉireann, independence, Dillon was also a prolific ach foilsíodh breis agus 40 leabhar do author of children’s books, publishing some pháistí dá cuid idir 1948 agus 1992. 40 of them between 1948 and 1992. Rinne sí roinnt mhaith taistil le linn a Widely travelled and an innovator in every saoil, agus ba nuálaí í ar gach bealach. Ba sense, her first works were published i nGaeilge a foilsíodh na chéad saothair DATE / DÁTA in the Irish language and those and uaithi agus bhí na scéalta sin agus na Cúirt International Festival subsequent stories were rooted in the cinn a tháinig ina ndiaidh fréamhaithe of Literature, April and landscape of South Connemara. i dtírdhreach Chonamara Theas. throughout the year LOCATION / SUÍOMH During 2020, Cúirt and others in Galway Le linn 2020, reáchtálfaidh Cúirt agus Galway City and County and further afield will hold events to daoine eile i nGaillimh agus i gcéin imeachtaí celebrate her life, revisit her writings chun a saol a cheiliúradh, le cuairt a for both children and adults, and thabhairt an athuair ar a scríbhinní do consider the European perspective pháistí agus do dhaoine fásta araon, agus that Eilís Dillon brought to her work. le machnamh a dhéanamh ar an léargas Eorpach a thug Eilís Dillon dá saothar. cuirt.ie 39 GALWAY 2020 GALWAY Savage Beauty Kari Kola
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40 Artist Kari Kola developed D’fhorbair an t-ealaíontóir Kari his love of working with light Kola a ghrá do bheith ag obair in his native Finland, where le solas san Fhionlainn, áit a the autumns and winters mbíonn an fómhar agus an are long and very dark. geimhreadh fada agus dorcha.
His professional career has taken him to Le linn a ghairmréime, thaistil sé chuig go leor many unique places including Villa de suíomhanna uathúla, lena n-áirítear Villa de Laak, the sacred Saana Mountain and the Laak, Sliabh Saana agus Láithreán Oidhreachta Stonehenge UNESCO World Heritage site. Domhanda UNESCO, Stonehenge.
2017 saw Kola begin a journey throughout In 2017, thosaigh Kola ar thuras le linn the dark Finnish winter as his spectacular gheimhreadh dorcha na Fionlainne agus lightworks illuminated the country’s most shoilsigh a shaothair iontacha na suíomhanna significant sites including Saana Mountain. is suntasaí sa tír, sliabh Saana ina measc.
For Galway 2020, Kola and his team turn their Do Ghaillimh 2020, déanfaidh Kola agus a fhoireann attention to the extraordinary beauty of the a n-aird a dhíriú ar áilleacht neamhghnách shléibhte Connemara mountains as he attempts to create Chonamara agus é ag iarraidh an saothar ealaíne the largest lit artwork ever made. Exploring the soilsithe is mó a rinneadh riamh a chruthú. Agus Galway 2020 theme of landscape, he brings the téama tírdhreacha Ghaillimh 2020 á iniúchadh newest technology to bear on one of Ireland’s aige, tugann sé an teicneolaíocht is nuálaí chuig most famous locations. In a massive illumination, ceann de na háiteanna is cáiliúla in Éirinn. I soilsiú Kola will green the mountain range in a dazzling ollmhór, cuirfidh Kola dath glas ar an sliabhraon i display of technical virtuosity that will coincide dtaispeántas mórthaibhseach de rímháistreacht with Ireland’s St Patrick’s Day celebrations. theicniúil a bheidh ar siúl ag an am céanna le ceiliúradh Lá Fhéile Pádraig na hÉireann. galway2020.ie
DATE / DÁTA March FREE FAMILY DIGITAL LOCATION / SUÍOMH Connemara / Galway County 41 GALWAY 2020 GALWAY Branar Téatar do Pháistí Sruth na Teanga Commissioned by Galway 2020
Artistic Director Marc Mac Lochlainn Designer Maeve Clancy Composer Michael Chang IMBOLC
42 Tugann Branar Téatar do Branar Téatar do Pháistí Pháistí cuireadh duit páirt a invites you to join it on an ghlacadh in eachtra thumthach immersive theatre adventure amharclannaíochta trí scéal through the story of the Irish na Gaeilge, Sruth na Teanga. Language, Sruth na Teanga.
Cruthóidh Branar saolta éagsúla, le gach ceann Branar will create different worlds, each offering acu ag tabhairt léirmhíniú filíochta ar na tréimhsí a poetic interpretation of crucial periods in the ríthábhachtacha i saolré na teanga ársa seo. Tugtar life cycle of this ancient language. The audience cuireadh don lucht féachana páirt a ghlacadh is invited into an unforgettable theatrical in eispéireas amharclannaíochta a fhanfaidh sa experience, encountering imaginative worlds chuimhne go brách. Ar an gcosán draíochtúil seo, that evoke the landscape, history and forces rachaidh siad isteach i saolta samhlaíocha ina that have shaped Gaeilge, one of the ten músclófar an tírdhreach, an stair agus na fórsaí a most ancient languages still spoken today. mhúnlaigh an Ghaeilge, ceann de dheich gcinn de na Experience a true sense of adventure teangacha is ársa a labhraítear sa lá atá inniu ann. with cinematic levels of detail as you Glac páirt in eachtra fhíorspeisialta ina mbeidh travel from one room to the next in five maisíochtaí ar leibhéil scánnánaíochta. Téigh ar other-worldly experiences combining an gconair ó sheomra go seomra, áit a mbeidh live performance, puppetry, music, video cúig eispéireas osnádúrtha le taibhléiriú beo, mapping, breath-taking design and beautiful puipéadóireacht, ceol, teilgmhapáil, íomhánna imagery. Branar’s world-class brand of áille agus dearadh a bhainfidh an anáil díot. Tá bua storytelling will enchant audiences of scéalaíochta den chéad scoth ag Branar agus níl children aged 8-plus and adults alike. 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 / DÁTA 2–29 March
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IMBOLC Is tionscadal ealaíne teangeolaíochta Sea Tamagotchi: Foclóir Farraige is a Sea é Sea Tamagotchi: Foclóir Farraige ina linguistic art project that seeks out and Tamagotchi ndéantar focail mhuirí agus logainmneacha celebrates endangered maritime words atá i mbaol i réigiúin chósta na Gaillimhe, and placenames in the coastal regions Commissioned by Galway 2020 Mhaigh Eo, Shligigh agus Dhún na of Galway, Mayo, Sligo and Donegal. Manchán Magan, nGall a lorg agus a cheiliúradh. Emily Robyn Archer Manchán Magan roams the sea-roads Téann Manchán Magan ar bhóithre of each region in the company of a local farraige gach réigiúin i gcomhluadar folklorist, cartographer or linguist, seeking béaloideasóra, cartagrafaí nó teangeolaí out forgotten placenames and words. áitiúil, ag lorg logainmneacha agus These are then distributed to the focail atá ligthe i ndearmad. DATE / DÁTA public at a carnival-like stall, where Imbolc and Bealtaine Scaiptear iad sin ar an bpobal ansin ag people are invited to play games, LOCATION / SUÍOMH stainnín mar a bheadh ag carnabhal ina circulating the words in the process. Connacht and Ulster dtugtar cuireadh do dhaoine cluichí a A grand celebratory gathering will imirt, ag scaipeadh na bhfocal lena linn. then take place, where the full Reáchtálfar tionól mór ceiliúrtha ansin, dictionary of rediscovered words áit a dtabharfar foclóir iomlán na bhfocal will be gifted to the world. athaimsithe mar bhronntanas don domhan. FREE galway2020.ie 44 FAI in association with To coincide with the Galway leg of the I gcomhthráth le cuid na Gaillimhe Galway 2020 presents National Football Exhibition, Onside will den Taispeántas Náisiúnta Peile, Onside demonstrate and celebrate football’s déanfaidh Onside léiriú agus ceiliúradh track record of grassroots community ar an rath atá ar an bpeil maidir le activism and its ability to engage gníomhaíocht a spreagadh i measc with people from all walks of life. an phobail agus an cumas atá aici dul i gcion ar gach cineál duine. The project will place a particular emphasis on the issues of cultural Leagfar béim ar leith sa tionscadal diversity and refugee integration, given ar shaincheisteanna a bhaineann le that it coincides with International héagsúlacht chultúrtha agus lánpháirtiú Day Against Racism and European dídeanaithe, ós rud é go bhfuil sé Week Against Racism in late March. ag tarlú ag an am céanna leis an Lá Idirnáisiúnta in aghaidh an Chiníochais DATE / DÁTA In addition to the on-street fun agus Seachtain na hEorpa in aghaidh an 20 March–4 April engagement activities and football Chiníochais ag deireadh mhí an Mhárta. VENUE / IONAD matches, the project will also showcase Eyre Square and some of the amazing work done by local Sa bhreis ar na gníomhaíochtaí various city locations communities and football organisations siamsaíochta sráide agus na cluichí peile, LOCATION / SUÍOMH Galway City across Europe in response to the taispeánfar cuid den obair iontach a recent and ongoing refugee crisis. rinne pobail áitiúla agus eagraíochtaí peile ar fud na hEorpa mar fhreagra ar galway2020.ie FREE FAMILY ghéarchéim leanúnach na ndídeanaithe.
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46 Cellissimo, a major new Is mórfhéile thríbhliantúil international triennial cello idirnáisiúnta nua í Cellissimo festival, will celebrate one ina ndéanfar ceiliúradh ar an of the world’s most beloved dordveidhil, ceann de na and versatile instruments huirlisí ceoil is ilghnéithí agus in all its diversity. is mó a bhfuil gean uirthi,
As part of the festival, cellists from all over the ina héagsúlachtaí go léir. world will gather in Galway including Mischa Mar chuid den fhéile, baileoidh dordveidhleadóirí ó Maisky, Giovanni Sollima, Nicolas Altstaedt, gach cearn den domhan i nGaillimh agus ina measc István Várdai, Tatjana Vassiljeva, Marc Coppey, siúd beidh Mischa Maisky, Giovanni Sollima, Nicolas Laura van der Heijden, Hannah Roberts, Natalie Altstaedt, István Várdai, Tatjana Vassiljeva, Marc Haas, Jakob Koranyi and Naomi Berrill. Coppey, Laura van her Heijden, Hannah Roberts, The core artistic programme features three Natalie Haas, Jakob Koranyi agus Naomi Berrill. major orchestral concerts, including the Irish Tá trí cheolchoirm mhór ceolfhoirne sa phríomhchlár premiere of the Crouching Tiger Concerto by Tan ealaíne. Ina measc sin, tá an chéad léiriú in Éirinn den Dun, performed by the RTÉ National Symphony Choinséartó Crouching Tiger le Tan Dun, á sheinm ag Orchestra and conducted by the composer. The Ceolfhoireann Shiansach Náisiúnta RTÉ agus á stiúradh Zagreb Soloists and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra ag an gcumadóir. Cuirfidh Aonréadaithe Zagreb agus will present cello concertos by Haydn, Vivaldi and Ceolfhoireann Shiansach Náisiúnta RTÉ coinséartónna Elgar. Premieres of new cello concertos by Gerald dordveidhle de chuid Haydn, Vivaldi agus Elgar i láthair. Barry and Julia Wolfe, co-commissioned with the Léireofar an chéad taibhiú de cheolchoirmeacha nua Cello Biënnale Amsterdam will also take place. dordveidhle le Gerald Barry agus Julia Wolfe, arna Beethoven’s 250th anniversary will be marked by a gcomhchoimisiúnú le Cello Biënnale Amsterdam. performance of all five cello sonatas, while Bach Plus Déanfar comóradh 250 bliain Beethoven a concerts will take place in St. Nicholas’ Collegiate cheiliúradh le léiriú de gach ceann de na cúig shonáid Church in Galway City and locations throughout dordveidhle. Beidh ceolchoirmeacha Bach Plus ar County Galway. Hear Bill Whelan’s new piece for the siúl in Eaglais Choláisteach San Nioclás i gCathair Galway Cello, made by luthier Kuros Torkzadeh or na Gaillimhe agus ar fud Chontae na Gaillimhe. Éist join a cello trail on Inishbofin. The closing concert le píosa nua Bill Whelan a cumadh go speisialta do – a cello extravaganza – invites cellists from far Dhordveidhil na Gaillimhe, uirlis ó lámh an luthier and wide to bring their instruments and join in. Kuros Torkzadeh nó téigh ar chonair na ndordveidhilí ar Inis Bó Finne. Fáiltítear roimh dhordveidhleadóirí DATE / DÁTA ó chian is ó chóngar a gcuid uirlisí a thabhairt leo 25 April–3 May agus a bheith rannpháirteach sa cheolchoirm LOCATION / SUÍOMH dheiridh – móroíche cheoil ar an dordveidhil. Galway City and County TICKET TICKETS / TICÉID musicforgalway.ie 47 GALWAY 2020 GALWAY
Galway-based cultural body Screen Ó 1993 i leith, tá tacaíocht tugtha ag an Screen Ireland has been supporting the gcomhlacht cultúrtha Screen Ireland do Ireland growth of the Irish film industry and the thionscal scannánaíochta na hÉireann. I rith in conversation artists who work within it since 1993. na bliana, beidh ealaíontóirí á dtabhairt go IMBOLC DATE / DÁTA Throughout the year, Screen Ireland Gaillimh ag Screen Ireland agus Pictiúrlann Throughout the year and Pálás Cinema will host some of Pálás chun a ngairmeacha beatha a VENUE / IONAD those artists for in-depth conversations, phlé, mar aon le léiriúcháin dá saothar. Pálás with screenings of their work. Beidh Pálás ag bogadh amach ón LOCATION / SUÍOMH Galway City Pálás will reach into the wider bhfoirgneamh féin chun léiriú den community to host a screening of scannán Éireannach, Song of the Sea, a
Pálás in association with beloved Irish film, Song of the Sea, on thaispeáint amach ar chósta an Atlantaigh, Galway City Council presents the Atlantic coast that inspired it. áit a bhí ina díol ionspioráide dó. Song of Song of the Sea is steeped in Irish Tá baint mhór ag miotaseolaíocht mythology and inspired by our coastal na hÉireann le Song of the Sea, agus the Sea landscape. Saoirse is a child who is the fuarthas spreagadh dó ó thírdhreach an DATE / DÁTA last of the selkies, women in Irish and chósta. Is páiste í Saoirse, duine de na Imbolc Scottish legends who transform from selkies deireannacha. Mná i bhfinscéalta LOCATION / SUÍOMH seals into people. She escapes from na hÉireann agus na hAlban is ea Galway City her grandmother’s home to journey selkies, a chlaochlaíonn ó rón go duine. to the sea and free fairy creatures Éalaíonn sí ó bhaile a seanmháthar le trapped in the modern world. taisteal chun na farraige chun sióga a scaoileadh saor ó dhomhan an lae inniu. palas.ie TICKET FAMILY DIGITAL
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Ireland’s fifth Laureate na nÓg, Sarah Creideann an cúigiú Laureate na nÓg, We are the Crossan believes that all of us have a Sarah Crossan, go bhfuil dán nó véarsa Poets poem or verse inside our heads, waiting againn go léir laistigh dár gcloigne, réidh Presented by Poetry Ireland, to be unleashed. Her theme as Laureate le scaoileadh amach. Is é We are the Laureate na nÓg and Children’s is We are the Poets, a two-year project Poets an téama atá aici mar Laureate, Books Ireland in association inspiring young people to express tionscadal dhá bhliain ina spreagtar with Galway 2020 themselves through poetry and verse. daoine óga chun iad féin a chur in iúl trí fhilíocht agus véarsaíocht. Together with our friends at Poetry Ireland and Laureate na nÓg Sarah Crossan, In éineacht lenár gcairde in Éigse Éireann Galway 2020 will collaborate with our agus Laureate na nÓg, Sarah Crossan, poetry team to create poems in a beidh Gaillimh 2020 ag obair i gcomhar selection of Galway schools on our themes leis an bhfoireann filíochta chun dánta
DATE / DÁTA of landscape, language and migration. a chumadh i rogha scoileanna ar ár Throughout the year dtéamaí – tírdhreach, teanga agus imirce. The creativity of these young Galway LOCATION / SUÍOMH Beidh cruthaitheacht na bhfilí óga seo poets will be showcased in a county- Galway City and County as Gaillimh á léiriú i sraith imeachtaí wide series of public events in April. poiblí ar fud an chontae i mí Aibreáin. Listen out for the poets on the Bí ag faire amach do na filí ar an radio as they champion diversity of raidió agus iad ag léiriú éagsúlacht voice in writing and performance scríbhneoireachta agus taibhléirithe throughout Poetry Month 2020. FREE le linn Mhí na Filíochta 2020. poetryireland.ie 49 GALWAY 2020 GALWAY
IMBOLC Comhaltas Contae na Established in 1951 to nurture Ireland’s Bunaíodh Comhaltas in 1951 chun Gaillimhe in association with cultural traditions including music, song, traidisiúin chultúrtha na hÉireann a Galway 2020 presents dance and Irish language, Comhaltas is a chothú, ceol, amhránaíocht, damhsa Comhaltas voluntary not-for-profit organisation with agus an Ghaeilge ina measc. Is branches all over the world including, eagraíocht dheonach neamhbhrabúis and Céilí Africa, Australia, Japan, Canada, America é Comhaltas agus tá craobhacha dá at the and Great Britain. Volunteers organise chuid ar fud an domhain, san Afraic, a wide range of cultural workshops, san Astráil, sa tSeapáin, i gCeanada, Crossroads festivals, activities and events annually. i Meiriceá agus sa Bhreatain Mhór. Eagraíonn oibrithe deonacha réimse One of the special events that leathan de cheardlanna cultúrtha, féilte, DATE / DÁTA Comhaltas will deliver in partnership gníomhaíochtaí agus imeachtaí gach bliain. Throughout the year with Galway 2020 is Céilí at the LOCATION / SUÍOMH Crossroads, an incredible celebration Tá Céilí ag an gCrosbhóthar ar Galway City and County of music in our towns and villages. cheann de na himeachtaí speisialta a dhéanfaidh Comhaltas a chur i comhaltas.ie láthair i gcomhpháirtíocht le Gaillimh 2020, ceiliúradh iontach ceoil inár mbailte agus inár sráidbhailte.
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50 In its ground-breaking partnership Ina comhpháirtíocht úrnua le International with Dublin’s National Concert Ceoláras Náisiúnta Bhaile Átha Cliath, Music Series Hall, Galway 2020 introduces a cuirfidh Gaillimh 2020 sraith de series of international concerts in a cheolchoirmeacha idirnáisiúnta i láthair The National Concert Hall, Dublin variety of venues across the city. in ionaid éagsúla ar fud na cathrach. in association with Galway 2020 With a programme ranging from the Le clár ina bhfuil réimse den cheol is most exciting music of today to some corraithí sa lá atá inniu ann agus cuid DATE / DÁTA of classical music’s leading artists and de na healaíontóirí is mó de chuid an Throughout the year ensembles, Galway will host some cheoil chlasaicigh, déanfaidh Gaillimh LOCATION / SUÍOMH Galway City of the world’s finest musicians. See óstáil ar roinnt de na ceoltóirí is fearr these musicians in solo concerts and ó áiteanna éagsúla ar fud na cruinne i collaborations, which will mark 2020 as gceolchoirmeacha aonair agus i gcomhar, a year when the world came to the city. ina ndéanfar ceiliúradh ar 2020 mar bhliain inar tháinig an domhan go dtí an chathair. nch.ie
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Galway 2020 and Galway Sixteen European partners join Beidh 16 chomhpháirtí Eorpacha ag obair Film Centre in association with Galway Film Centre, Galway UNESCO i gcomhar le hIonad Scannánaíochta na Screen Talent Europe present City of Film, to inspire young Gaillimhe, Ceantar Scannán UNESCO Northern filmmakers from all over Europe. na Gaillimhe, chun scannánóirí óga ón Eoraip a spreagadh. Peripheries During 2020, 16 young filmmakers selected from Galway and across Le linn 2020, tiocfaidh 16 scannánóir óga ó DATE / DÁTA Europe will come together for three Ghaillimh agus trasna na hEorpa le chéile ar Workshop 6–20 April weeks in an intensive workshop to feadh trí seachtaine do dhiancheardlann. Screening July, Galway Film Fleadh create a number of films facilitated by Beidh scannáin á gcruthú acu le cuidiú ó LOCATION / SUÍOMH Galway City expert filmmakers from the network. shaineolaithe ó ghréasán na scannánóirí. The exchange of knowledge and Cuirfear pacáiste le chéile, a bheidh ar fáil capacity building for these filmmakers ar líne, bunaithe ar an roinnt eolais agus will then be produced in a toolkit, forbairt acmhainní na scannánóirí seo. which will be available online.
