Culture Ireland will be hosting a networking event at the Galway Film Fleadh this week, in partnership with IFI International. Galway Film Fleadh is a week-long international film festival taking place every July on the western edge of Europe in Galway, Ireland. Founded in 1989 as a platform for Irish filmmakers to exhibit their work to their peers, the central goal of the Galway Film Fleadh remains unchanged: to be a platform for the boldest...
Culture Ireland, Irish Theatre Institute and Dublin Fringe Festival invite submissions from Irish artists/companies who wish to 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 (12 September 2025). The purpose of this session is to enable artists to introduce new projects (not previously presented in any format) projects in development, and ready...
Ireland at the Frankfurt Book Fair (15 – 19 October 2025) Call for participation by Irish independent publishers Through its annual grant to Literature Ireland, Culture Ireland has supported the presence of an Ireland stand and delegation at the Frankfurt Book Fair over many years. Culture Ireland is now offering a limited number of travel bursaries to the Irish independent publishing sector to assist with the costs of attendance at the event. This is being...
Culture Ireland is inviting applications to join the Irish delegation for those wishing to promote work at FiraTàrrega taking place in Tàrrega, Spain from 11 to 14 September 2025. FiraTàrrega is an international networking and showcase event for the performing arts, with special emphasis on street art and spectacle genres. The 2025 edition is a special one as Ireland is participating as a focus country. This is a dedicated initiative designed to showcase the...
Culture Ireland’s Edinburgh Showcase Programme continues to offer an important and unique platform for Irish theatre and dance artists to gain international media and audience recognition for their work and to develop their networks. Since its establishment in 2005, Culture Ireland’s support of Irish artists presenting at the Edinburgh Fringe (1 – 25 August) have enabled subsequent international touring and the development of strong networks for Irish dance and theatre artists. The eight productions in...
WOMEX – World Music Expo 2025 (22 - 26 October 2025) Culture Ireland is offering a limited number of delegate bursaries to WOMEX World Music Expo, one of the most important international professional marketplaces for world music including folk, roots, ethnic and traditional music. The four-day event attracts in excess of 2,000 delegates from over 90 countries, including hundreds of concert and festival bookers, labels, publishers, distributors, managers and the world's media. Culture Ireland has...
While 2025 marks the 20th anniversary of Culture Ireland, it will also see the 21st edition of the Dublin Dance Festival taking place this month. Culture Ireland will once again be partnering with Dublin Dance Festival and Dance Ireland on the Originate Programme, a valuable platform for international programmers to experience new choreographies and works available for touring by artists based in Ireland. This support is provided under Culture Ireland’s See Here Programme. Dublin Dance...
Culture Ireland is returning to Classical:NEXT in Berlin this week, supporting a showcase and delegation from Ireland to attend the prestigious event. Now in its twelfth year, Classical:NEXT is the global networking and exchange hub dedicated exclusively to classical and art music. The four-day networking event includes the conference, showcase concerts, trade Expo and networking opportunities. This year, Culture Ireland is supporting Aoife Ní Bhriain and Catrin Finch’s showcase at Classical:NEXT, in partnership with Wales...
Ireland’s Representation at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia – opened today, Thursday 08 May. The exhibition, Assembly, is curated by Cotter & Naessens Architects. Ireland at Venice is an initiative of Culture Ireland in partnership with the Arts Council of Ireland. The Ireland at Venice 2025 team consists of architects Louise Cotter and David Naessens, multidisciplinary artist Michelle Delea, woodworker Alan Meredith, curator Luke Naessens and sound artist David Stalling....
Minister for Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport, Patrick O’Donovan TD has announced funding of over €900,000 for the promotion of Irish arts globally through Culture Ireland’s Regular Grants Programme. The funding will benefit 154 projects taking place in over 36 countries, covering architecture, circus, dance, film, literature, music, opera, theatre and visual arts. Announcing the grants, Minister O’Donovan said: “It gives me great pleasure to announce this round of Culture Ireland funding of over...
