The 2025 edition of FiraTàrrega taking place in Tàrrega, Spain from 11 to 14 September 2025 is a special one as it features Ireland as a focus country. FiraTàrrega is an international networking and showcase event for the performing arts, widely regarded across Europe for its special emphasis on street art and spectacle genres. Since its first involvement in 2017, Culture Ireland has supported the Irish Street Art, Circus and Spectacle Network to manage and...
Culture Ireland and TradFest are offering a Showcase opportunity for emerging Irish music artists as part of the annual Festival in Dublin (21 – 25 January 2026). This Showcase is aimed at giving emerging artists a key platform to perform in front of an invited audience of international delegates, industry professionals, agents, and festival and venue programmers with a view to achieving international touring offers. Culture Ireland now invites applications from artists at the early...
Call for participation by Irish independent publishers & resource organisations Through grant funding to Children’s Books Ireland, Culture Ireland has supported an Ireland presence at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair over many years. As part of this, Culture Ireland offers a number of travel bursaries to the Irish independent publishing sector to assist with the costs of attendance at the event. This includes resource organisations who support Irish writers and illustrators whose work is aimed...
The Minister for Culture, Communications & Sport Patrick O’Donovan has congratulated Dan Colley and the Lost Lear Company on their Fringe First Award at the Edinburgh Fringe. Created to encourage and recognise outstanding new writing at the Festival, The Scotsman’s Fringe First award was announced at a special event in Edinburgh this morning (Friday 15 August). Minister O’Donovan said: “I send my sincere and warmest congratulations to Dan, Matt and the entire Lost Lear company...
To mark Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union during the second half of 2026, Culture Ireland will deliver the International Culture Programme. The Culture Programme represents a unique opportunity to contribute positively to the appreciation of our cultural identity in Europe and to highlight our EU Presidency to third countries. Culture Ireland is seeking submissions for an EU Culture Programme Manager to develop, manage, coordinate and deliver the EU Culture Programme under...
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 3 October 2025. The objectives of this initiative are: To provide a platform for Irish artists/producers to present and promote their work...
This August bank holiday, Culture Ireland will continue its partnership with the Irish Street Arts, Circus and Spectacle Network (ISACS) for Spraoi International Arts Festival in Waterford, where six artists will be supported to present at the PITCH initiative. Part of the ISACS Pro Programme at Spraoi, PITCH supports emerging street arts and circus artists to present their ready-to-tour shows in a professional environment. The artists are supported and trained in how to present their...
Ireland will hold the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from 1 July to 31 December 2026. Ireland's Presidency represents a key opportunity for Ireland to showcase the best of Irish culture and artistic creativity in Europe. Culture Ireland is leading in the presentation of a Culture Programme across Europe, with a special focus on Brussels which will include a six-month presentation in the atrium of the Justus Lipsius Building. Where Justus Lipsius,...
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 187 projects taking place in over 41 countries, covering circus, dance, film, literature, music, opera, theatre and visual arts. Announcing the grants, Minister O’Donovan said: “Culture Ireland is central to the support and promotion of Irish arts internationally. The growing demand for...
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...
