The Arts Council regularly schedules information
clinics for prospective festival applicants and reporting clinics for those in
receipt of funding. Below is a list of the clinics that will take place in
2024. This list is refreshed regularly; therefore it is advised to check this
page for any subsequent updates. All clinics are currently provided online.
If you require further information please
contact regina.oshea@artscouncil.ie
Festival Investment Scheme 2025 Round 2 – Application Clinic
(for festivals taking place July–Dec 2025)
Thursday 07 November 11:30am
The purpose of the Festival Investment Scheme 2025
Round 2 is to provide support for small-mid scale festivals to deliver festival
programme activity. The scheme is open to multi-disciplinary festivals and
single artform festivals that take place in the second half of 2025
(Festivals that commence 01 July – 31 December 2025). Returning
applicants to the scheme as well as new applicants should attend this
application clinic which will set out changes to both the application form and
applicant guidance. There will also be an opportunity for the clinic
participants to ask questions.
Register here.
Festival Investment
Scheme – Reporting Clinic
(for Round 1 2025 Award Recipients only)
Thursday 05 September 2024 2.30pm
Those festivals in receipt of a Festival Investment
Scheme 2025 (Round1) award are invited to attend a reporting clinic. This
practical session will support and guide festivals on how to complete their
2025 festival report form, how to complete their Income and Expenditure
reporting and the steps to schedule payments. The clinic will also be made
available online later in the year for festival organisations.
Festivals are not required to book, an automatic
invitation will be sent to award recipients inviting them to attend online.