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Galway 2020 and Saolta Arts in Over three distinct seasons in 2020, I rith trí shéasúr in 2020, cuirfidh Saolta partnership with Saolta University Saolta Arts presents exhibitions, events Arts taispeántais agus imeachtaí i láthair, Health Care Group presents and new work by renowned Irish visual chomh maith le saothar nua de chuid The artists Ceara Conway and Deirdre na n-amharcealaíontóirí Éireannacha, O’Mahony and theatre practitioners Ceara Conway agus Deirdre O’Mahony, Deepest Sarah Fuller and Manuela Corbari. agus na cleachtóirí amharclannaíochta, Sarah Fuller agus Manuela Corbari. Shade of The Deepest Shade of Green explores the importance of connecting our hospitals In The Deepest Shade of Green déanfar Green with the world outside, and the importance iniúchadh ar a thábhachtaí atá sé ár of listening to and learning from those who n-ospidéil a nascadh leis an saol lasmuigh, DATE / DÁTA February–December use them. Made for, with, and about the agus an tábhacht a bhaineann le bheith
VENUE / IONAD hospital community, The Deepest Shade ag éisteacht leo siúd a úsáideann iad agus University Hospitals: of Green creates spaces for a diversity foghlaim uathu. Cumadh The Deepest Galway, Merlin Park, Portiuncula, Mayo, of voices to be heard by one another. Shade of Green do phobal an ospidéil Sligo, Letterkenny and Roscommon agus i gcomhar leo, agus cruthófar ann LOCATION / SUÍOMH saoltaarts.com spásanna le haghaidh guthanna éagsúla Connacht & Ulster chun go gcloisfidh siad a chéile.
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IMBOLC Galway 2020 in association with Tugann Aistriú léargas úrnua ar chuid Aistriú sheds new light on some of the NUI Galway presents de na scríbhneoirí Gaeilge is cáiliúla. best-known Irish language writers. Aistriú In Aistriú, déanfar scríbhinní Uí Chadhain, Aistriú will translate the writings of Sayers, Uí Dhireáin, Ní Dhomhnaill Ó Cadhain, Sayers, Ó Direáin, Ní agus daoine eile ar théama na himirce Domhnaill and others on the theme a aistriú go teangacha éagsúla agus a of migration into a range of different roinnt le léitheoirí nua ar fud na hEorpa. languages, making the texts available to new readers across Europe. Tá Gaillimh 2020 tar éis dhá shaothar nua a choimisiúnú a rachaidh i ngleic Galway 2020 has commissioned two go cruthaitheach leis na téacsanna original works that will engage creatively DATE / DÁTA agus a chuirfidh a dtéamaí os comhair with the texts and present their themes Throughout the year an phobail ar bhealaí spreagúla: ‘Slán’ to the public in inspiring ways: ‘Slán’ by LOCATION / SUÍOMH leis an amharclannóir James Riordan theatre-maker James Riordan of Brú Galway City and County ó Brú Theatre in éineacht leis an Dr Theatre with Dr Mairéad Ní Chróinín, and Mairéad Ní Chróinín, agus ‘Leide Beag’ ‘Leide Beag’ by music composer Ian Wilson. leis an gcumadóir ceoil Ian Wilson.
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54 Music for Galway and This new concert series for Galway is Ainmníodh an tsraith nua Galway 2020 present inspired by the 17th Century Abendmusik ceolchoirmeacha seo do Ghaillimh Abendmusik: in the north German city of Lübeck, i ndiaidh na gceolchoirmeacha another port city with a history of cáiliúla a reáchtáladh sa 17ú hAois in Crossing thriving mercantile endeavour. Lübeck, i dtuaisceart na Gearmáine, calafort eile le stair rathúil tráchtála. Borders Sacred and secular, old and new will Artistic Director, Mark Duley be brought together, with five new Tabharfar ceol diaga, ceol saolta agus commissions from Irish composers ceol nua le chéile, le cúig choimisiún featuring alongside the finest music nua ó chumadóirí Éireannacha, agus from centuries past. Some of Ireland’s iad á gcur i láthair le cuid den cheol most eminent ensembles and is breátha ó na haoiseanna atá imithe. performers will take part alongside Beidh cuid de na ensembles agus na DATE / DÁTA artists from around Europe. taibheoirí is fearr in Éirinn páirteach 10 & 26 April, 24 May, 28 June, ann taobh le ceoltóirí ón Eoraip. 27 September, 22 November
VENUE / IONAD Collegiate Church of St Nicholas
LOCATION / SUÍOMH Galway City
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55 GALWAY 2020 GALWAY Druid Druid: The Galway Tour A Galway 2020 commission IMBOLC
56 Druid will present an exciting, Le Druid: The Galway Tour, ambitious, county-wide project cuirfidh Druid clár spreagúil, recalling the company’s original uaillmhianach i láthair timpeall and on-going commitment an chontae, ag tabhairt chun to rural touring with Druid: cuimhne an dúthracht a chaith The Galway Tour. siad ón tús le camchuairt tuaithe.
In a large-scale tour, the company will live and Camchuairt mhór uathúil a bheidh i gceist, ina work in the towns and villages across County mbeidh an compántas ina gcónaí agus ag obair i Galway, creating and presenting a series of the mbailte móra agus bailte beaga ar fud Chontae na greatest Irish one-act plays of the 20th century. Gaillimhe, ag cruthú agus ag léiriú sraith de na drámaí aon-ghnímh Éireannacha is fearr dá bhfuil ann. As part of the project, a company of Druid actors, creatives and technical personnel will be Mar chuid den tionscadal, beidh compántas embedded in communities throughout the county. d’aisteoirí, de dhaoine cruthaitheacha chomh maith With access to rehearsals and interactions with le pearsanra teicniúil leabaithe i bpobail ar fud an the cast, local communities will have a unique chontae. Beidh deis ag na pobail áitiúla freastal ar opportunity to engage in a professional production chleachtaí, idirghníomhú leis an gcliar agus bheith by a world-renowned theatre company. páirteach i léiriú gairmiúil ó chompántas amharclainne a bhfuil a ainm in airde ar fud an domhain mhóir. The tour will culminate in a month-long residency in The Mick Lally Theatre on Druid Lane during Mar bhailchríoch ar an turas beidh tréimhse summer 2020. Creatively re-imagined and chónaitheach míosa in Amharclann Mick Lally presented in site-specific locations and venues, ar Lána an Draoi i rith an tsamhraidh in 2020. it is hoped that this project will leave a lasting Déanfar an tionscadal seo a athshamhlú go legacy within the fabric of these communities. cruthaitheach agus a léiriú ar láithreacha agus in ionaid suíomhoiriúnaithe, agus fágfaidh sé oidhreacht druid.ie bhuan ina dhiaidh i gcreatlach na bpobal sin.
DATE / DÁTA April–July
VENUE / IONAD Various TICKET LOCATION / SUÍOMH Galway City and County 57 58 BEALTAINE GALWAY 2020 Bealtaine May – July / Bealtaine – Iúil
Lá Bealtaine, tinte cnámh, bláthanna agus féastaí le muintir agus cairde May Day, bonfires, flowers and feasts with family and friends
59 GALWAY 2020 GALWAY Borderline David Best
A Galway 2020 commission BEALTAINE
60 Internationally-renowned Tá an t-ealaíontóir idirnáisiúnta artist David Best, famous for David Best, a bhfuil cáil air as his ephemeral Temples at the a theampaill ghearrshaolacha Burning Man event in the Nevada ag an imeacht Burning Man Desert, comes to Galway in i nGaineamhlach Nevada, a pioneering new work which ag teacht go Gaillimh le unites young people north and saothar nua ceannródaíoch south of the border in Ireland. a thabharfaidh daoine óga
After Derry’s UK City of Culture 2013, David ó thuaidh agus ó dheas den Best and his Temple Crew memorably created teorainn in Éirinn le chéile. a non-religious temple where those on opposing sides left their weapons, differences Tar éis do Dhoire bheith mar Chathair Chultúir na and grievances outside, acknowledging the Ríochta Aontaithe in 2013, d’oibrigh Best agus a chriú past and readying themselves to move on. chun teampall neamhreiligiúnach a chruthú, áit ar Five years later, on the centenary of the Government fhág daoine ar an dá thaobh airm, difríochtaí agus of Ireland Act, which established the border between gearáin taobh amuigh, ag glacadh leis an am a bhí the Republic and Northern Ireland, Galway 2020 caite agus á n-ullmhú féin chun bogadh ar aghaidh. has invited Best to revisit with Borderline at a time Cúig bliana níos déanaí, ar chomóradh céad when our own border and many others across bliain Acht Rialtas na hÉireann, a bhunaigh an the world are a topic of dispute, representing the teorainn idir an Poblacht agus Tuaisceart Éireann, most contentious geopolitical spaces of our time. tá cuireadh tugtha ag Gaillimh 2020 do Best For Galway 2020, Best will reunite with those cuairt a thabhairt an athuair le Borderline ag am a brought together in Derry to work alongside bhfuil ár dteorainn féin agus go leor eile ar fud an the Galway community to create another domhain mar ábhar achrainn, ag léiriú na spásanna extraordinary temporary monument to a world geopholaitíochta is conspóidí sa lá atá inniu ann. without borders, conflict and the pain of division. Do Ghaillimh 2020, tabharfaidh Best na galway2020.ie 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.
DATE / DÁTA May FREE FAMILY VENUE / IONAD Galway County 61 GALWAY 2020 GALWAY Andrew Downes, 2018. Featured in image: DancePlayers theatre company company theatre DancePlayers in image: Featured 2018. Downes, Andrew Image 2018 Festival Theatre Galway Emer, of Jealousy The Only of the production for
Galway Theatre Festival features Beidh naoi lá d’amharclannaíocht spreagúil, Galway nine days of exciting theatre, sorcas, mórthaispeántas agus scéalaíocht i Theatre circus, spectacle, and storytelling, bhFéile Amharclannaíochta na Gaillimhe, showcasing the vibrant performance ag cur cultúr beoga taibhléirithe na Festival culture of Ireland’s festival city. cathrach os comhair an phobail. 2020 The goal of Galway Theatre Festival is Tá sé mar sprioc ag Féile to bring a fresh and lively programme of Amharclannaíochta na Gaillimhe performance to the streets and venues clár úr agus bríomhar taibhléirithe a of Galway, evoking a raw energy and thabhairt chuig sráideanna agus ionaid DATE / DÁTA adventurous spirit. The festival provides na Gaillimhe, ag múscailt fuinneamh 1–9 May a platform for national artists and artists nádúrtha agus spiorad dána. Tugann an LOCATION / SUÍOMH Across Galway City based in the West of Ireland, bringing fhéile ardán d’ealaíontóirí náisiúnta agus together a high-quality programme d’ealaíontóirí atá lonnaithe in iarthar na that showcases the best talents in hÉireann. Cuirtear clár ardchaighdeáin theatre, spectacle, circus, storytelling i láthair ag léiriú na ndaoine ildánacha and immersive performance. a bhíonn ag obair in amharclannaíocht, mórthaispeántas, sorcas, scéalaíocht galwaytheatrefestival.com TICKET agus taibhléiriú tumthach.
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Experience the future of Galway through Faigh blaiseadh de thodhchaí na Gaillimhe InterAction VR [virtual reality]. Use your breath and trí RF [réaltacht fhíorúil]. Bain úsáid as Galway heartbeat to trigger video and audio and d’anáil agus as do chroí chun físeáin agus choose your own adventure as you explore fuaim a spreagadh agus roghnaigh d’eachtra Theatre new spaces in the city and county. féin le linn duit a bheith ag féachaint ar spásanna nua sa chathair agus sa chontae. Festival InterAction is a creative laboratory for participatory theatre and interactive Is saotharlann chruthaitheach é technologies, which explores interaction InterAction le haghaidh amharclannaíocht among citizens and inhabitants of rannpháirtíochta agus teicneolaíochtaí Europe, prompting audience members idirghníomhacha, a dhéanann iniúchadh
DATE / DÁTA to explore new ways of ‘inter-acting’ with ar idirghníomhaíocht idir saoránaigh May and November others and the world around them. agus áitritheoirí na hEorpa, ag spreagadh LOCATION / SUÍOMH baill den lucht féachana chun bealaí nua The laboratory will culminate in a number Galway City and County ‘idirghníomhaíochta’ a fhiosrú le daoine eile of immersive, experiential productions agus leis an domhan mórthimpeall orthu. which will involve participating audiences of all ages throughout Europe. Le bailchríoch a chur ar an tsaotharlann beidh roinnt léirithe tumthacha, galwaytheatrefestival.com/interaction eispéireasacha a mbeidh lucht TICKET FREE DIGITAL féachana, idir óg agus aosta, ar fud na hEorpa, rannpháirteach iontu. 63 GALWAY 2020 GALWAY Hamish Brown Hamish Image
Because poetry matters, Galway 2020 will De bharr thábhacht na filíochta, forbróidh Poetry develop a series of commissions, readings Gaillimh 2020 sraith de choimisiúin, léamha Matters and events throughout 2020. Working with agus imeachtaí le linn 2020. Ag obair i Galway 2020, in association Poetry Ireland, Galway Public Libraries and gcomhar le hÉigse Éireann, Leabharlanna with Poetry Ireland and local and international partners, Poetry Poiblí na Gaillimhe agus comhpháirtithe Galway Public Libraries Matters will celebrate poetry in all of áitiúla agus idirnáisiúnta, déanfaidh Poetry
BEALTAINE its forms. Amongst the featured poets Matters ceiliúradh ar an bhfilíocht de gach are Lemn Sissay and Claudia Rankine. sórt. I measc na bhfilí a bheidh páirteach beidh Lemn Sissay agus Claudia Rankine. Joining us on Poetry Day Ireland, award- winning poet, author and playwright, Lemn Ar Lá Éigse Éireann beidh an file, údar Sissay’s writing details personal struggles agus drámadóir clúiteach, Lemn Sissay growing up as an unclaimed child. From linn. Léiríonn a shaothar na streachailtí Sissay’s sorrows, he forges beautiful words pearsanta a bhí aige agus é ag fás aníos and a thousand reasons to live and love. mar pháiste altrama. As dóláis Sissay, DATE / DÁTA cruthaíonn sé focail áille agus na mílte We will also welcome, in association Througout the year spreagthaí le maireachtáil agus le grá. with Poetry Ireland, Queen’s LOCATION / SUÍOMH Galway City and County University Belfast and Galway Public Cuirfimid fáilte freisin, i gcomhar le Libraries, cultural theorist, poet hÉigse Éireann, Ollscoil na Banríona, and playwright Claudia Rankine. Béal Feirste agus Leabharlanna Poiblí na Gaillimhe, roimh an teoiricí cultúrtha, Keep an eye out for further details file agus drámadóir, Claudia Rankine. of visits, commissions and poetry happenings throughout 2020. Bí ag faire amach le haghaidh tuilleadh sonraí maidir le cuairteanna, coimisiúin poetryireland.ie agus imeachtaí filíochta le linn 2020. TICKET FREE
64 When Galway 2020 thought about making Nuair a smaoinigh Gaillimh 2020 ar To the a book set in the Capital of Culture for leabhar a scríobh do léitheoirí óga, a Island young readers, the obvious person to bheadh lonnaithe i bPríomhchathair an Written by Patricia Forde write it was Galway’s own Patricia Forde. Chultúir, rogha an-soiléir a bhí ann gurb í Illustrated by Nicola Bernadelli Patricia’s story is about a little girl who Patricia Forde as Gaillimh a thabharfadh Edited by Little Island visits the strange and mythical island of faoi. Tá scéal Patricia bunaithe ar chailín Hy Brasil, off the west coast of Ireland, but beag a thugann cuairt ar oileán aisteach then follows her heart home to Galway. agus miotasach Hy Brasil, amach ó chósta thiar na hÉireann, ach a leanann a croí ina Publisher, Little Island came on dhiaidh sin le teacht abhaile go Gaillimh. board with Galway 2020 and invited illustrator Nicola Bernadelli to bring Tháinig an foilsitheoir, Little Island ar bord a magic touch to the book. le Gaillimh 2020 agus tugadh cuireadh don mhaisitheoir, Nicola Bernadelli, a DATE / DÁTA To the Island is an enchanting story, cuid draíochta a thabhairt don leabhar. May beautifully illustrated, that families LOCATION / SUÍOMH from Galway, Ireland and beyond will Is scéal álainn é To the Island atá maisithe Galway City and County treasure. It will be available in May 2020 go gleoite, a bheidh mar sheoid ag muintir and to celebrate, a series of events na Gaillimhe, na hÉireann agus níos faide i will take place in libraries and public gcéin. Beidh sé ar fáil i mí Bealtaine 2020 spaces where we’ll rediscover the agus mar cheiliúradh, beidh sraith imeachtaí power of islands – real and imaginary. ar siúl i leabharlanna agus i spásanna poiblí, áit a meabhrófar cumhacht na littleisland.ie n-oileán dúinn – fíor agus samhlaíoch. 65 GALWAY 2020 GALWAY
Galway Early Music Festival has Tá Féile Luathcheoil na Gaillimhe ar bun BEALTAINE Galway been promoting the best of Medieval, ó 1996 le ceol Meánaoiseach, ceol an Early Music Renaissance and Baroque music-making in Renaissance agus ceol Barócach a chur Galway since 1996. For its 25th anniversary, chun cinn i nGaillimh. Don chomóradh Festival 2020 the festival explores Ireland’s location as 25 bliain, féachfaidh an fhéile ar a cultural crossroads in the development shuíomh na hÉireann mar chrosbhóthar of music between the 12th and 18th cultúrtha i bhforbairt an cheoil idir an Centuries and how these exchanges have 12ú agus an 18ú Céad agus ar an gcaoi influenced the diversity of music today. a bhfuil tionchar imeartha aige seo ar éagsúlacht an cheoil sa lá atá inniu ann. With concerts, workshops, talks,
DATE / DÁTA demonstrations, music on the streets Le ceolchoirmeacha, ceardlanna, 22–24 May and family events, the festival continues cainteanna, taispeántais, ceol ar na LOCATION / SUÍOMH its musical journey on the streets and sráideanna agus imeachtaí teaghlaigh, Galway City in the venues of medieval Galway. leanfaidh an fhéile ar a cosáin cheolmhara ar shráideanna meánaoiseacha galwayearlymusic.com agus in ionaid na Gaillimhe.
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66 The ATLANTEC Festival and Conference Reáchtálfar Féile agus Comhdháil ATLANTEC 2020 will be held throughout May and ATLANTEC 2020 i rith mhí na Bealtaine, The Art of will consist of a series of wide-ranging ina mbeidh sraith d’imeachtaí ar information technology-themed events, théama na teicneolaíochta faisnéise, AI & Digital of interest to IT industry professionals, ar ábhar spéise iad do ghairmithe Innovation community groups and those in education. thionscal TF, do ghrúpaí pobail agus dóibh siúd san oideachas. ATLANTEC aims to explore advances in Artificial Intelligence & Machine Tá sé mar aidhm ag ATLANTEC féachaint Learning (AI & ML), including algorithm ar an dul chun cinn in Intleacht Shaorga development and ever increasing agus i bhFoghlaim Mheaisín (AI & ML),
DATE / DÁTA volumes of big data, with a focus on new lena n-áirítear forbairt algartam agus Throughout May and emerging technologies and digital méideanna méadaithe mórshonraí, le VENUE / IONAD trends that are redefining the industry. fócas ar theicneolaíochtaí nua agus NUI Galway, Hotel Meyrick treochtaí digiteacha atá ag déanamh The festival will showcase Galway’s LOCATION / SUÍOMH sainmhíniú as an nua ar an tionscal. Galway City and County diverse technology culture and encourage creativity and collaboration Léireofar san fhéile cultúr teicneolaíochta within the IT, business and educational éagsúil na Gaillimhe agus spreagfaidh communities in the West of Ireland. sí cruthaitheacht agus comhoibriú i measc na bpobal TF, gnó agus TICKET DIGITAL atlantec.ie oideachais in Iarthar na hÉireann. 67 GALWAY 2020 GALWAY BEALTAINE
68 Crossing the Line Festival Blue Teapot Theatre Company
A Galway 2020 commission
Crossing the Line Festival is Is féile uile-Eorpach í Crossing a pan-European festival of The Line Festival ina léirítear outstanding work made by saothar iontach ealaíontóirí Irish and European artists Éireannacha agus Eorpacha with intellectual disabilities. le míchumais intleachtúla.
