Editing Gorey (section)

==Media and entertainment==
The [[Gorey Guardian]] is the local newspaper.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/examviral/fun-times/massive-leaves-are-making-headlines-in-wexford--thats-right-leaves-432187.html|title=Massive dangerous leaves|last=Ireton|first=Robbie|access-date=30 November 2016|archive-date=1 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201014303/http://www.irishexaminer.com/examviral/fun-times/massive-leaves-are-making-headlines-in-wexford--thats-right-leaves-432187.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Gorey has had a local theatre group since the 1950s, which hosts a number of performances annually from its 300-seat auditorium.<ref name="theatre">{{cite web | url = http://goreytheatre.ie/about-us | publisher = Gorey Little Theatre | title = Little Theatre News - About Us | access-date = 13 November 2017 | quote = ''Gorey Little Theatre Group has been running strong since the 1950s [..with a..] 300+ seater auditorium today'' | archive-date = 13 November 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171113113056/http://goreytheatre.ie/about-us | url-status = live }}</ref>

Gorey Musical Society has one production a year, and its 2007 staging of ''[[Oklahoma!]]'' received the 'Best Overall Show' award at the Association of Irish Musical Societies awards in Killarney.<ref name="Association of Irish Musical Societies awards">The 2008 production of South Pacific was complemented by the performance of Garreth Kinsella, a Transition Year student in G.C.S.
{{cite web|url=http://www.aims.ie/awards/winners_gilbert.asp |title=Association of Irish Musical Societies |access-date=8 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808223436/http://www.aims.ie/awards/winners_gilbert.asp |archive-date=8 August 2007 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Gorey Choral Group, a mixed-voice choir founded in the 1970s, has participated in a number of contests and won the first plan in the jazz and popular music section of the 2016 [[Cork International Choral Festival]].<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.independent.ie/regionals/goreyguardian/out-about/top-honours-at-cork-festival-for-gorey-choral-group-34740130.html |title = Top honours at Cork Festival for Gorey Choral Group |date = 28 May 2016 |publisher = Independent News & Media |work = Gorey Guardian |access-date = 13 November 2017 |archive-date = 13 November 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171113060209/https://www.independent.ie/regionals/goreyguardian/out-about/top-honours-at-cork-festival-for-gorey-choral-group-34740130.html |url-status = live }}</ref>

For 15 years during the 1970s and early 1980s, the Gorey Arts Festival, organised by local artist Paul Funge, was held in the town during the summer.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.irishtimes.com/news/wexford-artist-paul-funge-dies-aged-67-1.578666 |publisher = Irish Times |title = Wexford artist Paul Funge dies aged 67 |date = 22 February 2011 |access-date = 13 November 2017 |archive-date = 13 November 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171113113650/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/wexford-artist-paul-funge-dies-aged-67-1.578666 |url-status = live }}</ref> Performers at the festival included [[U2]], [[Horslips]], [[Chris de Burgh]], [[Christy Moore]], [[Planxty]], [[Makem and Clancy]],
[[Niall Tóibín]] and [[Eamon Morrissey (actor)|Eamon Morrissey]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.independent.ie/regionals/goreyguardian/news/sadness-at-death-of-man-who-brought-u2-to-gorey-27342000.html | publisher = Independent News & Media | work = Gorey Guardian | title = Sadness at death of man who brought U2 to Gorey | date = 22 February 2011 | access-date = 13 November 2017 | archive-date = 13 November 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171113115801/https://www.independent.ie/regionals/goreyguardian/news/sadness-at-death-of-man-who-brought-u2-to-gorey-27342000.html | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.independent.ie/regionals/enniscorthyguardian/news/the-day-u2-rocked-the-rafters-in-gorey-in-1980-27192923.html | publisher = Independent News & Media | work = Enniscorthy Guardian | title = The day U2 rocked the rafters in Gorey - in 1980 | date = 15 August 2001 | access-date = 13 November 2017 | archive-date = 13 November 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171113170709/https://www.independent.ie/regionals/enniscorthyguardian/news/the-day-u2-rocked-the-rafters-in-gorey-in-1980-27192923.html | url-status = live }}</ref>

Every year, varying from late July to early August, Gorey's main street closes over several days for the Market House Festival.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.independent.ie/regionals/goreyguardian/out-about/gorey-is-getting-ready-for-the-market-house-festival-35915330.html | publisher = Independent News & Media | work = Gorey Guardian | title = Gorey is getting ready for the Market House Festival | date = 15 July 2017 | access-date = 13 November 2017 | archive-date = 13 November 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171113112907/https://www.independent.ie/regionals/goreyguardian/out-about/gorey-is-getting-ready-for-the-market-house-festival-35915330.html | url-status = live }}</ref>

There are a number of pubs, bars, and nightclub in the town. A seven-screen cinema is located on the Courtown road.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.moviesatgorey.ie/article.php?sec=about | publisher = moviesatgorey.ie | title = Movies@Gorey - About | access-date = 22 May 2018 | archive-date = 23 May 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180523011140/http://www.moviesatgorey.ie/article.php?sec=about | url-status = live }}</ref>