Second phase of national festivals funding along with investment in over 200 regional events will assist visitor growth across the country throughout 2016
The Minister of State for Tourism and Sport, Michael Ring TD, has today (Friday) announced that funding of over €1 million is to be allocated to 218 national and regional festivals and events by Fáilte Ireland, under its 2016 Festivals and Events Programme. This investment includes almost €325,000 for the second phase of funding of large national festivals as well as just under €695,000 for smaller regional events.
Announcing the grants, Minister Ring explained the significance of such funding for tourism: “The funding announced today will allow counties across the country to broaden their appeal to overseas visitors and attract visitors who are actively seeking to fully experience Ireland in all its aspects - from culture and sport, to festivals and fun.”
“Festivals and events are the life-blood of tourism and mobilise many visitors to choose to come to Ireland in the first instance. With this funding, we can provide the magnets for tourism activity – throughout the country and throughout the year – which will sustain jobs and generate revenue for many rural communities.”
The approved festivals being funded by Fáilte Ireland under the second phase of its National Programme for Festivals and Events include:
Dublin Theatre Festival - €45,000
Dublin Fringe Festival - €25,000
Kilkenny Arts Festival - €65,000
Cat Laughs - €30,000
Guinness Cork Jazz Festival - €35,000
Cork Film Festival - €15,000
Kilkenomics - €20,000
Dingle Marathon - €10,000
Rose of Tralee - €30,000
Clifden Arts Festival - €14,000
Galway International Oyster Festival - €35,000
A full list of the 207 regional festivals allocated funding can be found in the notes to editor.
As well as attracting visitors, festivals are important in terms of generating employment and community engagement. The objective of Fáilte Ireland’s 2016 National Festivals Programme is to drive growth from key overseas markets through compelling experiences that are attractive to our target audiences and to generate additional overseas visitors across the country and across the calendar year.
Shaun Quinn, CEO of Fáilte Ireland, stressed the importance of festivals for Ireland and the tourism sector: “While recent tourism performance from overseas markets has been encouraging, we are determined to build on this momentum to drive and sustain economic growth. Ensuring that Ireland is offering compelling reasons for overseas visitors to choose Ireland, our festivals calendar plays an important role in ensuring that we have a varied and attractive menu of things to see and do for tourists. These festivals, both national and regional, that we are supporting today will provide the backbone to this year’s tourism event calendar and add to our ability to grow overseas visitors and revenue.”
Find out more about Fáilte Ireland’s National Festival Programme.
Link to first phase of national funding in 2016 can be found here
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Press Office, Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, 01 604 1090 / 01 604 1093 www.dttas.ie pressoffice@dttas.ie
Note for editors:
Regional Funding Allocation
Name
County 2016 Grant Recommendation
Dublin Culture Night Dublin €10,000
Offset Dublin €5,000
Dublin Gallery Weekend Dublin €10,000
Lingo Dublin €4,000
Barber Cut Dublin Dublin €3,000
Dublin Dance Festival Dublin €3,000
Dublin Port Riverfest Dublin €2,500
John Ford Ireland Dublin €3,000
Dalkey Lobster Festival Dublin €3,000
Dublin Bay Prawn Festival Dublin €5,000
Dine in Dublin Dublin €2,000
Dalkey Book Festival Dublin €5,000
Howth Mid Summer Literary Festival Dublin €3,000
International Literature Festival Dublin Dublin €7,500
Bloomsday (DunLaoghaire) Dublin €3,000
