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  • Images of Ourselves

    Station House Theatre

    A special 25th anniversary screening of Images of Ourselves, a remarkable documentary created by nineteen women from Connemara as part of a Women's Studies programme delivered by NUI Galway in...

    Free
  • Moon Magic

    Station House Theatre

    Celebrate the joy of workplace and fun place with our local, special drama group, who express the universal theme of being happy through rhyme, mime, poetry and song Devised and...

    Free
  • Official Opening with Hildegarde Naughton

    Station House Theatre

    Clifden Arts Festival welcomes Minister for Education and Youth Hildegarde Naughton to officially open the 49th Clifden Arts Festival Celebrations. Minister Naughton was appointed to her current role in November...

    Free
  • Threshold: O’Donnell + Tuomey

    Station House Theatre

    An exhibition of the architecture of entrances, porches, foyers and spaces in between, designed by Sheila O’Donnell and John Tuomey. The exhibition will focus on the question of the threshold,...

    €10
  • Clifden Historical Walking Tours

    Clifden Historical Walking Tours
    Station House Hotel

    Explore the rich history of this 200-year-old town with local historian Kathleen Villiers-Tuthill. Discover Clifden’s early industrial sites, including the historic railway station and the 19th century bridewell (gaol). Visit...

    €15
  • Mike McGovern

    Clifden Town Hall

    Glasgow-born singer-songwriter Michael McGovern blends poetic lyricism, intricate guitar work and folk roots to create a deeply emotive contemporary sound. Since the release of his acclaimed debut album Highfield Suite...

    €15
  • Litter Picking Walk

    The Square

    Meeting at the town square in Clifden, Becky Gilmour will lead a litter picking walk from the Town Square to Clifden Sailing Club, where she will talk about her adventures...

    Free
  • Adventure Athlete Walk and Talk

    Clifden Sailing Club Beach Road, Clifden, Co. Galway, Galway, Ireland

    Becky Gilmour is an adventure athlete and mental health advocate. In 2025 she became the first person to skateboard the world’s longest coastal route, the Wild Atlantic Way, while raising...

    €10
  • Culture night – Gallery Crawl

    The Square

    In celebration of Ireland’s national Culture Night, Clifden Arts Festival invites you to join us on a fun filled ‘gallery crawl’ of as many of the exhibition venues that we...

    Free
  • The Stunning

    West Connemara Sports and Leisure Centre, H71 KV97

    Formed in Galway in 1987 by brothers Steve and Joe Wall, The Stunning became one of Ireland’s most acclaimed and best-loved bands. From the beginning, they carved out a distinctive...

    €35
  • The Squeezed Middle: Europe between Russia and the USA

    Station House Theatre

    This talk examines Europe’s increasingly challenging geopolitical position in an era defined by renewed great power competition and democratic backsliding. Europe now faces mounting pressures from multiple directions: an aggressive...

    €10
  • Curlew Theatre Presents: HUNGER An Gorta Mór

    Books at One 5 Ellis Workshops, Letterfrack, Co Galway, Ireland

    The Famine has been for so long in Irish life a literally unspeakable subject. Given the variety of elements involved, what we have done is put together a kind of...

    €15
  • The Laragh Trio

    Christ Church

    Three celebrated international musicians, with firm Irish roots, form a new, exciting collaboration and present a colourful and virtuosic program for flute, cello and piano. Featuring Sinéad Farrell (flute), Fiachra...

    €15
  • Clifden Writers Group

    Foyles Hotel

    The writers’ group is a dynamic force of creativity, boasting members who have accomplished remarkable cultural and artistic feats. Their achievements span various mediums, from the publication of poetry and...

    Free
  • Curlew Theatre Presents: Emigration Road

    Books at One 5 Ellis Workshops, Letterfrack, Co Galway, Ireland

    Since the world of emigration is much more various than the world represented in HUNGER the emigration we are talking about in this "play for voices" ----after a more wide-ranging...

    €15
  • Elaine Feeney in Conversation with Gary McMahon

    Station House Theatre

    Elaine Feeney is an Irish writer and lecturer at the University of Galway, working across poetry, fiction, drama and nonfiction. Her debut novel, As You Were, won multiple prizes and...

    €15
  • Cantairí Chonamara Choir presents: A Lifetime of Notes

    St. Joseph's Church

    Cantairí Chonamara choir presents ‘A Lifetime of Notes’, a tribute to the life and work of Irish musician, singer and composer Tomás Ó’Canainn (1930-2013). The concert will celebrate the extensive...

