pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"" lang="EN-US">Many sporting, music, arts and other events take place in
the city. The largest of these annual events include the Galway Arts
Festival, the Galway Races, and the Galway International Oyster
Festival. Other events include the FleadhImboilg,the Baboró International
Children's Festival, the Cúirt International Festival of Literature, the
Galway Early Music Festival, SeachtainnaGaeilge (March), Salthill Air
Show (June), Little Havana Festival, the Galway Sessions, Galway Garden
Festival, Galway Comedy Festival, Baffle Poetry Festival, Galway Aboo
Halloween Festival, Tulca Festival of Visual Arts, Galway Science and
Technology Festival, Spirit of Voice Festival, Galway Christmas Market, Galway
Film Fleadh, Galway African Film Festival and Galway Pride Festival. In
2009 Galway hosted a stopover on the Volvo Ocean Race and the city
was finishing point of the round-the-world competition in July 2012. In June
2010, the Super8 Shots film festival was launched in Galway, the first Super
8 mm film festival to occur in Ireland. Among the festivals which
take place within a 90 minute drive of the city are, CruinniúnamBád(a Galway
Hooker festival), held in Kinvara, the Cuckoo Festival, also held in
Kinvara, the Ballinasloe Horse Fair (October), the Tuam Arts Festival (August),
the Clarinbridge Oyster Festival, FéilenanOileáin, held in LeitirMor, Conamara,
Féile an Dóilín, held in An CeathrúRua, the Clifden Community Arts week and the
Conamara Pony Show, held in Clifden, Mountbellew vintage show, each July
