The Festivals’ Scheme will be open to appropriate local groups to give them an opportunity to develop arts festivals or elements of festivals being run and implemented through the medium of Irish or which Irish language arts are a central part of them between 01 June – 31 December 2026.

This scheme is aimed at festivals which aim to foster and promote through Irish or bilingually the Irish language, language-based arts and Irish language heritage, as an integral part of the festival, and to provide a platform for the Irish language community, to the wider community and to the arts sector.