Over 100 established and emerging artists from Beidh breis agus 100 ealaíontóir as Éirinn, an Ireland, Sweden, France, UK, Poland and The tSualainn, an Fhrainc, an Ríocht Aontaithe, an Netherlands unite with Blue Teapot Theatre Company Pholainn agus an Ísiltír ag teacht le chéile le Blue in a first of its kind for a European Capital of Culture. Teapot Theatre Company don chéad fhéile dá leithéid do Phríomhchathair Chultúir na hEorpa. Taking place over four days across multiple venues, the festival puts artists with intellectual disabilities Beidh an fhéile ar siúl thar cheithre lá in ionaid centre-stage, celebrating their unique and original éagsúla, agus cuirfear ealaíontóirí le míchumais artistry in a programme of theatre, street shows, intleachtúla i lár an stáitse, ag ceiliúradh a dance, film, masterclasses and knowledge events. n-ealaíontacht uathúil i gclár amharclannaíochta, seónna sráide, damhsa, scannáin, máistir-ranganna The heart of the festival, the Hub in Father Burke Park agus imeachtaí eolais. Beidh imeachtaí laethúla ag will host daily events while also acting as an accessible croílár na féile, an Mol i bPáirc an Athar de Búrca. place to meet with artists and enjoy the experience Feidhmeoidh an mol mar áit inrochtana chun of Crossing The Line – a festival for everyone. bualadh le healaíontóirí agus mar áit le sult a bhaint blueteapot.ie as Crossing The Line – féile do gach duine.
DATE / DÁTA 20–23 May
VENUES / IONAD Father Burke Park, Town Hall Theatre, Black Box Theatre, Mick Lally Theatre, An Taibhdhearc, streets of Galway & Blue Teapot Theatre. TICKET FREE LOCATION / SUÍOMH
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Galway Moves will connect audiences, Nascfaidh Galway Moves lucht féachana, BEALTAINE Galway dance artists and communities to create ealaíontóirí damhsa agus pobail chun Moves site-specific performances, inspired léirithe suíomhoiriúnaithe a chruthú, and informed by our landscape. arna spreagadh ag ár dtírdhreach. A collaboration between Galway Dance Project, Offering training and capacity-building Ag cur deiseanna oiliúna agus forbartha Dansnest (NL) and Galway 2020 opportunities in the form of dance acmhainne ar fáil trí ranganna agus classes and workshops, Galway Moves ceardlanna damhsa, tacaíonn supports Galway choreographers in Galway Moves le cóiréagrafaithe na their professional development. Gaillimhe ina bhforbairt ghairmiúil.
The project will culminate in three Mar chlabhsúr ar an tionscadal, beidh trí DATE / DÁTA days of site-specific performances lá de thaibhléirithe suíomhoiriúnaithe agus May and original pieces of choreography, bunphíosaí cóiréagrafaíochta, le cuardach LOCATION / SUÍOMH with each performance a dynamic dinimiciúil ar inspioráid cheilte i ngach léiriú. Galway City and County search for hidden inspiration.
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70 Dry Stone Walls by Tom O’Dea, Mick Murray, Mick Murray, O’Dea, Tom by DryWalls Stone 2018 Everything Drop Kenny, Brian
Galway 2020 and Drop ‘You have to do it wrong to get it right’ Tionscadal ailtireachta agus dearaidh Everything present – Pádraig Póil, Dry Stone Wall Builder. le Drop Everything. Faoi spreagadh na modhanna aeistéitiúla agus tógála a Studio Drop An architecture and design project by bhaineann le radharcanna coiteanna Drop Everything. Inspired by both the ar thírdhreach Iarthar na hÉireann, ó Artists Drop Everything aesthetic and construction methods of sciobóil déanta d’iarann rocach go Founder and curator Mary Nally common sights on the West of Ireland Architect Emmett McNamara claíocha cloiche, féachann Studio Drop landscape from corrugated iron hay Designer and Builder ar na féidearthachtaí a bhaineann le Harrison Gardner sheds to stone walls, Studio Drop dearadh agus le tógáil inacmhainne, explores the possibilities of affordable, inbhuanaithe agus ‘déan féin é’. sustainable and DIY design and building. Cruthóidh Emmett McNamara agus Emmett McNamara and Harrison Gardner Harrison Gardner spás stiúideo will create an off-grid, temporary, movable sealadach ar féidir é a bhogadh. Beidh DATE / DÁTA studio space. Introductory workshops ceardlanna tosaigh i ndearadh, teicníc May in construction design, technique and agus féidearthachtaí foirgníochta LOCATION / SUÍOMH possibilities for newcomers to the Inis Oírr, Aran Islands á dtairiscint do dhaoine nua i building community will be on offer during bpobal na tógála fad a bheidh an the build phase of the project. Once tionscadal á thógáil. Nuair a bheidh completed, a seasonal rotation of artist sé tógtha, reáchtálfar cónaitheachtaí residencies will take place in the studio. d’ealaíontóirí gach séasúr sa stiúideo. studiodrop.net FREE
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GALWAY 2020 GALWAY Project Baa Baa Produced by Deborah Evers, Emilia Furey and Seamus Sheridan BEALTAINE
72 Project Baa Baa is a unique Is clár é Project Baa Baa a programme celebrating dhéanann ceiliúradh ar an the cultural, economic and ionchur cultúrtha, eacnamaíoch environmental contribution of agus comhshaoil a bhaineann le sheep in Ireland and Europe. caoirigh in Éirinn agus san Eoraip.
Sheep farmers, researchers and innovators, artists Tiocfaidh feirmeoirí caorach, taighdeoirí agus and designers, craft and food producers from across nuálaithe, ealaíontóirí agus dearthórí, táirgeoirí Ireland and Europe will gather in Galway in May 2020, bia agus ceardaíochta as Éirinn agus as an Eoraip taking Ireland’s agricultural heritage into focus in an EU go Gaillimh i mí na Bealtaine 2020, agus aird á Congress of Sheep Farming and associated traditions. díriú ar oidhreacht talmhaíochta na hÉireann i gComhdháil AE ar an bhFeirmeoireacht These traditions include sheep farming for meat, Caorach agus ar Thraidisiúin Ghaolmhara. milk and wool, and the many uses of wool. EU Sheep Congress guests include key international I measc na dtraidisiún sin tá feirmeoireacht caorach speakers from farming, research, design and le haghaidh feola, bainne agus úsáidí éagsúla eco innovation and agencies such as IWTO, EU olla. I measc aíonna na Comhdhála AE, beidh Commission, SLOW FOOD, Teagasc, Fáilte Ireland eochairchainteoirí idirnáisiúnta ón bhfeirmeoireacht, and Bord Bia. The cultural programme includes an taighde, dearadh agus éicea-nuálaíocht agus ó international tapestry exhibition and symposium, áisíneachtaí mar an IWTO, Coimisiún na hEorpa, SLOW FOOD, Teagasc, Fáilte Ireland agus Bord Bia. a European food and craft fair, a banquet, curated Mar chuid den chlár cultúrtha beidh taispeántas by internationally renowned chef Enda McEvoy, agus siompóisiam idirnáisiúnta taipéise, aonach exhibitions in historic textiles and innovative de bhia agus de cheardaíocht, féasta arna léiriú ag fashion and education projects. It will also include an gcócaire aitheanta Enda McEvoy, taispeántais an event where the ancient traditional Galway i dteicstílí stairiúla agus i bhfaisean nuálach agus Hookers will sail into Galway bringing wool on the tionscadail oideachais. Sa bhreis air sin, beidh old cargo route from Kinvara to the Claddagh. imeacht ar siúl ina fheicfear Húicéir na Gaillimhe ag The conference and symposium, workshops, seoladh isteach go Gaillimh ag tabhairt olla ar an fashion and banquet events will be seanbhealach lasta ó Chinn Mhara go dtí an Cladach. ticketed. Everything else is free. Beidh ticéid le ceannach don chomhdháil, an siompóisiam, na ceardlanna, na himeachtaí faisin agus don féasta. Beidh saorchead DATE / DÁTA LOCATION / SUÍOMH April, May, June Galway City and County isteach chuig na himeachtaí eile.
VENUE / IONAD TICKETS / TICÉID Claregalway Castle, projectbaabaa.com County Galway schools, CCAM (GMIT), NUI Galway, Pálás, streets of Galway TICKET FAMILY FREE
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Fever Pitch Music Festival
74 The homegrown Fever Pitch Ceiliúradh ar an gceol Music Festival will be a two-day ailtéarnach is ea Féile Cheoil celebration of alternative music Fever Pitch, a reáchtálfar thar during the summer of 2020. dhá lá le linn an tsamhraidh
A key musical highlight of the Galway summer, Fever in 2020. Pitch has played host to stand-out acts in Irish Buaicphointe ceoil an tsamhraidh i nGaillimh, alternative music such as The Waterboys, Hothouse roimhe seo bhí Fever Pitch mar óstach do go Flowers, The Stunning, Gavin James and Aslan. leor ceoltóirí iontacha Éireannacha, mar The International bands have also graced the stage. Reggae Waterboys, Hothouse Flowers, The Stunning, Gavin legends UB40 featuring Ali Campbell, drum & bass James agus Aslan. Bhí go leor bannaí idirnáisiúnta gems Rudimental and hit indie band Scouting For Girls ar an ardán ag féilte roimhe seo chomh maith. have all made an appearance in previous festivals. Ina measc bhí laochra ceoil reggae UB40 le Ali This 2020 edition will light up the old Galway Campbell, seoda druma agus dord, Rudimental, Airport with a diverse line-up of trailblazers agus an banna ceoil indie, Scouting For Girls. in rock and dance music. Expect two days of Beidh clár éagsúil de cheannródaithe an rac-cheoil great music, partying and lots of craic. agus an cheoil damhsa ag lonrú sean-Aerfort feverpitch.ie na Gaillimhe i bhféile 2020. Bímis ag súil le dhá lá de cheol iontach, ceiliúradh agus craic.
DATE / DÁTA Bealtaine
VENUE / IONAD Galway Airport
LOCATION / SUÍOMH Galway County TICKET TICKETS / TICÉID feverpitch.ie 75 GALWAY 2020 GALWAY Macnas Gilgamesh A Galway 2020 commission
Writer Marina Carr Director Noeline Kavanagh Designer Julian Crouch Executive Producer Artichoke BEALTAINE
76 Macnas A dramatic new interpretation Léiriú nua drámatúil ar an of the world’s oldest surviving eipic liteartha is sine ar Gilgamesh literary epic – the story domhan – scéal Gilgamesh. of Gilgamesh. In 2020, tagann fathach go Gaillimh. Dhá thrian A Galway 2020 commission Dia, aon trian duine, Gilgamesh is ainm dó. Tá In 2020, a giant appears in Galway. Two thirds eipic Gilgamesh á tabhairt go Gaillimh ag na Writer Marina Carr god, one third human – his name is Gilgamesh. Director Noeline Kavanagh máistir-scéalaithe, Macnas, thar cheithre shéasúr Master storytellers Macnas will bring the epic of Designer Julian Crouch in 2020 (feic lch. 129 do léirithe na Samhna). Executive Producer Artichoke Gilgamesh to Galway across four seasons in 2020 (see page 129 for Samhain performances). Tabharfaidh Macnas a stíl uathúil céim eile chun cinn, agus tabharfaidh siad an amharclannaíocht Macnas will elevate their signature style, taking thraidisiúnta agus scéalaíocht amach go críocha traditional theatre and storytelling into nua amuigh faoin aer agus go cinn dhigiteacha. new outdoor and digital territories. Le linn earrach 2020, nochtfar scéal Gilgamesh. During spring 2020, the story of Gilgamesh will unfold. Beidh blúirí den eipic le feiceáil timpeall na cathrach Fragments from the epic will appear across the city agus an chontae, ag spreagadh spéise agus cuireadh and county, inviting intrigue and participation from á thabhairt do lucht féachana áitiúil, náisiúnta audiences locally, nationally and internationally. agus idirnáisiúnta bheith rannpháirteach ann. Summer unleashes the spectacle of Gilgamesh Sa samhradh, léireofar seóthaispeántas Gilgamesh outdoors. Two giants meet across a crowded amuigh faoin aer. Buailfidh beirt fhathach le chéile city joined by a panoply of large-scale thar chathair phlódaithe, agus ina dteannta characters as Galway becomes the stage beidh réimse leathan de charachtair mhóra, for one unforgettable night of revelry. nuair a bheidh Gaillimh ina hardán d’oíche mhór Each season is a self-contained event and ragairne a fhanfaidh sa chuimhne go brách. can be experienced independently. Imeacht as féin a bheidh ann gach seásúr agus macnas.com is féidir sult a bhaint astu go neamhspleách.
DATE / DÁTA March, April, June
VENUE / IONAD March / April, activations in various FREE DIGITAL locations online and in the landscape
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Galway Traveller Movement and the National Traveller Organisations in collaboration with Galway 2020 Travellers’ Tales
78 Galway 2020 is working with Tá Gaillimh 2020 ag obair Galway Traveller Movement le Gluaiseacht Taistealaithe and the National Traveller na Gaillimhe agus leis na Organisations on a number heagraíochtaí náisiúnta of projects that will celebrate Taistealaithe ar thionscadail Traveller and nomadic cultures in éagsúla a dhéanfaidh ceiliúradh 21st century Ireland and Europe. ar chultúir an Lucht Siúil agus
Sitting within our Small Towns Big Ideas programme fánaíochta in Éirinn agus MISLEÓR, Festival of Nomadic Cultures is a new san Eoraip sa 21ú haois. festival taking place in October 2019 which is co- produced by Galway Traveller Movement and Alice Laistigh den chlár, Bailte Beaga Smaointe Móra, is McDowell, documentary film-maker working in the féile nua í MISLEÓR, Féile na gCultúr Fáin a bheidh field of human rights and democracy. Using music, ar siúl i mí Dheireadh Fómhair 2019, arna comhléiriú art, film, poetry and talks, MISLEÓR will explore ag Gluaiseacht Taistealaithe na Gaillimhe agus Alice Irish and European nomadic culture and traditions McDowell, déantóir scannán faisnéise a bhíonn while highlighting the common social, political and ag díriú ar chearta daonna agus ar an daonlathas. cultural barriers these communities experience. Ag baint úsáid as ceol, ealaín, scannáin, filíocht Galway 2020 will also work with local and national agus cainteanna, féachfaidh MISLEÓR ar chultúr Traveller organisations for a special event to mark agus ar na traidisiúin fánaíochta in Éirinn agus san Traveller Pride Week 2020. This collaborative event Eoraip, ag díriú ar na constaicí sóisialta, polaitíochta will focus on recognising Traveller culture and ethnicity agus cultúrtha a bhíonn ag na pobail seo go léir. and will highlight the contribution that the Traveller Beidh Gaillimh 2020 ag obair freisin le heagraíochtaí community makes to Irish culture and society. áitiúla agus náisiúnta Taistealaithe le haghaidh Galway 2020 is commissioning radio producer imeacht speisialta do Sheachtain Mhórtais na Lucy Hannah to work with Traveller communities dTaistealaithe in 2020. Díreoidh an comhtionscadal on a storytelling project that will see participants seo ar aitheantas do chultúr agus eitneacht create their own dramatic retelling of Traveller life Taistealaithe, ag díriú ar an méid atá curtha ag pobal and history. Lucy and a creative team will be working na dTaistealaithe le cultúr agus le sochaí na hÉireann. over a number of months with Traveller communities Tá an léiritheoir raidió Lucy Hannah á choimisiúnú to find new ways of making their stories heard. ag Gaillimh 2020 chun oibriú le pobail Taistealaithe gtmtrav.ie 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 DATE / DÁTA October 2019 and June 2020 ceann roinnt míonna le pobail Taistealaithe chun FREE FAMILY LOCATION / SUÍOMH bealaí nua a aimsiú chun go gcloisfí a scéal.
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The Galway Film Fleadh is Ireland’s Is í Fleadh Scannán na Gaillimhe Galway leading film festival, welcoming a wealth príomhfhéile scannán na hÉireann, ag Film Fleadh and diversity of filmmaking from all léiriú scannánaíocht éagsúil ó áiteanna ar around the world, all generations and fud an domhain, ó gach glúin agus gach cultural backgrounds. Founded over cúlra cultúrtha. Bunaíodh Fleadh Scannán 30 years ago to be a platform for Irish na Gaillimhe breis agus 30 bliain ó shin filmmakers, the Galway Film Fleadh is chun bheith mar ardán do lucht déanta DATE / DÁTA now internationally renowned as the scannán in Éirinn, ach aithnítear anois 7–12 July discovery place of new Irish film talent. go hidirnáisiúnta í mar áit le tallann nua VENUE / SUÍOMH The Galway Film Fleadh doesn’t do red scannánaíochta na hÉireann a aimsiú. Town Hall Theatre, Pálás carpets; it brings luminaries of the craft Ní bhíonn aon bhrat dearg ag Fleadh Cinema, Galmont Hotel and everyday cinephiles together within Scannán na Gaillimhe; tugann sí réaltaí LOCATION / SUÍOMH Galway City an informal and intimate environment na ceardaíochta agus gnáthdhíograiseoirí to share in the wonder of cinema. scannán le chéile laistigh de thimpeallacht neamhfhoirmiúil agus cairdiúil chun galwayfilmfleadh.com iontas na scannánaíochta a roinnt. TICKET DIGITAL
80 Galway 2020 and Galway The Peripheral Visions project seeks Tá sé mar aidhm ag Peripheral Visions Film Fleadh present to connect cinema communities on pobail na scannánaíochta ar imeall Peripheral the periphery of Europe, by using na hEorpa a nascadh, ag baint úsáid technology and the film festival network. as teicneolaíocht agus gréasán na Visions bhféilte scannán. In April, young Galwegians will join 48 other European cities, from 35 different I mí Aibreáin, beidh aos óg na Gaillimhe ag countries, as part of the European Film obair i gcomhar le 48 cathair Eorpach eile, Academy’s Young Audience Award – ó 35 tír éagsúil, mar chuid de Ghradam a ‘Eurovision style’ cinema event. Lucht Féachana Óg de chuid Acadamh Scannánaíochta na hEorpa – imeacht In July, 14 film festivals will come together scannánaíochta ar stíl na hEoraifíse. at the Galway Film Fleadh to formalise the ‘Europa Festivals Network.’ This network Ansin, i mí Iúil, tiocfaidh 14 fhéile DATE / DÁTA will curate a roster of cinematic gems scannán le chéile ag Fleadh Scannán Young Audience Award 26 April Galway Film Fleadh 7–12 July for a festival tour of County Galway’s na Gaillimhe chun Líonra na bhFéilte
LOCATION / SUÍOMH finest film clubs and cultural venues. Eorpacha a chur ar bhonn foirmiúil. Beidh Galway City and County an líonra seo i mbun coimeádaíochta galwayfilmfleadh.com ar liosta de sheoda scannánaíochta a léireofar i gclubanna scannán agus in ionaid chultúir Chontae na Gaillimhe.
