Gala may refer to:

Music

* ''Gala'' (album), a 1990 album by the English alternative rock band Lush * Gala (singer), Italian singer and songwriter *'' Gala – The Collection'', 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), a Missouri non-profit organization for LGBT individuals connected with the Community of Christ * Gala (supermarket), an Irish convenience store chain *

Gala Coral Group Gala Bingo is an online bingo and casino offering under the ownership of Entain. Gala Bingo was created in 1991 as a division of Bass plc. It later became an independent company, and then became the Gala Coral Group after acquiring Coral E ...

, a betting shop and bingo hall operator based in the United Kingdom * Gala Inc., 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 c ...

, a rugby club in Galashiels, Scotland * Gala TV, a television channel *"Gala", a nickname of Turkish football club Galatasaray S.K. * Girls Academic Leadership Academy, a public 6-12 school for girls in Los Angeles

People

* Gala (given name), the given name *

Gala (king) Gaia (Numidian: ) (died 207 BCE) was a Berber king of the Massylii,Livy, ''Ab Urbe Condita'', 24.48 an eastern Numidian tribe in North Africa. Gaia reigned during the Second Punic War of ancient Rome. He was the father of King Masinissa, and the b ...

, king of the Massylii of eastern Numidia * Gala (singer), Italian singer/songwriter *

Gala Dalí Gala Dalí (born Elena Ivanovna Diakonova, Елена Ивановна Дьяконова; – 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 s ...

(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 i ...

(born 1969), Serbian actress *

Gala Varo Gala Varo is the stage name of Jesús Meza Arroyo (also known as Josué Armez), a Mexican drag performer who competed on season 2 of '' La Más Draga'' as part of Red Rabbit Duo, and on the first season of '' Drag Race México''. Gala Varo also ...

, Mexican drag queen * Antonio Gala (1930–2023), Spanish poet and novelist * Gabe Gala (born 1989), Nigerian-born Canadian soccer player * Rosa Gala (born 1995), Angolan basketball player

Places

Gala, Iran Qaleh-ye Aslanian (, 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 Province, Iran Iran ...

, 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 An alphabetical list of populated places, including cities, towns, and vi ...

, a village *

Gala, Virginia Gala is an unincorporated community in Botetourt County, Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic re ...

, an unincorporated community in the United States *

Gala, Croatia Gala is a settlement in the Municipality of Otok in Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest ...

, a village near Sinj *

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. The hamlet was established consequence of the '' merluza'' boom of the late 1980s. S ...

, a hamlet in southern Chile *A contraction of

Galashiels Galashiels (; , ) is a town in the Scottish Borders with a population of around 12,600. Its name is often colloquially shortened to "Gala". The town is a major commercial centre for the Borders region with extensive history in the textile in ...

, a Border town in Scotland

Others

Gala (apple) Gala is an apple cultivar with a sweet, mild flavor, 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. The Gal ...

, a type of apple grown particularly in New Zealand *

Gala (board game) Mak-yek (, ) 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 intervention capture. The game may ...

, a board game played in Thailand and Myanmar *

Gala (festivity) A festival is an event 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 constitutes ...

, a festival * ''Gala'' (film), a 1982 Canadian documentary film * Gala (literary prize), 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 Sanitz, Groß Lüsewitz-based plant breeder Norika. In 2010, it was chosen as Thuringia's potato of the year ...

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