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Ireland at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2025

01 April 2025
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Culture Ireland is once again supporting the Ireland stand at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair this year, delivered by Children’s Books Ireland. This is the 12th year of the Irish stand at the Book Fair, which is the main European meeting point for writers and the publishing industry creating literary works for younger audiences. The title of the Ireland stand this year is A Nation of Storytellers/Tír na Scéalta. The Bologna Children’s Book Fair is...

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Ireland focus at Showcase Scotland 2025

26 February 2025
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Last month, Culture Ireland supported six music artists to perform at the 2025 edition of Showcase Scotland, as part of Celtic Connections. 2025 marks 20 years of Culture Ireland and 25 years of Showcase Scotland, so it was fitting that Ireland was selected for the showcase spotlight this year. Here is a video of highlights from the showcase: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4ufDlIM-_A The six artists who performed at the Ireland Spotlight at Showcase Scotland 2025 are: Córas Trio...

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Culture Ireland to extend partnership with Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival

08 November 2024
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As the 2024 edition of Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (hcmf//) gets underway, Culture Ireland is pleased to announce that the partnership between the two organisations will be extended for another two years (2025 and 2026 editions). hcmf// is the UK’s largest international festival of new and experimental music and brings a host of Irish talent to its programme, supported by Culture Ireland. Currently in its third year, the international partnership between Culture Ireland and hcmf//...

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Culture Ireland Showcase at TradFest 2025

08 November 2024
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Culture Ireland and TradFest are offering a Showcase opportunity for emerging Irish music artists as part of the annual Festival in Dublin (22 – 26 January 2025). 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...

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Ireland at Venice – Minister Catherine Martin announces Irish representation at 61st Venice Art Biennale in 2026: artist Isabel Nolan

06 November 2024
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The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media, Catherine Martin T.D. has announced the selection of artist, Isabel Nolan, with Georgina Jackson and The Douglas Hyde Gallery of Contemporary Art as the curator, to represent Ireland at the 61st Venice Art Biennale in 2026. The Venice Biennale is one of the most important international platforms for visual arts, attracting over half a million visitors, including global curators, gallerists, art critics, and artists. The...

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Over €1.3 million in funding announced for Culture Ireland’s promotion of Irish arts globally

04 November 2024
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***List of grant offers available here*** Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin has announced funding of over €1.3m for the promotion of Irish arts globally through Culture Ireland’s Regular Grants Programme. The funding will benefit 140 projects taking place in over 20 countries, covering architecture, circus, dance, film, literature, music, theatre and visual arts. Announcing the grants, Minister Martin said: “It gives me great pleasure to announce this round of Culture...

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Update – Culture Ireland Grant Round Deadlines Confirmed for 2025

07 August 2024
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Today, Culture Ireland is publishing its grant deadlines for 2025. There will be four grant rounds in 2025 covering all windows of activity throughout the year. Based on feedback, we are also extending the activity timeline for each round – full details below – please check that your project is eligible prior to submission. Please note that the next deadline for receipt of grant applications is midnight, 15th August 2024. Applications for funding to present...

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