Misleór

09/09/2026

Join us 14th September for a celebration of If the Wattle Could Talk - Traveller Stories from Beneath the Canvas 🍃
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Artist Debbie Reilly has been working in colloboration with cultural custodians Annie McDonagh, Annmarie Mongan, Caroline Mongan, and Paddy Sweeney as well as members of the Galway Traveller community to create new art work made from hazel, willow, and wood for Misleór 2026. The group has also created a design for a traditional shelter tent for spaces where the wattle cannot be pushed into the ground. Join us under the shelter tent on the 14th where we will be celebrating their work so far. The new work they have created will be showcased at 126 Artist Run Gallery for the duration of Misleór Festival, 24th - 27th September 🌱
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If the Wattle Could Talk is funded by a CREATE Artist in the Community Scheme project award , with support from Friends of Merlin Woods and 126 Artist Run Gallery.

07/09/2026

Seeing as Misleór 2026 is quickly approaching… why don’t we reintroduce ourselves? What is Misleór?

Misleór means ‘wanderer’ in the Irish Traveller language Cant (aka Gammon)

The annual festival run by Galway Traveller Movement is entering its 8th year celebrating and connecting nomadic peoples from around the world, exploring nomadic identity through the lens of creativity and cultural action for change.

We celebrate the diversity within nomadic communities with a vibrant programme of music, theatre, film, poetry, storytelling, dance and visual art. Misleór also sparks important dialogue about cultural rights, challenging the prejudice and discrimination often experienced by these communities.

Stay tuned, full programme of events for Misleór 2026 coming very soon 👀

MISLEÓR
+ Festival of Nomadic Cultures +
🗓️ 24–27 September 2026 | Galway
& October 4th | Ballinasloe Horse Fair

05/09/2026

🔔OFFICIAL POSTER ANNOUNCEMENT🔔

We are delighted to share the official poster and announce the theme for Misleór 2026:

🪢Weaving the Threads Between Us.🪢

As Misleór enters its eighth year, we are taking a moment to look back at the journeys that have brought us here, and forward to the connections still waiting to be made.

For generations, nomadic communities have carried history through storytelling, craft, textiles, music, dress and shared traditions. These are threads that connect us across time, place and generations.

The seven festivals that came before have each left their mark, bringing together Traveller and nomadic artists, communities, traditions and stories from Ireland and around the world. Like the seven wagons that have travelled with us through those years, each festival has carried something forward.

This year’s poster features a beady pocket, adorned with the seven wagons of Misleór’s past, becomes a metaphor for the theme itself: a woven space where our stories, memories and connections are held together, while making room for new threads to be added.
This year, we are bringing those threads together.
Weaving the Threads Between Us is about what connects us, while recognising the differences that make each community and culture distinct. It is about shared histories, cultural survival, creativity, resistance and solidarity. It is about the knowledge passed between generations and the new connections we create along the way.

It is also about what happens when we meet.
What can we learn from one another? How can art create deeper understanding between communities? How can we recognise experiences of marginalisation without flattening the differences between them? And how can the connections we make become a force for solidarity and change?

The tapestry is not finished.

Misleór 2026 is another opportunity to add to it.
To bring new voices, new stories and new threads into the weave.

Misleór Festival of Nomadic Cultures - Galway | 24 to 27 September 2026 & Ballinasloe Horse Fair October 4th

04/09/2026

🔔New Logo Announcement 🔔

Seven festivals. Seven posters. Seven wagons.

As Misleór enters its eighth year, we looked back at the visual journey of the festival and the wagons that have travelled with us along the way.

Since the beginning, the wagon has been an important part of Misleór’s visual identity. Each year, a new wagon appeared on the festival poster, reflecting a different moment in the journey of the festival.

The posters were created by artist Rico Zimmer, whose distinctive visual language has helped shape how

Misleór has looked and felt over the past seven years.
But when it came to creating the identity for Misleór 2026, we found ourselves looking backwards before moving forwards.

Seven wagons. Which one should represent the next chapter?

The answer came from the Misleór committee.
We brought all seven wagons back together and asked the committee to choose their favourite. Through a vote, one wagon emerged as the clear choice. The 2023 wagon. So this year, that wagon returns.

It becomes the emblem of Misleór 2026 and a thread connecting the festival’s past seven years with the journey ahead.

Seven wagons. Seven years. One symbol carried forward.

Stay tuned for lots of more festival news and announcements. Misleór festival of nomadic cultures September 24th - 27th 2026 & October 4th at the Ballinasloe Fair ⭐️

02/09/2026

🌲MISLEÓR AT EP🌲 p2
Some great words from about the festival before her amazing set ⭐️ thanks to all who came out!

01/09/2026

🌲MISLEÓR AT EP 🌲 P. 1
Thank you to and for letting us platform these incredible artists ⭐️ Check out some of the powerful set from

Stay tuned for more highlights 👀

25/08/2026

🔔LINE UP ANNOUNCEMENT🔔 Thrilled to announce these 3 amazing artists will be representing Misleór Festival of Nomadic Cultures for our performance showcase at An Chollchoill | The Hazelwood at Electric Picnic 2026! 🌲✨

ABBY BUTLER: Limerick-based singer-songwriter bringing together her Irish upbringing and Roma heritage through deeply personal songwriting. Her connection to her Romanian roots has shaped her relationship with identity, belonging and culture, themes which naturally weave into her music.

LIZZY C: Elizabeth Connors, aka *Lizzy C*, is an Irish Traveller rapper, performer and creative facilitator. A powerful and distinctive voice in Ireland’s hip-hop and spoken-word scene, her work brings together sharp lyricism, lived experience and a strong commitment to creating space for new voices.

FRANCIS WARD: A singer and guitarist from Galway’s Traveller community and a familiar face on the Misleór stage. Over the past number of years, Francis has become an important part of Misleór’s music programme, performing everywhere from youth open mics and family events to the festival’s main stages and the Misleór Stage at the Ballinasloe Horse Fair.

📅 Day: Friday 28th August
⏰ Time: 2pm
📍 Location: An Chollchoill | The Hazelwood at Electric Picnic

Electric Picnic Conradh na Gaeilge Raidió Rí-Rá Abby Butler Elizabeth Connors Francis Ward

25/08/2026

18/08/2026

13/05/2026

Are you a filmmaker or storyteller from a nomadic background?

Misleór Festival is now accepting submissions for the Nomadic Shorts Programme 2026, a space for powerful, creative storytelling from nomadic communities around the world.

To apply, email [email protected] with the subject: “Nomadic Shorts 2026 Submission” including film synopsis, director/writer bio, screening link (if available) and any previous festival screenings.

Submission Deadline: 31 July 2026.