A sample of some of the acts being announced for the Volvo Ocean Race festival in Galway include Sharon Shannon, Kila, the Hothouse Flowers and The Stunning Organisers for the stopover are calling on Galway-based community and performance groups to join in the festivities. More events and concerts are currently being planned to offer a big Irish welcome to the fleet of Volvo Ocean Race teams landing in the city from Boston on Friday 22 May.Plans to have bonfires lit along the coast and preparations to give the crews a good hearty feed of prime Irish beef and soda bread when they arrive are also in place. This will be the start of the two-week festival programme to celebrate Galway's hosting of this global sporting event.
Galway will also host visits by school and youth groups along with a constant presence of sail and pleasure craft on the beauty of Galway Bay. On-water activities will include regattas and 'Come and Try' sailing events in association with Galway Bay Sailing Club and the Irish Sailing Association.
Galway is the only stopover port for Ireland and the UK and over 140,000 visitors from Ireland and overseas are expected to travel for the event in Galway, which is expected to generate an estimated €43 million in revenue for the region. It will be the biggest sporting event in Ireland since the Ryder Cup and Failte Ireland on behalf of the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism is the principal sponsor.
The Volvo Ocean Race has a worldwide TV audience of over €1.8 billion people and the Galway stopover offers Ireland an opportunity to present itself on a global stage alongside other ports such as Stockholm, St Petersburg, Boston, Rio de Janeiro, Qingdao, Singapore, Kochin, Capetown and Alicante.
On each weekend during the stopover there will be fantastic viewing opportunities from sea and 4km of coastline along the Salthill promenade when Galway Bay hosts the highly anticipated Arrivals, In-Port and Pro-Am Racing and Departures.
The full sailing and festival programme is expected be launched in early April.
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