Updates

Please note that The Breakfast Club has been cancelled. Apologies.

Please check the Children section for updated info on the Children at Colours events.

Teatr A Part's Hourglass on Friday, July 6th, is cancelled and has been moved to Saturday 6pm.

Colours Fringe Festival 2012 Launch

The launch of the third Colours Fringe Festival on Friday, June 8th,  will begin with an Olympic giant rat race through Shop Street. Starting time is 1pm outside Brown Thomas with eight countries represented.

At 7pm Margaretta D'Arcy will officially launch the multi-discipline arts festival programme in Kelly's Bar, Bridge Street. This year's programme features many local arts practitioners as well as international acts from Denmark and Poland. All are welcome.

Colours Fringe Festival 2012 - call for applications

The 2012 Colours Fringe Festival runs from the 1^st to the 8^th July and is now seeking local artists to be part of this year’s programme. The closing date for applications is May 20th at 5pm.  To enquire about making an application, please email blackcjf@hotmail.com. If you wish to view events from the last two years, scroll down to see previous entries (for 2010) and go to the 2011 page in the top bar.

COLOURS Fringe Festival 2011

COLOURS Fringe Festival 2011 takes place from July 1st until July 8th in various venues across Galway City. See categories above for details.


Update 27/06: Please note that there have been a few changes since the printed programmes came out - this website has been amended accordingly; please check the info for the event(s) you are interested in. Apologies.

Photo page "In Pictures" (see above): If you have photos from any of the events and would like to have them included here, please e-mail them to marina@marinawild.com. Thank you!

Festival Launch photo, Team and Thank Yous

Galway City Tribune, Friday June 18, 2010

l. to r.: Marina, James, Vera, Deirdre, Fionnuala


The Team:
Festival Director: James Fleming
Artistic Design/Programme Editor/Blog: Marina Wild
Production: Jimmy Rooney, John Smits, Dennis Browne, Padraic Harley, Jack Kavanagh and Banger
Technician: Dom Stratton

Huge Thanks To:
All the artists and performers, Geraldine from Kelly's, Tom Sheridan (Bar 8), Gugai (Roisín Dubh), Fergus McGinn (Monroe's), Breandan O'Hara (Museum), Gráinne from Áras na nGael, Busker Browne's, Oliver Niland, James Harrold, Fionnuala Gallagher, Deirdre Lydon, the SocsBox at NUI Galway, Gerard Coady and O2.

Update:
The Box Office is now open. 3-6pm June 24-July 1 in Bar 8. Tel.: 086 2069886

Julie's Tea House

Enjoy a cup of tea with Julie Friedrich, Galway's most popular community artist. There will be an exhibition of photographs by Julie, poetry recitals, an interactive sound-sculpture and music by local musicians. From midday until late evening you will be entertained in the comfort of Jimmy's gaff.
60 Newcastle Road, Thursday 12-8pm. Free

Black-and-White Ball

COLOURS's third Black-&-White Ball will round off the Fringe Festival in style.
Booking required. Call 086 4017331.
Dress code: formal -women in white, men in black!
Dinner 25 euro per person.
Bar 8, Friday 8pm