The Weekly on the 16th of December 2025: The arts in your area

[Community Arts Partnership]

The Weekly offers links to events and offerings from arts organisations and community groups in Northern Ireland.

NOT SEEING THE FULL WEEKLY? CLICK HERE TO VIEW IN YOUR BROWSER Tuesday, 16th of December 2025 If you have an item to submit for inclusion, submit it here or just email us at: in...@capartscentre.com SECTOR NEWS ANTRIM AND NEWTOWNABBEY ARDS AND NORTH DOWN ARMAGH, BANBRIDGE AND CRAIGAVON BELFAST CAUSEWAY COAST AND GLENS DERRY AND STRABANE FERMANAGH AND OMAGH LISBURN AND CASTLEREAGH MID AND EAST ANTRIM MID ULSTER NEWRY, MOURNE AND DOWN FUNDING DEADLINES MORE OPPORTUNITIES Submit an event to the Weekly (Deadline: 3pm sharp each Tuesday) CAP NEWS NEW! CAPtain’s Blog – Creating a Change – Part Three: Authorship – Finding Voice Caroline Shimmons and Elaine McComb are working on the CEMENT project with the METIS Initiatives CIC in Castlewellan Congratulations to Jason Lovell, the Winner of The Seamus Heaney Award for New Writing 2025! Community Arts Partnership seeks YOUR input about our information services (5-min Survey - Google form)  CAP’s Arts Resource Centre – Rooms available for hire in the centre of Belfast Community Arts Partnership – Breathe Project and Online Resource Have you been published by the Poetry in Motion project? Find copies of our publications on our 'eBay for Change' store SECTOR NEWS Central Good Relations Fund – Small Grants now open – closing 31 Jan 2026 Next Phase of Public Consultation Launches for Belfast Stories - closing 5 Feb 2026 Eleven NI artists awarded funding for international projects Belfast City Council's Vacant to Vibrant Scheme has been extended - applications now open National Lottery: transforming the cultural landscape Arts Council: Rural Engagement Arts Programme Evaluation SECTOR NEWS Arts Council announces £343,499 for 96 projects that support greater access and participation in the arts for communities across NI   NEW! Eight of Swords by Patricia Downey   Brian Irvine, Ivor Novello Award-winning composer and Co-Artistic Director of Dumbworld - Arts Council Guest column   Ulster Orchestra Appoints Anna Handler as Chief Conductor   New Seamus Heaney International Visiting Poetry Fellow at Queen’s – Terrance Hayes   Aisling Ghéar Theatre Company gets major boost   162 artists from Northern Ireland set to benefit from £1 million career development funding, thanks to The National Lottery   Arts Council puts Culture and Climate in the spotlight at Queen’s   Chinese Master Crafters welcomed to Belfast   NEMO projects granted funding   Arts Council NI – £400,000 of funding announced for mental health and arts projects   Congratulations to Jason Lovell, the Winner of The Seamus Heaney Award for New Writing 2025!   Northern Ireland Screen – Creative Industries New Entrants programme (CINE)   University of Warwick – The State of the Arts – Report   Dumbworld and the Ulster Orchestra’s ‘How We Stand… How We Breathe’   Kabosh Theatre Company has Rebranded!   Fighting Words 2026 Supplement in The Irish Times – Call for Submissions from Young People! – closing 17 Dec (deadline extended)   NEW! Applying to QEST Funding – 18 Dec   Into Film’s – Games Review Competition (for 5-19 year olds) – to 20 Dec   NEW! Belfast Photo Festival 2026 – Submissions Open – (Early Bird) closing 31 Dec – deadline 2 Mar 2026   144th Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition – to 4 Jan 2026   Craft NI showcase at RUA’s 144th Annual Exhibition celebrating the strength of Northern Ireland’s craft designer-makers – to 4 Jan 2026   NEW! UK-Ireland 2030 Cultural Co-operation Programme – closing 8 Jan 2026   UK City of Culture 2029 – Expressions of Interest – closing – 11 Jan 2026   NEW! Belfast Stories – Expressions of interest for a new Stories Panel – closing 15 Jan 2026   Dublin Fringe Festival 2026 – Applications Now Open – closing 22 Jan 2026   Belfast Exposed Launches its “Train the Trainers” Initiative – 24 Jan to 28 Feb 2026   Reclaim the Agenda – International Women’s Day 2026 poster competition – closing 31 Jan 2026   NEW! Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's - Conference on Children’s Literature: Call for Papers and Participants – closing 6 Feb 2026   NI Science Festival 2026 – 11 to 22 Feb 2026   Sounds Atypical Music Grant Scheme – closing 12 Feb 2026   National Lottery Open Week 2026 – 7 to 15 Mar 2026   Mairtín Crawford Awards for Poetry and Short Story 2026 – Open for submissions – closing 11 Mar 2026   RNIB NI Community Connection – updated bimonthly ONLINE COMMUNITY ARTS & EVENTS ArtsCare – The Morning Metamorphosis – Transformations – online creative workshops – to Jan 2026 ArtsCare, Well-being NEW! Webinar – An Artist’s Guide to Funding Applications with Dr Marianne O’Kane Boal – 15 Jan 2026 Visual Artists Ireland NEW! Preparing your submission to the Mairtín Crawford Awards | In-person and online workshops – 20 and 24 Jan Crescent Arts Centre, Literature, Mairtín Crawford Awards Dumbworld and Ulster Orchestra’s ‘How We Stand… How We Breathe’ Dumbworld Ltd, Sound of Belfast, Ulster Orchestra Northern Visions Television Northern Visions TV Please note: the following items are listed in chronological order. ANTRIM AND NEWTOWNABBEY menu / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE Judith Keyes School of Ballet: Christmas Showcase – 20 Dec Dance, The Courtyard Theatre Belfast Actually 2 – Theatre at The Mill – to 3 Jan 2026 Theatre at the Mill, Theatre Robin Hood: The Panto – to 3 Jan 2026 Theatre at the Mill, Theatre Standing Tall – Colin Woodward – to 9 Jan 2026 Flax Gallery, Theatre at the Mill, Exhibition, Visual Arts ARDS AND NORTH DOWN menu / prev / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE NEW! Ards and North Down Borough Council – Spring Arts and Heritage Programme Ards and North Down Borough Council Festive Arts Events in Ards and North Down Ards and North Down Borough Council Ryan McMullan – Friday Night Added – 19 dec Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music Carol Service – 22 Dec Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music Botanical Watercolour Painting Exhibition and Workshops – to 31 Dec Holywood Library, Maurice Shannon Art, Visual Art The Whistlin’ Donkeys – 16 Jan 2026 Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music An Iarthar | Barbara Rae at Seacourt Print Workshop – to 23 Jan 2026 Seacourt Print Workshop, Late Night Art Bangor Burns, Whisky & Words: A Whisky Tasting Experience – 25 Jan 2026 Ulster Folk Museum, Poetry Trú – 30 Jan 2026 Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music Four Hands, Four Feet: Duet Organ Recital – 1 Feb 2026 Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music Ruth McGinley: Glass and Beyond – 14 Feb 2026 Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music Anthony Toner – 21 Feb 2026 Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music Joseph Beech, Organ Recital – 22 feb 2026 Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music The Fureys – a Final Farewell – 1 Mar 2026 Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music Emer Maguire: Notions – 6 Mar 2026 Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Verbal Arts The Gesualdo Six – 7 Mar 2026 Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music Terry McHugh: Bricking It – 13 Mar 2026 Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Verbal Arts Piatti Quartet: The Cinematic Experience – 15 Mar 2026 Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music Peter Corry: One Singer Some Songs – 21 Mar 2026 Portico, Music Legends of The 60s – 10 Apr 2026 Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music Paddy McDonnell: Gout’s Out – 24 Apr 2026 Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Verbal Arts Legend of Luke Kelly – 25 Apr 2026 Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music Tim McGarry: The Height of Nonsense – 16 May 2026 Portico, Verbal Arts The Kilkennys – 23 May 2026 Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music Legends of American Country – 19 June 2026 Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music OPPORTUNITIES Call for Artists! – Join the AND Arts Network Ards and North Down Borough Council OPEN CALL: ForM Sculpture Exhibition 2026 – closing 2 Mar 2026 Ards and North Down