Mountains to Sea DLR Book Festival Dublin €3,000
Phoenix Park Motor Races Dublin €3,000
Dublin Bowie Festival Dublin €3,000
Dublin International Piano Festival Dublin €3,000
Hard Working Class Heros Dublin €4,000
You Bloom Dublin €3,000
Dun Laoghaire Tribute Music Festival Dublin €3,000
Dublin Blues, Roots and Brass Festival Dublin €4,000
Dublin Rock N Roll Festival Dublin €3,000
Canalphonics Music & Culture Festival Dublin €7,000
Bloom Fringe Dublin €4,000
Festival of Curiosity Dublin €4,000
BlueFire Street Festival Dublin €4,000
View TempleBar Arts & Politics Weekend Dublin €3,000
Intl Dublin Gay Theatre Festival Dublin €3,000
Dublin Battle for the Bay Dublin €10,000
Irish Cruiser Racing Assoc Ntl C'ships Dublin €2,000
Carlow Arts Festival Carlow €5,000
Carlow Garden Festival Carlow €2,500
Borris House Festival of Writing Carlow €2,500
Pan Celtic International Festival Carlow €7,000
Taste of Cavan Cavan €4,000
Feile Brian Boru Clare €3,000
Cork Midsummer Festival Cork €18,000
Irish Redhead Convention Cork €2,000
Racing Home for Easter Cork €2,000
Cork Craft Design Cork €3,000
Midleton Food & Drink Festival Cork €2,000
Cork Harbour Fest & Ocean to City Race Cork €5,000
Cork Folk Festival Cork €5,000
Waterfront Adventure Race Cork €2,000
Cork Week 2016(Crosshaven) Cork €3,000
TriAthy Kildare €2,000
An Post Rás mBan 2016 Kilkenny €2,000
Subtitle European Film Festival Kilkenny €4,000
Savour Kilkenny Kilkenny €4,000
Kilkenny Roots Festival Kilkenny €4,000
Lakelands International Food Fest Longford €2,500
Carlingford Oyster Festival Louth €2,000
Irish Maritime Festival Louth €5,000
Guth Gafa Film Festival Meath €4,000
Battle of Kells Meath €2,000
Hay Festival Kells Meath €4,000
Monaghan Rhythm & Blues Monaghan €2,000
Irish Game & Country Fair Offaly €7,000
Clonmel Junction Tipperary €3,000
Terryglass Arts Company Tipperary €3,000
SPLEODAR Tipperary €1,500
Thurles Sports Fest Tipperary €1,000
Glen of Aherlow Walking Festivals Tipperary €1,000
Optimist Class Nat C'Ships Tipperary €3,000
Imagine Arts Festival Waterford €3,000
Waterford Festival of Food Waterford €5,000
Waterford Harvest Waterford €3,000
IMMRAMA Waterford €2,000
Lismore Music Festival Waterford €5,000
Athlone River & Food Westmeath €2,000
Uisneach Bealtaine Celebrations Westmeath €3,000
Rockin' Food Festival Wexford €2,000
New Ross Piano Festival Wexford €2,000
Wexford Spiegeltent Wexford €4,000
Irish-American Festival Wexford €2,000
Wexford Fringe Festival Wexford €4,000
Quest Glendalough Wicklow €3,000
Enduro World Series Wicklow €7,000
Bray Jazz Wicklow €2,000
Groove Festival Wicklow €2,000
Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival Clare €5,000
Ennis Trad Fest Clare €3,000
Tour de Burren Clare €2,500
Shannonside Winter Music Festival Clare €2,000
Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy Clare €3,000
Scarriff Harbour Festival Clare €1,000
Granfondo Hibernia Clare €2,500
Ennis Book Club Festival Clare €2,000
Ennis Street Festival Clare €2,000
The Outing Lisdoonvarna Clare €3,000
Burren Food Trail Programme Clare €8,000
Summer on the West Cork Islands Cork €2,000
West Cork Rally Cork €3,000
Jim Dowling Uileann Pipe & Trad Music Festival Cork €3,000
Masters of Tradition Cork €3,000
A Taste of West Cork Cork €10,000
Fastnet Film Festival Cork €3,000
Schull Blueway Kayaking Festival Cork €2,000
Cape Clear Island Storytelling Festival Cork €5,000
Medley of Festivals on Wild Atlantic Way Cork €3,000
Transatlantic Connections Conference Donegal €2,000
All Ireland Coastal Rowing Championships Donegal €5,000
Ceol na Coille Donegal €2,500
MacGill Summer School Donegal €2,500
CranaFest Donegal €3,000
Mary from Dungloe Donegal €3,000
Johnny Doherty Music and Dancing Festival Donegal €3,000
Kilcar Fleadh Donegal €2,500
A Taste of Donegal Donegal €8,000
Ballyshannon Folk Festival Donegal €2,500
Cup of Tae Festival Donegal €2,000
Allingham Festival Donegal €1,000