    €20
  • Lunasa

    West Connemara Sports and Leisure Centre, H71 KV97

    Named for an ancient Celtic harvest festival in honour of the Irish god Lugh, Lúnasa was formed in 1997 from members of some of the greatest Irish groups of the...

    €30
  • Tuning the Radio

    Station House Theatre

    2026 celebrates 100 years of Irish radio from the opening night of 2RN on the First of January 1926 through decades of Raidió Éireann and from the 1960s to today,...

    €10
  • The Festival Bus Tours – Ballynahinch Castle Hotel

    Clifden Library Market Street, Clifden, Co Galway, Ireland

    The festival bus tours are a unique and relaxed way to view private local collections and gain privileged access to venues all around Connemara. More routes have been added this...

    €35
  • Create a Willow Fish Introduction to Willow Weaving

    St.Mary's Church And Graveyard Clifden, Co Galway, Ireland

    Tutor Phil McSweeney Join environmental sculptor Phil McSweeney for a hands-on introduction to willow weaving. Drawing on his experience delivering workshops for schools, festivals, and community groups across Kerry, Phil...

    €10
  • The Elm Tree Day Centre for Mental Health: Coffee Morning

    Elm Tree Centre , Galway Road, Clifde, Clifden, Co Galway, Ireland

    The Elm Tree Day Centre for Mental Health is hosting its annual coffee morning fundraiser at the centre (Old Convent Grounds, Galway Road, Clifden) from 11am to 1pm. The event...

    Free
  • The Irish Guitar Quartet

    Station House Theatre

    The Irish Guitar Quartet is comprised of Ireland’s most talented and versatile classical guitarists and is one of Ireland’s premier instrumental ensembles. Jerry Creedon, David Keating , Aengus Kirakowski are...

    €15
  • AKIN in Conversation with James Harold

    Christ Church

    Meet the five artists of AKIN amidst their Clifden Arts Festival exhibition. This ‘in conversation’ with James Harrold, former arts officer for Galway, will explore a lively and wide-ranging discussion...

    Free
  • Niall Breslin & The Polaris Quartet

    St. Joseph's Church

    Following a sold-out national run last year, Niall Breslin and The Polaris Quartet return with a renewed series of performances across Ireland. The tour follows the release of Breslin’s latest...

    €25
  • Frances Fitzgerald in Conversation with Judy Murphy

    Station House Theatre

    Frances Fitzgerald is an international leader on equality who is proud to serve as the first ambassador for Ruhama. She is currently serving a two-year term on the Gender Equality...

    €15
  • Laoise Kelly and Caoilte Ó Cuanaigh

    Christ Church

    Harper Laoise Kelly is from Westport, county Mayo and now lives on Achill Island. In 2020 she was awarded TG4 Gradam Ceoil Musician of the Year. She has recorded three...

    €15
  • Music by the River with Zoe Conway and John Mc Intyre

    Ballynahinch Castle Hotel Ballynahinch, Recess, Galway, Ireland

    With an exciting blend of eclectic fiddle and guitar music, Zoë Conway and John Mc Intyre bring to the stage sympathetic arrangements of traditional Irish music, compositions and songs, old...

    €20
  • Doire Press Presents: John O’Donnell and Órfhlaith Foyle

    Omey Suite, Clifden Station House Galway Road, Clifden, Co. Galway, Ireland

    Join Doire Press award-winning writers Órfhlaith Foyle and John O’Donnell for a captivating afternoon reading of short stories. Galway-based Órfhlaith Foyle will be reading from her most recent collection, The...

    €10
  • RECITE Presents: Traditional and Original Music and Poetry

    Omey Suite, Clifden Station House Galway Road, Clifden, Co. Galway, Ireland

    In this programme, composer, uilleann piper, flute and fiddle player Emer Mayock and poet Terry McDonagh blend original and traditional music with poetry in a unique, engaging exchange. Their work...

    €10
  • Clifden Historical Walking Tours

    Clifden Historical Walking Tours
    Station House Hotel

    Explore the rich history of this 200-year-old town with local historian Kathleen Villiers-Tuthill. Discover Clifden’s early industrial sites, including the historic railway station and the 19th century bridewell (gaol). Visit...

    €15
  • From Killary Harbour to Lough Mask

    Station House Theatre

    From Killary Harbour to Lough Mask: Exploring 8,000 Years of the Landscape, Archaeology and History of the Joyce Country and Western Lakes UNESCO Geopark Ón Chaolaire go Loch Measc: Ag...