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Basketball Ireland in association Hoops sees Basketball Ireland set up a Mar chuid de thionscadal Hoops, with Galway 2020 presents pop-up basketball court in Eyre Square. tógfaidh Basketball Ireland preabchúirt chispheile san Fhaiche Mhór. Hoops Using the 3x3 basketball format which continues to grow in popularity around Ag baint úsáid as an bhformáid chispheile the world, Hoops presents a jam-packed 3v3, atá de shíor ag fás agus tóir uirthi weekend of sport and culture. In addition ar fud an domhain, cuirfidh Hoops to the 3x3 competition, there will also deireadh seachtaine lán de spórt agus be wheelchair basketball games, slam de chultúr i láthair. Sa bhreis ar an dunk competitions and other activities. gcomórtas 3x3, beidh cluichí cathaoireacha rothaí, comórtais tréanphlainc agus The Hoops project also showcases DATE / DÁTA gníomhaíochtaí eile ann chomh maith. 15–17 May those elements of urban culture that go
LOCATION / SUÍOMH hand-in-hand with street basketball and Ina theannta sin, taispeánfaidh tionscadal Eyre Square, Galway City so, each day when the games finish, the Hoops na gnéithe sin den chultúr uirbeach court and Eyre Square gets taken over by a théann le cispheil sráide agus mar sin, skateboarding, break-dancers, parkour, gach lá nuair a chríochnóidh na cluichí, DJs and musicians, bringing a colourful glacfaidh clárscátálaithe, brisdamhsóirí, mix of sights, sounds and movement. dioscmharcaigh agus ceoltóirí seilbh ar FAMILY FREE an gcúirt, ag tabhairt leo meascán ildaite galway2020.ie 82 radharcanna, fuaimeanna agus gluaiseachtaí. Cathy Coughlan Cathy Image
Human Collective (Ireland) and Something distinctive and different emerges Tagann rud éigin ar leith agus difriúil chun Rough Connections (Sweden) when you mix a collective of circus artists cinn nuair a mheasctar comharghrúpa present in association with Rua sharing a common love for urban dance, d’ealaíontóirí sorcais a bhfuil grá acu ar Red, Crying Out Loud and Belfast International Arts Festival with a company of movers, bridging the fad don damhsa uirbeach, le compántas gap between street dance and theatre. gluaisneoirí, ag trasnú na bearna idir damhsa Blame Game sráide agus an amharclannaíocht. For this specially created site- Unlimited specific performance they will work Sa léiriú suíomhoiriúnaithe seo oibreoidh Co-produced by Galway with local Irish artists to explore the siad le healaíontóirí Éireannacha áitiúla 2020 and Crying Out Loud possibilities of dance to celebrate chun na féidearthachtaí nithiúla agus and investigate the times we live in. damhsa a fhiosrú leis an tréimhse ina DATE / DÁTA mairimid a cheiliúradh agus a imscrúdú. 15–17 May Imagine hip hop, Afrobeats and Krump
VENUE / IONAD with Chinese pole, Parkour and juggling, Samhlaigh hip hop, Afrobeats agus Eyre Square and across the city plus a bit of House and Popping to boot. Krump le cuaille Síneach, Parkour agus LOCATION / SUÍOMH lámhchleasaíocht, chomh maith le beagán Conceived and devised by Mateusz Galway City de cheol House agus Popáil chomh maith. Szczerek, Alessio Motta, Louiseanne
Wong, Liza van Brakel, Jack Bain Arna shamhlú agus arna cheapadh and Timothy Waliggo Kakeeto. ag Mateusz Szczerek, Alessio Motta, Louiseanne Wong, Liza van Brakel, Jack galway2020.ie 83 Bain agus Timothy Waliggo Kakeeto. GALWAY 2020 GALWAY Galway International Arts Festival and Galway 2020 present Mirror Pavilion John 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. BEALTAINE
84 John Gerrard’s Straw Work and Beidh Saothar Tuí agus Leaf Work will be located at Saothar Duille le John Gerrard the Claddagh Quay in Galway lonnaithe ag Cé an Chladaigh City and on the spectacular i gCathair na Gaillimhe agus 4,000-year-old Derrigimlagh ar Phortach Dheirgimligh i Bog in Connemara respectively. gConamara faoi seach.
Gerrard’s works are simulations, virtual worlds Is ionsamhlúcháin, domhain fhíorúla iad saothair deceptively looking like film or video. In both Gerrard, a bhfuil an chuma orthu gur scannán works, a number of leaf and straw covered nó físeán iad. Sa dá shaothar, gintear carachtair mythical characters, whose movements respond mhiotasacha duilleog-chlúdaithe agus tuí- to ecologies in hyper stress, are generated chlúdaithe, a bhfreagraíonn a ngluaiseachtaí by an artificial intelligence to create a never- d’éiceolaíochtaí i hipirstrus. Déantar iad a ending, constantly evolving performance. ghiniúint ag intleacht shaorga chun taibhléiriú síoraí atá ag forbairt an t-am ar fad a chruthú. The large scale and beautiful mirrored structure will reflect the environment around it. In addition, Beidh an timpeallacht thart timpeall air le feiceáil sa the Pavilion will reflect the individual viewer whose déantús ollmhór álainn scáthánaithe. Sa bhreis air sin, interaction with the work takes on an energy and beidh an duine aonair atá ag féachaint air le feiceáil life all of its own. Crucially, Mirror Pavilion will be sa phailliún, rud a chruthóidh fuinneamh agus saol dá powered by local sustainable energy sources. chuid féin. An rud is tábhachtaí, beidh Mirror Pavilion á chumhachtú ag foinsí fuinnimh inbhuanaithe áitiúla. John Gerrard is best known for his large scale and site-specific works which have been installed in Tá an cháil is mó ar John Gerrard as a shaothair urban spaces such as the Lincoln Center Plaza mhóra shuíomhoiriúnaithe a insuiteáladh i in New York, Los Angeles County Museum of Art spásanna uirbeacha mar an Lincoln Center Plaza and alongside isolated locations including Palm i Nua-Eabhrac, Los Angeles County Museum of Desert, California and a Norwegian forest. Arts agus i suíomhanna iargúlta i nGaineamhlach Pailme, California agus i bhforaois san Iorua. giaf.ie
TITLE / TEIDEAL TITLE / TEIDEAL Leaf Work
Straw Work DATE / DÁTA DATE / DÁTA August–October
April–July LOCATION / SUÍOMH FREE FAMILY DIGITAL LOCATION / SUÍOMH Derrigimlagh Bog, Connemara, Claddagh Quay, Galway City Galway County 85 86 BEALTAINE GALWAY 2020 Galway and County City LOCATION /SUÍOMH 13–26 July DATE /DÁTA 2020 FestivalArts International Galway TICKET giaf.ie Season inOctober at NUIGalway. produceFirsta Thought TalksAutumn extraordinary days. The festival willalso huge explosion of art and ideas across 14 Thought Talks Programme willmake for a Festival Garden and an expanded First opera, musicand visual arts, as well asthe Irish and international theatre, circus, European Street Spectacle Programme, Live musicat theHeineken Big Top, a world premieres at GIAF 2020. (see pages 84,85),willreceive their including JohnGerrard’s Mirror Pavilion productions and visual artcommissions, a number of major new Irishtheatre toured theglobeto criticalacclaim and In recent years festival productions have largest festival. multidisciplinary InternationalFestival Arts isIreland’s summer festivals inEurope, Galway Regarded asone of the top mí Dheireadh Fómhair inOÉ Gaillimh. Séasúr Fómhair de First Thought Talks i First Thought Talks. Léireoidh an Fhéile Gairdín naFéile agus clár leathnaithe ceol agus amharcealaíona, mar aon le agus idirnáisiúnta, sorcas, ceoldráma, Sráide, amharclannaíocht Éireannach Clár Eorpach deSheóthaispeántais le ceol beoiMórphuball Heineken, smaointe ar siúlthar cheithre ládhéag, pléascadhBeidh ollmhór ealaíne agus áireamh, (feic lgh.84,85)ag GIAF 2020. ealaíne, Mirror Pavilion leJohnGerrard san amharclannaíochta agus coimisiúin amharc- nachéadBeidh demhórléirithe taibhithe fud nacruinnemoladh ard óléirmheastóirí. chuid naFéile achuaighar chamchuairt ar Le blianta beaga anuas, fuair léirithe de fhéile ildisciplíneach ismóinÉirinn. Idirnáisiúnta EalaíonnaGaillimhean samhraidh isfearr san Eoraip, isíFéile Féachtar mar uirthi cheann denaféilte
Image Andrew Downes Music for Galway and Galway A new opera for Galway, to celebrate 700 Ceoldráma nua do Ghaillimh, chun 2020 in association with Irish years of St. Nicholas’ Collegiate Church. 700 bliain d’Eaglais Choláisteach National Opera present San Nioclás a cheiliúradh. On Midsummer’s Eve, a young homeless Paper Boat man, and a mother and child arrive in St. Oíche Fhéile Eoin, tagann fear óg gan Music, Elaine Agnew Libretto, Jessica Nicholas’ Church to claim sanctuary. But dídean agus máthair agus leanbh chuig Traynor Director, Conor Hanratty an army from the past is gathering outside Eaglais San Nioclás ag lorg tearmainn. Conductor, Sinead Hayes the doors, threatening to repeat the Ach tá arm ón am atá thart ag bailiú destruction of Galway by Cromwell’s taobh amuigh de na doirse, ag bagairt DATE / DÁTA army centuries ago. Now, the people of go ndéanfaí scrios ar Ghaillimh mar a 11–13 June Galway are being asked to risk their own rinne arm Chromail na céadta bliain Paper Boat Audio Installation safety to protect the strangers, and the ó shin. Anois, iarrtar ar mhuintir na April to August leaders of the 14 tribes must decide. Gaillimhe a sábháilteacht féin a chur VENUE / IONAD i mbaol chun na strainséirí a chosaint, St. Nicholas’ Collegiate Church A professional cast and orchestra agus ní mór do cheannairí na 14 LOCATION / SUÍOMH are joined by singers and musicians threibh cinneadh a dhéanamh. Galway City of all ages from Galway. Join them to TICKETS/TICÉID find out what the tribes decide. Beidh foireann agus ceolfhoireann musicforgalway.ie ghairmiúil ag casadh le hamhránaithe agus ceoltóirí as Gaillimh, idir óg
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88 All The Queens Men Fun Run in a co-production with Galway 2020 Australian company All The Beidh compántas ón Astráil, Queens Men are bringing All The Queens Men, ag their spectacular community tabhairt a dtionscadal iontach engagement project Fun Run to rannpháirtíochta pobail Galway in the summer of 2020. Fun Run go Gaillimh le linn
Preceded by months of preparation by local an tsamhraidh in 2020. community groups large and small, Fun Run promises Tar éis míonna a bheith caite ag grúpaí pobail áitiúla, to be one amazing day involving thousands of idir bheag agus mhór, ag déanamh ullmhúcháin, tá participants showing off their extraordinary talents. Fun Run geallta a bheith ina lá den scoth a mbeidh na Inspired by and in homage to the Greek messenger mílte rannpháirtithe ag léiriú a gcuid buanna iontacha. Pheidippides, who was sent to Athens to announce Faoi spreagadh agus in ómós don teachtaire Gréagach the Persians’ defeat in the Battle of Marathon, Pheidippides, a seoladh chuig an Aithin le briseadh running the entire distance without stopping, Fun na bPeirseach i gCath Mharatóin a fhógairt, agus é tar Run is a show that allows everyone to increase éis an bealach ar fad a rith gan stopadh, is seó é Fun their fitness and display their brilliance. Run a thugann deis do gach duine a gcuid aclaíochta At the centre of this five-hour performance is artist a fheabhsú agus a mórchumas a thaispeáint. Tristan Meecham who will run a marathon on a Is é an t-ealaíontóir Tristan Meecham atá lárnach sa treadmill at Salthill Park rallied and encouraged by taispeántas seo nó rithfidh sé maratón cúig uair an cheerleading performances from community groups, chloig ar mheaisín reatha ag Páirc Bhóthar na Trá agus school groups and members of the general public. é á spreagadh ag taispeántais tacaíochta ó ghrúpaí Galway groups will be invited to join in this pobail, grúpaí scoile agus daoine ón bpobal i gcoitinne. once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take to Tabharfar cuireadh do ghrúpaí páirt a the stage and stand in the spotlight! ghlacadh sa deis aon uaire seo le dul ar an allthequeensmen.net stáitse agus seasamh sa spotsolas!
Bryony Jackson Bryony Image DATE / DÁTA 27 June
VENUE / IONAD Salthill Park FREE GET FAMILY LOCATION / SUÍOMH INVOLVED Galway City 89 90 LUGHNASA GALWAY 2020 Lughnasa August – October / Lúnasa – Deireadh Fómhair
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
91 GALWAY 2020 GALWAY Fire Garden Cie Carabosse
Commissioned by Galway 2020 LUGHNASA
92 To mark the start of Lughnasa Chun ceiliúradh a dhéanamh ar and the long wild nights of this thús Lughnasa agus ar oícheanta most enchanted of seasons, fada fiáine an tséasúir draíochta fire alchemists Cie Carabosse seo, cruthóidh ailceimiceoirí will create a magical fire garden tine Cie Carabosse gairdín on a huge scale in and around draíochtúil tine ar scála ollmhór one of County Galway’s most laistigh agus timpeall ar cheann impressive monuments. de na séadchomharthaí is
Cie Carabosse is one of France’s most celebrated suntasaí i gContae na Gaillimhe. street arts groups, transforming streets and Tá Cie Carabosse ar cheann de na grúpaí ealaíon parks all over the world into flickering artworks sráide is mó clú sa Fhrainc, agus é ag athrú sráideanna that remind us of the most basic and elemental agus páirceanna ar fud an domhain ó bhonn le human need for warmth and light. For Galway bheith ina saothair ealaíne preabarnacha a thugann 2020, Cie Carabosse will be doing something truly chun cuimhne dúinn an gá daonna is bunúsaí ar fad, audacious: creating a huge new piece that will be an gá le teas agus solas. Do Ghaillimh 2020, beidh situated in and around a ruined monastery, filling its rud fíordhána ar siúl ag Cie Carabosse: cruthófar abandoned buildings with glimmering light, leading píosa nua ollmhór a bheidh suite i bhfothracha the audience on an illuminated trail that evokes the mainistreach agus timpeall orthu, ag líonadh na journeys taken by pilgrims hundreds of years ago. bhfoirgneamh tréigthe ann le breacsholas, ag treorú The installation will be brought to life each night an lucht féachana ar chonair shoilsithe a thaispeánann through an hour-long lighting ceremony. na turais a thóg oilithrigh na céadta bliain ó shin.
galway2020.ie Tabharfar chun beochta an suiteán gach oíche trí shearmanas soilsithe aon uair an chloig.
DATE / DÁTA August FREE FAMILY LOCATION / SUÍOMH
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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
94 The largest and most ambitious Is é Wires Crossed an taispeántas is mó agus is uaillmhianaí a léiríodh riamh in Éirinn agus san circus spectacle ever to be Eoraip. Beidh 400 duine de gach aois agus gach cúlra ag glacadh páirt i dtrasnú iontach thar Abhainn staged in Ireland, Wires Crossed na Gaillimhe agus Abhantrach an Chladaigh ar will see 400 people of all ages shreanga arda thar thréimhse 2020 nóiméad. and walks of life take part in Sníonn Abhainn na Gaillimhe trí Chathair na Gaillimhe agus tá sí ar cheann de na haibhneacha is giorra, a spectacular crossing of the ach is tapúla, san Eoraip. Samhlaíonn muintir na Gaillimhe go bhfuil áilleacht agus cumhacht as cuimse River Corrib and Claddagh san abhainn. Ach is fíor freisin go bhfuil tragóid ag Basin on highwires over a baint léi agus gur áit í inar chuir mórán daoine lámh ina mbás féin, ag meabhrú dúinn faoin ngéarchéim period of 2020 minutes. mheabhairshláinte atá againn sa lá atá inniu ann.
The River Corrib that flows through Galway City is Trí Wires Crossed, tá na mílte daoine ar fud na one of the shortest yet fastest rivers in Europe. To hEorpa ag foghlaim ealaín na téadchleasaíochta – siúl Galwegians, the Corrib embodies the breathtaking ar shreang ag baint úsáid as cuaille cothromúcháin beauty and power of nature. It also, tragically, is one of – mar bhealach le cothromaíocht a thabhairt ar the city’s suicide locations, serving as a stark reminder ais iontu féin agus inár bpobail. Léiríonn siúl ar of the mental health crisis affecting our world today. shreang mothú suaimhnis agus simplíochta, ach bíonn fócas, féinmhuinín agus misneach de dhíth. Through Wires Crossed, thousands of people across Europe are learning the dynamic art I mí Lúnasa 2020, athróidh Wires Crossed sráideanna of funambulism – tightwire walking using a na Gaillimhe ó bhonn go féile cheithre lá sorcais ina balancing pole – as a way to restore balance mbeidh taibhléirithe agus ceardlanna den scoth, within themselves and our communities. Walking le seóthaispeántas sreang ard thar an abhainn mar on a wire conveys a sense of ease and simplicity, chlabhsúr uirthi. Tabharfaidh an taibhléiriú seo, a yet requires focus, self-belief and courage. mhairfidh 33 uair an chloig, an lucht féachana ar thuras tríd an dorchadas go dtí an solas, le teachtaireacht In August 2020, Wires Crossed will transform the iontach dóchais, dlúthpháirtíochta agus nirt. streets of Galway with a four-day circus festival of world-class performances and workshops, culminating Arna chomh-mhaoiniú ag Erasmus+ agus Cláir with the highwire spectacle over the Corrib. This na hEorpa Cruthaithí de chuid an Aontais 33-hour performance will take audiences on a Eorpaigh agus na Comhairle Ealaíon. journey through the darkness into the light, with an Le fáil amach cén chaoi ar féidir leat bheith extraordinary message of hope, solidarity and strength. mar dhuine de na 400 siúlóirí sreang ard, Co-funded by the Erasmus+ and Creative téigh chuig galwaycommunitycircus.com
Europe Programmes of the European DATE / DÁTA Union and The Arts Council. 6–9 August VENUE / IONAD To find out how you can become one Spanish Arch/Claddagh GET of our 400 highwire walkers, please visit FREE FAMILY LOCATION / SUÍOMH INVOLVED galwaycommunitycircus.com Galway City 95 GALWAY 2020 GALWAY LUGHNASA Beyond the End of the Road Co-produced by Galway 2020, Original music and lyrics by Katie Doherty
96 Galway 2020’s Small Towns Cuireann Bailte Beaga Big Ideas in association with Smaointe Móra Ghaillimh Shorelines Arts Festival, 2020 i gcomhar le Shorelines Portumna and November Arts Festival, Port Omna agus Club present Beyond Club na Samhna Beyond the the End of the Road. End of the Road i láthair.
Having travelled around East Galway, listening Tar éis dóibh taisteal timpeall Oirthear na to local people and collecting their stories and Gaillimhe, ag éisteacht le muintir na háite agus anecdotes, this wonderful site-specific musical, ag bailiú a gcuid scéalta, sa cheoldráma iontach Beyond the End of the Road will explore rural life suíomhoiriúnaithe seo, Beyond the End of the and will be performed over the weekend of the Road, féachfar ar shaol na tuaithe agus léireofar sa Shorelines Arts Festival in September 2020. mharglann é le linn dheireadh seachtaine Fhéile Ealaíon Shorelines i mí Mheán Fómhair 2020. Watch as a storytelling rabble weave an autumn tale with the many residents of Portumna and Bí ag faire agus an chosmhuintir i mbun scéalaíocht neighbouring towns, focusing on their loves, an fhómhair ina mbeidh go leor de mhuintir Phort their losses and their deepest secrets. Omna agus na mbailte máguaird, ag díriú ar chúrsaí grá, caillteanais agus ar na rúin is daingne ina gcroí. Inspired by traditional music, Beyond the End of the Road will be performed by a professional cast of Arna spreagadh ag ceol traidisiúnta, beidh Beyond actors and musicians, with special appearances and the End of the Road á léiriú ag cliar ghairmiúil involvement from local performers and community. aisteoirí agus ceoltóirí, agus taibheoirí áitiúla agus an pobal mar aíonna speisialta ann. The award-winning production premiered in Hexham Auction Mart, North East England Bhí an chéad taibhiú den léiriú seo i Marglann in 2017 before touring village halls across Cheant Hexham, Oirthuaisceart Shasana in 2017, sula Northumberland and Durham in 2017 and 2018. ndeachaigh sé ar camchuairt chuig hallaí sráidbhaile Original script by Laura Lindow, directed by ar fud Northumberland agus Durham in 2017 agus Cinzia Hardy, designed by Imogen Cloët. 2018. Bunscript le Laura Lindow, arna stiúradh ag Cinzia Hardy, arna dhearadh ag Imogen Cloët. shorelinesartsfestival.com
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Arts Over Borders in a co-production with Galway 2020 LUGHNASA
98 Some say that part of the Deirtear gur tharla cuid d’aistear Odyssey journey, described by Odyssey, a bhfuil cur síos déanta Homer, took place on the coast ag Homer air, ar chósta na of Ireland and that the Cyclops hÉireann, agus go bhfuil caibidil chapter was inspired by Inis Mór. Cyclops faoi anáil Inis Mór.
Using Emily Wilson’s English translation (the Ag baint úsáid as aistriúchán Béarla Emily first by a woman), Arts Over Borders will stage Wilson (an chéad cheann scríofa ag bean), a performed reading of excerpts of Homer’s déanfaidh Arts Over Borders léamh taibhithe Odyssey on the beaches of Galway. ar Odyssey Homer, ar thránna na Gaillimhe.