Borough Council, ForM Sculpture Exhibition JOBS & PAID OPPORTUNITIES NEW! Action Mental Health – Skills Coach, Creative Crafts – closing 1 Jan 2026 Action Mental Health FUNDING Individual Artist Grant – open for applications – closing 9 Feb 2026 Ards and North Down Borough Council TRAINING & WORKSHOPS Botanical Watercolour Painting Exhibition and Workshops – to 31 Dec Holywood Library, Maurice Shannon Art, Visual Art ARMAGH, BANBRIDGE AND CRAIGAVON menu / prev / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE Made @ Millennium Court, Representing Local Artisan Talent Millennium Court “We Are Still Here”: The Unspoken truth of Long Covid Kids Millennium Court, Exhibition, NI Stars The Market Place Theatre & Arts Centre’s New Season brochure – to end Dec Market Place Theatre & Arts Centre Artists Drawn Together – to 18 Dec Millennium Court John Hewitt International Summer School – 27 July to 1 Aug 2026 John Hewitt International Summer School, Literature, The Market Place Theatre Armagh Millennium Court – Monthly Queer Art Club Millennium Court JOBS & PAID OPPORTUNITIES NEW! Request for Quotation – Outreach Arts Programme – Lurgan – closing 9 Jan 2026 Armagh City Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council, Outreach Arts Programme BELFAST #SaveCQ menu / prev / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE Belfast City Council’s Vacant to Vibrant Scheme has been extended – applications now open Belfast City Council Kabosh Theatre Company has Rebranded! Kabosh Theatre Company "The Unholylands” – In Cinemas now UnHolylands Mandela Hall – Hollie McNish with Michael Pedersen: Brand New Book Tour – 16 Dec Mandela Hall, Out to Lunch Festival, The Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival Half Light – Charys Wilson – to 17 Dec University of Atypical for Arts and Disability The Duncairn – Young Artist Open Call – closing 19 Dec The Duncairn In Her Own Image / Gathering Time / Fotodziennik – Anna Beata Bohdziewicz, Aneta Grzeszykowska, Teresa Gierzynska & Zofia Rydet – to 20 Dec Belfast Exposed Gallery Christmas in Belfast – Live Music every weekend – to 21 Dec Belfast City Hall, Grand Central Station, Belfast City Council, Oh Yeah Music Centre, Music Pigeon & Plum’s Vaudeville Circus – to 21 Dec The Lyric Theatre Art Unwrapped 2025 – to 23 Dec Ulster University, Visual Art The MAC – LAST ACT | Marie Hanlon & Rhona Clarke –  to 4 Jan 2026 The MAC, Exhibition, Film, Visual Art The MAC – William McKeown – to 4 Jan 2026 The MAC, Exhibition,  Visual Art The MAC – Sea Skin by Niamh Seana Meehan – to 4 Jan 2026 The MAC, Exhibition, Textiles, Visual Art 144th Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition – to 4 Jan 2026 Ulster Museum, Royal Ulster Academy of Arts Craft NI showcase at RUA’s 144th Annual Exhibition celebrating the strength of Northern Ireland’s craft designer-makers – to 4 Jan 2026 Craft NI, Royal Ulster Academy of Arts, Ulster Museum Laura Nelson – to 4 Jan 2026 The Vault Artist Studios NEW! Tumble Circus – Winter Circus – to 4 Jan 2026 Tumble Circus A Myth for the Last Wolf – An Exhibition by Karen Daye-Hutchinson ARUA ARE – 7 to 31 Jan 2026 ArtisAnn Gallery, Visual Arts Across Eurasia, Encountering Ulster – Lin Li Solo Exhibition – to 8 Jan 2026 room2 Belfast, Visual Art NEW! Out to Lunch Festival – 9 to 31 Jan 2026 Out to Lunch Festival The Lyric Theatre – A Christmas Carol –  to 10 Jan 2026 The Lyric Theatre, Theatre The Black Box – Hiraeth: Yearning for Home? With Michael Smiley and Miranda Sawyer – 11 Jan 2026 The Black Box, Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival, Out to Lunch Festival The Black Box – Work is the Curse of the Drinking Classes – 13 Jan 2026 The Black Box EXHIBITION: Le sruth na beatha | In the flow of being by Liudmila Kalinka – to 15 Jan 2026 An Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich, Visual Art NEW! Belfast Stories – Expressions of interest for a new Stories Panel – closing 15 Jan 2026 Belfast City Council The Black Box – The Hans Zimmer Experience – 16 Jan 2026 The Black Box The Black Box – Rosie Wilby: The Breakup Monologues – 18 Jan 2026 The Black Box Belfast Print Workshop Christmas Members’ Exhibition – to 23 Jan 2026 Belfast Print Workshop, Visual Art Uster Sports Club – Don Letts DJ Set + Explosion Sound System – 24 Jan 2026 Ulster Sports Club The Black Box – Connor Burns: Gallus – 28 Jan 2026 The Black Box No Woman’s Land A Performance by Ciara O’Neill – 30 Jan 2026 Accidental Theatre, Belfast & Lisburn Women’s Aid Mise en Abyme – Sharon Murphy – to 31 Jan 2026 The Golden Thread Gallery The Border That Crossed Me – to 31 Jan 2026 Golden Thread Gallery, Flax Art Studios, Fluxus Art Projects The Lyric Theatre – The Importance Of Being Earnest – 31 Jan to 22 Feb 2026 The Lyric Theatre NEW! Conference on Children’s Literature: Call for Papers and Participants – closing 6 Feb 2026 Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s The Lyric Theatre – Prime Cut Productions – The Human Voice – 12 to 28 Feb 2026 The Lyric Theatre Vampirology – The Science of Horror’s Most Famous Fiend with Kathryn Harkup – 13 Feb 2026 The MAC, NI Science Festival Domination: The Fall & Rise of an Empire with Alice Roberts – 15 Feb 2026 NI Science Festival Green Crime with Julia Shaw – 21 Feb 2026 NI Science Festival The Lyric Theatre – Paines Plough and Park Theatre Co-Production – Consumed – 24 Feb to 8 Mar 2026 The Lyric Theatre Mairtín Crawford Awards for Poetry and Short Story 2026 – Open for submissions – closing 11 Mar 2026 Crescent Arts Centre, Literature, Mairtín Crawford Awards Belfast TradFest – Dougie MacLean – 14 Mar 2026 Belfast TradFest, Music NEW! Andy Irvine | Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh Band – 14 Mar 2026 Belfast TradFest, Mandela Hall, Music The Lyric Theatre – The Belfast Ensemble – Group! – 24 Mar to 4 Apr 2026 The Lyric Theatre NEW! DU Dance – Unanimous 2026 – The MAC – SAVE THE DATE – 2 Apr 2026 The MAC, DU Dance NI, Unanimous The Lyric Theatre – Lisa Richards Agency – Vittorio Angelone: “You Can’t Say Nothing Anymore” – 8 to 12 Apr 2026 The Lyric Theatre The Lyric Theatre – Druid Theatre – Macbeth – 16 to 18 Apr 2026 The Lyric Theatre The Lyric Theatre – A Lyric Drama Studio Production – Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein – 21 Apr to 2 May 2026 The Lyric Theatre The Lyric Theatre – Tea In A China Cup – 2 to 30 May 2026 The Lyric Theatre The Lyric Theatre – Tim McGarry: The Height of Nonsense – 24 May 2026 The Lyric Theatre Disaster and Intervention – Oliver Jeffers at The Naughton Gallery – to 29 Mar 2026 The Naughton Gallery The Lyric Theatre – Steel Magnolias – 13 June to 10 July 2026 The Lyric Theatre, Concord Theatricals Ltd Write Club – group-writing session – every Thursday Paperxclips Books, Write Club Belfast Art Gallery Walking Tour – every first Thursday of the Month Belfast Art Gallery Walking Tour ASCERT Recovery choir – every Thursday ASCERT, Music Sing Happy Choir – Thursday mornings Sing Happy Choir Scribe Writing Group – meeting monthly Belfast Playwrights, Literature, Voicing the Void JOBS & PAID OPPORTUNITIES Arts Council of Northern Ireland – Change Manager – NICS Grade 7 – closing 17 Dec Arts Council of Northern Ireland Belfast TradFest – Producer – closing 18 Dec Belfast TradFest Belfast TradFest – Marketing and Engagement Officer – closing 18 Dec Belfast TradFest The Lyric Theatre – Marketing Executive – closing 18 Dec The Lyric Theatre Arts Council of Northern Ireland – Director of Finance & Corporate Services – closing 19 Dec Arts Council of Northern Ireland Arts Care – Arts Programme Assistant – closing 23 Dec Arts Care Arts Care – Finance and Admin Assistant – closing 23 Dec Arts Care NEW! NIMHAF – Marketing and Project Assistant – closing 9 Jan 2026 NI Mental Health Arts Festival NEW! The Black Box – Bookings & Communications Officer – closing 5 Jan 2026 The Black Box Two jobs – Personal Assistant to the Chief Executive and Arts and Disability Facilities Assistant – closing 5 Jan 2026 University of Atypical for Arts and Disability Belfast Photo Festival – Design And Digital Marketing Assistant – closing 5 Jan 2026 Belfast Photo Festival Belfast Photo Festival – Events and Production Assistant – closing 5 Jan 2026 Belfast Photo Festival NEW! EastSide Greenways – Research, Impact and Communications Officer – closing 