Kerry County Council are pleased to announce an open call for funding under Fáilte Ireland’s Regional Festival & Participative Events Programme 2022.

2022 Guidelines

2022 Application Form

The Festival & Participate Events Programme aims to support Festivals and Participative Events that will drive domestic tourism and help to improve the visitor experience in Kerry. To be considered for funding under this Programme, Participative Events must generate a minimum of 800 visitor or tourist bed nights in paid accommodation. Festivals events must generate a minimum of 500 visitor or tourist bed nights in paid accommodation. A project minimum expenditure of €10,000 must be demonstrated in the case of both festivals and participative events.

Please Note: There is no guarantee of funding and eligible applications will be evaluated on a competitive basis against the criteria set out in the Programme Guidelines.

All Projects must adhere to Government restrictions and guidelines. Further information on Public Health Guidance is available on the HSE and Government websites and is updated frequently. https://www.gov.ie/en/ or https://www.hse.ie/eng/

Closing date for receipt of completed applications forms and supporting documentation is Tuesday 1st March 2022.

Applications received after this date will not be considered.

The Application Form and Guidelines can be accessed on Kerry County Council’s website: http://www.kerrycoco.ie/tourism/ or email [email protected]