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
  • "Gala" (song), a 2025 song by XG

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
  • GALA Queer Archive, a South African organization that documents LGBTQ history

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
  • Shorthand for Galashiels, a 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 (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
  • Galà, a 2022 educational mobile game developed by Kendikorp

See also

  • Gala Group (disambiguation)
  • Durham Miners' Gala, an annual gathering and labour festival held in Durham, England
  • Galah, a cockatoo native to Australia
  • Galas, Greek mythological figure
  • Galla Placidia, Roman empress, daughter of Emperor Theodosius the Great
  • Gela (disambiguation)