7 Jan 2026 EastSide Greenways, Eastside Partnership NEW! EastSide Greenways – Volunteer Engagement Coordinator – closing 7 Jan 2026 EastSide Greenways, Eastside Partnership Games and Digital Asset Sector Manager – closing 9 Jan 2026 Northern Ireland Screen OPPORTUNITIES NEW! Arts for All – Call-Out for Volunteers Arts for ALL Seeking proposals for PS³ PS² Gallery Volunteer with Belfast Children’s Festival! Belfast Children's Festival, Young at Art Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann (2-9 Aug 2026)  – Volunteering Opportunity Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Volunteer Now NEW! Belfast Photo Festival 2026 – Open Submissions Open – (Early Bird) closing 31 Dec – deadline 2 Mar 2026 Belfast Photo Festival NEW! Queen’s University Players – Neo-Logos Play Submissions Now Open – closing 2 Jan 2026 Queen's University Players NEW! Belfast Stories – Expressions of interest for a new Stories Panel – closing 15 Jan 2026 Belfast City Council Summer Youth Production Auditions – Register for Youth Technical Crew – closing 23 Feb 2026 Grand Opera House FUNDING CQAF Music Bursary 2026 – closing 2 Jan 2026 Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival, Belfast City Council, Music NEW! Belfast City Council – Small Grants 2026-2027 – closing 9 Jan Belfast City Council WORKSHOPS & TRAINING ArtsCare – The Morning Metamorphosis – Transformations – online creative workshops – to Jan 2026 ArtsCare, Well-being NEW! Mission Accomplished – Thriving Mid-Career: Leadership, Finance & Freelance Sustainability – closing 4 Jan 2026 Mission Accomplished, Northern Ireland Screen NEW! Nerve Centre – Games Development Academy | Screen Academies – for 16-19 yrs – closing 7 Jan 2026 The Nerve Centre Amadan Ensemble’s – Theatre Works Fest 2026 – 10 to 16 Jan 2026 Amadan Ensemble NEW! Preparing your submission to the Mairtín Crawford Awards | In-person and online workshops – 20 and 24 Jan – 7 and 21 Feb Crescent Arts Centre, Literature, Mairtín Crawford Awards Arts Ekta – Building an Inclusive Culture’ Equality and Inclusion Training – 22 Jan 2026 Arts Ekta Light & Colour at Ulster Museum: A Weekend of Irish Painting using Gouache – starts 24 Jan 2026 Ulster Museum, Make Space Studio, Visual Arts Belfast Exposed Launches its “Train the Trainers” Initiative – 24 Jan to 28 Feb 2026 Belfast Exposed WOMEN’STEC – Connecting Communities (Every Friday) – to Mar 2026 WOMEN'STEC Belfast TradFest Summer School 2026 – 27 to 31 July 2026 Belfast TradFest, Music Arts for ALL – Men’s Art Workshop – Every Thursday (20 Weeks) Arts for ALL Arts for ALL – Artscape – Age 7-11 yrs – Art Workshop – Saturdays 2-4pm Arts for ALL Arts for ALL – Picasso – 0-4 yrs – Arts Workshop – Mondays 10.30 to 11.30am Arts for ALL CAUSEWAY COAST AND GLENS menu / prev / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE Limavady Art Group Exhibition – to 19 Dec Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre, Visual Art Pavestones Collective –  to 19 Dec Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre, Visual Arts Christmas Craft Market Launch –  to 23 Dec Flowerfield Arts Centre Wheelworks – Change Maker – to Feb 2026 WheelWorks Arts The Daintifyt Years Exhibition – to 28 Feb 2026 Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre DERRY AND STRABANE menu / prev / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE THROUGH OUR EYES Exhibition – to 19 Dec The Playhouse, Exhibition Dura, solo exhibition from Ciarraí MacCormac – to 20 Dec Centre for Contemporary Art Derry~Londonderry, Visual Art Beauty and the Beast – Audio Described Performance on 21 Dec – Other Shows – to 31 Dec Millennium Forum Piseóg: Bad Luck of the Irish – 13 Feb 2026 The Playhouse, NI Science Festival Behind the Seams Walking Tour – 21 Feb 2026 NI Science Festival Miss Saigon – Audio Described Performance – 28 May – Other performances – 26 to 30 May 2026 Millennium Forum JOBS & PAID OPPORTUNITIES The Playhouse – Finance & Monitoring Manager – closing 5 Jan 2026 The Playhouse The Playhouse – Marketing Officer 'Artitude' – closing 5 Jan 2026 The Playhouse The Playhouse – Community Empowerment Officer 'That’s Powerful' – closing 5 Jan 2026 The