[tone] The name change also facilitated the vision of the festival as a producing body, creating works that tour internationally.

It presents and produces programmes across theatre, music, visual arts, opera, street spectacle, dance, discussion, and comedy.

[5] The organisation has produced or co-produced more than 20 productions which have toured to London, New York, Edinburgh, Chicago, Adelaide, Sydney, Hong Kong, and Washington.

[citation needed] GIAF has hosted musical guests in their Big Top tent, erected yearly in the Fisheries Field on the campus of NUI Galway.

[citation needed] GIAF has also partnered with local music and comedy venue Róisín Dubh for some of their programmed events.

[citation needed] In 2018, GIAF announced a new Internship programme in the visual arts to train 25 participants to be able to engage with patrons in the galleries.

[citation needed] The 2018 festival's First Thought Talks about 'Home' was opened by President Michael D. Higgins and was followed up by 43 other scholars, artists, scientists, and athletes, both Irish and international.