This January we're supporting 13 amazing arts and cultural events all over Ireland through the RTÉ Supporting the Arts scheme, including the First Fortnight Mental Health Arts and Culture Festival, which takes place across the country from 4th-18th January, with events across art forms including poetry, music, textile art, and theatre.
There are several music events to enjoy including Music for Galway Midwinter Festival celebrating 150 years since the birth of Maurice Ravel, one of the most original and sophisticated composers of the twentieth century. In Killarney, Folk In Fusion will showcase the very best in folk, roots, bluegrass, country, and beyond, while Drogheda Classical Music Concert Series in Louth, will continue to bring some of the world’s most renowned musicians to Ireland’s north-east.
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In Dublin, the Royal Irish Academy of Music's Wigmore Series will host an array of music performances, Glasshouse perform Ryuichi Sakamoto at the National Concert Hall, Brigit 2025: Dublin City Celebrating Women will host an array of events across the city, and TradFest, Ireland's leading trad and folk festival, celebrating 20 years, presents a joyful celebration of Irish music and culture.
There is also lots of theatre to enjoy with James Joyce’s The Dead continuing at the Museum of Literature Ireland, while The Ark presents The Giggler Treatment, a marvellous, mischievous new musical based on the novel by Roddy Doyle for children and grown-ups alike, and The Borrowers is at the Gate Theatre. Based on Mary Norton’s beloved adventure novels, it follows the fortunes of the tiny Clock family.
Events supported by the RTÉ Supporting the Arts scheme this January:
Dublin Abbey 120 years
Nationwide Irish National Opera
Dublin The Dead @ Museum of Literature Ireland
Dublin Wigmore Series Dublin
Dublin The Giggler Treatment
Nationwide First Fortnight Mental Health Art and Culture Festival 2025
Dublin TradFest 2025
Dublin The Borrowers
Kerry Folk In Fusion
Award winning folk singer @aoifescott brings her 'Women of Note' concert back to @stpatrickscath part of TradFest 2025.
— TradFest (@trad_fest) December 20, 2024
She'll be joined by @PeggySeeger, @carsieblanton, Clare Sands on Jan 22nd, as well as other guests yet to be announced.@VisitDublin @Failte_Ireland pic.twitter.com/WTPb2ltxpo
Louth Drogheda Classical Music 24/25 Series
Dublin Glasshouse perform Ryuichi Sakamoto
Galway Music for Galway Midwinter Festival
Dublin Brigit 2025: Dublin City Celebrating Women
Every year, RTÉ supports 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, and with dedicated promotion on RTÉ's television, radio and digital services, and extensive support across RTÉ's social channels, the RTÉ Supporting the Arts scheme is a lifeline to Ireland's creative and cultural sectors.
To find out more information about RTÉ Supporting the Arts and to apply visit About RTÉ Supporting the Arts, go here.
