We're so delighted to see the various events planned for this year's Pride Week. Due to how many events they are taking place across the 10th - 18th of August, we have put together a day-by-day guide on how best to spend your Pride Week in Galway!
This year's theme is ‘Solidarity in Action’ with the parade being led by their Grand Marshal - Galway Palestine Solidarity Campaign. For more information about Galway Community Pride please visit their website at www.galwaypride.ie and check out the full lineup for this year's festival.
Please note: We will not tolerate any hateful comments on any of our content regarding Galway Pride Week or any other event. If you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all. Thank you for understanding, we hope you all have an incredible Pride Week 2024 and as always be good to yourself and to others, Grá Mór.
Saturday: 10th August
1pm - Flag Raising at Eyre Square - All are welcome to come along to Eyre Square for the Galway Pride Week's flag raising event. This is a great opportunity to mingle and meet new people ahead of the incredible lineup of events planned for the upcoming week.
2pm - Club GASS at Róisín Dubh - Celebrate the beginning of Pride Week in Galway at the Róisín Dubh with Club Gass. They’ve got a day and night of dazzling entertainment, electrifying music, and an atmosphere bursting with joy, colour, and excitement. You won’t want to miss this epic event! On the day they will have a beer garden party, pre-drag show warm up, the main drag show extravaganza, DJ Monica on decks and a glittering UV party. Don’t miss it!
above: photo courtesy of Róisín Dubh
Sunday: 11th August
2pm - Mother x Absolut - Daytime Dance Party at Róisín Dubh - To follow on from their Club Gass Day Party on Monday, Róisín Dubh are welcoming Mother and Absolut for another daytime dance party on Sunday the 11th. Bringing the dancefloor to the daytime, Mother DJs Ghostboy & Rocky T Delgado alongside the incredible Kelly-Anne Byrne will be joined by some of their drag sisters and queer dance family for a glorious afternoon of dancing and performances as they bring all the joy of night clubbing without the late night! Viva la day party! There will also be a complimentary Absolut drink on arrival. (Rock in between 2.30-4pm to avail of the welcome drink!)
4pm - Galway premiere of Orlando, My Political Biography - Taking Virginia Woolf's novel Orlando: A Biography as its starting point, academic virtuoso turned filmmaker Paul B. Preciado has fashioned the documentary, Orlando, My Political Biography, as a personal essay, historical analysis, and social manifesto which premiered and took home four prizes at the 2023 Berlin Film Festival. For almost a century, Woolf's eponymous hero/heroine has inspired readers for their gender fluidity across physical and spiritual metamorphoses over a 300-year lifetime. Preciado casts a diverse cross-section of more than twenty trans and non-binary individuals in the role of Orlando as they perform interpretations of scenes from the novel, weaving into Woolf's narrative their own stories of identity and transition. Not content to simply update a seminal work, Preciado interrogates the relevance of Orlando in the continuing struggle against anti-trans ideologies and in the fight for global trans rights.
7pm - The Candy-Land Drag Ball at The Ol’55 Bar - This Galway Pride Week, get ready to sashay through a sweet and colourful world of drag performances and fabulous costumes at The Candy-land Drag Ball! It’s going to be a magical evening filled with sugar, spice, and jaw-dropping drag performances from super talented drag artists! Come dressed to impress in your most extravagant Candy-land inspired outfit and dance the night away with this amazing lineup of drag queens and kings. So grab your friends and get ready to celebrate pride the sweetest way possible, in Candy-land!!!!
7pm - Launch Party at The Galmont - This year’s launch party gala will be a night to remember with a drag and burlesque show by Poppy De Scrace and Disgraceful Cabaret, community awards presentations and a decadent dress code. Come along on the night dressed in your finest and who knows you may just win the award for Best Dressed!
8pm - Blush at Electric - On Sunday, Blush the multi-genre club night focused on platforming women, LGBTQ+ and non-binary artists are hosting a pop-up at Electric. Featuring drag performances, guest DJs and music from Charli, Chappell Roan, Caroline Polachek, Lorde, SOPHIE, and more.
Monday: 12th August
4.30pm - Trans Realities Panel at Teach Solais - Join Galway Pride for an educational and raw panel on the realities of being transgender or gender non-conforming in Ireland in 2024!
Tuesday: 13th August
7pm - Pride Cocktail Class at An Taibhdhearc - Join An Taibhdhearc for a special Galway PRIDE edition of their legendary Cocktail Class/Ceardlann Mhanglaim, hosted by Aimée Ní Chonaing and special guest Donatella! Donatella is one of Galway’s most sought after drag queens and they are very excited for her to join you for this cocktail class. In this workshop you will learn about three cocktails and the history behind them. You will learn the different methods and techniques and, the best part? You get to drink the cocktails you made!
Wednesday: 14th August
4pm - Tea Party at Merchant Café at the Eyre Square Hotel - Come spill the tea and celebrate Pride 2024. At this event there will be chill vibes, chats, and more, so all are welcome to come along to socialise with others in the gorgeous surroundings of the Merchant Café on Eyre Square.
