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Ah summer season time in Galway, breathe it in, get a breath of that country air, breathe the beauty of it everywhere, get a look at that clear blue sky. Summer season days spent lying on the grass down at Spanish Arch, not a care in the globe

There are a lot of attractions to catch the eye in Ireland for the duration of the summer. June, July and August sees a host of music festivals like electric picnic, oxygen and the midlands music festival but its out west in Galway exactly where the ideal Irish summer time festivals are happening.

Factors seem to go a bit really towards the finish of could and early June with many of the students leaving the city but its not long just before the town is buzzing once again with the prospect of a fun filled summer

The Galway arts festival kicks off on the 17th of July. The festival delivers the ideal in music, theatre and dance, visual art and comedy. Street theatre also plays a major component in the festival supplying superb entertainment for the summer time shoppers. The organizers have gone all out this year bringing in some of the finest national and international acts which includes such homegrown talent as Bell X1 and David Kitt and significant stars such as Lambchop and David Gray.

The most significant festival in Galway has to be the Galway races. The Races grow to be a lot more common every year with record-breaking crowds thronging the city. There is hardly an empty bed or empty bar for that matter to be found in the city. The festival attracts punters from every single stroll of life. There are massive time gamblers prepared to threat the shirt of their back as well as the far more casual gambler who is likely to stick a pin in the form guide and risk a euro or two on the result.

For these who just cant get enough gambling there is the choice of a trip to Salthill to try your luck in the casinos. One particular armed bandits or slot machines as some people get in touch with them are only too willing to take your funds .The Galway Race festival lasts for 7 day and runs from July 31st to August 6th.

The oyster festival, a single for the food connoisseurs amongst you takes place in September. This event has proved hugely popular over the years bringing many new faces and strange accents to the city. The pride of the Galway oyster festival is the Native oysters referred to as Ostrea Edulis. Im told the oysters go down especially properly with a couple of pints of Guinness. Not being an oyster eater myself I will have to take their word for it.

An additional treat for the artistically minded neighborhood in Galway is the film fleadh. This occasion provides local filmmakers a wonderful chance to showcase their talents. The festival also attracts a lot of international filmmakers as nicely as their famous top males and women. In the past such luminaries as Jim Sheridan, Woody Harrelson, Sir Richard Attenborough and Michael Moore have attended the festival

So Galway for the summer then? Have I convinced you? Go on you know you want to:-) close remove frame