Galway gears up for mega festival

The Galway Folk Festival has announced its programme. Running from June 13-18, it features a wide range of genres

To bring the Festival to a close, on Sunday, June 18, Pa Sheehy, Skinny Living, and Brad Heidi will take to the stage at Monroe’s Live, while Séan Keane will perform an afternoon show.

SHOWCASING the best of folk, roots, rock and traditional music from Ireland and beyond, many of the shows at the festival will take place in various venues including Monroe’s Live.

The festival gets underway on Tuesday, June 13 with Steve Earle, Sharon Shannon Trio, and Roseanne Reid at the Seapoint Ballroom in Salthill.

Further acts across the week include Scottish indie-rockers Teenage Fanclub, Dublin-based rockers Inhaler, The Whileaways, Niamh Regan, and BRÍDÍN.

“We as a team are delighted to announce such a fantastic line-up of some of our favourite International and Irish artists for the 2023 Galway Folk Festival,” said Festival Director and Programmer, Peter O’Sullivan. “From legendary names to exciting new talents, there really is something for everyone at this year’s festival. This year, we have everything from late night events to daytime family friendly events over the 6 days across multiple stages – including a local food market. We can’t wait to welcome music fans from all over the world have everything from late night food market. We can’t wait