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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, 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, a betting shop and bingo hall operator based in the United Kingdom * Gala Inc., a Japanese holding company * Gala RFC, 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), king of the Massylii of eastern Numidia * Gala (singer), Italian singer/songwriter * Gala Dalí (1894-1982), wife of French poet Paul Éluard and Catalan painter Salvador Dalí * Gala Aleksić (born 1969), Serbian actress * Gala Varo, 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, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran * Gala, Tibet, a village * Gala, Virginia, an unincorporated community in the United States * Gala, Croatia, a village near Sinj * Puerto Gala, 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), a type of apple grown particularly in New Zealand * Gala (board game), a board game played in Thailand and Myanmar * Gala (festivity), 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, an amateur swimming competition


See also

* Gala Group (disambiguation) * Durham Miners' Gala, an annual gathering and labour festival held in Durham, England *
Galah The galah (; ''Eolophus roseicapilla''), less commonly known as the pink and grey cockatoo or rose-breasted cockatoo, is an Australian species of cockatoo and the only member of the genus ''Eolophus''. The galah is adapted to a wide variety of m ...
, a cockatoo native to Australia * Galas, Greek mythological figure *
Galla Placidia Galla Placidia (392/3 – 27 November 450), daughter of the Roman emperor Theodosius I, was the mother and a tutor and advisor to emperor Valentinian III. She was queen consort to Ataulf, King of the Visigoths from 414 until his death in 415, ...
, Roman empress, daughter of Emperor Theodosius the Great * Gela (disambiguation) {{Disambiguation, geo, given name, surname