The CRAIC on Saturday July 5th, 2014
*Traidphicnic continues today celebrating the best of Irish music and song in the stunning surrounds of Spiddal village.
11am: The Galway Garden Festival takes place in the beautifully restored Claregalway Castle, with lots of guest speakers and family events.
11am: The Galway Indian Cultural Society will screen the film Bangalore Days at the Town Hall Theatre this morning.
11am: A paper folding workshop takes place at the Galway City Museum with the visual art collective, Carbon Assembly. Learn how to make amazing 3d forms using simple folding techniques. Age 7-12.
2pm: A paper folding workshop for 12+ to adults takes place at the Galway City Museum. Carbon Assembly are working with COPE Galway to develop a paper based exhibition for the Fringe Festival.
6pm: Enjoy a ballad session in Barr an Chaladh, Woodquay, followed by trad folk and rock group Country Comfort til close.
7pm: Galway celebrates Patrick Kavanagh on his 110th birthday at the Salthill hotel with an evening of readings, talks, presentations, poetry, live-music and song followed by an after event festival club from
10:30pm.
7pm: Enjoy a wine reception followed by an evening of poetry with Whitbread award winning poet and cholas Bernard O’Donoghue at Claregalway Castle as part of the Galway Garden Festival.
8pm: The Lads Of Comedy: Comedy Tour with Kevin Mcgahern, Trevor Browne, Edwin Sammon, Ronan Grace and Andrea Farrell takes place at the Roisin Dubh.
10pm: Dublin born singer songwriter Pearse Halpin and his band will entertain at the backstage bar at Monroe’s Live followed by the Nine Inch Trio at midnight.
