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Eastside Arts Festival 2025
Galway City, Co. Galway
3 October - 4 October 2025
Family friendly
The Eastside Arts Festival is a new community-led celebration of Galway City East on 3rd & 4th October. The festival aims to foster inclusion, accessibility and sustainability, creating a space where different cultures can connect through the arts.

Funded by Galway City Council’s Creative Ireland Programme, the festival embraces the themes of ‘Home’, ‘Colours’, ‘Listening’, and ‘Movement’ to highlight the rich diversity and unity of Eastside communities, particularly in Ballybane and Doughiska. The festival aims to foster inclusion, accessibility, and sustainability, creating a space where different cultures and generations can connect through the arts.

● 12:00pm - 1:30pm - Celebrity Wildlife Tour

○ With Friends of Merlin Woods

● 1:30pm - Samhain Face painting with Rebecca Ruane

Readers are advised to check with the organiser before relying on the details published here.

Contact details
Doughiska playground, Doughiska Rd, Galway, Ireland

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