Our Chosen Artists, 2026 These are the cartoonists whose work will be appearing in this year's main open exhibition, "Having A Laugh" Together they created 70 pieces, which were chosen from roughly 2,500 submissions to this year's festival. So please don't be discouraged if your work didn't make…

Publications are using fewer cartoonists at @galwaycartoonfest.bsky.social I hope to start the fight back✊ We’ll be making a huge cartoon Trojan horse that we’ll leave outside publishing houses aiming to smuggle ourselves In then we’ll abseil out of the horse’s arse...it worked for Odysseus! 🤞🐴

In all the workshops I’ve given over the the years it’s always been an embarrassment that people in the class can often draw better than I can 😧 so in this workshop at the fabulous @galwaycartoonfest.bsky.social Festival I’ve flipped it around & the attendees will be teaching ME how to draw! ✏️

Bookshop Art Trail Something new this year – a trail of cartoons through Galway’s wonderful new and used bookshops. Why not wander round the town and take in some exhibitions as you browse? Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries The Fall of the Phoenix exhibition Sub-City Comics Cartoon Window Display…

All Our Events for 2026 Thursday October 1st FELTING ART WORKSHOP LIV Vintage Studios, Fagan Court Offices, 3 Lower Cross Street, H91 W27D 2.30-3.25pm. Places limited, €10 for materials. Ever felt a cartoon? Well now you can felt your own! Turn wool into faces with the skills of felting and…