7pm - Candlelight Vigil at Teach Solais - This year’s Pride Week’s Vigil will take place on August 14th for all of the community members we’ve lost over the last year, as well as for remembering our loved community that we’ve lost before. Come together with Galway Community Pride for community support, in honouring our grief, and to stand with each other. Tea, coffee, and biscuits to follow in a wind down space.
8pm - Black Crow Comedy: Pride Edition at Massimo - Black Crow Comedy is a comedy open mic that caters to women and LGBTQIA comics. Join them on August 14th for a night of stand up performances. Bring your stories, your poems, your bits, your skits and your stand up. Don’t miss it!!
9pm - To Gaze Upon Us at Róisín Dubh - This is a free event with ‘To Gaze Upon Us,’ a healthy dose of humility and humanity through the musical lens of Galway’s loveable, gender-bending buddies: Steven Sharpe & Katie O’Connor. Equipped with Katie’s raspy lows and Steven’s oh-so-awesome alto in songs both sweet and sassy, they might just make your hips and heart harmoniously wiggle and jiggle. With two live albums and a German tour under their belt, Honey! They are living for all of it.
above: photo by Harry Bo Photography
Thursday: 15th August
3pm - Community Panel on the Trans Experience at Portershed - Join Galway Pride for this exciting community panel and workshop on the trans+ experience! By and for trans+ and cos individuals, focusing on preventing and repairing divisions in the LGBTQ+ community.
8pm - The Dirty Circus Pride Spectacular Drag and Burlesque Show at Róisín Dubh - The Dirty Circus in association with Róisín Dubh is thrilled to announce an enchanting and vibrant night celebrating diversity, talent, and self-expression with their spectacular Drag and Burlesque Show! This event promises to be a highlight of Galway Pride Week, showcasing an array of phenomenal performers who are set to dazzle and delight. Prepare to be captivated by a stunning lineup of drag queens and burlesque artists, each bringing their unique flair and artistry to the stage. This dazzling showcase promises to be an unforgettable celebration of pride, freedom, and individuality.
8.30pm - Irish Night Out at Electric - Galway Community Pride are very excited to announce their Irish Night Out in Electric, Come along for a night of spraoi agus craic, and celebration of our culture! All levels of Irish welcome.
Friday: 16th August
12pm - Eyewitnesses Stories from Occupied Palestine at Áras na nGael - Come and hear first hand Eyewitness Stories from Occupied Palestine. On the day you will hear from speakers; Máire Ní Mheibhric, Human Rights Monitor, who recently returned from the Occupied West Bank and Hiba Awaysa, Founder and CEO at Sawaed19, Social Activist from Palestine.
12pm - Galway Pride Youth Club - As part of the Pride Festival, Shout LGBT+ and Youth Project are celebrating with Cosplay and Creativity. This event is for ages 13-17 years old, who are invited to come along in their best cosplay. There will be a mask creating station, a poster making station for the Pride parade and more! Since there is limited space for this event, registration is vital so please email shout@youthworkgalway.ie if you would like to attend.
4pm - Trans and Gender Questioning Safe Space - Together with GOSSIP Galway, Galway Pride are hosting a Trans and Gender Questioning Safe Space. This event is also for Intersex, Non-Binary and Gender Non-Conforming community members. All who think this space could be for them are welcome. Direct message them here for the exact location!
7pm - Retro Dance Night at Electric - Come to Electric on Friday night and party like it’s 1989! Arrive in your best retro get-up and dance to a bespoke by DJ Corey! Tickets at the door €10. If this price is a barrier for you, please email infogalwaypride@gmail.com with the subject like “Retro Night Hardship Tickets”!
Saturday: 17th August
12.30pm - Pride Parade - After a sensational Pride parade last year, all the festivities are back once again this year and we can not wait to see the streets of Galway light up once more with a rainbow of colours and happy faces. It will begin from City Hall so be ready for a parade of music, dance, art and loads more…
3pm - Post-Parade Day Rave at Monroe’s Live - This is going to be huge! This year the rave is being headlined by DJ Corey herself with more national and international acts to be announced. DJ Corey herself has hosted and played at LGTBQ+ parties and parades throughout Europe since the 90’s and up until recently she was the main resident DJ in the legendary Nightingale Club in Birmingham and has won many awards for her DJ skills and inclusive parties. The West End Girls promoters are the team behind the hugely successful events at Velvet Music Rooms and Sugar suite nightclub in the U.K plus Sugar Q (the U.K’s most prominent Gay Urban events). They are looking forward to bringing the same fun vibes back home to the West of Ireland.
8pm - Club GASS at Róisín Dubh - As part of Galway Pride Festival 2024, Club Gass is back for Galway’s favourite Drag Club Night. Join Kiki and the Galway Queens as they tear up the stage and dance the night away with D.J. John ’till late.
Feature photo by Ciarán MacChoncarraige
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