Oideas Gael Donegal €2,000
Ardara Festivals Donegal €2,000
Extreme North Sports Events Donegal €2,500
Connemarathon Galway €2,500
2nd FIPS Mouche World Masters Fly Fishing Champs Galway €10,000
Baboro International Arts Festival For Children Galway €2,000
Atlantic Headland Galway €2,000
Cruinniu na mBad Galway €2,000
Galway Food Festival Galway €5,000
Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway €3,000
Inish Island Conversations Galway €1,000
Galway International Marathon Galway €2,500
Tour de Conamara Galway €2,500
Connemara Mussel Festival Galway €4,000
Galway Cup Galway €4,000
Clarinbridge Oyster Festival Galway €5,000
Inisbofin Island Spring Festivals Galway €3,000
Aras Eanna Arts Festival Galway €2,000
Connemara Bog and Sea Weeks Galway €3,000
Puck Fair Kerry €3,000
Sneem Storytelling Festival Kerry €3,000
Quest Killarney Kerry €2,000
Tralee 800 Kerry €3,000
Dingle International Film Festival Kerry €3,000
Scoil Cheoil an Earraigh Kerry €2,500
The Gathering Kerry €3,000
Comórtas Peile Páidí Ó Se Kerry €3,000
Killarney Festival of Trees Kerry €2,000
Kerry Film Festival Kerry €3,000
Killarney Adventure Race Kerry €3,000
Run Killarney Kerry €2,000
Charlie Chaplin Film Festival Kerry €3,000
Feile na Bealtaine Kerry €3,000
Ring of Beara Cycle Kerry €2,500
Listowel Military Tattoo Kerry €2,000
Feile Lughnasa Kerry €2,000
Halloween Howl Kerry €2,000
Cahirciveen Festival of Music and the Arts Kerry €2,000
Nollaig Neidin Kerry €2,000
Dingle Food Festival Kerry €7,000
Feile Neidin Kerry €3,000
Kfest Killorglin Kerry €3,000
Dingle Tradfest Kerry €3,000
Valentia Transatlantic Cable Festival Kerry €3,000
Open Air Cinema Kerry €1,000
Circuit Déja Vu Kerry €3,000
Portmagee Annual Workshop Kerry €2,500
Limerick Sings International Choral Festival Limerick €3,000
EVA International Limerick €4,000
Foynes Air Show Limerick €4,000
Pig n Porter Tag Rugby Festival Limerick €2,500
Knights of Westfest Limerick €3,000
Great Limerick Run Limerick €2,500
Westport Folk & Bluegrass Festival Mayo €2,000
Ballina Salmon Festival Mayo €5,000
Mayo International Choral Festival Mayo €3,000
Erris Beo Mayo €3,500
Soil Acla Summer School Mayo €2,500
Ballina Food Fleadh Mayo €2,500
French Mayo Festival Mayo €2,500
Heinrich Boll Weekend Mayo €1,000
Samhainn Amhainn Mayo €2,500
Westport Arts Festival Mayo €3,000
Mayo Manchester Tradfest Mayo €3,000
In Humberts Footsteps Mayo €5,000
Quest Achill Mayo €2,000
Westport Festival of Chamber Music Mayo €2,000
Achill Battle for the Burning Lake Mayo €2,500
Wild Atlantic Way Audax Mayo €2,500
South Sligo Summer School Sligo €1,000
Sligo Summer Fest Sligo €1,500
Sligo International Choral Festival Sligo €3,000
Irelands Women: Revolution & Rememberance Sligo €1,000
So Sligo Food Festival Sligo €3,000
Celtic Fringe Festival Sligo €2,000
Rosses Point Shanty Festival Sligo €3,000
Sligo Jazz Festival Sligo €2,000
Tread Softly Yeats Arts Festival Sligo €2,000
Yeats International Summer School Sligo €2,500
Sligo Live Sligo €20,000
Cos Cos Sean Nos Festival Sligo €1,500
Sligo Lunasa Festival Sligo €1,000
Mullaghamore Harbour Music & Food Festival Sligo €1,000
An Post Yeats Tour of Sligo Sligo €2,500
Irish Fashion and Food Summit Sligo €2,000
Yeats Day Sligo €5,000
Carrick Water Music Festival Leitrim €2,000
9th FIPS World Championshops Boat Angling Roscommon €8,000
Boyle Arts Festival Roscommon €3,000
Percy French Festival Roscommon €2,000
O'Carolan Harp Festival Roscommon €2,500
Great Lighthouses of Ireland Shine a Light on Summer Multi €6,000
Hell and Back Multi €2,000
National Festivals
Dublin Theatre Festival
Established in 1957, Dublin Theatre Festival is the oldest English speaking theatre festival in the world. Showcasing 18 days of world class Irish and International theatre productions in a range of venues along with a programme of discussions, talks, workshops and family events.
