This year, I hid behind a mobile street-diversion sign, and got some great close-up photos of Galway International Arts Festival parade. The parade title is Whale Street, and it is apparently a "thrilling outdoor reimagining of Moby Dick, that transforms the city into a vast, moving stage as ... Captain Ahab and his crew" persue Moby Dick, who nevertheless stops frequently to spray the crowd and play music.
Photos above start at the end of the parade, and go thru to the beginning.