Join Galway 2020 and curators Seán Doran and Bí le Gaillimh 2020 agus léiritheoirí Seán Doran Liam Browne from Arts Over Borders, for an intimate agus Liam Browne as Arts Over Borders, le reading of this epic tale on the beaches of Galway. haghaidh léamh an-phearsanta den scéal eipiciúil seo ar thránna na Gaillimhe. Arts Over Borders have been staging live readings in unusual surroundings for a Tá Arts Over Borders ag stáitsiú léamha beo in number of years with acclaimed performers áiteanna neamhghnácha le roinnt blianta anuas le and celebrated Greek musicians. taibheoirí ardmholta agus ceoltóirí cáiliúla na Gréige.
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Everything that rises must dance is a Is damhsa rannpháirtíochta é Everything LUGHNASA Everything participatory dance piece for women of that rises must dance do mhná de gach that rises all backgrounds, ages, shapes, sizes and cúlra, aois, cruth, méid agus cumas. abilities. The project is a living archive of Is cartlann bheo é an tionscadal de must dance female movement, a snapshot of everyday ghluaiseacht na mban, léargas ar ghothaí gesture, a choreography that changes laethúla, cóiréagrafaíocht a athraíonn i Galway 2020, in association in every new place that it’s presented, ngach áit nua ina gcuirtear i láthair é, ag with Complicité Created by Sasha Milavic Davies setting expressive and personal physical cur gníomhaíocht fhisiciúil atá léiritheach & Lucy Railton action to an evolving sonic score. agus pearsanta le scór fuaime.
It is a celebration of female relationships Is ceiliúradh é ar chaidrimh na mban
DATE / DÁTA and an ode to the way women have agus is óid é don chaoi a ndeachaigh August/September danced throughout history. 200 local mná ag damhsa go stairiúil. Earcófar VENUE / IONAD participants will be recruited for two 200 rannpháirtí áitiúil le dul i mbun The Spanish Arch weeks of workshops, concluding ceardlann ar feadh coicíse, ag LOCATION / SUÍOMH in two public performances. críochnú le dhá thaibhléiriú poiblí. Galway City galway2020.ie
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100 Galway 2020 presents The Mighty Ocean premieres a new In The Mighty Ocean cuirfear sraith uirlise and eloquent instrumental suite nua i láthair den chéad uair, cumtha ag The Mighty by leading Galway musician and Máirtín O’Connor, an ceoltóir agus an Ocean composer Máirtín O’Connor. cumadóir iomráiteach as Gaillimh. by Máirtín O’Connor The suite opens a musical dialogue Osclaíonn an tsraith le comhrá Premiere of instrumental suite between mankind and the environment, ceoil idir an cine daonna agus an touching on the entrancing power comhshaol, agus í ag plé le cumhacht DATE / DÁTA of the sea, while questioning the dhraíochtach na farraige. Fiosraítear ann 4 September destructive influence of mankind an scrios atá á dhéanamh ag an gcine VENUE / IONAD Town Hall Theatre on our endangered oceans. daonna ar ár n-aigéin atá i mbaol. LOCATION / SUÍOMH O’Connor will assemble a big band of Cuirfidh O’Connor grúpa mór ceoltóirí Galway City leading musicians to perform The Mighty le chéile chun léiriú a dhéanamh ar Ocean and other works inspired by The Mighty Ocean agus ar shaothair Galway’s environment and landscape. eile a fuair spreagadh ó thimpeallacht agus ó thírdhreach na Gaillimhe. tht.ie TICKET
101 GALWAY 2020 GALWAY Galway 2020 presents Aerial/Sparks by Louise Manifold, in partnership with the Marine Institute SEASON LUGHNASA
102 2017 Manifold digital Louise still, Cape Spear, Towards Image Aerial/Sparks is an Is tionscadal ealaíne interdisciplinary art project idirdhisciplíneach é Aerial/ exploring radio connectivity and Sparks a dhéanann iniúchadh its relationship to ocean space. ar nascacht raidió agus a
Since 2017, artists have been developing work from the ceangal le spás aigéin. experience of their time at sea on board the Marine Ó 2017 i leith, tá ealaíontóirí tar éis a bheith ag Institute’s research vessel the RV Celtic Explorer. forbairt saothair óna dtaithí féin ar muir agus iad ar One of the most unique features of the vessel is that bord soitheach taighde Fhoras na Mara, an RV Celtic it is acoustically silent, making it one of the quietest Explorer. Ceann de na gnéithe is uathúla a bhaineann vessels in the world while it transits through water. leis an soitheach ná go bhfuil sé ciúin ó thaobh The commissioned artists have been invited to create fuaimíochta de, rud a dhéanann é ar cheann de na compelling and immersive stand-alone artworks for soithí is ciúine ar domhain agus é ag taisteal trí uisce. broadcast, presented on the Island of Inis Oírr in 2020. Tugadh cuireadh do na healaíontóirí coimisiúnaithe Participating artists include; Ailís Ní Ríain, Magz Hall, saothair ealaíne spéisiúla thumthacha a chruthú lena David Stalling, Robertina Šebjanič , Kevin Barry, Carol gcraoladh, agus cuirfear i láthair iad ar Inis Oírr in 2020. Anne Connolly and Kennedy Browne. Project partners I measc na n-ealaíontóirí rannpháirteacha tá; Ailís Ní include The Marine Institute, Galway Arts Centre, Ríain, Magz Hall, David Stalling, Robertina Šebjanič, Commissioners of Irish Lights and Aras Éanna, Inis Oírr. Kevin Barry, Carol Anne Connolly, agus Kennedy galway2020.ie Browne. I measc chomhpháirtithe an tionscadail tá Foras na Mara, Ionad Ealaíon na Gaillimhe, Coimisinéirí Soilse na hÉireann agus Áras Éanna, Inis Oírr.
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Galway 2020 and School of Immersive Classroom, through a Tá sé mar aidhm ag Immersive Classroom, LUGHNASA Education NUI Galway present series of collaborative projects, trí shraith de chomhthionscadail, oiliúint Immersive training and experiments, aims to agus turgnaimh, go mbeadh daoine óga, engage youth, educators and the oideachasóirí agus an pobal i gcoitinne Classroom general public in critical debates about rannpháirteach i ndíospóireachtaí the way we think about space. criticiúla faoin tslí a samhlaímid an spás.
Comprised of four projects – Virtually Sna ceithre thionscadal atá i gceist leis Here, Enacted Astronomy, Fireflies - – Virtually Here, Enacted Astronomy, Lampróga: An Embodied Orrery, and Fireflies - Lampróga: An Embodied IC Outdoors – Immersive Classroom Orrery, agus IC Outdoors – déanann
DATE / DÁTA examines approaches to teaching and Immersive Classroom scrúdú ar chuir Workshops training, experiments learning through immersive technology chuige maidir le teagasc agus foghlaim ongoing throughout the year and educational engagement. trí theicneolaíocht thumthach agus Large-scale performance rannpháirtíocht oideachasúil. and exhibition September Project partners include School of VENUE / IONAD Education, NUI Galway / Insight NUI I measc chomhpháirtithe an Throughout the county Galway / Professional Development tionscadail tá Scoil an Oideachais, Service for Teachers and CREW, Belgium. OÉ Gaillimh/Insight OÉ Gaillimh/ An tSeirbhís um Fhorbairt Ghairmiúil do galway2020.ie FREE FAMILY DIGITAL Mhúinteoirí agus CREW, an Bheilg.
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Galway 2020, in collaboration with EYE on the Edge is a unique two-day Féile a mhairfidh dhá lá is ea EYE the European Parliament, presents festival created and curated by on the Edge, arna cruthú agus EYE on young people. arna coimeád ag daoine óga. Partnering with the European Youth Event I gcomhpháirt leis an Imeacht Óige the Edge (EYE), which takes place biennially at the Eorpach (EYE), a bhíonn á reáchtáil European Parliament in Strasbourg, EYE faoi dhó sa bhliain ag Parlaimint na on the Edge fuses politics and culture to hEorpa in Strasbourg, tá an pholaitíocht highlight and respond to contemporary agus an cultúr fite fuaite ina chéile in European and global challenges through EYE on the Edge le haird a dhíriú ar a mix of debates, workshops, artistic dhúshláin chomhaimseartha Eorpacha
DATE / DÁTA performances and exhibitions. agus dhomhanda trí mheascán 25 and 26 September de dhíospóireachtaí, ceardlanna, EYE on the Edge will be a clear VENUE / IONAD léirithe ealaíne, agus taispeántais. demonstration of the centre and NUI Galway Campus the edge of Europe working together Beidh EYE on the Edge ina léiriú soiléir ar LOCATION / SUÍOMH Galway City to bring the voices, aspirations and chroílár agus ar imeall na hEorpa ag obair demands of young people to the fore. lena chéile chun guthanna, mianta agus éilimh daoine óga a chur i lár an aonaigh. galway2020.ie
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Galway 2020 and Ealaín Is clár cónaitheachta idirnáisiúnta é Óró… is an international residency na Gaeltachta present Óró… a dhéanann iniúchadh ar na programme exploring the deep cultural Óró... naisc láidre chultúrtha a bhaineann connections of Europe’s minority le teangacha mionlaigh agus le languages and communities.
LUGHNASA pobail mhionlaigh na hEorpa. Artists from the Galway Gaeltacht, Beidh ealaíontóirí ó Ghaeltacht na Wales, Scotland, Cornwall, Friesland, Gaillimhe, an Bhreatain Bheag, Albain, Galicia and the Basque Region have Corn na Breataine, an Fhreaslainn, an been invited to collaborate and spend Ghailís agus ó Réigiún na mBascach ag time in the Gaeltacht landscape of comhoibriú lena chéile agus ag caitheamh Connemara to develop artworks ama i dtírdhreach Ghaeltacht Chonamara connecting languages and communities. chun saothair ealaíne a chruthú a To celebrate European Day of nascann teangacha agus pobail áitiúla. DATE / DÁTA Languages on 26 September, September Chun Lá Eorpach na dTeangacha a Óró... culminates with site-specific LOCATION / SUÍOMH cheiliúradh, cuirfear bailchríoch ar Óró... artworks for the public in 2020. Connemara le saothair ealaíne shuíomhoiriúnaithe European Partners: AFûk, Fryslân; don phobal in 2020. Golden Tree Productions, Cornwall; La Comhpháirtithe Eorpacha: AFûk, Fryslân; Mesa, Galicia; Oriel Plas Glyn y Weddw Golden Tree Productions, Cornwall; La and Celtic Neighbours, Wales; Sabhal Mesa, Galicia; Oriel Plas Glyn y Weddw agus Mòr Ostaig, Scotland; Topagunea and Comharsana Ceilteacha, an Bhreatain Bheag; others in Euskal Herria; Fíbín, Ireland. Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Albain; Topagunea agus FREE FAMILY ealain.ie daoine eile in Euskal Herria; Fíbín, Éire. 106
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39th EVA Galway 2020 is delighted to collaborate Tá ríméad ar Ghaillimh 2020 with EVA International, Ireland’s Biennial comhoibriú le EVA International, International of Contemporary Art, Limerick, as Féile Dhébhliantúil na hEalaíne it extends its programme as part Comhaimseartha in Éirinn, Luimneach, of Galway 2020, with an exclusive agus a chlár á leathnú mar chuid de presentation of contemporary artwork. Ghaillimh 2020, le cur i láthair eisiach de shaothar ealaíne comhaimseartha. The Galway presentation will be an iteration within the larger programme Déanfar cur i láthair na Gaillimhe mar of EVA International, responding to leagan laistigh de chlár níos leithne de DATE / DÁTA themes of land and environmentalism chuid EVA International, a fhreagraíonn September within the context of Ireland today. do théamaí talún agus timpeallachtachais LOCATION / SUÍOMH laistigh de chomhthéacs na hÉireann Galway City eva.ie sa lá atá inniu ann.
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Culture Now in its 15th year, Culture Night is Is í seo an cúigiú Oíche Chultúir déag mar an annual night of entertainment that oíche bhliantúil shiamsaíochta a dhéanann celebrates art, heritage and culture across ceiliúradh ar ealaín, oidhreacht agus cultúr
LUGHNASA Night Brought to you by Galway the whole of the island of Ireland. Each year, fud fad oileán na hÉireann. Gach bliain, County and City Councils arts and cultural organisations and venues of leathnaítear amach uaireanta oscailte na all shapes and sizes, including the National n-eagraíochtaí agus na n-ionad ealaíon Cultural Institutions, extend their opening agus cultúrtha, idir bheag agus mhór, na hours to allow for increased access to the hInstitiúidí Náisiúnta Cultúrtha san áireamh, public. Special and unique events and chun go mbeidh deis ag an bpobal mór workshops are specifically programmed at freastal ar imeachtaí. Leagtar amach clár participating locations and everything is free. d’imeachtaí agus ceardlanna speisialta in ionaid rannpháirteacha agus bíonn For Culture Night 2020, dozens of gach imeacht saor in aisce don phobal. DATE / DÁTA events will take place in towns, villages September and communities across Galway City Le haghaidh Oíche Chultúir 2020, LOCATION / SUÍOMH and County with concerts, exhibitions, reáchtálfar na dosaenacha imeachtaí i Galway City and County workshops, dance, drama and much more. mbailte, i sráidbhailte agus i bpobail ar fud Chathair agus Chontae na Gaillimhe le Culture Night is brought to you by the ceolchoirmeacha, taispeántais, ceardlanna, Department of Culture, Heritage and damhsa, drámaíocht agus neart eile. the Gaeltacht, and the Creative Ireland Programme in partnership with Galway Bíonn Oíche Chultúir á cur i láthair ag an
FREE County Council and Galway City Council. Roinn Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta agus Clár Éire Ildánach i gcomhpháirtíocht 108 culturenight.ie le Comhairle Chontae na Gaillimhe. Chris Haughton Image
Galway 2020 presents Forty-five artists from across Europe share Roinneann daichead a cúig ealaíontóir Drawing their powerful illustrations of the European ón Eoraip a léaráidí cumhachtacha Union’s shared past and our unsure future. ar stair roinnte an Aontais Eorpaigh Europe From Brexit bees to wall-jumping bulls, agus ar an todhchaí neamhchinnte. Ó Drawing Europe Together is a unique bheacha Breatimeachta go tairbh ag Together: collection portraying the European léim ballaí, is cnuasach uathúil é Drawing Forty-five community – with or without Britain. Europe Together a léiríonn pobal na hEorpa – leis an mBreatain nó gan í. Illustrators, This is a passionate and heartfelt exploration of Europe and what it means Is iniúchadh díograiseach ó chroí ar an One Europe to many of the people who live and Eoraip é seo, agus cad a chiallaíonn sí work within its borders. The book brings do mhórán daoine a oibríonn agus a together 45 renowned illustrators who, chónaíonn laistigh dá teorainneacha. through their drawings and accompanying Tugann an leabhar seo le chéile 45 words, share their vision of Europe in maisitheoir aitheanta, a dhéanann, trína this beautiful and timely collection, with léaráidí agus na focail a théann leo, a bhfís a foreword by the British Book Awards don Eoraip a roinnt sa chnuasach álainn DATE / DÁTA Illustrator of the Year 2018, Axel Scheffler. tráthúil seo, le réamhrá ó Mhaisitheoir October na Bliana 2018 de chuid Ghradaim Many of the world’s best book illustrators VENUE / IONAD Leabhar na Breataine, Axel Scheffler. Kennys Bookshop & Art Gallery contribute to the book, including
LOCATION / SUÍOMH Quentin Blake, Claude Dubois, Jim Cuireann mórán de na maisitheoirí Galway City Field, Emily Gravett, Judith Kerr, Oliver leabhar is fearr ar domhan leis an leabhar, Jeffers, Sarah McIntyre, Lydia Monks, Quentin Blake, Claude Dubois, Jim Field, Thomas Müller and Chris Riddell. Emily Gravett, Judith Kerr, Oliver Jeffers, Sarah McIntyre, Lydia Monks, Thomas galway2020.ie FREE Müller agus Chris Riddell ina measc.
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Building on hugely popular events Ag tógáil ar an rath a bhí ar thionscadail Breaking in 2017 and 2018, Breaking Bread in 2017 agus 2018, beidh Breaking Bread 2020 will be a celebration of 2020 ina cheiliúradh ar éagsúlacht
LUGHNASA Bread Galway’s vibrant cultural diversity. chultúrtha bheoga na Gaillimhe.
Taking the central role that food Ó tharla go bhfuil ról lárnach ag an mbia and the sharing of food occupies in agus ag roinnt an bhia sa chultúr agus culture and society, Breaking Bread sa tsochaí, beidh Breaking Bread mar showcases the wonderful cultural thaispeántas ar an éagsúlacht chultúrtha diversity of contemporary Galway. iontach atá le fáil i nGaillimh an lae inniu.
This exciting programme will provide a Cuirfidh an clár iontach seo ardán large public platform for cultural exchange mór poiblí ar fáil le haghaidh malartú and food from all over the world, along cultúrtha agus bia ann ó gach cearn den DATE / DÁTA with live music and dance performances. domhan, chomh maith le taispeántais October de cheol beo agus damhsa. galway2020.ie LOCATION / SUÍOMH Galway City
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110 Syngelines A specially curated multi-arts festival Féile il-ealaíon arna léiriú go speisialta do for Galway 2020 dedicated to the Ghaillimh 2020, agus í tiomnaithe do shaol Festival life and work of the great Irish writer, agus do shaothar an scríbhneora iomráitigh J M Synge and his close connections Éireannaigh, J M Synge, agus a dhlúthnasc
Arts Over Borders, commissioned to Galway and the Aran Islands. le Gaillimh agus le hOileáin Árann. by Galway 2020. Curated by J M Synge was an Irish playwright, prose Ba dhrámadóir, scríbhneoir próis, Seán Doran and Liam Browne writer, travel writer and collector of scríbhneoir taistil agus bailitheoir folklore, who spent several years visiting béaloidis Éireannach é J M Synge, a and writing about the Aran Islands. chaith roinnt blianta ag tabhairt cuairt ar Oileáin Árann agus ag scríobh fúthu. This festival will include some of Synge’s major works, as well as reflections Léireofar cuid de mhórshaothair Synge on his European influences, his san fhéile seo, chomh maith le léargais DATE / DÁTA peers and Synge the musician. ar a thionchair Eorpacha, a chuid September comhghleacaithe agus ar Synge, an ceoltóir. LOCATION / SUÍOMH Curated with a strong sense of place, Galway City and County the programmed events will take place Tionólfar imeachtaí an chláir i suíomhanna in wonderful and unusual surroundings, iontacha agus neamhghnácha, ina exploring a full range of artforms to evoke ndéanfar taiscéaladh ar réimse heightened experiences that enhance leathan foirmeacha ealaíne chun our perception of the artist’s work. dianmhothúcháin a mhúscailt a chuirfidh lenár léargas ar shaothar an ealaíontóra. artsoverborders.com TICKET
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Students from Steel City Academy take part in the Mobile Speakers Podium for Citizens and LUGHNASA Noncitizens Chicago to Gary Walk, at Gary Airport Deportation Hub, 2018 Image Regin Igloria
Jenny Polak is a New York-based artist/ Is ealaíontóir/gníomhaí í Jenny Polak Arrivals / activist whose work amplifies specific atá lonnaithe i Nua-Eabhrac agus Departures calls for social justice. Her art responds tugann a saothar glór níos airde do to both sites and communities. ghlao uilíoch ar son an cheartais Jenny Polak shóisialta. Freagraíonn a healaín do In Galway, Jenny will work with migrant shuíomhanna agus do phobail araon. A Galway 2020 commission workers, people in direct provision Galwegians with family members who I nGaillimh, beidh Jenny ag obair le DATE / DÁTA have emigrated, and those who are hoibrithe imirceacha, le daoine i soláthar October new to Galway, to reframe the migrant- díreach agus leo siúd atá díreach tagtha LOCATION / SUÍOMH Galway City and County citizen relationship. Jenny’s own family go Gaillimh, chun athmhachnamh history of migration drives her to examine a dhéanamh ar an gcaidreamh idir detention centres, racial profiling and inimircigh agus saoránaigh. Is í stair imirce strategies for surviving hostile authorities theaghlach Jenny féin a spreagann í as major concerns in her work. chun scrúdú a dhéanamh ar ionaid choinneála, próifíliú ciníoch, agus tá galway2020.ie FREE straitéisí chun teacht slán ó údaráis
112 naimhdeacha mar chuid mhór dá saothar. Baboró International Arts Building on Baboró’s vision that all Ag tógáil ar fhís Bhaboró gur chóir go Festival for Children in association children should enjoy equal access to mbeadh rochtain chothrom ag gach leanbh with Galway 2020 presents quality cultural experiences, Baboró ar eispéiris chultúrtha ar ardchaighdeán, RISE will partner with a number of Irish and beidh Baboró ag obair i gcomhpháirt international artists to deliver an expanded le roinnt ealaíontóirí Éireannacha agus programme as part of Galway 2020. idirnáisiúnta chun clár leathnaithe a sheachadadh mar chuid de Ghaillimh 2020. Throughout the festival, children will be celebrated as artists in their own right, Le linn na féile, déanfar ceiliúradh ar as well as audience members. Exciting leanaí, ní hamháin mar lucht féachana, community projects will focus on enhancing ach mar ealaíontóirí. Beidh tionscadail the voice of the child within our community. phobail spreagúla ag díriú ar ghuth an linbh a fheabhsú laistigh dár bpobal. Contemporary dance, parkour, circus skills
DATE / DÁTA and game creation will combine to create Tiocfaidh an damhsa comhaimseartha, 10–18 October unusual performance presentations on parkour, scileanna sorcais agus dearadh LOCATION / SUÍOMH city and county streets, in venues and in cluichí le chéile chun léirithe neamhghnácha Galway City and County schools. Promenade performances will a chruthú ar shráideanna na cathrach surprise and delight, disrupting public agus an chontae, in ionaid agus i spaces and engaging both expectant scoileanna. Cuirfidh léirithe promanáide and unsuspecting audiences. idir iontas agus aoibhneas ort, cuirfidh siad isteach ar spásanna poiblí agus baboro.ie meallfaidh siad an lucht féachana atá FAMILY TICKET ag súil leo agus iad siúd nach bhfuil. 113 GALWAY 2020 GALWAY City of Light, City of Sanctuary Lantern Company in a co-production with Galway 2020 Artistic director Jo Pocock and composer Roma Yagnik LUGHNASA
114 A breathtakingly beautiful Cathair álainn aoibhinn na floating city of lanterns created lóchrann ar snámh í City of Light, by Lantern Company, City of City of Sanctuary arna cruthú ag Light, City of Sanctuary will be Lantern Company agus beidh sí a public space for reflection on ina spás poiblí chun machnamh local and global experiences of a dhéanamh ar eispéiris áitiúla migration, home and belonging. agus dhomhanda na himirce, an
Working with Galway residents and a team bhaile agus an mhuintearais. of international artists, City of Light, City of Ag obair le cónaitheoirí na Gaillimhe agus le foireann Sanctuary is inspired by the increasingly urgent ealaíontóirí idirnáisiúnta, tá City of Light, City of issues of displacement affecting many people Sanctuary faoi anáil na saincheisteanna díláithrithe and communities in the world today. City of atá ag éirí níos práinní agus a théann i bhfeidhm ar Light asks what ‘home’ really means to those who mhórán daoine agus pobal ar fud an domhain sa are settled and those who remain displaced. lá atá inniu ann. Ardaíonn City of Light an cheist Over a thousand Galway residents of all ages (both faoin mbrí atá le ‘baile’ i ndáiríre dóibh siúd atá newly-arrived and long-established) reflecting on socraithe agus dóibh siúd atá fós díláithrithe. their own experiences and stories, will make the work Beidh níos mó ná míle áitritheoir de chuid na using the simplest of materials. From shelters, houses Gaillimhe de gach aois (idir dhaoine nua agus and blocks of flats, to iconic buildings in Galway dhaoine seanbhunaithe) ag déanamh a machnaimh and farther afield, this glowing, floating cityscape ar a n-eispéireas agus ar a gcuid scéalta féin, iad ag will be accompanied by a cinematic soundscape déanamh na hoibre ag baint úsáid as na hábhair is by film composer Roma Yagnik that will transport simplí. Ó ionaid dídine, tithe agus bloic árasán go audiences on a magical journey around the world. foirgnimh íocónacha i nGaillimh agus níos faide i gcéin, lanterncompany.co.uk 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.
