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70 events to share in €1.3m festival funding

70 events to share in €1.3m festival funding
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Local festivals have been granted almost €1.3 million in funding for 2021.

70 festivals and events across Waterford are set to benefit from the money after what has been a tough year for the industry.

Winterval is by far the biggest recipient of funding with a budget of €429,000, followed by an allocation of €111,850 for festive lighting and €84,000 for Captial of Culture/Music Generation and €70,000 for Spraoi.

Some festivals have received a boost to their funding, such as Waterford Walls which is set to receive €35,000. However, others such as Harvest festival have seen theirs cut.

Harvest Festival

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Fianna Fáil councillor Eddie Mulligan said he was 'dissatisfied' that the Harvest Festival saw a reduction of €35,000 of council funding on the previous year.

He said the festival had been 'asset stripped' and was a major success for the city centre when it last went ahead in September 2019:

"I've never had so many businesses recount to me that they all saw a bit out of the festival from hospitality to service to retail."

Green Party councillor Jody Power says there should be a way of judging where money is best spent.

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Meanwhile, Economic Development officer with Waterford Council Lisa Grant said they're hopeful most of the festivals will be able to go ahead in 2021.

"In terms of the festivals we have lined up a lot of them wouldn't be happening in the first quarter so we would hope in terms of restrictions  that there will be a greater opportunity for each of our festivals next year."

New festivals

Lisa says some of the festivals will be new, such as the Dungarvan year-round animation, and 'The campervan of sound' which is set to transport music across the county.

The full list totalling €1,287,300 is listed below. Waterford City and County say the aim is to promote local festivals that have an economic, tourism, cultural/artistic or community benefit for Waterford.

Name of Festival

2021 Allocation

1848 Tricolour Celebration

€4,500

A Slice of Culture

€600

Arts Festival  Online Support

€5,000

Bealtaine Living Earth Festival

€1,500

Blackwater Valley Opera Festival

€7,000

Campervan of Sound Music & Arts Festival

€1,000

Camphire International Horse Trials and Country Fair

€5,000

Capital of Culture/Music Generation

€84,000

Celebration of International Women's Day

€1,500

Comeragh Christmas Craft Fair

€1,200

Comeraghs Wild Festival

€28,000

Copper Coast Festival 2021

€500

Copper Coast Trad Fest 2021

€2,000

Creative Ireland

€15,000

Daonscoil na Mumhan

€1,500

Deise Medieval Greenway2021

€2,500

Dungarvan Aglow

€20,000

DUNMORE EAST BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL 2021

€10,000

Dunmore East Festival of Food, Fish and Fun

€5,000

Dunmore East Walking Weekend

€500

Festive Lighting

€111,850

Festive Support briefing

€5,000

Fun for Life 2021

€500

Giggle of the Galaxy

€2,000

Harvest Festival

€65,000

Imagine Arts Festival

€20,000

International Women's Day Festival 2021

€1,500

John Dwyer Trad Festival 2021

€3,000

Knockanore Fete

€1,000

Lismore Towers and Tales

€5,000

ModPoets Fest 21

€1,400

Nire Valley Drop MTB Challenge

€1,750

O'Connell Street Festival

€9,000

Pride of the Déise

€2,050

Ravens Rock Rally

€3,000

Robert Boyle Summer School

€2,000

Seasonal Animation in Dungarvan

€10,000

Southeast Science Festival

€5,000

Spraoi International Street Arts Festival

€70,000

Sprog

€2,000

St Patricks Day Parade, Waterford City

€45,000

St. Patrick's Day Dungarvan

€5,000

St. Patricks Day Portlaw

€1,000

Summer in the City 2021

€59,000

Summer on The Mall

€15,000

Tallow Tostal Festival

€500

The Barony Of Gaultier Rose Festival.

€550

THE BOOLEY HOUSE

€1,000

The Carbally Art By The Sea Festival.

€1,000

THE CELTIC BOX CUP

€10,000

The Good Old Days Festival.

€1,000

The LIT Young Writers Festival

€1,800

Tionól Nicolás Tóibín

€2,000

Tramore Christmas Festival

€5,000

Tramore St Patricks Day Parade

€5,000

Tramore Street Party

€4,000

TUNEFEST

€5,000

Viking River Festival

€3,000

Vitamin Sea Festival

€15,000

Waterford Film Festival

€500

Waterford Health and Wellbeing Family Fest

€3,000

Waterford PPN Community & Voluntary Awards

€5,600

Waterford Viking Marathon

€22,000

WATERFORD WALLS FESTIVAL

€35,000

Waterford Writers Weekend

€34,000

Well Festival of Arts & Wellbeing

€4,000

West Waterford Festival of Food

€50,000

Winterval

€429,000

Wyse Park Arts Spectacle scheme

€6,000

Yogafest

€1,000

€1,287,300

 

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