Deadline: 27-May-22
The Arts Council is seeking applications for its Culture Night Late grant Programme.
Culture Night is a national moment celebrating culture, creativity and the arts and seeks to actively promote the belief that this rich and varied culture is alive, treasured and nurtured in people’s lives, today and every day.
Hosted by the Arts Council and its strategic partners, it is delivered nationwide in cities, towns, villages and rural locations as well as online and through the media partners. Culture Night 2022 takes place on the 23rd of September.
Culture Night Late is funded by the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon and managed by Culture Night’s National Coordinator Milestone Inventive.
Funding Information
- Applicants may apply for funding between €15,000 and €20,000 for a regional flagship event.
- Funding awarded will be no more than 60% of the total event cost.
What can you apply for?
- They invite proposals for late night cultural events which are:
- Ambitious in scale – flagship events and can cater for an audience of over 500 people.
- Are designed to take place between 9pm and midnight either indoors or outdoors, but with due consideration for licensed opening hours and noise curfews as they apply locally.
- Open and free to the public (with ticketing and pre-booking as appropriate)
- Have core considerations around equality, diversity and inclusion, which address the challenges outlined in pages 12-13 of the Report of the Night-Time Economy Taskforce.
- Aim to specifically (but not necessarily exclusively) target an audience within the 18-35 age demographic, and/or where young people within this age demographic are engaged in the programming and design of the event.
- Alcohol-free events tailored for the night-time economy are encouraged.
- An even spatial distribution of projects, reflecting the nationwide nature of culture night is desirable.
- They welcome proposals for events primarily with a broad cultural theme and across all art forms with a wide public focus and reach including, but not limited to; arts participation, theatre, music, visual and digital art, film, literature, traditional arts, opera, dance, spoken word, circus, spectacle, audio arts, arts developed by and for young people or a hybrid of disciplines.
Eligibility Criteria
- Culture Night Late is open to local authorities, artists, creators, producers, programmers and arts organisations in the Republic of Ireland.
- In order for a proposal to be considered for this funding, it must meet the following criteria:
- Proposals for late-night cultural events must be for towns/cities with a population over 15,000
- Proposals can come from individuals (artists, creators, producers and/or programmers), groups, organisations or cultural institutions, or Local Authority Arts Offices directly; however the relevant Local Authority Arts Office, as co-funder, must be a critical partner in the application.
- If taking place outdoors, local permissions, licensing and permit arrangements, including noise considerations/curfews as appropriate need to be factored into the proposal.
- A clear indication of where matched funding will be sourced from, such as letters of support, must be included as part of the proposal
For more information, visit https://culturenightdublin.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Late-Night-Open-Call.pdf