DATE / DÁTA September FREE FAMILY VENUE / IONAD Galway City 115 GALWAY 2020 GALWAY LUGHNASA Three Three Chords and The Truth takes Tugann Three Chords and The Truth an audiences on a musical road-trip down the lucht féachana ar thuras ceolmhar síos Chords and memory lane of Americana. Premiering bóithrín na smaointe de cheol Americana. in Galway and playing thereafter in Beidh an chéad taibhiú i nGaillimh agus the Truth Boston, Belfast and Nashville, these in dhiaidh sin beidh léirithe i mBostún, Co-produced with Belfast International Arts Festival in specially commissioned concerts will Béal Feirste agus Nashville. Léireoidh na partnership with Belfast City Council trace the transatlantic roots of country, ceolchoirmeacha coimisiúnaithe seo na blues, gospel, folk and bluegrass and the fréamhacha trasatlantachta atá ag ceol tíre, influence of generations of immigrants who ceol blues, ceol gaspal, agus bluegrass, agus
DATE / DÁTA made the perilous journey across the wild an tionchar a bhí ag na glúnta d’imircigh a Lughnasa Atlantic waves from Ireland and Scotland. rinne an turas contúirteach thar thonnta LOCATION / SUÍOMH an Atlantaigh as Éirinn agus as Albain. Featuring leading musicians from Galway City North America and Ireland, these Arna léiriú ag Féile Idirnáisiúnta Ealaíon TICKETS / TICÉID belfastinternationalartsfestival.com four concerts will be curated by the Bhéal Feirste, beidh scoth na gceoltóirí as Belfast International Arts Festival for Meiriceá Thuaidh agus Éirinn ag seinm i performances in Autumn 2020. gceithre cheolchoirm i bhfómhar 2020.
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On the 120th anniversary of his birth, Tiocfaidh Duais Aiste Hubert Butler Hubert the annual Hubert Butler Essay Prize go Gaillimh in 2020. will come to Galway in 2020. Butler Bhí cáil ar Butler as a chuid aistí Essay Prize Butler was renowned for his ceannródaíocha ar ábhair atá chomh groundbreaking essays on topics as héagsúil agus chomh tábhachtach Organised by House of European diverse and relevant today as they were céanna sa lá atá inniu ann is a bhí siad sna Art London, in association in the 1950s and 60s. His mantra ‘think 1950idí agus 60idí. ‘Smaoinigh ar bhonn with Galway 2020 globally, act locally’ highlighted the domhanda, gníomhaigh ar bhonn áitiúil’ importance of the individual conscience ba ea an mantra a bhí aige, ag tabhairt aird in addressing the position of religious and ar thábhacht an duine aonair chun dul i
DATE / DÁTA ethnic minorities including refugees. ngleic le stádas na mionlach reiligiúnach 23 October agus eitneach, dídeanaithe san áireamh. Commemorating the work of great 20th VENUE / IONAD Century writer and humanitarian Hubert Mar chomóradh ar shaothar an Kennys Bookshop & Art Gallery Butler, the prize focuses on the common scríbhneora agus an daonnúlaigh iontaigh LOCATION / SUÍOMH Galway City ground between European nation states ón 20ú haois, Hubert Butler, tá an duais that emerged after the First World War. dírithe ar an gcomhthuiscint atá idir na státnáisiúin Eorpacha a tháinig chun cinn hubertbutleressayprize.com tar éis an Chéad Chogaidh Dhomhanda.
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Backgrounds: I Am Galway Darrell Vydelingum
A Galway 2020 commission
118 Remember the time when An cuimhin leat nuair a bhíodh every town centre had its stiúideo grianghrafadóireachta own photographic studio? ar gach príomhshráid? Naíonáin, Babies, newly-weds, recent lánúineacha nuaphósta, leanaí arrivals, extended families nuabheirthe, teaghlaigh – – everyone would go to the théadh gach duine chuig an photographer to get their ngrianghrafadóir chun a bpictiúr picture taken to commemorate a thógáil chun cuimhneachán a a moment in time. dhéanamh den am áirithe sin.
In Backgrounds, artist Darrell Vydelingum will In Backgrounds, tabharfaidh an t-ealaíontóir Darrell re-visit this idea and create a new, collective Vydelingum cuairt arís ar an smaoineamh sin agus portrait of Galway today. It will celebrate Galway’s cruthóidh sé portráid choiteann nua de Ghaillimh many diverse communities by inviting everyone an lae inniu. Déanfar ceiliúradh ar iliomad pobal to create an individual ceremonial portrait. éagsúil na Gaillimhe trí chuireadh a thabhairt do gach duine portráid searmanais aonair a chruthú. Young photographers from NUI Galway and GMIT will recreate photographers’ studios in locations Déanfaidh grianghrafadóirí óga ó OÉ Gaillimh across the city and county, with each background agus ó GMIT stiúideonna grianghrafadóirí a chosen by the sitter. Collectively, these images athchruthú in áiteanna ar fud na cathrach agus an will tell a story about what it means to be a chontae, agus roghnóidh an duine féin an cúlra. Galwegian in the 21st century, revealing who is I dteannta a chéile, inseoidh na híomhánna seo here and how they choose to be portrayed. scéal faoi cad is brí le bheith i do Ghaillmheach san 21ú haois, ag nochtadh cé atá anseo agus galway2020.ie conas a roghnaíonn siad go léireofaí iad.
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Norma by Zeinab Batchelor, 2019 Zeinab Batchelor, Norma by Image Galway City and County 119 GALWAY 2020 GALWAY 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 LUGHNASA
120 Timmy is contemplating his 21 Tá Timmy ag smaoineamh ar years playing GAA. He loves an 21 bliain atá caite aige ag it. He hates it. Honest, brave imirt cluichí Gaelacha. Is breá and hard-hitting, Spliced leis iad. Is fuath leis iad. Tá is a visceral account of Spliced macánta, cróga agus his struggle to become an neamhbhalbh agus tugtar cuntas individual outside of the sporting ionraic ar a streachailt le bheith institution that raised him. ina dhuine aonair lasmuigh den
From one of Ireland’s exciting up-and-coming writers institiúid spóirt inar tógadh é. comes Spliced, an autobiographical site-specific show Ó dhuine de na scríbhneoirí iontacha atá ag teacht with thrilling music and video dealing with the chun cinn in Éirinn, is seó dírbheathaisnéiseach pressures of sport and masculine identity, challenging suíomhoiriúnaithe é Spliced ina gcuimsítear ceol sporting institutions to broaden their perspectives. agus míreanna físe ar leith ag tabhairt aghaidh ‘A love song to the GAA’ – Tim Crouch ar an mbrú a bhaineann leis an spórt agus leis ‘Writer-actor Timmy Creed’s explosive one-man an bhfireannacht, ag tabhairt dúshláin do na show... fearlessly tackles Irish masculine stereotypes. hinstitiúidí spóirt chun a ndearcadh a leathnú. Creed is one to watch.’ – The Sunday Times
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DATE / DÁTA Lughnasa
VENUE / IONAD Various Galway GAA Clubs TICKET LOCATION / SUÍOMH Image Izabela Szczutkowska Image Galway City and County 121 122 SAMHAIN GALWAY 2020 Samhain November – January / Samhain – Eanáir
An séasúr is dorcha – am mistéire, rógaireachta agus dobróin The darkest season – a time of mystery, mischief and mourning
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124 In 2020, Galway will mark In 2020, déanfar comóradh the ancient Celtic roots of i nGaillimh ar sheanbhunús Halloween in a spectacular na Samhna le himeacht event which welcomes the mórthaibhseach ina gcuirfear Celtic new year with the unique fáilte roimh an mbliain and magnetic power of fire. nua Cheilteach ag úsáid
Burners from across Europe will transform our world cumhacht dhraíochtúil with flame and smoke, welcoming the dark days of tharraingteach na tine. winter in an atmospheric Samhain celebration which echoes the energy and rituals of our pagan ancestors. Cuirfidh dóirí ó áiteanna éagsúla ar fud na hEorpa At this powerfully charged moment of the year, when athrú ó bhonn ar an domhan seo againne le tine the connection between this world and the next is agus deatach, ag fáiltiú roimh laethanta dorcha stronger than at any other time, expect to be surprised an gheimhridh le ceiliúradh atmaisféarach ar by one of the most anticipated events of the year. an tSamhain, ceiliúradh a bheidh mar mhacalla ar an bhfuinneamh agus ar na deasghnátha a galway2020.ie 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.
DATE / DÁTA October/November FREE FAMILY VENUE / IONAD Galway County 125 GALWAY 2020 GALWAY Oireachtas na Samhna 2020 Príomhfhéile Náisiúnta na nGael SAMHAIN
126 Onóir agus pribhléid is ea Galway 2020 will host the Oireachtas na Samhna, Oireachtas na Samhna festival, féile náisiúnta na nGael, an Ireland’s premier arts and culture fhéile ealaíon agus chultúir Irish language extravaganza, is sine sa tír, a bheith i in the European Capital of bPríomhchathair Chultúir na Culture at Samhain 2020. hEorpa um Shamhain 2020. This annual festival features events to interest and enthral the young and the young at heart, Tionól spleodrach don óg agus don duine fásta showcasing the best of sean-nós (traditional old araon í an fhéile bhliantúil seo ag a mbíonn scoth style) performing arts – sean-nós singing, sean- na n-ealaíon traidisiúnta le feiceáil, le cloisteáil nós dancing, instrumental music, story-telling, agus le tabhairt fúthu le paisean – amhránaíocht ar lúibíní, agallaimh beirte (traditional dialogue in an sean-nós, damhsa ar an sean-nós, ceol uirlise, rhyme as Gaeilge) and much more. The festival scéalaíocht, lúibíní, agallamh beirte, dreas cainte agus programme includes formal and informal music míle ní eile. Cuimsíonn clár na féile seisiúin cheoil agus and singing sessions, competitions, exhibitions, amhránaíochta, comórtais, taispeántais, seimineáir, seminars, drama and a host of fringe events. drámaíocht agus neart imeachtaí eile ar an imeall. oireachtas.ie
DATE / DÁTA Samhain / November FREE FAMILY LOCATION / SUÍOMH Bóthar na Trá / Salthill 127 GALWAY 2020 GALWAY Vanessa Ifediora Vanessa Image
Galway 2020 in association with The Stinging Fly has been working to Tá The Stinging Fly tar éis a bheith ag The Stinging Fly and Galway develop, publish and promote the very obair chun an nuascríbhneoireacht is fearr Public Libraries presents best in new Irish and International writing a fhorbairt, a fhoilsiú agus a chur chun SAMHAIN West Words since 1997. A special extended Galway cinn ó 1997 i leith. In eagrán speisialta 2020 issue of the magazine, edited by den iris do Ghaillimh 2020, arna chur internationally renowned Irish author Lisa in eagar ag an údar cáiliúil as Éirinn, Lisa McInerney, with Elaine Feeney as guest McInerney, i gcomhar le Elaine Feeney poetry editor, will feature all that is great in mar aoi-eagarthóir filíochta, léireofar gach contemporary Irish and European writing. rud atá iontach faoi scríbhneoireacht Inspired by the Galway 2020 themes chomhaimseartha na hÉireann agus na of migration, landscape and language, hEorpa. Agus é á spreagadh ag téamaí the issue will explore, among other Ghaillimh 2020 – imirce, tírdhreach things, Galway’s identity as an Irish city, a agus teanga – déanfar plé san eagrán DATE / DÁTA European city and a place of connection, seo, i measc rudaí eile, ar fhéiniúlacht na November disconnection and belonging. Gaillimhe mar chathair Éireannach, mar LOCATION / SUÍOMH chathair Eorpach, agus mar áit mhuintearais, Galway City and County Throughout the year, The Stinging Fly will choimhthís agus chómhuintearais. organise a series of workshops and events in Galway City and County, including a I rith na bliana, eagróidh The Stinging Fly launch weekend in November with talks and sraith de cheardlanna agus imeachtaí i readings by featured authors and poets. gcathair agus i gcontae na Gaillimhe, lena n-áirítear deireadh seachtaine seolta i mí stingingfly.org TICKET na Samhna, le cainteanna agus léamha
128 le scríbhneoirí agus filí aitheanta. Colm Hogan Image
Macnas Master storytellers Macnas will bring Tá eipic Gilgamesh á tabhairt go Gaillimh the epic of Gilgamesh to Galway ag na máistir-scéalaithe, Macnas, thar Gilgamesh across four seasons in 2020 (see pages cheithre shéasúr in 2020 (feic leathanaigh A Galway 2020 commission Writer Marina Carr 76–77 for Bealtaine performances). 76–77 do thaibhléirithe Bealtaine). Director Noeline Kavanagh Autumn will see the story of San fhómhar, déanfar scéal Designer Julian Crouch Executive Producer Artichoke Gilgamesh reimagined as an Gilgamesh a athshamhlú mar léiriú indoor theatrical experience. amharclannaíochta laistigh.
Winter sees the epilogue of Gilgamesh Sa gheimhreadh, feicfear eipealóg as the production leaves the city Gilgamesh, nuair a fhágfaidh an léiriú an and county, a ritual that will resonate chathair agus an contae, deasghnáth a DATE / DÁTA and live long in the memory. fhanfaidh sa chuimhne ar feadh i bhfad. November, December
VENUE / IONAD Each season is a self-contained event Imeacht as féin a bheidh ann November Black Box Theatre and can be experienced independently. gach seásúr agus is féidir sult a December Epilogue in various bhaint astu go neamhspleách. outdoor locations macnas.com
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129 GALWAY 2020 GALWAY Galway 2020 presents Waterlicht Studio Roosegaarde
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130 A dream landscape will Déanfar Conamara a athrú ó transform Connemara, bhonn le tírdhreach bréige, highlighting the power and ag cur béime ar chumhacht poetry of water, and raising agus ar fhilíocht an uisce, awareness about rising water agus ag ardú feasachta faoi levels around the world. leibhéil uisce a bheith ag
Responding to the pressing risk of rising sea ardú ar fud an domhain. levels brought on by global warming, Dutch Ag freagairt don bhaol práinneach a bhaineann artist and innovator Daan Roosegaarde will le leibhéil na farraige bheith ag ardú mar gheall ar transform an area deep in the Connemara théamh domhanda, déanfaidh an t-ealaíontóir landscape into a virtual underwater world. agus an nuálaí Ollannach Daan Roosegaarde Waterlicht will envelop audience members ceantar i gcroílar thírdhreach Chonamara a athrú in a virtual flood as they move through the ó bhonn isteach ina dhomhan fíorúil faoi uisce. installation, accompanied by a specially Déanfaidh Waterlicht an lucht féachana a thimpeallú i created podcast. The piece underlines the power of dtuile fhíorúil de réir mar a bhíonn siad ag gluaiseacht water while asking, ‘How we can face the future and tríd an suiteán, agus beidh podchraoladh speisialta adapt? How do we avoid the flood? Can we á dtionlacan. Cuirfear béim ar chumhacht an build floating cities and how much power can uisce sa phíosa agus é ag fiafraí, ‘Conas is féidir be generated by the movement of water?’ linn aghaidh a thabhairt ar an todhchaí agus dul in studioroosegaarde.net 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?’
DATE / DÁTA October FREE FAMILY DIGITAL LOCATION / SUÍOMH Connemara / Galway County 131 GALWAY 2020 GALWAY Unsung Nighthouse Studio, commissioned by Galway 2020 SAMHAIN
132 In 2020 in a quiet place on In áit chiúin ar imeall bhaile the edge of Tuam, a moment Thuama, léireofar taispeántas of reflection will unfold. machnamhach in 2020.
From the 18th to 20th Centuries, in the care of the Ón 18ú haois go dtí an 20ú haois, agus iad faoi state, mothers and children were subjected to abuse, chúram an stáit, bhí máithreacha agus páistí ag neglect and dehumanising social conditions. Unsung fulaingt agus rinneadh faillí agus dídhaonnú orthu. acknowledges and reflects on the lives of those across Tugann Unsung am machnaimh dóibh siúd a raibh the nation who lived and died in countless institutions cónaí orthu agus a cailleadh in institiúidí mar Áras like the Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home in Tuam. Máithreacha agus Leanaí Bon Secours i dTuaim.
