Macnas Halloween Parade in Galway Ireland

The Halloween parade by Macnas in 2015 is the third successive year of the widely anticipated spectacle, which has quickly become one of the highlights of the Galway cultural events calendar. This year’s Macnas Parade with the title ‘The Shadow Lighter’ will celebrate transformation, life, death and rebirth. Taking place at 5.30pm on Sunday 25th October 2015, expect spectacular and breathtaking creations from the always inventive Macnas team and for the streets of Galway to come alive for a one of a kind experience.

So who are Macnas?

Based in a former pram factory in Galway, Macnas is an internationally renowned performance and spectacle company. Self-styled as “ambitious, contemporary and unpredictable”, the company has also received widespread critical acclaim. Macnas entertains audiences “with interactive performances at festivals and celebrations around the globe, bringing stunning large-scale images and brilliant chaos to the streets of the world”. “These pioneers of invention have oured the world performing with U2 , elebrated the millennium in New York imes Square, and been part of the magic at the MTV awards, performed in China, Australia, and San Francisco.”

Macnas maintains its connection with the streets of Ireland by performing at various events and honours its hometown with the Macnas street spectacle, which as mentioned above takes place around Halloween annually. The company was founded in Galway in 1986 by Paraic Breathnach, Tom Conroy, Ollie Jennings and Pete Sammon. Since then, the ensemble that is Macnas has worked with hundreds of artists— establishing a great reputation in Ireland and overseas for its unique Performances. Whether outdoors or indoors, Macnas brings an unmistakable energy and visual spectacle to events. For more information, see www.macnas.com.