    €10
  • John Faulkner and Pádraic Keane

    Christ Church

    John spent his early years in London where he worked with Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger who had an inspirational influence on him. In the early years as well as...

    €15
  • Cathy Galvin and Simon Ó Faolain

    Omey Suite, Clifden Station House Galway Road, Clifden, Co. Galway, Ireland

    Poet, editor and journalist Cathy Galvin lives in Cornwall and has roots in Connemara. Her collection, Ethnology, A Love Song for Connemara, was published by Bloodaxe Books in Ireland and...

    €10
  • THE LOVE HUNGRY FARMER by John B. Keane

    Clifden Town Hall

    John Bosco McLaine is a man who has never lain down with a woman, but has had romantic blood pulsing through his veins all his life. Always an optimist, and...

    €25
  • LUXE Presents: Women of the Waves

    Omey Island, Claddaghduff

    LUXE are creating a new body of landscape spectacle work, a journey that celebrates the rich Irish legacy of women and the sea, the fabulous voyages that our ancestors made...

    Free
  • Eddi Reader and Alan Kelly Gang

    Station House Theatre

    Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and mesmerising songstress, Eddi Reader, of Fairground Attraction fame joins Ireland’s piano accordion maestro, Alan Kelly and his gang of acclaimed musicians featuring Steph Geremia on flute and vocals,...

    €25
  • Wild Conamara with Eoin Warner

    Station House Theatre

    Wild Conamara is a thrilling adventure exploring the region’s remotest corners and meeting the wild creatures that call this remarkable place home. Host Eoin Warner brings audiences from sea to...

    €10
  • Lir Quartet

    Christ Church

    The Lir Quartet brings together three of our finest musicians with Scottish violinist Sophie Williams in a superb programme including masterpieces by an elderly Haydn and a young Mendelssohn alongside...

    €15
  • Middle Quarter

    Omey Suite, Clifden Station House Galway Road, Clifden, Co. Galway, Ireland

    Join Antony Farrell publisher, and John Tuomey architect, in conversation around the topic of memoir writing and storytelling. In Middle Quarter, John Tuomey continues the story of his life in...

    €10
  • The Jambusters

    Station House Theatre

    Our friends at the Center for Cultural Vibrancy are back again for their 5th year. The US-based cultural nonprofit will be bringing a quartet of superb traditional bluegrass musicians from...

    €10
  • Mairtin O Connor Seamie O Dowd, Cathal Hayden, Jimmy Higgins

    Clifden Town Hall

    Mairtin O'Connor, Cathal Hayden and Seamie O'Dowd have been described as Irish Music's own power trio. The last twenty years of this renowned trio of individually recognised figureheads of the...

    €25
  • Rachael Hegarty and Cian Ferriter

    Omey Suite, Clifden Station House Galway Road, Clifden, Co. Galway, Ireland

    Dr. Rachael Hegarty is a Dubliner, poet, educator and broadcaster. Her poetry collections have won awards and critical acclaim. Her new collection is called Saints Alive – A Kinda Novena. Rachael’s...

    €10
  • Solas Quartet

    Christ Church

    This distinguished ensemble brings together four acclaimed musicians whose careers span performance, composition, teaching and artistic leadership. Violinist Katherine Hunka, recently named Leader Emeritus of the Irish Chamber Orchestra after...

    €15
  • Sean-nós ar an Loch

    Lough Inagh Lodge

    Johnny Mháirtn Learaí Mac Donnchadha is one of the finest sean-nós singers in Ireland. He has won numerous awards and All Ireland Con Uí Riada for his singing and has...

    Free
  • Ami Oma

    Christ Church

    We are delighted to welcome to this year’s Arts Festival Ami Oma who hails from Tokyo. Ami is currently a resident of Clifden and what a privilege to have her...

    €15
  • Ghostis

    Fernwood Killymongaun Clifden, Ireland

    Artist Jennie Moran presents ‘Ghostis’ to the Clifden Arts Festival. This is an infectiously heartening and hopeful touring panel discussion, celebrating the art of welcome in different cultures. We will...

    €10
  • Seán Keane

    Clifden Town Hall

    Seán Keane, from County Galway, is one of Ireland’s most distinctive and celebrated vocalists, renowned for a voice that moves effortlessly between traditional Irish, folk, country and blues. Raised in...

