Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport, Patrick O’Donovan TD, has announced funding of over €1.4 million for the promotion of Irish arts globally through Culture Ireland’s Regular Grants Programme. The funding will benefit 208 projects taking place over 44 countries, covering architecture, circus, dance, film, literature, music, theatre and visual arts. Announcing the grants, Minister O’Donovan said: “As the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport, it gives me great pleasure to announce this Culture Ireland grant...

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Culture Ireland is inviting applications from artists and artists' managers/agents for support to attend jazzahead! - the international jazz event taking place in Bremen, Germany (22 – 25 April 2026). jazzahead! is one of the most important international professional markets for jazz and improvised music of all persuasions. The four-day event attracts more than 3,000 industry attendees from over 55 countries, including hundreds of concert and festival bookers, labels, publishers, distributors and managers. Further information...

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Culture Ireland will be supporting emerging Irish folk and trad artists at Folk Alliance International, which takes place in New Orleans from 21 – 25 January 2026.   The artists will perform for an audience of music industry professionals from across North America and beyond.   The Folk Alliance International Conference is the world’s largest gathering of the folk music industry and community, crossing a diverse array of genres including Appalachian, Americana, Blues, Bluegrass, Celtic,...

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Will you be touring in Europe this year between July and December? If so, this Call may be of interest to you. Culture Ireland invites expressions of interest from artists and touring companies to participate in a cultural programme marking Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which will take place during the second half of 2026. As part of this initiative, Culture Ireland will curate a dynamic and high-quality programme of contemporary...

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Culture Ireland is inviting applications for interested parties to join the Irish delegation at Classical: NEXT taking place in Budapest, Hungary from 8 – 11 April 2026.  Classical:NEXT is an international showcase and industry conference aimed at the classical and contemporary music sector. The four-day networking event includes showcase concerts and a trade event with presentation of projects and services. Further information of the event is available here.  Culture Ireland is offering a limited number of delegate bursaries aimed...

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