www.dublintheatrefestival.com
Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
Tiger Dublin Fringe (TDF) is home to bold ideas, brave performing arts and adventurous audiences, a multi-disciplinary festival and a flagship Irish cultural entity, Fringe is an incubator for excellence and innovation in new Irish arts, with 65+ theatre, dance, comedy, music, circus and spectacle-based events premiering annually.
www.fringefest.com
Kilkenny Arts Festival
Run over ten days the festival presents an arts programme specialising in classical music, musical collaborations, open-air theatre, and poetry in a wide range of settings, including many of the city’s historic venues such as Kilkenny Castle, Rothe House, St. Canices Cathedral, Butler House and the six historic walled gardens in the city.
www.kilkennyarts.ie
Sky Cat Laughs Comedy Festival
An annual comedy festival in Kilkenny, running since 1996. A platform for emerging and established Irish comedians, as well as a showcase for international comedians. The programme is made up of comedy shows, afterparties, comedians football match and family events.
www.thecatlaughs.com
Guinness Cork Jazz Festival
The Guinness Cork Jazz Festival presents the cream of jazz and jazz-related music to enthusiastic home and overseas fans. Over 1,000 musicians participate in 400+ sessions in Cork City and in satellite areas such as Kinsale. It delivers a unique experience for festival visitors - showcasing the city sights to the music and superb festival ambience.
www.guinnessjazzfestival.com
Cork Film Festival
For 60 years Cork Film Festival has been promoting the medium of cinema to a local, national and international audience. It is a festival that seeks to entertain and challenge its audience as well as celebrate the city of Cork, its culture, beautiful surroundings and individual atmosphere. The festival embraces the advances in contemporary cinema, music and technology as well as reflecting the quality tradition of cinema that has gone before,
www.corkfilmfest.org
Kilkenomics
A festival of economic discussion, debates and talks that uses comedy entertainment to make the subject matter more accessible and engaging. Europe’s first economics festival which brings together some of the world’s leading economists, financial analysts and media commentators with some of Ireland’s funniest, sharpest stand-up comedians.
www.kilkenomics.com
Dingle Marathon
Dingle Half and Full Marathon has become one of the most popular running events in Ireland. The event is set in spectacular scenery with the running route traversing Slea Head, Dingle. This is the only day in the year when vehicular traffic is removed from Slea Head immersing runners in the natural beauty of Dingle.
www.dinglemarathon.ie
Rose of Tralee
The Rose of Tralee International Festival is now in its 56th year. Participants, their family & friends experience Tralee and the beauty of Kerry. Visitors attend conferences, showcases, banquets, street shows, live theatre, concerts from Irish & International Acts. The festival culminates in the selection of the new Rose of Tralee.
www.roseoftralee.ie
Clifden Arts Festival
Beginning as a community festival in 1977, the festival has grown into a ten day offering featuring a diverse programme of performance, literature, visual arts and culture with over 100 free and ticketed events. The festival includes theatre, Irish and international poets and writers, an extensive visual arts programme, street theatre, children’s events culminating in a Grand Parade on the last weekend.
www.clifdenartsweek.ie
Galway International Oyster Festival
A celebration of the Irish oyster. The programme features a Seafood Trail, food talks, tasting events, Mardi Gras Gala Event along with family activities, live music, cooking demonstrations and more. The culmination of the festival is the Irish and World Oyster Opening Championships in the Festival Marquee.
www.galwayoysterfestival.com