    €25
  • T I M E – L A P S E

    Guy's Bar Clifden Main Street, Clifden, Galway, Galway, Ireland

    T I M E - L A P S E is a night time on-the-street happening in the spirit of the 1960’s: written and performed by Valerie Joyce, with sound...

    Free
  • Creative Hospitality Workshop

    Fernwood Killymongaun Clifden, Ireland

    Tutor Jennie Moran This is a hands-on session about welcoming others into our work, using the beautiful philosophical laws of hospitality. Consider your creative practice as a space for strangers...

    €30
  • Clifden Historical Walking Tours

    Clifden Historical Walking Tours
    Station House Hotel

    Explore the rich history of this 200-year-old town with local historian Kathleen Villiers-Tuthill. Discover Clifden’s early industrial sites, including the historic railway station and the 19th century bridewell (gaol). Visit...

    €15
  • Ireland 1926: taking stock with Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh

    Station House Theatre

    How did the new Irish Free State fare in the first decade after its establishment in 1922? Was it an increasingly conservative and confessional state or an exemplary (and in...

    €10
  • Jackie Daly, Matt Cranitch, and Paul de Grae

    Christ Church

    Three outstanding musicians with deep roots in the Sliabh Luachra tradition come together for a performance shaped by decades of experience and musical collaboration. Accordion player Jackie Daly, described by...

    €15
  • INDIFFERENCE A Genocide and Our Part In It  with Fintan Drury

    Station House Theatre

    INDIFFERENCE A Genocide and Our Part In It  Lecture and Audience Discussion Fintan Drury’s two recent books Catastrophe: Nakba II, and Genocide: Sponsoring the Destruction of Palestine, (Merrion Press) examine...

    €15
  • We’ve Been Expecting You

    Omey Suite, Clifden Station House Galway Road, Clifden, Co. Galway, Ireland

    Jo Anne Butler and Tara Kennedy have worked together across art, architecture, and design for almost twenty years. In this talk, they will discuss self-initiated design projects, their work with...

    €10
  • Claudia Buckley

    Clifden Town Hall

    Fresh off winning 'Female Entertainer of the Year' and previously voted Female vocalist of the year at the Irish Country Music Awards, Claudia Buckley is bringing her brand new production...

    €20
  • Bag of Sticks

    Mularkey's Clifden, Ireland

    Big Bag of Sticks is a Galway-based six-piece band that began in the early nineties. The music is a blend of original and traditional music with an eclectic blend of...

  • John Moriarty Memorial Lecture: STARS STILL STELLAR

    Station House Theatre

    Last interviews with John Moriarty is a documentary by Alan Gilsenan featuring his last few interviews with John Moriarty in the time leading up to his passing in 2007 runtime:70 minutes Alan...

    €15
  • The Hernons

    Station House Theatre

    Marcus Hernon is an all-Ireland champion flute player, flute maker, and composer from the Carna region of Connemara. He has composed over 25 pieces of music with some of his...

    €15
  • The Clifden Elf and Fairy Trail

    The Square

    Fairy JIL and her family and friends left a message for Clifden Tidy Towns asking if they could arrange for the children to come out together again. Our magical friends...

    Free
  • SINGET! RESURGAM With Cantairi Chonamara

    Christ Church

    German Baroque Motets Resurgam was founded in 2003 by Mark Duley and is one of Ireland's most acclaimed vocal ensembles. Resurgam is the premier project-based professional choir in the country,...

    €20
  • Anne Donnellan and Emer Lyons

    Omey Suite, Clifden Station House Galway Road, Clifden, Co. Galway, Ireland

    Anne Donnellan has published two collections of poetry with Revival Press Limerick. Her second collection If Only We Could Bottle It was brought out in December 2025. Anne’s work has...

    €10
  • Grand Parade

    The Square

    LUXE, a renowned procession and landscape theatre group, present a spectacular parade of lights through the town. LUXE brings fire and light to the meeting point of land, sea, and...

    Free
  • One for the Road – Colm Mac Con Iomaire

    Station House Theatre

    Colm is a violinist and award-winning multiinstrumentalist Composer. He writes for feature film, contemporary dance, animation and has also been writing music for television and theatre. His music has been...

    €5
  • Triskelle

    McGrath's Bar Bridge Street, Clifden, Galway, Galway, Ireland

    Triskele is an all-female Celtic band out of Albany, NY. They are known for their stunning harmonies, singing the Irish and for their Irish wit. These ladies perform traditional, original...

    Free