Record Year as RTÉ Supporting the Arts supports 170 events throughout 2023
By RTÉ
*** 30% rise in number of arts and cultural events supported by RTÉ ***
During 2023, RTÉ supported 170 arts and cultural events all over Ireland through the RTÉ Supporting the Arts scheme. Spanning film, music, dance, opera, festivals, literature, theatre and exhibitions, RTÉ has delivered a 30% increase year-on-year in the annual number of campaigns supporting Ireland’s rich and vibrant cultural landscape.
Across the year, RTÉ increased its commitment to supporting both new and established events in our communities, including Dublin Dance Festival, Baboró International Arts Festival for Children, Cúirt International Festival of Literature, Galway Film Fleadh, IFI Documentary Festival 2023, Culture Night 2023, Dublin Theatre Festival, and much many more.
The number of arts and cultural festivals and events supported by RTÉ has grown steadily from a base of 100 per year in 2013, up to 150 in 2022, and now 170 in 2023. The scheme offers dedicated promotion on RTÉ’s television, radio and digital services, and extensive support across RTÉ’s social channels. With production services often provided by RTÉ, in addition to promotional airtime, the RTÉ Supporting the Arts scheme is a lifeline to Ireland’s creative and cultural sectors.
This December is no exception with an array of events taking place as outlined below, including Library Ireland Week, which runs until 9th December.
- DUBLIN Lavery. On Location. | www.nationalgallery.ie/art-and-artists/exhibitions/upcoming-exhibitions/lavery-location
- DUBLIN Andy Warhol Three Times Out | www.hughlane.ie/whats_on/hlg-andy-warhol-three-times-out
- LIMERICK Nights Candles are Burnt Out: Climate, Culture, Change & Community | www.huntmuseum.com/whats-on/nights-candles-are-burnt-out-climate-culture-change-community
- NATIONWIDE Carmen | www.balletireland.ie/whats-on/carmen
- CORK All Eyes On Us | www.crawfordartgallery.ie/all-eyes-on-us
- DUBLIN Peter Pan | www.gatetheatre.ie/production/peter-pan
- NATIONWIDE Library Ireland Week 2023 | www.libraryirelandweek.ie
- DUBLIN The Giggler Treatment at The Ark, Dublin | www.ark.ie/events/view/the-giggler-treatment-2023
- DUBLIN GAA: People, Objects & Stories | www.museum.ie
- NATIONWIDE WhistleBlast’s Winter Wonderland 2023 Tour | www.whistleblastquartet.com
- DUBLIN You Belong To Me by Rory Nolan | www.smockalley.com/you-belong-to-me
- DONEGAL Scoil Gheimhridh Ghaoth Dobhair | www.scoilgheimhridh.com
- DUBLIN Seeing the Star | www.chamberchoirireland.com/events/seeing-the-star
- DUBLIN & WEXFORD Handel’s Messiah | www.irishbaroqueorchestra.com
- DUBLIN Self-Determination: A Global Perspective | www.imma.ie/whats-on/self-determination-a-global-perspective
In 2023, RTÉ supported 170 events, as follows:
| Library Ireland Week 2023 |
| Baboró International Arts Festival for Children |
| Cúirt International Festival of Literature |
| Dublin International Chamber Music Festival (Great Music in Irish Houses) |
| Westport Festival of Chamber Music |
| PhotoIreland Festival 2023: R/evolutions |
| Galway Film Fleadh |
| IFI French Film Festival 2023 |
| Bealtaine Festival |
| IFI Documentary Festival 2023 |
| Culture Night 2023 |
| Borris House Festival of Writing and Ideas |
| Poetry Day Ireland |
| Esker Festival Orchestra 10th Anniversary Celebration |
| Dublin Theatre Festival |
| Write By The Sea Kilmore Quay Literary Festival |
| Dublin Book Festival |
| Red Line Book Festival |
| Open House Dublin 2023 |
| Kerry International Film Festival 2023 (KIFF 2023) |
| Dublin Dance Festival |
| West Cork Literary Festival |
| The Holy Hour |
| RHA 200 |
| Murmur of Bees |
| Fun Home |
| In the Midst of Plenty’ Nationwide Tour of Ireland |
| Rita Duffy : Persistent Illusions |
| Wexford Festival Opera |
| International Literature Festival Dublin |
| Wigmore Hall Festival, Dublin |
| The Giggler Treatment at The Ark, Dublin |
| Peter Pan |
| Self-Determination: A Global Perspective |
| Limerick Classical Concert Series |
| All Eyes On Us |
| Bram Stoker Festival |
| IMRAM Féile Litríochta Gaeilge |
| Cork Folk Festival |
| Dublin Festival of History |
| The Loved Ones |
| Westival – Westport Arts and Music Festival |
| Carmen |
| Concert – Anna Dennis, Jonas Nordberg & Liam Byrne |
| Sligo Jazz Project international jazz festival and summer school |
| Hinterland Festival Kells |
| Belfast TradFest |
| Lavery. On Location. |