Playhouse The Playhouse – Youth Engagement Officer – closing 5 Jan 2026 The Playhouse Leap Lessons – Teacher of Singing, Guitar, Bass, Piano Drums Leap Lessons, Music WORKSHOPS & TRAINING NEW! Nerve Centre – Games Development Academy | Screen Academies – for 16-19 yrs – closing 7 Jan 2026 The Nerve Centre Millennium Forum – Energy Train Course – Learn how to DJ – Applications Now Open – Jan to May 2026 Millennium Forum FERMANAGH AND OMAGH menu / prev / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE The Sperrin Arts Society Exhibition – to 17 Jan 2026 Strule Arts Centre, Sperrin Arts Society, Visual Arts WORKSHOPS & TRAINING Folk Dancing with Marie Phelan – Weekly (Wed) – to 17 Dec The Ardhowen, Dance LISBURN AND CASTLEREAGH menu / prev / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE Christmas Cracker Tea Dance – 17 Dec Dance, ISLAND Arts Centre JOBS & PAID OPPORTUNITIES NEW! Early Years – Monitoring Officer – closing 7 Jan 2026 Early Years OPPORTUNITIES Charitable occupation opportunities in County Down – Sprucefield Shopping Centre CSR Property Solutions, Sprucefield Shopping Centre MID AND EAST ANTRIM menu / prev / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE Rites of Passage exhibition – travelling to 25 Mar 2026 The Braid Museum and Arts Centre, Larne Museum & Arts Centre, Carrickfergus Museum & Civic Centre MID ULSTER menu / prev / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE Winter/Spring 2026 Events Programme at Seamus Heaney HomePlace Seamus Heaney HomePlace NEWRY, MOURNE AND DOWN menu / prev / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE Barry’s Beats Disco – for People with Autism and Learning Difficulties – 23 Dec Autism Initiatives Northern Ireland, Music, Newcastle Community Cinema Down Arts Collective – 1st Thursday of every month Down Arts Collective FUNDING DEADLINES NEW! UK-Ireland 2030 Cultural Co-operation Programme – closing 8 Jan British Council NEW! Belfast City Council – Small Grants 2026-2027 – closing 9 Jan Belfast City Council NEW! Ulster-Scots Broadcast Fund Television Call – closing 23 Jan 2026 Northern Ireland Screen, Ulster-Scots Broadcast Fund Central Good Relations Fund – Small Grants now open – closing 31 Jan 2026 The Executive Office Individual Artist Grant – open for applications – closing 9 Feb 2026 Ards and North Down Borough Council Sounds Atypical Music Grant Scheme – closing 12 Feb 2026 University of Atypical for Arts and Disability, Music NEW! Ulster-Scots Broadcast Fund & BBC NI Animation Development and Drama Calls – closing 23 Feb 2026 Ulster-Scots Broadcast Fund, BBC NI, Northern Ireland Screen The Creative Ireland Programme – 3 funding calls – closing 27 Feb 2026 Creative Ireland Grand Plan – £1,000 grants for UK artists of colour Grand Plan New Fund to Combat Hate launched by CFNI Community Foundation Northern Ireland Community Foundation NI – Micro Community Investment Fund – rolling fund Community Foundation Northern Ireland Community Foundation NI – The Inspiring Growth Fund – ongoing Community Foundation Northern Ireland Travel Award for Bands – rolling programme Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Music National Lottery Awards for All – Open Now The National Lottery Community Fund Grants for physical activity providers – applications open Parkinson's UK Power NI - Brighter Communities Fund - ongoing Power NI MORE JOBS, NEWS, EVENTS & OPPORTUNITIES menu / prev Grid Photo Gallery – Photography of the Year 2025 – closing 15 Jan 2026 Grid Photo Gallery, Photography Dublin Fringe Festival 2026 – Applications Now Open – closing 22 Jan 2026 Dublin Fringe Festival Reclaim the Agenda – International Women’s Day 2026 poster competition – closing 31 Jan 2026 Reclaim the Agenda The Creative Ireland Programme – 3 funding calls – closing 27 Feb 2026 Creative Ireland Dance Connects – Call for Surveys for dance facilitators, artists, and dance venues in Monaghan, Cavan, Fermanagh and Omagh – ongoing Dance Connects Share on facebook Tweet forward by email Disclaimer: Community Arts Partnership cannot be held responsible for the content of externally linked sites. 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