Galway Climate Inspirations Festival

Milestone were the festival coordinators for the new climate festival – Galway Climate Inspirations Festival – from 12-15 September 2024 in Galway City. 

Galway Climate Inspirations Festival is an innovative, creative and collaborative festival which aims to change the narrative around climate action to one of positivity. It harnesses Galway’s creative energy and embraces our theatrical, musical, art, active travel, sport, Gaeilge and food cultures. The festival delivers on objectives as set out in the recently adopted Galway City climate action plan.

 

Highlights of the 2024 festival included: 

 

  • Talks and panel discussions at An Taibhdhearc Theatre, Middle Street with various speakers including President Mary Robinson, Philip Boucher Hayes, and Ella McSweeney amongst many others
  •  A bilingual concert at An Taibhdhearc Theatre with singer songwriter John Spillane
  •  Middle street being pedestrianised and becoming a playful space with lots of fun, art, live music and games
  • Féasta- A long table pop up feast with Michelin star Chef Enda McEvoy’s new social enterprise Hinterland West, Galway City Partnership and Galway community gardens
  • New Climate Street theatre with Fregoli Theatre
  • A new commission by Galway City Council-‘The sounds of climate change’
  • A 2nd hand market on Middle Street
  • A family cycle ride through the streets of Galway city

 

Our remit included

  • Assisting with the curation of the festival program
  • Creating, populating and updating the festival website
  • The operations & logistics of the festival, planning, resourcing and execution. 
  • Marketing the festival, including PR, advertising, print and achieving brand and message visibility, plus sponsorship. 
  • The social media campaign 

 

The festival was a huge success and achieved its goal – successfully engaging the community in positive climate action through innovative and creative events. Building on this success, Galway City Council has continued to promote climate action initiatives. In February 2025, the council invited community groups and businesses to participate in a “Giob Geab” (Chit Chat) climate action evening, scheduled for March 26, 2025. The festival not only achieved its immediate goals but also laid the groundwork for ongoing community-driven climate initiatives in the region and will return for 2025.

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