Culture Ireland was proud to host Meet the Irish, a special networking event at Honey Pot, Adelaide Fringe on Tuesday 11 March 2025, celebrating the talented Irish artists making waves at this year’s festivals. The event offered a key opportunity to connect with networks, festivals, and presenters from across Australia and around the world, strengthening international relationships and creating new opportunities for Irish artists. Some of the artists presenting at the festivals included: Krapp’s Last...

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Diaphonique, the Franco-British-Irish fund for classical and contemporary music, is pleased to announce the opening of its 2025 call for projects! Since its creation and led by the Institut français du Royaume-Uni, Diaphonique has been supporting artistic collaborations between France, the United Kingdom, and Ireland, helping musicians, composers, and institutions bring ambitious joint projects to life. This programme is open to ensembles, institutions, and creators wishing to develop original projects between the three countries. It...

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Ten Irish artists will be supported to perform at South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas this week, as part of the Music From Ireland Official Showcase and Full Irish Breakfast at SXSW. The showcases are delivered by First Music Contact as part of its annual programme of activity, funded by Culture Ireland. South by Southwest is an annual festival and conference held in Austin, Texas, celebrating the intersection of music, film, tech, and media....

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Culture Ireland is supporting an Irish delegation of independent book publishers to attend the London Book Fair this week, in partnership with Literature Ireland. The presence of an Irish stand at the London Book Fair has been supported for many years through Culture Ireland’s annual grant to Literature Ireland, but this year marks the first time travel bursaries have been awarded to the Irish independent publishing sector to assist with the costs of attendance at...

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Temple Bar Gallery + Studios (TBG+S) in partnership with Culture Ireland and Southwark Park Galleries (SPG), London, announce the artists exhibiting in Faigh Amach, 1 August–21 September 2025. Faigh Amach (discover) brings together three artists selected through an open call process: Ella Bertilsson, Kathy Tynan, Emily Waszak.   One of the three exhibiting artists will be invited to present their first international solo exhibition at SPG Lake Gallery in Spring 2026. During the planning and...

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Six Irish artists will be performing as Official Showcase Artists at Folk Alliance International this week, which takes place in Montréal, Quebec from 19 - 23 February 2025. The artists, who are supported by Culture Ireland, will perform for an audience of music industry professionals from across Canada, the USA 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...

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Culture Ireland is inviting applications for interested parties to join the Irish delegation at Classical:NEXT taking place in Berlin, Germany from 12 to 15 May 2025. 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...

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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...

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