Waterford City and County Council has allocated €1,286,458 in festival and event funding to aid with the development and promotion of events in Waterford City & County during 2020.
The allocation supports 73 festival and events throughout Waterford City and County with the aim to promote local festivals that have an economic, tourism, cultural/artistic or community perspective.
Mayor John Pratt said “The main purpose of the Festival and Events Grants scheme is to provide financial assistance to groups and organisations engaged in developing festivals and events. The emphasis is on providing funding to assist the various festivals and events to grow and become sustainable and increase the attractions for visitor numbers to Waterford”
Applications were assessed under the following criteria
Economic, artistic, community impact; visitor numbers/participation; organisational expertise;
future viability of the event; financial planning and marketing.
| Council Events | |
| Harvest Festival | 99,000 |
| Winterval | 429,500 |
| Festive Lighting | 111,850 |
| Waterford Viking Marathon | 22,000 |
| Theatre Royal Summer Programme | 15,000 |
| FestiveTraining Support | 5,000 |
| St. Patricks Day Festival City | 50,000 |
| Summer in the City / Art Beat | 59,000 |
| Waterford Writers | 34,000 |
| Capital of Culture/Music Generation | 84,000 |
| O’Connell St Festival | 9,000 |
| Creative Ireland | 15,000 |
| Non Council Events | |
| Raven’s Rock Rally | 4,000 |
| Dunmore East Festival of food | 5,000 |
| West Waterford Festival of Food | 50,000 |
| Comeraghs Wild Festival | 28,000 |
| Camphire International Horse Trials | 5,000 |
| Ardmore Pattern Festival | 7,000 |
| Robert Boyle Summer School | 2,000 |
| The Celtic Cup | 10,000 |
| Waterford Walls | 13,000 |
| Dunmore East Blue Grass Festival | 10,000 |
| Co. Waterford Fleadh Ceoil | 2,000 |
| Dungarvan Aglow | 20,700 |
| Waterford Bridge Congress | 500 |
| Waterford Country Fair | 1,500 |
| Southeast Science Festival | 5,000 |
| Enchanted Garden Winter Light Festival | 500 |
| Yogafest | 1,000 |
| Tunefest | 5,000 |
| Taste Tramore Events | 16,200 |
| Deise Medieval Greenway 2020 | 2,500 |
| Ireland Newfoundland Festival | 1,008 |
| Pride of the Dese | 2,000 |
| Spraoi | 70,000 |
| Blackwater Valley Opera Festival | 7,000 |
| Gealach Gorm Singer Songwriter Festival | 1,000 |
| Imagine | 20,000 |
| Waterford Festival of Architecture | 2,000 |
| Waterford Film Festival | 500 |
| West Waterford Drama Festival | 2,800 |
| Tionol Nioclais Toibin | 1,500 |
| Well Festival | 4,000 |
| Spróg | 2,000 |
| John Dwyer Trad Weekend | 3,000 |
| DaonScoil Na Mumhan | 1,000 |
| Lismore Tower and Tales | 5,000 |
| LIT | 1,000 |
| Mod Poets Festival | 1,400 |
| The Booley House | 1,000 |
| Piano Day | 2,800 |
| Blueway Poetry Festival | 800 |
| Community Awards | 5,600 |
| St. Patrick’s Day Dungarvan | 5,000 |
| St. Patricks Day Tramore | 5,000 |
| Bealtine Bio Diversity | 1,500 |
| Clashmore Strings and Things | 750 |
| Woodstown August Fair | 500 |
| Donal O Connor Memorial Cycle | 700 |
| Nire Valley Drop | 1,750 |
| St. Patricks Day Portlaw | 1,000 |
| Copper Coast Festival | 500 |
| Fun for Life | 500 |
| Good old Days | 600 |
| Barony of Gaultier Rose Festival | 550 |
| 1848 Tricolour Celebration | 4,500 |
| Dunmore East Walking Weekend | 500 |
| Kilmacthomas Greenway Christmas | 700 |
| International Womens Day | 1000 |
| Sliabh gCua Liverpool connection | 700 |
| Dunmore East Heritage & History | 300 |
| Positive Ageing | 700 |
| Dungarvan Flower Club | 500 |
| Waterford Women’s Centre History Festval | 950 |
| KGK Knockanore | 600 |
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