RT\u00c9\u00a0Supporting the Arts\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n
RT\u00c9 is Supporting 20\u00a0Arts\u00a0and Cultural Events all over Ireland this April\u00a0<\/p>\n
RT\u00c9 is proud to support\u00a0an exciting month of arts and cultural events taking place across Ireland and beyond. Music lovers are well catered for with an outstanding range of performances and festivals.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This month\u00a0offers a rich array of literary\u00a0celebration\u00a0and\u00a0discovery. Galway hosts the internationally acclaimed\u00a0C\u00fairt\u00a0International Festival of Literature, and\u00a0Poetry Day Ireland\u00a0invites readers and writers nationwide to engage with the spoken and written word. The prestigious\u00a0Dublin Literary Award 2026\u00a0will announce its much-anticipated shortlist, while the Irish Writers Centre opens submissions globally for its\u00a0International Debut Novel Competition, with the final event taking place in Dublin.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dublin\u00a0also\u00a0welcomes the\u00a0Wigmore Series Dublin\u00a0presented by the Royal Irish Academy of Music, while\u00a0New Music Dublin\u00a0continues to champion innovative contemporary composition.\u00a0Cutting-edge\u00a0sounds also take\u00a0centre\u00a0stage at the\u00a0Music Current Festival\u00a0in Dublin. Beyond the capital, choral excellence shines in Cork with the\u00a0Cork International Choral Festival, and jazz fans can celebrate 20 years of vibrant improvisation at the\u00a0Ballydehob\u00a0Jazz Festival 2026. Nationwide,\u00a0Ball Nights\u00a0\u2013\u00a0A Celebration of West Kerry Music\u00a0tours traditional sounds to audiences across Ireland\u00a0and\u00a0Chamber Choir Ireland\u00a0continues its Spring\u2013Summer 2026 season. Meanwhile, the\u00a0New Ross Piano Festival \u2013 20th Anniversary Concert\u00a0marks a landmark celebration in Wexford.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Theatre and performance art continue to push boundaries across the country.\u00a0The Gate Theatre stages\u00a0Poor\u00a0by Katriona O\u2019Sullivan, and the Pavilion Theatre presents\u00a0The House Must Win, a gripping new work blending drama with social commentary. Continuing nationwide,\u00a0CISEACH | An Embodied Manifesto\u00a0brings powerful dance and movement to audiences across Ireland. The\u00a0Five Lamps Arts Festival\u00a0also returns to Dublin, igniting the city with theatre, visual arts, music, and community celebration.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Visual art takes\u00a0centre-stage across several major platforms this month. In Dublin, Photography Museum Ireland presents the\u00a0Taylor Wessing Irish Photo Prize,\u00a0showcasing\u00a0exceptional portrait photography from across the island. The National Gallery of Ireland invites visitors into the imaginative world of\u00a0William Blake: The Age of Romantic Fantasy. Supporting artists directly, the\u00a0Incognito Art Sale for Jack and Jill\u00a0brings\u00a0together Irish and international creators in a unique online fundraising exhibition.\u00a0<\/p>\n
RT\u00c9\u00a0Supporting the Arts\u00a0is committed to supporting artists,\u00a0audiences\u00a0and cultural\u00a0organisations\u00a0across the country, helping to bring the arts to wider communities.\u00a0April\u2019s extensive\u00a0programme\u00a0reflects the strength,\u00a0imagination\u00a0and diversity of Ireland\u2019s creative sector, and RT\u00c9\u00a0Supporting the Arts\u00a0is proud to help amplify these cultural experiences nationwide.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This April, RT\u00c9 Supporting the Arts invites you to immerse yourself in Ireland\u2019s vibrant cultural landscape. We encourage everyone to explore, attend, and enjoy the wealth of creativity on offer this month.\u00a0For more information,\u00a0rte.ie\/culture\u00a0\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Events supported by the RT\u00c9 Supporting the Arts scheme this\u00a0April:\u202f\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RT\u00c9\u00a0Supporting the Arts\u202f\u00a0 RT\u00c9 is Supporting 20\u00a0Arts\u00a0and Cultural Events all over Ireland this April\u00a0 RT\u00c9 is proud to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":368013,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-368012","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}