Immersed in light and sound, Nighthouse Studio Tumtha i solas agus i bhfuaim, tugann Nighthouse and Galway 2020 honour and acknowledge Studio agus Gaillimh 2020 onóir agus aitheantas those whose voices went unheard. dóibh siúd ar tugadh an chluas bhodhar dá nglórtha. galway2020.ie
DATE / DÁTA November FREE DIGITAL LOCATION / SUÍOMH Galway County 133 GALWAY 2020 GALWAY
SAMHAIN On 12 December, Beethoven’s 9th Ar an 12 Nollaig, beidh an 9ú Siansa de Music for Symphony, including EU hymn Ode to chuid Beethoven, lena n-áirítear iomann Galway Joy, will resound throughout Galway an AE, Ode to Joy, le cloisteáil ar fud Cathedral. Choirs from all over Galway Ardeaglais na Gaillimhe. Beidh cóir as celebrates city and county will join the RTÉ gach cearn de Chathair agus Chontae Beethoven Concert Orchestra and a star-studded na Gaillimhe in éindí le Ceolfhoireann cast of soloists in a performance Ceolchoirme RTÉ agus cliar de conducted by Kenneth Montgomery. réaltaí aonréadaithe i léiriú a bheidh á stiúradh ag Kenneth Montgomery. Commemorating what would have been Beethoven’s 250th Birthday, the Music for Ar chomóradh 250ú Breithlá Beethoven, DATE / DÁTA Midwinter Festival 17–19 January 2020 Galway (MfG) Midwinter Festival focuses beidh Féile Lár an Gheimhridh Music for Beethoven 9th 12 December 2020 on Beethoven’s early period and presents Galway (MfG) ag díriú ar thréimhse luath VENUE / IONAD three chamber music concerts featuring Beethoven agus cuirfear trí cheolchoirm Midwinter Festival Town Hall Theatre Russian star violinist Alina Ibragimova, aireagail i láthair leis an veidhleadóir Beethoven 9th Galway Cathedral French pianist Cédric Tiberghien, Rúiseach Alina Ibragimova, an pianódóir TICKETS / TICÉID Galway’s ConTempo Quartet, plus a mix Francach Cédric Tiberghien, Ceathairéad musicforgalway.ie of Irish and international wind players. ConTempo na Gaillimhe, chomh maith le meascán de sheinnteoirí gaothuirlisí Éireannacha agus idirnáisiúnta. TICKET
134 Róisín Dubh Promotions in Since the days of wandering troubadours, Ó thus ama, b’éigean don cheol bogadh association with Old & in the Way music has always been an art form that chun éisteacht a fháil. Bogann an ceol and Galway 2020 present needs to move in order to be heard. Music mar a bhíonn daoine ag gluaiseacht, dá And it Moves moves as people move, voluntarily or by ndeoin féin nó iad faoi bhrú. Bogann force. It moves in other ways too – moving sé ar bhealaí eile chomh maith – ag Music & Songs hearts and minds, and has the power to bogadh croíthe agus intinní, agus tá sé de from an Open inspire and even to incite. It is central to chumas aige daoine a spreagadh agus a our struggles, both personal and political. ghríosú. Bíonn sé lárnach inár streachailtí, RoadMusic and idir phearsanta agus pholaitiúla. A weekend of music, talks and films, And Deireadh seachtaine le ceol, cainteanna It Moves – Music & Songs from an Open agus scannáin, féachfaidh And It Moves DATE / DÁTA Road will examine migration in music – Music & Songs from an Open Road 27–31 January 2021 through the years – exploring the power ar imirce an cheoil le himeacht ama – ag LOCATION / SUÍOMH of music to move us and to move with us. Galway City and County déanamh machnaimh ar chumhacht an roisindubh.net cheoil, ar an mbealach a bhogann sé muid agus ar an mbealach a bhogann sé linn.
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135 GALWAY 2020 GALWAY SAMHAIN
Closing Event Lumiere Galway
136 Galway 2020 will come to an Cuirfear clabhsúr ar Ghaillimh end in the deepest darkest 2020 i ndúlaíocht dhorcha depths of Samhain. To celebrate na Samhna. Chun ceiliúradh a the end of a momentous 12 dhéanamh ar dheireadh dhá mhí months for Galway as European dhéag iontacha do Ghaillimh Capital of Culture, our closing agus í mar Phríomhchathair event will transform Galway into Chultúir na hEorpa, déanfar a glittering gallery without walls. gailearaí glioscarnach gan
Join us to marvel at the spectacle of familiar bhallaí de Ghaillimh. buildings, streets and public spaces transformed by Bí linn chun féachaint le hiontas ar fhoirgnimh, light into a magical nocturnal cityscape. Lumiere sráideanna agus spásanna poiblí aitheanta agus Galway will bring together some of the world’s most iad athraithe ó bhonn le soilse go dreach cathrach exciting artists all working with the medium of light, draíochtúil oíche. Tabharfaidh Lumiere Galway from large-scale projections and light sculptures, cuid de na healaíontóirí is fearr ar domhan le to interactive digital installations. An unforgettable chéile agus iad go léir ag obair le meán na soilse, finale that will stay in the imagination forever. ó theilgean mórscála agus dealbha soilse, go galway2020.ie suiteáin dhigiteacha idirghníomhacha. Bailchríoch dhodhearmadta a fhanfaidh sa tsamhlaíocht go brách.
DATE / DÁTA January 2021 FREE FAMILY DIGITAL LOCATION / SUÍOMH Galway City 137 Creative Laboratory of IWTO – International Wool Robertina Šebjanic Slovenia Contemportary Theatre KRILA Trade Organisation Belgium Galway Rough Connection Sweden Croatia Jakob Koranyi Sweden Sabhal Mor Ostaig UK CREW Belgium 2020 Jenny Polack US Schoenburg Strings Germany
GALWAY 2020 GALWAY Croatian National Theatre Croatia Jochen Kupfer Germany European School of Machines, Making Daan RosenGuarde The Netherlands Julian Crouch UK & Make-Believe Germany Dansnest The Netherlands and Global Kamerimage – The International Sergi Ots Spain Darrell Vydelingum Film Festival of the Art of SheepNet Pan-European Partners and Ekow Eshun UK Cinematography Poland SLOW FOOD Foundation Italy David Best US Kari Kola Finland Aarhus Filmværksted Denmark Sohail Salem Palestine David Stalling Ireland / Germany Kaunas 2022 Lithuania Abridged UK Tan Dun China Denis Josselin / La Baracca Italy ACTS – laboratory for Compagnie les Treteau France Tatjana Vassiljeva performance practices Norway La Mesa Spain Russia / The Netherlands Dominic Dudley UK AFuk The Netherlands Lantern Company UK Teatr 21 Poland Ecole de Cirque de Alexander Karlsson Sweden Laura van der Heijden UK Bruxelles Belgium The English Cornett and Alina Ibragimova Russia Lily Maisky France Sackbutt Ensemble UK Elaine Buckholtz & Jane Cassidy US All the Queens Men Australia Luxembourg City Film The Finnish Institute Eric Joris Belgium Festival Luxembourg London UK / Finland Alvstranden Utveckling Sweden EU Commission for Agriculture Magz Hall UK The Serious Road Trio Romania André Morsch Germany & Rural Affairs Belgium Marc Coppey France Theatre Babel Anet Brusgaard. Director EU Japan Fest Japan The Netherlands of the European Tapestry Marie Thumette Brichard France European Federation of Irish Network Denmark Thoma Ewin Canada Studies (EFACIS) Belgium Mariona Moya Spain Artcena – French National Timisora 2021 Romania European Parliament Belgium Mediefabrikken, Centre for Circus Arts, Street The Media Factory Norway Tobias Hutzler Germany Arts and Theatre France Festival de Film Cinemania Canada Midnight Sun Film Festival Finland Tobogan Croatia Artichoke UK Festival International du Film PARTNERS Indépendant de Bordeaux France Mischa Maisky Russia / France Topagunea Spain Athens Film Festival Greece Festival of European Moomstearern Sweden ToTum Theatre Spain Belfast Community Circus UK Short Story Croatia MOVEO Spain Tvibit Youth Film Centre Norway Belfast Film Festival UK Film i Skåne Sweden Nadege Meriau France / Germany UEFA Switzerland Belfast International Arts Festival UK Filmbasen Stockholm Sweden Natalie Haas US Université Libre de Bruxelles Belgium Benj Gerdes Sweden Filmcloud & Kultur i Väst Sweden Nick Powell UK University of the Arts Targu Boris Nieslony Germany Filmtalent Denmark Mures Romania Nicolas Altstaedt Germany Bruno Frenette / Filmværkstedet KlippfiskFa ro e Island Valerie Kirk, The Australian Traits Dunions France Noordelijk Film Festival National University Australia Filmværkstedet, The Netherlands Carabosse France København Denmark Valland Akademi Sweden Odense Filmværksted Denmark Cédric Tiberghien France Filmwerkstatt Kiel Germany VOID UK Open Workshop Denmark Cello Biennale Amsterdam Geneva Film Festival Switzerland Wonderworks UK Netherlands Oriel Plas Glyn y Weddw Gijón International Film Festival Spain and Celtic Neighbours UK WORKINGLIFEBALANCE Ltd Austria Ciclic Animation France Giovanni Sollima Italy Per.Art Serbia Yasuko Fugino, Professor of Circostrada Pan European Dyeing and Weaving at Kyoto Golden Tree Productions UK Platform 88 France Circus Cabuwazi Germany City University of Arts Japan Goteborg Stad Sweden Pouple Electrique France Cirkus Cirkör Sweden Zagreb Soloists Croatia Hafez Omar Palestine Professor Lesley Millar, Cirqueon Czech Republic Zaltimbanq’ Zirkus Luxembourg University of Southern England UK Hannah Roberts UK Compagnie de L’Oiseau Mouche Professor Włodzimierz Cygan Poland France Hervé Joulain France Reykjavik Film Festival Iceland Complicité UK Institute of the Arts Barcelona (IAB) Spain Richard Wakely UK Conservatoire Stockholm Sweden István Várdai Hungary Rijeka 2020 Croatia 138 Coyoacan Mexico Cultural Programme Partners
139 EU-Japan Fest Partnership GALWAY 2020 GALWAY
EU-Japan Fest, a committee that has supported Is coiste é Féile AE-na Seapáine a thacaigh le valuable exchanges between every European Capital malartuithe luachmhara idir gach Príomhchathair of Culture and Japan since 1992, is the core of the Chultúir na hEorpa agus an tSeapáin ó 1993 project that sees Galway 2020 as interpreter in i leith, agus é mar chroílár an tionscadail a the dialogue between the two island nations. fhéachann ar Ghaillimh 2020 mar ateangaire san idirphlé idir an dá náisiún oileánda. Galway 2020 will host diverse partnerships with EU-Japan Fest to explore points of connection Déanfaidh Gaillimh 2020 óstáil ar chomhpháirtíochtaí and affinity across a host of projects throughout éagsúla le Féile AE-na Seapáine chun pointí nasctha 2020, from cultural exchanges and residencies, to a fhiosrú ar fud roinnt mhaith tionscadal i rith 2020, collaborations and artistic expressions through ó mhalartuithe cultúrtha agus cónaitheachtaí, go digital technology, film, music, visual art and more. comhshaothair agus léirithe ealaíne trí theicneolaíocht dhigiteach, scannán, ceol, amharc-ealaín agus eile. eu-japanfest.org CULTURAL PROGRAMME PARTNERS PROGRAMME CULTURAL
140 TG4 Partnership
TG4 reflects Ireland through a different lens. Caitheann TG4 ‘Súil Eile’ ar Éirinn. Tá cultúr Celebrating Irish culture and language is at its core. agus teanga na hÉireann go tréan ann.
Supporting the creative sector, it strengthens regional Ag tacú leis an earnáil chruthaitheach, déanann and economic growth across Ireland. TG4’s world sé fás geilleagrach a neartú sna réigiúin agus ar class content is enjoyed globally, Aon Am, Aon Áit. fud na hÉireann. Baintear sult as ábhar den chéad scoth ar fud an domhain, Aon Am, Aon Áit. Language is one of Galway 2020’s three themes, manifested in projects celebrating, Tá Teanga ar cheann de na trí phríomhthéama portraying and amplifying the unique beauty atá ag Gaillimh 2020, arna léiriú i dtionscadail a of the Irish language and culture. cheiliúrann, a thaispeánann agus a mhéadaíonn áilleacht uathúil na Gaeilge agus chultúr na hÉireann. TG4 is showcasing the diversity of Galway 2020, creating and distributing inspirational Taispeánann TG4 an éagsúlacht a bhaineann content across all platforms. le Gaillimh 2020, ag cruthú agus ag dáileadh ábhar den chéad scoth thar na hardáin uile. This partnership will build a legacy embodying the spirit of Galway 2020 for future generations. Tógfaidh an chomhpháirtíocht seo oidhreacht a léireoidh an spiorad a bhaineann le Gaillimh tg4.ie 2020 do na glúnta atá le teacht.
141 The Arts Council An Chomhairle Ealaíon GALWAY 2020 GALWAY Partnership
Galway 2020 is delighted to announce a Tá ríméad ar Ghaillimh 2020 a fhógairt go bhfuil partnership with The Arts Council, the siad ag obair i gcomhpháirt leis an gComhairle national government agency charged with Ealaíon, an áisíneacht rialtais náisiúnta um fhorbairt developing and promoting the arts in Ireland. agus um chur chun cinn na n-ealaíon in Éirinn.
The Arts Council Summer Plenary will be held in Reáchtálfar Cruinniú Iomlánach Samhraidh na Galway in June 2020, in addition to other policy Comhairle Ealaíon i nGaillimh i mí Mheitheamh related events that will be held throughout the year. 2020, chomh maith le himeachtaí eile beartais a reáchtálfar i rith na bliana freisin. Galway 2020 and The Arts Council will also collaborate on the Ireland Chair of Poetry, Laureate Comhoibreoidh Gaillimh 2020 agus an Chomhairle na nÓg and the Laureate for Irish Fiction. This Ealaíon freisin ar Ollúnacht Éigse Éireann, ar will include the announcement of the sixth Laureate na nÓg agus ar Laureate i gcomhair Ficsean Laureate na nÓg in Galway in May 2020. Éireannach. Mar chuid de sin, déanfar an séú Laureate na nÓg a fhógairt i nGaillimh i mí na Bealtaine 2020. artscouncil.ie CULTURAL PROGRAMME PARTNERS PROGRAMME CULTURAL
142 RTÉ Partnership
RTÉ is the principal National Broadcast Media Is é RTÉ an Príomh-Chomhpháirtí Meán um Partner for Galway 2020. As well as proudly Chraoladh Náisiúnta do Ghaillimh 2020. Chomh supporting Galway 2020 across all its channels, maith le bheith ag tacú le Gaillimh 2020 thar na RTÉ will deliver a range of live events and bealaí uile, déanfaidh RTÉ imeachtaí a chraoladh broadcasts throughout the year, as well as specially beo i rith na bliana, agus déanfar saothar a commissioned work on radio and online. choimisiúnú go speisialta don raidió agus ar líne.
RTÉ’s mission to champion Irish culture by Tá sé mar mhisean ag RTÉ tacú le cultúr na hÉireann captivating audiences with trusted, engaging and trí ábhar iontaofa, suimiúil agus dúshlánach a chur ar challenging content, celebrating the country’s fáil don lucht féachana, ábhar a dhéanann ceiliúradh rich diversity and cultivating Ireland’s talent; this ar éagsúlacht na tíre agus a chothaíonn buanna na chimes perfectly with the values that underpin hÉireann. Tagann an misean seo go maith leis na the themes celebrated by Galway 2020. luachanna a bhaineann le téamaí Ghaillimh 2020.
From live broadcasts to intimate podcasts made Ó chraoltaí beo go podchraoltaí beaga déanta by Galway artists, RTÉ will be at the heart of the ag ealaíontóirí na Gaillimhe, beidh RTÉ ag croílár 2020 programme, carrying Galway 2020’s ideas chlár 2020, ag léiriú smaointe agus imeachtaí and events to audiences nationwide and across the Ghaillimh 2020 do lucht féachana ar fud na globe. RTÉ’s own orchestras will feature prominently tíre agus go deimhin, ar fud an domhain. Beidh in Galway 2020 events and seasons including our own ceolfhoirne RTÉ mar chuid lárnach d’imeachtaí commissioned series produced by Music for Galway. agus de shéasúir Ghaillimh 2020, agus ár sraith choimisiúnaithe féin á léiriú ag Music for Galway. rte.ie
143 NUI Galway Official Legacy Partner GALWAY 2020 GALWAY
Celebrating its 175th year in 2020, National University Agus í ag ceiliúradh a 175ú bliain in 2020, tá traidisiún of Ireland Galway (NUI Galway) has a proud bródúil ag Ollscoil na hÉireann Gaillimh (OÉ Gaillimh) tradition of inspiring minds and shaping ideas. as bheith ag spreagadh intinní agus ag cruthú smaointe.
The Aistriú and Immersive Classroom projects led Is amhlaidh a dhéanfaidh an dá thionscadal, Aistriú agus by the University will do just that, while a range of Immersive Classroom, atá arna stiúradh ag an Ollscoil, cultural events will take place on campus throughout agus beidh clár imeachtaí cultúrtha ar siúl ar an gcampas 2020 including a major European Conference on le linn 2020, lena n-áireofar Mórchomhdháil Eorpach the themes of Language, Landscape and Migration. ar théamaí na Teanga, an Tírdhreacha agus na hImirce.
NUI Galway is focused on working with our region Tá OÉ Gaillimh dírithe ar obair leis an réigiún chun to develop a cultural legacy that will have a lasting oidhreacht chultúrtha a fhorbairt a mbeidh tionchar impact on the creative and cultural life of Galway fadtéarmach aici ar shaol cruthaitheach agus and its hinterland. University specialisms in Drama, cultúrtha na Gaillimhe agus an cheantair máguaird. Film, Creative Writing, Digital Media and Publishing Déanann speisialtóireachtaí Ollscoile sa Drámaíocht, ensure the West of Ireland has a rich talent pool Scannánaíocht, Scríbhneoireacht Chruthaitheach, na in the creative arts. New programmes of research Meáin Dhigiteacha agus san Fhoilseoireacht a chinntiú and teaching will focus on production and curation go bhfuil buíon ildánach sna healaíona cruthaitheacha to inspire the next generation of innovators and ag Iarthar na hÉireann. Beidh cláir nua taighde further develop our creative economy. Here is agus múinteoireachta ag díriú ar léiriúchán agus ar where there are no limits, just endless possibilities. choimeádaíocht chun an chéad ghlúin eile de nuálaithe
CULTURAL PROGRAMME PARTNERS PROGRAMME CULTURAL a spreagadh agus ár ngeilleagar cruthaitheach a fhorbairt nuigalway.ie níos mó. Níl aon teorainn leis na féidearthachtaí.
144 Pálás Partnership
Pálás is Galway’s independent arthouse cinema, Is é Pálás pictiúrlann sainealaíne neamhspleách operated by Element Pictures. It was conceived na Gaillimhe. Bunaíodh é chun bheith mar bhaile as a home for the film community and Galway do phobal na scannánaíochta i nGaillimh chun film lovers to appreciate the best of Irish and go mbeidís in ann na scannáin Éireannacha agus international independent cinema on the big screen. idirnáisiúnta is fearr a fheiceáil ar an scáileán mór.
Encouraging discourse between filmmakers Tá meon an-láidir pobail sa spás a thagann and audiences is a huge part of what gives as an bplé a spreagtar ann idir lucht the space a sense of community. déanta scannán agus lucht féachana.
Through Screen Ireland in Conversation (see page Trí Screen Ireland i mBun Comhrá (feic 44), Pálás is delighted to give artists of all kind an leathanach 44), tá ríméad ar Pálás deis a opportunity to tell the stories of their careers, both at thabhairt d’ealaíontóirí scéalta a ngairmeacha home and abroad, to Galway audiences in unique, in- beatha, anseo in Éirinn agus thar lear, a roinnt depth conversations in its beautiful screening rooms. le lucht féachana na Gaillimhe i gcomhráite uathúla doimhne sna seomraí áille scannáin. palas.ie
145 GMIT Partnership GALWAY 2020 GALWAY
An active partner in a number of events and Mar chomhpháirtí gníomhach i roinnt activities throughout 2020, Galway Mayo Institute of imeachtaí agus gníomhaíochtaí le linn 2020, Technology (GMIT) will place a large focus on legacy. díreoidh GMIT go mór ar oidhreacht.
