County Longford Culture Night 2025 Grants

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Culture Night returns on Friday, 19 September 2025. Free public events take place all evening and late into the night for this all-island celebration of culture, creativity and the arts. It aims to promote our rich and varied culture which is alive, treasured and nurtured in people’s lives, today and every day.

Culture Night is supported by the Arts Council and local authorities across the island of Ireland. All activities are made available to the public free of charge.

Culture Night Small Grants Programme

Longford County Council is making a small grant programme available to those interested in organising Culture Night 2025 event in County Longford.

What are we looking for?

Who can apply for funding and what is funded: artists, creatives, not-for-profit organisations, local community groups, arts, heritage and cultural groups, venues, and/or societies based in County Longford can apply for a grant to support a Culture Night event. The grant may cover costs, such as venue rental, publicity, artists and materials.

What type of events and activities: those that celebrate the value that art, culture and creativity bring to our lives and provide a platform and exposure for cultural organisations, activities, facilities and community groups. This could include keeping a venue or organisation open which may otherwise have been closed at that time of day. It may also include creating an event that reminds us all about the fantastic local cultural facilities and resources that we can experience year-round.

Event areas of particular interest include:

1. Heritage events promoting County Longford's natural, built and cultural heritage
2. Events celebrating new communities and underrepresented voices, including those which connect artists from marginalised backgrounds and showcase County Longford's culturally diverse communities including asylum seekers, refugees and migrants, D/deaf culture or arts and disability, Irish Traveller culture, events promoting gender equality, and under-represented groups
3. Events organised by or in collaboration with young people
   
   

Funding

Small grants of up to €1000 are available to help with the costs associated with staging a Culture Night 2025 event.

Grant awards are assessed by an independent panel on the basis of information supplied in the application form and with regard to the grant criteria.

All events must:

• Be free
• Be registered through Longford Arts Service and uploaded to CultureNight.ie
• Embrace the Arts Council’s Pay the Artist policy and ensure that all engaged artists and practitioners are paid (unless participating in a voluntary capacity or as part of a community group).
• Be open to all and seek to create a sense of community and belonging.
  
  

How to apply

Complete your Culture Night event grant application form before the closing date of 5pm on Friday, 27 June 2025.  

Further information

If you need any further information or have any questions, email artsoffice@longfordcoco.ie.

Culture Night is brought to you by the Arts Council / An Comhairle Ealaíon, in partnership with local authorities and cultural organisations throughout the island of Ireland.