Macnas

Mácnas (pronounced mock-ness) is (Irish for 'frolicking'[1]) is a performance company based at the Fisheries Field in Galway, Ireland.

[2] The company has been credited with changing the nature of public entertainment in Ireland and is regarded as highly influential within the field of spectacle performance.

Its parades have been a centre-point of Halloween, St. Patrick's Day and formerly Galway International Arts Festival festivities in Galway city, drawing crowds of up to 50,000 people on to the city streets.

In March 2016, Mácnas performed at the opening ceremony of SXSW in Austin, Texas.

[6][7] In November 2017, Macnas performed as the closing act in the Land of Green Ginger programme at Hull UK City of Culture 2017.

A Macnas structure in Galway City during the Savage Grace parade in October 2016
Performers in the Macnas street parade at the Kilkenny Arts Festival 2013