 It is estimated that over the week-long festival, 150,000 people attend the event.The Galway International Oyster Festival is another popular festival held in the City of Galway.Over the years it has won many awards and titles including 'one of the 12 greatest shows on earth' by the Sunday Times, and was listed in the AA Travel Guide as one of Europe's Seven Best Festivals, on par with the Munich Beer Festival.