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nightlife · Wednesday 15 July 2026 · 2:00pm 
GIAF Silent Disco Walking Tours (July 13-26)
At Festival Garden, Eyre Square · Eyre Square, Galway City, Co. Galway
At Festival Garden, Eyre Square · Eyre Square, Galway City, Co. Galway
Picture 50 strangers dancing through the streets of Galway City in broad daylight, wearing wireless headphones and following two very enthusiastic guides. That is the Guru Dudu Silent Disco Walking Tour - a fixture at the Galway International Arts Festival that has been selling out since it first appeared on the GIAF programme in 2019. It suits anyone who wants to do something properly memorable in Galway: good for groups, great for solo visitors, and an easy yes if you have teenagers in tow who need convincing that a festival can be fun beyond the food stalls.
The tour departs from the Festival Garden in Eyre Square, where you collect your wireless headphones. From there, guides Lila la’Diva and Madame Cha Cha take the group on a one-hour power-walk through Galway’s streets - past the Latin Quarter, down to the Spanish Arch, and on through the West End - with a soundtrack of feel-good tracks from the 70s, 80s, and 90s pumping directly into your ears the whole way.
The guides keep a running commentary going alongside the music. Expect spontaneous dance-offs, flash mob moments with bewildered passers-by, and a lot of laughing. The headphones have a volume control, which matters on a busy city street - you can dial things back without losing the beat. Groups are capped at 50 dancers per tour, so it stays manageable rather than becoming a crowd event.
There is also a special festival-night edition at the Big Top, where two DJs go head-to-head in a headphone battle with a full festival-club atmosphere. That is a different ticket and worth checking separately on the GIAF site.
Galway City is well connected by road and rail. From Dublin, the M6 motorway runs direct (roughly two hours in light traffic); Irish Rail operates regular Intercity services from Heuston Station, taking about two hours fifteen minutes. Bus Eireann and Citylink run frequent coaches from Dublin, Cork, and Limerick.
Eyre Square is the central hub of Galway City and straightforward to reach on foot from any of the main car parks (Eyre Square Shopping Centre multi-storey is the closest). During GIAF the city is busy, so arriving by public transport saves a lot of hassle.
GIAF runs 13 to 26 July 2026, so the city is packed with theatre, street performance, exhibitions, and music across those two weeks - the Silent Disco tour slots neatly into a full day out. There is more to see in Galway and across Co. Galway.
Heading to Festival Garden, Eyre Square in Galway? Galway has plenty more to see. Read the Galway area guide, find what else is on, and explore the towns and villages nearby.