Galway Arts Festival
The Galway International Arts Festival (GIAF), founded in 1978, is a cultural organisation which produces an annual arts festival in Galway, Ireland. It also produces new work that tour nationally and internationally, in addition to presenting the discussion forum, "First Thought Talks".
The festival programme includes Irish and international work of the highest quality, featuring theatre, music, visual arts, opera, street spectacle, dance, discussion and comedy.
Galway International Arts Festival also produces its own theatre productions and exhibitions, and tours them nationally and internationally. In the last five years, the organisation has produced or co-produced 16 productions and, with its co-producing partners, has toured to London, Paris, New York, Edinburgh, Chicago, Adelaide, Sydney, Hong Kong and Washington.