in 2015, they performed summer festivals in the us, canada, and japan with vocalist macy gray. while on their 2016 tour, galactic performed on marine themed call-in talkshow, fishcenter live. they correctly guessed the coloration of a squirrelfish and won points for a zebra moray eel, eel hamburger. they will be headlining the 11th annual rooster walk music and arts festival in martinsville, va in may 2019. the members of galactic own the new orleans music venue tipitina's, which they purchased from former owners mary and ronald von kurnatowski in 2018. the band had frequently performed at tipitina's since the beginning of their career, and have continued to play there after purchasing the venue.