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Creative Roscommon Open Call 2025

The Creative Roscommon Open Call 2026 will offer 3 Strands of funding opportunities:

1. Community and Creative Collaboration – Community groups and artists working together on creative projects. Individual creatives must work with a group or organisation.

2. Creative Climate Action / Heritage / Biodiversity – Projects looking creatively at Heritage (built and cultural), Biodiversity or Climate change (including pollution, sustainability, clean energy, helping nature and people adapt to changing weather).

3. Outdoor Cultural Events – Events in Roscommon outdoor spaces including Roscommon Square and Amphitheatre, Somers Park Castlerea, Boyle Pleasure Grounds and Grounds of King House.

The level of grant assistance for any one event/project will range from €1,000 to €5,000.

Full Guidelines are available here

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Check out our video tutorial on how to apply
How to apply for Creative Roscommon Grants 

Applications open 19th Jan to 27th Feb 2026 at 5pm

What is the Creative Ireland Programme?

The Creative Ireland Programme is an all-of-government initiative committed to enhancing access to, engagement with, and enjoyment of Ireland’s culture and creativity. Within the broad range of available definitions, creativity is considered as a set of innate abilities and learned skills; the capacity of individuals and organisations to transcend accepted ideas and norms and by drawing on imagination to create new ideas that bring additional value to human activity. The vision of the Creative Ireland Programme 2023–2027 is to mainstream creativity in the life of the nation so that individually and collectively, in our personal lives and in our institutions, we can realise our full creative potential thereby promoting individual, community and national wellbeing. The Creative Ireland Programme will deliver through collaboration and partnership, promoting understanding, and appreciation of the value of creativity in all its forms — whether through the arts, culture, heritage, or technology.               

The Creative Vision for Roscommon is: A Creative Place: A Creative People. The Roscommon Culture and Creativity Strategy 2023-2027 provides an opportunity to encourage a multiplicity of voices and forms of expression, from which new ideas can emerge and old stories can be reimagined.

You can access the Roscommon Culture and Creativity Strategy 2023-2027 here Creative Ireland 2023-2027 Strategy - Roscommon.pdf (size 953 KB)

Keep up to date with what's on in Roscommon here: https://www.creativeireland.gov.ie/en/roscommon/

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A Summary of the Creative Ireland Programme 2025

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Creative Roscommon Grants

Check out the list of fantastic projects and events that were awarded funding under this year's Creative Roscommon Open Call.

There were 4 strands of funding (Strand 1: Community/Creative Collaboration, Strand 2: Creative Climate Action/Heritage/Biodiversity Collaboration, Strand 3: Individual Creative Bursary – New Work, Strand 4: Outdoor Cultural Events) and our local commuities really know how to answer the call, bringing creativity into every corner of the county. 

We look forwward to supporting all of these projects as the year progresses. 

Best of luck to all involved!