On 24 January 2025, Culture Ireland will support six music artists to perform at the 2025 edition of Showcase Scotland, as part of Celtic Connections. Established in 1994, Celtic Connections is one of the leading annual festivals of world, folk and roots music with more than 2,100 musicians from across the globe taking part in 300 events at 25 Glasgow venues over 18 days. Each year, during Celtic Connections, Showcase Scotland partners with a country...
EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL 2025: CALL FOR THEATRE AND DANCE COMPANIES Applications are invited for inclusion in Culture Ireland’s 2025 Edinburgh Fringe Festival Showcase (1 – 25 August 2025) Culture Ireland invites applications to support the presentation of work in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe as part of Culture Ireland’s 2025 Showcase Programme. The Edinburgh Fringe continues to offer an important and unique platform for Irish theatre and dance artists to gain international recognition for their...
Culture Ireland 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 London Book Fair over many years. Following a review of these supports, 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 offered...
With a year-long programme of over 400 events in over 100 towns and cities across Germany, Zeitgeist Irland 24 – an initiative of Culture Ireland and the Embassy of Ireland in Germany – was a landmark year of Irish arts and culture, presenting a new generation of Irish artists, representing the richness and diversity of Irish culture, and capturing the spirit of a changing nation. We would like to extend our sincere thanks to all...
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, 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...
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...
