Gala may refer to:

Music

* ''Gala'' (album), a 1990 album by the English alternative rock band Lush *''

Gala – The Collection ''GALA – The Collection'' is a compilation album from Sarah Brightman Sarah Brightman (born 14 August 1960) is an English classical crossover soprano singer, actress and dancer. Brightman began her career as a member of the dance troupe ...

'', a 2016 album by Sarah Brightman *

GALA Choruses The Gay and Lesbian Association of Choruses ("GALA Choruses") is an international association of LGBT choruses founded in 1982. In its inaugural performance 14 choruses performed together in September 1982 in San Francisco as part of the first Gay ...

, an association of LGBT choral groups *''Gala'', a 1986 album by The Walker Brothers

Organizations and brands

GALA (Gay and Lesbian Acceptance) Harmony, formerly ''GALA, Gay and Lesbian Acceptance'', is a non-profit organization for LGBTQIA+ people, allies, and their family and friends who are connected with Community of Christ. Harmony's mission is "to provide advocacy, education, and r ...

, a Missouri non-profit organization for LGBT individuals connected with the Community of Christ *

Gala (supermarket) Gala is a convenience store chain in Ireland. Established in 1998, as of 2021 Gala had approximately 200 stores nationwide, all under franchise. The symbol group is supplied by a number of independent wholesalers which were formerly part of the ...

, an Irish convenience store chain * Gala Coral Group, a betting shop and bingo hall operator based in the United Kingdom *

Gala Inc. is a holding company based in Tokyo, Japan, that administers GALA Group, which is made up of subsidiary companies of Gala Inc. The group of companies embraces three types of business: MMORPG games, web design, and data mining. Within the group ...

, a Japanese holding company *

Gala RFC Gala Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team based in Galashiels in the Scottish Borders. Founded in 1875, it plays its home games at Netherdale. The team currently competes in Scottish National League Division One, the second tier of Scottish ...

, a rugby club in Galashiels, Scotland * Gala TV, a television channel *"Gala", a nickname of Turkish football club

Galatasaray S.K. Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club'') is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul in Turkey. Most notable for its association football department, the club also consists of various other de ...

People

* Gala (king), king of the Massylii of eastern Numidia *

Gala (singer) Gala (born Gala Rizzatto ) is an Italian pop singer and songwriter. Her debut album '' Come into My Life'' included the multiplatinum singles "Freed from Desire", "Let a Boy Cry" and " Come into My Life" which reached the Top 3 in music charts a ...

, Italian singer/songwriter *

Gala Dalí Gala Dalí (born Elena Ivanovna Diakonova, Елéна Ивáновна Дья́конова; – 10 June 1982), usually known simply as Gala, was the wife of poet Paul Éluard and later of artist Salvador Dalí, who were both prominent in ...

(1894-1982), wife of French poet Paul Éluard and Catalan painter Salvador Dalí *

Gala Aleksić Gala Aleksić (née Videnović; Serbian Cyrillic: Гала Виденовић Алексић; born 27 June 1969 in Serbia, Belgrade) is a Serbian actress who gained fame by appearing in some of the most popular films, TV shows, and TV commercials ...

(born 1969), Serbian actress *

Antonio Gala Antonio Gala Velasco (born 2 October 1930) is a Spanish poet, playwright, novelist and writer. Life and career Gala was born in Brazatortas, Ciudad Real ( Castile-La Mancha), although he moved very soon to Córdoba and is widely considered an ...

(born 1930), Spanish poet and novelist *

Gabe Gala Gabe Gala (born June 29, 1989 as Gala Gabriel Gala) is a Canadian association football, soccer player. Career Youth Gala moved from his native Nigeria to Brampton, Ontario as a young child. He played club soccer for the Brampton East SC and Nort ...

(born 1989), Nigerian-born Canadian soccer player *

Rosa Gala Rosa Maria Luísa Gala (born April 17, 1995) is an Angolan female basketball player. Born in Lubango, Gala was selected to play for the Angola women's national basketball team that won bronze at the 2011 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship. the fo ...

(born 1995), Angolan basketball player

Places

Gala, Iran Qaleh-ye Aslanian ( fa, قلعه اصلانيان, also Romanized as Qal‘eh-ye Aşlānīān; also known as Gala, Kalāt, and Qal‘eh) is a village in Kaghazkonan-e Shomali Rural District, Kaghazkonan District, Meyaneh County, East Azerbaijan Pro ...

, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran *

Gala, Tibet Gala (; ) is a township of Kangmar County, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. It has four villages under its administration. See also *List of towns and villages in Tibet This is an alphabetical list of all populated places, including cities, t ...

, a village * Gala, Virginia, an unincorporated community in the United States *

Puerto Gala Puerto Gala or Gala is a hamlet and fishing community in Toto Island, southern Chile. It is located at the meeting point of Jacaf Channel with Moraleda Channel Moraleda Channel () is a body of water separating the Chonos Archipelago from the ma ...

, a hamlet in southern Chile *A contraction of Galashiels, a Border town in Scotland

Others

Gala (apple) Gala is an apple cultivar with a sweet, mild flavour, a crisp but not hard texture, and a striped or mottled orange or reddish appearance. Originating from New Zealand in the 1930s, similar to most named apples, it is clonally propagated. In 20 ...

, a type of apple grown particularly in New Zealand *

Gala (board game) Mak-yek ( th, หมากแยก, ) is a two-player abstract strategy board game played in Thailand and Myanmar. Players move their pieces as in the rook in Chess and attempt to capture their opponent's pieces through custodian and interventio ...

, a board game played in Thailand and Myanmar *

Gala (festivity) A festival is an event ordinarily celebrated by a community and centering on some characteristic aspect or aspects of that community and its religion or cultures. It is often marked as a local or national holiday, mela, or eid. A festival co ...

, a festival * ''Gala'' (film), a 1982 Canadian documentary film *

Gala (literary prize) Gala (Georgian: გალა) is a literary competition founded under the aegis of the Tbilisi Sakrebulo (Tbilisi City Assembly, Georgia). The idea of the competition belongs to writer and member of Tbilisi City Assembly Zaal Samadashvili. The ...

, awarded by the Tbilisi City Assembly, Georgia * ''Gala'' (magazine), a French magazine *

Gala (potato) Gala is an early-ripening firm-fleshed edible potato, for which good eating and keeping qualities are claimed. It was developed by the Groß Lüsewitz-based plant breeder Norika. In 2010, it was chosen as Thuringia's potato of the year in a pub ...

* Gala (priests), the lamenting priests of the Sumerian goddess Inanna *

Gala Brand Moonraker may refer to: * Moonrakers, a colloquialism for people from Wiltshire, England ''James Bond'' media franchise * ''Moonraker'' (novel), a 1955 James Bond novel by Ian Fleming * ''Moonraker'' (film), a 1979 film based on the novel * ...

, a fictional character of the ''James Bond'' novel ''Moonraker'' (did not appear in the film version) *Gala (γάλα), a Greek word meaning ''milk''; see *

Swimming gala A swimming gala is a swimming competition between clubs or groups of swimmers, usually of young people. This term is primarily used in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, and South Africa. In Australia ''swimming carnival'' is the norm. Overview In the ...

, an amateur swimming competition