GMIT recently established the School of Design & Le déanaí bhunaigh GMIT an Scoil Dearaidh Creative Arts, combining the talents and resources & Ealaíon Cruthaitheach, ag nascadh buanna of the Centre for Creative Arts & Media (CCAM) agus acmhainní an Lárionaid do na hEalaíona in Galway and the National Centre for Excellence Cruthaitheacha agus na Meáin (IECM) i nGaillimh in Furniture Design & Technology in Letterfrack. agus an tIonad Náisiúnta Barr Feabhais i nDearadh agus Teicneolaíocht an Troscáin i Leitir Fraic. The ambitious plan is to develop and advance CCAM as a creative, cultural and community-engaged Tá plean uaillmhianach ann chun forbairt agus hub, while developing education programmes, dul chun cinn a dhéanamh ar IECM mar mhol community-focused projects and creative enterprise. cruthaitheach, cultúrtha agus pobail, áit a ndéanfar forbairt ar chláir oideachais, ar thionscadail gmit.ie phobail, agus ar fhiontar cruthaitheach. CULTURAL PROGRAMME PARTNERS PROGRAMME CULTURAL
146 Town Hall Theatre Partnership
Galway’s Town Hall Theatre and the nearby multi- Cuirfidh Amharclann Halla an Bhaile agus an Dubhlann purpose Black Box Theatre will present an eclectic clár leathan éagsúil imeachtaí i láthair in 2020 ina and extensive mix of theatre, music, dance, film, mbeidh amharclannaíocht, ceol, damhsa, scannáin, comedy, literary, family and community shows in 2020. greann, litríocht, seónna teaghlaigh agus seónna pobail.
With over 600 performances, screenings and events Le breis agus 600 taibhléiriú, léiriú scannán agus planned, the Town Hall Theatre will be at the epicentre imeachtaí beartaithe, beidh Amharclann Halla an of Galway’s cultural activity throughout this special Bhaile ag croílár ghníomhaíochtaí cultúrtha na year including playing host to all of the city’s major Gaillimhe don bhliain speisialta seo, agus í mar festivals and the best of Irish theatre companies. óstach ar phríomhfhéilte na cathrach agus ar scoth na gcompántas mór amharclannaíochta as Éirinn. Programme highlights in 2020 include: productions from Druid, Decadent, Fishamble, Macnas, Pan I measc bhuaicphointí an chláir in 2020 beidh: Pan, Blue Raincoat, Rough Magic and Theatre léirithe de chuid Druid, Decadent, Fishamble, Lovett; Irish National Opera; Royal Moscow Macnas, Pan Pan, Blue Raincoat, Rough Magic Ballet, Ballet Ireland, and many more. agus Theatre Lovett; Irish National Opera; Royal Moscow Ballet, Ballet Ireland, agus go leor eile. tht.ie
147 Art, Knowledge, Action
A Galway 2020 partnership with EDWARD CAPITAL GALWAY 2020 GALWAY
Different city sectors will come together in a Tiocfaidh earnálacha éagsúla na cathrach le chéile le week-long hackathon of intensive collaborative haghaidh haiceatón seachtaine de dhiancheardlanna workshops aimed at creating a One-Planet comhoibríocha dírithe ar fhís Aon-Phláinéad a chruthú vision for the city of Galway and beyond. do chathair na Gaillimhe agus níos faide i gcéin.
The creative task will be to envisage a city that Beidh sé mar thasc cruthaitheach fís a chruthú grows and prospers by addressing the current do chathair a fhásfaidh agus a bheidh faoi rath climate and ecological crisis, enabling citizens trí dhul i ngleic leis an ngéarchéim aeráide agus and visitors to lead happy and healthy lifestyles éiceolaíochta atá againn, ag cumasú saoránach agus within the natural limits of the planet. cuairteoirí chun saol sona sláintiúil a chaitheamh laistigh de theorainneacha nádúrtha an domhain. A Sustainability Hub will be located within the regenerated Ceannt Station area, with photographic Beidh Mol Inbhuanaitheachta lonnaithe laistigh de displays, talks on sustainable living and an interactive limistéir athnuaite Stáisiún Cheannt, le taispeántais display of the sustainable vision for Galway that will ghrianghraf, cainteanna ar mhaireachtáil inbhuanaithe grow in size and complexity as more people take part. agus taispeántas idirghníomhach ar an bhfís inbhuanaithe do Ghaillimh a fhásfaidh i méid agus i gcastacht de réir mar a ghlacann daoine páirt ann. CULTURAL PROGRAMME PARTNERS PROGRAMME CULTURAL
148 Challenger Boyd Image DATE / DÁTA The Galway Hookers, February, May, September LOCATION / SUÍOMH Bádóirí an Chladaigh Claddagh Basin / Galway Bay
The beloved hookers, gleóiteogs and púcáns Tá dearadh, ceardaíocht agus mairnéalacht ag that grace our coast are a combination of design, baint leis na húicéir, na gleoiteoga agus na púcáin a craft and seamanship. These boats and those mhaisíonn ár gcósta. Is cuid lárnach de shaol agus de who sail them are an integral part of Galway chultúr na Gaillimhe iad na báid seo agus na daoine a life and culture. Their story is Galway’s story. bhíonn á seoladh. Is é a scéalsan, scéal na Gaillimhe.
Bádóirí an Chladaigh are trustees of seven of Tá Bádóirí an Chladaigh ina n-iontaobhaithe ar these boats, and in 2020, they will be joined by sheacht gcinn de na báid seo, agus in 2020, tiocfaidh seven private boats to create a fleet of 14, used seacht mbád phríobháideacha leo chun cabhlach to train and teach a new generation of Hooker de cheithre bhád déag a chruthú, agus bainfear leas Sailors. The public will be invited to the Claddagh astu chun glúin nua de mhairnéalaigh húicéar a oiliúint. Basin to study the boats in all of their glory. Tabharfar cuireadh don phobal chuig Abhantrach an Chladaigh le féachaint ar áilleacht na mbád. Keep your eyes peeled for these elegant pieces of craftsmanship during the opening ceremony. Bí ag faire amach do na píosaí galánta ceardaíochta seo le linn an tsearmanais oscailte. thegalwayhookers.com
Hugh Sweeney Hugh Image 149 Gach Páiste Schools Programme GALWAY 2020 GALWAY
Galway 2020 will deliver an impactful Schools Léireoidh Gaillimh 2020 clár fiúntach do scoileanna, Programme, which will be delivered by the Galway a bheidh á chur i láthair ag Comhpháirtithe Cultúrtha 2020 Cultural Partners and our designated Cultural Ghaillimh 2020 agus ag ár gComhpháirtithe Education Partners through commissioned projects Oideachais Chultúrtha trí thionscadail choimisiúnaithe that will provide opportunities for children to a thabharfaidh deiseanna do leanaí foghlaim explore learning and fun through creativity. agus spraoi a dhéanamh trí chruthaitheacht.
The programme aims to provide opportunities Tá sé mar aidhm ag an gclár deiseanna a for children as both audience members and sholáthar do leanaí mar bhaill den lucht féachana participants within the artistic programme. agus mar rannpháirtithe sa chlár ealaíne.
Among those partnering on our Schools Programme I measc na gcomhpháirtithe ar an gClár Scoileanna tá are Music Generation Galway, Creative Schools, Music Generation na Gaillimhe, Scoileanna Ildánacha, the Arts Council, the Galway Roscommon an Chomhairle Ealaíon, Comhpháirtíocht Oideachais Education Partnership and the Arts Offices. Ros Comáin-na Gaillimhe, na hOifigí Ealaíon.
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150 Conferences in Galway in 2020
During our year as European Capital of Culture, Le linn na bliana a mbeimid mar Phríomhchathair Galway 2020 will host National, European and Chultúir na hEorpa, beidh Gaillimh 2020 ina óstach International conferences, meetings and awards. ar chomhdhálacha, cruinnithe agus dámhachtainí Some of the conferences taking place in Galway in Náisiúnta, Eorpacha agus Idirnáisiúnta. I measc na 2020 are CIRCOM (European Association of Regional gcomhdhálacha a bheidh ar siúl i nGaillimh in 2020 Television) Annual Conference, EAVE (European beidh Comhdháil Bhliantúil CIRCOM (An Cumann AudioVisual Entrepreneurs) Annual Conference and Eorpach um Theilifís Réigiúnach), Comhdháil Bhliantúil CEV (Capacity Building Conference incorporating EAVE (Fiontraithe Closamhairc na hEorpa) agus Volunteer Ireland Annual Conference). We look Comhdháil CEV (Ionad Oibrithe Deonacha na hEorpa, forward to welcoming thousands of international agus Comhdháil Bhliantúil Ionad Oibrithe Deonacha and national delegates to Galway, to network, na hÉireann mar chuid de). Táimid ag súil go mór le exchange ideas and to do business, under the fáilte a chur roimh na mílte toscairí idirnáisiúnta agus auspices of the Galway 2020 Cultural Programme. náisiúnta go Gaillimh, chun aithne a chur ar a chéile, chun smaointe a mhalartú, agus chun gnó a dhéanamh, galway2020.ie faoi choimirce Chlár Cultúrtha Ghaillimh 2020.
151 LISTINGS / CLÁR
PROJECT / TIONSCADAL DATE / DÁTA VENUE / LOCATION / IONAD / SUÍOMH ARTIST / ORGANISATION / EALAÍONTÓIR / EAGRAÍOCHT PAGE / LEATHANACH GALWAY 2020 GALWAY 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, Galway, Carrick-on-Shannon, Dublin, Derry, Gothenburg (Sweden) Galway 2020, TULCA Festival of Visual Arts 28 September, November 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, 30 Weatherbot partner National University of Ireland Galway 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 31 the Fisheries Local Area Group (FLAG) Development programme, partnered by National University of Ireland Galway
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, 34–35 curated by Sybil Curley and Eithne Verling 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, Galway City and County Eilís Dillon, 35th Cúirt International Festival of Literature 39 April and throughout the year 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. 42–43
LISTINGS Artistic Director Marc Mac Lochlainn, Designer Maeve Clancy, Composer Michael Chang 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, 46–47 Executive Director, Anna Lardi Fogarty 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, 49 in association with Galway 2020 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 Galway City Galway 2020 and Galway Film Centre in association with Screen Talent Europe 52 Screening July, Galway Film Fleadh The Deepest Shade Of Green February–December University Hospitals: Galway, Merlin Park, Portiuncula, Mayo, Sligo, Galway 2020 and Saolta Arts in partnership with 53 Letterkenny and Roscommon / Connacht and Ulster Saolta University Health Care Group 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, Collegiate Church of St Nicholas / Galway City Music for Galway and Galway 2020 55 27 September, 22 November Artistic Director, Mark Duley The Galway Tour April–July Various / Galway City and County Druid, commissioned by Galway 2020 56–57
152 PROJECT / TIONSCADAL DATE / DÁTA VENUE / LOCATION / IONAD / SUÍOMH ARTIST / ORGANISATION / EALAÍONTÓIR / EAGRAÍOCHT PAGE / LEATHANACH 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, Galway, Carrick-on-Shannon, Dublin, Derry, Gothenburg (Sweden) Galway 2020, TULCA Festival of Visual Arts 28 September, November 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, 30 Weatherbot partner National University of Ireland Galway 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 31 the Fisheries Local Area Group (FLAG) Development programme, partnered by National University of Ireland Galway
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, 34–35 curated by Sybil Curley and Eithne Verling 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, Galway City and County Eilís Dillon, 35th Cúirt International Festival of Literature 39 April and throughout the year 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. 42–43 Artistic Director Marc Mac Lochlainn, Designer Maeve Clancy, Composer Michael Chang 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, 46–47 Executive Director, Anna Lardi Fogarty 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, 49 in association with Galway 2020 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 Galway City Galway 2020 and Galway Film Centre in association with Screen Talent Europe 52 Screening July, Galway Film Fleadh The Deepest Shade Of Green February–December University Hospitals: Galway, Merlin Park, Portiuncula, Mayo, Sligo, Galway 2020 and Saolta Arts in partnership with 53 Letterkenny and Roscommon / Connacht and Ulster Saolta University Health Care Group 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, Collegiate Church of St Nicholas / Galway City Music for Galway and Galway 2020 55 27 September, 22 November Artistic Director, Mark Duley The Galway Tour April–July Various / Galway City and County Druid, commissioned by Galway 2020 56–57
153 LISTINGS / CLÁR GALWAY 2020 GALWAY PROJECT / TIONSCADAL DATE / DÁTA VENUE / LOCATION / IONAD / SUÍOMH ARTIST / ORGANISATION / EALAÍONTÓIR / EAGRAÍOCHT PAGE / LEATHANACH 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, Blue Teapot Theatre Company, commissioned by Galway 2020 68–69 Mick Lally Theatre, An Taibhdhearc, streets of Galway & Blue Teapot Theatre / Galway City 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 71 Artists: Drop Everything Founder and curator Mary Nally, Architect Emmett McNamara, Designer and Builder Harrison Gardner Project Baa Baa April, May, June Claregalway Castle, County Galway schools, Galway 2020, produced by Deborah Evers and Seamus Sheridan 72–73 CCAM (GMIT), NUI Galway, Pálás, streets of Galway / Galway City and County 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 Macnas, commissioned by Galway 2020 76–77 and in the landscape Writer Marina Carr, Director Noeline Kavanagh, Designer Julian Crouch LISTINGS June, various outdoor locations 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 Young Audience Award 26 April Galway City and County Galway Film Fleadh, Galway 2020 81 Peripheral Visions Galway Film Fleadh 7–12 July 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 83 with Rua Red, Crying Out Loud and Belfast International Arts Festival. Co-produced by Galway 2020 and Crying Out Loud. Mirror Pavilion Straw Work April–July Straw Work Claddagh Quay / Galway City Artist John Gerrard, Galway International Arts Festival and Galway 2020 84–85 Leaf Work August–October Leaf Work Derrigimlagh Bog / Connemara, Galway County Galway International Arts Festival 2020 13–26 July Galway City and County Galway International Arts Festival 86 Paper Boat 11–13 June St. Nicholas’ Collegiate Church / Galway City Music for Galway and Galway 2020, in association with Irish National Opera 87 Paper Boat Audio Installation, April to August Music by Elaine Agnew, Libretto by Jessica Traynor, Director Conor Hanratty, Conductor Sinead Hayes Fun Run 27 June Salthill Park / Galway City All The Queens Men in a co-production with Galway 2020 88–89
154 PROJECT / TIONSCADAL DATE / DÁTA VENUE / LOCATION / IONAD / SUÍOMH ARTIST / ORGANISATION / EALAÍONTÓIR / EAGRAÍOCHT PAGE / LEATHANACH 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, Blue Teapot Theatre Company, commissioned by Galway 2020 68–69 Mick Lally Theatre, An Taibhdhearc, streets of Galway & Blue Teapot Theatre / Galway City 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 71 Artists: Drop Everything Founder and curator Mary Nally, Architect Emmett McNamara, Designer and Builder Harrison Gardner Project Baa Baa April, May, June Claregalway Castle, County Galway schools, Galway 2020, produced by Deborah Evers and Seamus Sheridan 72–73 CCAM (GMIT), NUI Galway, Pálás, streets of Galway / Galway City and County 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 Macnas, commissioned by Galway 2020 76–77 and in the landscape Writer Marina Carr, Director Noeline Kavanagh, Designer Julian Crouch June, various outdoor locations 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 Young Audience Award 26 April Galway City and County Galway Film Fleadh, Galway 2020 81 Peripheral Visions Galway Film Fleadh 7–12 July 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 83 with Rua Red, Crying Out Loud and Belfast International Arts Festival. Co-produced by Galway 2020 and Crying Out Loud. Mirror Pavilion Straw Work April–July Straw Work Claddagh Quay / Galway City Artist John Gerrard, Galway International Arts Festival and Galway 2020 84–85 Leaf Work August–October Leaf Work Derrigimlagh Bog / Connemara, Galway County Galway International Arts Festival 2020 13–26 July Galway City and County Galway International Arts Festival 86 Paper Boat 11–13 June St. Nicholas’ Collegiate Church / Galway City Music for Galway and Galway 2020, in association with Irish National Opera 87 Paper Boat Audio Installation, April to August Music by Elaine Agnew, Libretto by Jessica Traynor, Director Conor Hanratty, Conductor Sinead Hayes Fun Run 27 June Salthill Park / Galway City All The Queens Men in a co-production with Galway 2020 88–89
155 LISTINGS/ CLÁR GALWAY 2020 GALWAY
PROJECT / TIONSCADAL DATE / DÁTA VENUE / LOCATION / IONAD / SUÍOMH ARTIST / ORGANISATION / EALAÍONTÓIR / EAGRAÍOCHT PAGE / LEATHANACH 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 96–97 Shorelines Arts Festival, Portumna and November Club Original music and lyrics by Katie Doherty, Original script by Laura Lindow Directed by Cinzia Hardy, Designed by Imogen Cloët 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 100 Created by Sasha Milavic Davies & Lucy Railton 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 county Galway 2020 and School of Education NUI Galway, 104 throughout the year. in partnership with CREW, Belgium 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, 108 and the Creative Ireland Programme, in partnership with Galway County and City Councils LISTINGS Drawing Europe Together: October Kennys Bookshop & Art Gallery / Galway City Galway 2020. Illustrators: Quentin Blake, Claude Dubois, Jim Field, 109 Forty-five Illustrators, One Europe Emily Gravett, Judith Kerr, Oliver Jeffers, Sarah McIntyre, Lydia Monks, Thomas Müller and Chris Riddell 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 114–115 Artistic director Jo Pocock and composer Roma Yagnik Three Chords and the Truth Lughnasa Co-produced with Belfast International Arts Festival 116 in partnership with Belfast City Council 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 120–121 and Galway GAA. Written by Timmy Creed, Directed by Gina Moxley, Visual Artist David Mathúna, Music & Sound Design Chris Somers, Lighting Designer Eoin Winning
156 PROJECT / TIONSCADAL DATE / DÁTA VENUE / LOCATION / IONAD / SUÍOMH ARTIST / ORGANISATION / EALAÍONTÓIR / EAGRAÍOCHT PAGE / LEATHANACH 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 96–97 Shorelines Arts Festival, Portumna and November Club Original music and lyrics by Katie Doherty, Original script by Laura Lindow Directed by Cinzia Hardy, Designed by Imogen Cloët 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 100 Created by Sasha Milavic Davies & Lucy Railton 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 county Galway 2020 and School of Education NUI Galway, 104 throughout the year. in partnership with CREW, Belgium 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, 108 and the Creative Ireland Programme, in partnership with Galway County and City Councils Drawing Europe Together: October Kennys Bookshop & Art Gallery / Galway City Galway 2020. Illustrators: Quentin Blake, Claude Dubois, Jim Field, 109 Forty-five Illustrators, One Europe Emily Gravett, Judith Kerr, Oliver Jeffers, Sarah McIntyre, Lydia Monks, Thomas Müller and Chris Riddell 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 114–115 Artistic director Jo Pocock and composer Roma Yagnik Three Chords and the Truth Lughnasa Co-produced with Belfast International Arts Festival 116 in partnership with Belfast City Council 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 120–121 and Galway GAA. Written by Timmy Creed, Directed by Gina Moxley, Visual Artist David Mathúna, Music & Sound Design Chris Somers, Lighting Designer Eoin Winning
157 LISTINGS / CLÁR GALWAY 2020 GALWAY
PROJECT / TIONSCADAL DATE / DÁTA VENUE / LOCATION / IONAD / SUÍOMH ARTIST / ORGANISATION / EALAÍONTÓIR / EAGRAÍOCHT PAGE / LEATHANACH Otherworld October / November Galway County Galway 2020, artists to be announced 124–125
Oireachtas na Samhna 2020: Samhain / November Bóthar na Trá / Salthill An tOireachtas 126–127 Príomhfhéile Náisiúnta na nGael 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, Macnas, commissioned by Galway 2020 129 Epilogue in various outdoor locations Writer Marina Carr, Director Noeline Kavanagh, Designer Julian Crouch 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 27–31 January 2021 Galway City and County Róisín Dubh Promotions, in association with Old & in the Way and Galway 2020 135 from an Open Road Closing Event: Lumiere Galway January 2021 Galway City Galway 2020, artists to be announced 136–137 LISTINGS
158 PROJECT / TIONSCADAL DATE / DÁTA VENUE / LOCATION / IONAD / SUÍOMH ARTIST / ORGANISATION / EALAÍONTÓIR / EAGRAÍOCHT PAGE / LEATHANACH Otherworld October / November Galway County Galway 2020, artists to be announced 124–125
Oireachtas na Samhna 2020: Samhain / November Bóthar na Trá / Salthill An tOireachtas 126–127 Príomhfhéile Náisiúnta na nGael 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, Macnas, commissioned by Galway 2020 129 Epilogue in various outdoor locations Writer Marina Carr, Director Noeline Kavanagh, Designer Julian Crouch 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 27–31 January 2021 Galway City and County Róisín Dubh Promotions, in association with Old & in the Way and Galway 2020 135 from an Open Road Closing Event: Lumiere Galway January 2021 Galway City Galway 2020, artists to be announced 136–137
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