| 2023 Allingham Festival |
| Kilkenny Arts Festival – do some social posts |
| The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams |
| GAA: People, Objects & Stories |
| Andy Warhol Three Times Out |
| Nights Candles are Burnt Out: Climate, Culture, Change & Community |
| Ireland Is |
| Galway International Arts Festival |
| Rachmaninov’s All Night Vigil |
| Poets, Passion, and Peace |
| How to fold the wind |
| Cork International Film Festival (CIFF) |
| Dublin Fringe Festival 2023 |
| Dublin HandelFest |
| Boyne Music Festival |
| New Ross Piano Festival |
| Tour by the Carducci Quartet |
| Seán Corcoran Series |
| East Cork Early Music Festival |
| West Wicklow Chamber Music Festival ‘Winter Weekend’ 2023 |
| WhistleBlast’s Winter Wonderland 2023 Tour |
| You Belong To Me by Rory Nolan |
| Clonmel Junction Arts Festival |
| Limerick Jazz Festival 2023 |
| Dingle Literary Festival |
| ISLA Festival |
| 40th EVA International |
| Bray International Jazz Festival |
| Donal Ryan’s FROM A LOW AND QUIET SEA |
| Bold Moves |
| Lavinia Fontana: Trailblazer, Rule Breaker |
| Earagail Arts Festival |
| Limerick Sings International Choral Festival |
| National Heritage Week |
| Music Current Festival |
| Concert – Linda May Han Oh & Fabian Almazan |
| SCS Killaloe Music Festival |
| Lá Mór na Gaeilge |
| Blackwater Valley Opera Festival |
| The New Electric Ballroom |
| Brigit 2023: Dublin City Celebrating Women |
| The Price |
| One Dublin One Book |
| New Music Dublin |
| Irish Chamber Orchestra |
| Finding a Voice |
| First Cut Youth Film Festival 2023 |
| Fresh International Film Festival |
| Ortús Chamber Music Festival |
| West Wicklow Chamber Music Festival |
| The Maria Edgeworth Festival of Literature & Art |
| Limerick Early Music Festival |
| Cork International Choral Festival |
| Franco-Irish Literary Festival 2023 |
| 7th East Asia Film Festival Ireland |
| Cork Midsummer Festival |
| Catalyst International Film Festival |
| Achill International Film Festival |
| Mother Tongues Festival |
| Scene and Heard |
| Handel’s ‘Messiah’ [Duplication 659] |
| Dublin Literary Award – Winner Announcement |
| Bloomsday Film Festival |
| Irish Memory Orchestra 10th Anniversary Celebration |
| Cassiopeia Winds Tour |
| Indian film festival of Ireland |
| Clones Film Festival |
| Chamber Music on Valentia |
| Boyne Tradfest |
| Scoil Gheimhridh Ghaoth Dobhair |
| Disappear Here International Film Festival |
| Galway Cartoon Festival 2023 |
| Left Behind |
| Tempesta |
| Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival |
| Two Stories |
| The Leaves Festival of Writing & Music |
| Seeing the Star |
| Handel’s Messiah |
| Light Moves Festival |
| Soul Noir: Festival of the Dark Arts |
| National Circus Festival of Ireland |
| Fidelio Trio Winter Chamber Music Festival |
| 11th Annual Concertina Cruinniú |
| International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival |
| From Out The Land |
| Drawing from the Well, a concert presented by ITMA in partnership with NCH |
| Metamorphosis Art Exhibition- Headway |
| Inishbofin Arts Festival 2023 |
| Dublin Smartphone Film Festival |
| Dublin Literary Award |
| THE ROSE TATTOO by Tennesee Williams |
| Emotional Motivations – from Bach to Buxtehude |
| Galway Ukulele Festival |
| SongTales sa Spéir |
| Waterford International Film Festival |
| Evlana Ensemble – Perfect Offering |
| The Garden Party |
| Oireachtas na Samhna |
| FLIGHT – an opera by Jonathan Dove |
| Self-Determination: A Global Perspective |
| Waterford Walls International Street Art Festival |
| Minding Creative Minds at the IFTAs |
| Dublin International Film Festival |
| Incognito 2023 – The Online Art Sale in Aid of the Jack and Jill Children’s Foundation |
| Fastnet Film Festival |
| Ballydehob Jazz Festival 2023 |
| Theatre Lovett present the 2023 national tour of The Teddy Bears’ Picnic by Louis Lovett |
| Portrait Lab -The Model |
| My Father’s Dragon: The Exhibition |
| Crash 25! |
| The Gate -PIAF |
| Music for Galway – Midwinter Festival |
| TradFest Temple Bar 2023 |
| Turner: The Sun is God |
| IMBOLC International Music Festival |
| 27th Festival of Youth Orchestras |
| Ennis Book Club Festival |
| Anne Collier Exhibition 2023 |
| Made of Earth – Hunt Museum |
| PAN CELTIC INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL 2023 |
| FOLKS’ MUSIC Festival |
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