Culture Ireland at WOMEX 2024 Culture Ireland is supporting two Showcase Artists and five delegates to attend WOMEX, the Worldwide Music Expo taking place in Manchester, GB, from 23 – 27 October 2024. Now in its 30th year, WOMEX is one of the biggest conferences on the global music scene, featuring a trade fair, talks, films and showcase concerts. Over 2,600 professionals come together every October from 90 countries, making WOMEX one of the leading...
Culture Ireland welcomes the allocation of €8million announced as part of Budget 2025. This allocation is the highest level of funding for Culture Ireland in its history and coincides with the 20th anniversary of Culture Ireland’s establishment. The allocation for next year is a 5% increase over 2024 and marks an increase of Culture Ireland funding of 74% over the last five years. Chair of Culture Ireland’s Expert Advisory Committee, Louise Donlon, commented: ”I would...
Culture Ireland invites submissions from Irish theatre and dance artists/companies who wish to participate in the Meet the Irish initiative which will take place in New York from 10 to 13 January 2025. Established in 2023, Meet the Irish is an opportunity for Irish artists and arts organisations to engage with North American presenters and festivals, many of whom travel to New York in January to attend a range of cultural conferences and festivals including...
Culture Ireland is supporting five dance artists and companies to attend Tanzmesse, the three day industry showcase in Düsseldorf, Germany, taking place from 28 to 31 August 2024. Tanzmesse is a biennial event and an international hub for dance professionals around the world to network with agents, presenters and programmers and generate touring opportunities for their work. The Irish delegates participating in the 2024 edition of Tanzmesse are Carol Leavy Joyce, John Scott Dance, Junk...
Culture Ireland, partnering with Dublin Theatre Festival and Irish Theatre Institute, invites submissions from Irish artists/companies who wish to present information about newly created works to international delegates as part of this year's International Theatre eXchange (ITX) during the Dublin Theatre Festival. Successful applicants will be offered an 8-minute platform to introduce their projects to national and international delegates. This opportunity will take place on Friday 4th October 2024. The objectives of this...
Today, Culture Ireland is publishing its grant deadlines for 2025. There will be four grant rounds in 2025 covering all windows of activity throughout the year. Based on feedback, we are also extending the activity timeline for each round – full details below – please check that your project is eligible prior to submission. Please note that the next deadline for receipt of grant applications is midnight, 15th August 2024. Applications for funding to present...
Culture Ireland, Irish Theatre Institute and Dublin Fringe Festival invite submissions from Irish artists/companies who wish participate in Show and Tell, an opportunity to meet and discuss your work with national and international programmers and presenters, as part of this year's Information Toolbox at Dublin Fringe Festival (13 & 14 September 2024). The purpose of this session is to enable artists to introduce new projects (not previously presented in any format) projects in development, and...
Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin has announced funding of €1,230,750 for the promotion of Irish arts globally through Culture Ireland’s Regular Grants Programme. The funding will benefit 160 projects spread across 40 countries, covering circus, dance, film, literature, music, opera, theatre and the visual arts. Announcing the grants, Minister Martin said: “Culture Ireland plays a central role in supporting Irish artists to grow their international audiences. Demand for Culture...
Following a successful pilot in Galway in 2023, Culture Ireland is once again partnering with the Association of Irish and Celtic Festivals to showcase Irish artists at their conference. This year’s conference will be held October 24-26, 2024 in Chicago, at the Irish American Heritage Center and the Congress Plaza Hotel. The Association of Irish and Celtic Festivals is an organization comprised of over 60 Irish and Celtic festivals throughout North America. The annual conference...
Culture Ireland, in partnership with the Arts Council, invites Expressions of Interest to curate the Irish representation at the 61st International Art Exhibition at La Biennale di Venezia in 2026. Following the successful presentation of ROMANTIC IRELAND by Eimear Walshe at the Biennale this year, Culture Ireland invites interested parties to submit their proposal for Ireland at Venice in 2026. Full details can be found here: Venice Open Call 2026 . The deadline for submission...
