South Dublin Live is a celebration of live performance in all its forms, bringing people together in local spaces in South Dublin County to connect in culture and creativity.
South Dublin Live 2025 is a programme of indoor and outdoor events, which will take place between Saturday 31st May and Saturday 1st.
Invitation
Proposals for events to be part of the South Dublin Live 2025 programme are now invited from:
- Pofessional performers and producers; (ensembles or individuals) based in South Dublin County
- South Dublin County Cultural Organisations and South Dublin County Community Centres
The deadline for proposals is Thursday 22nd May at 4pm.
All genres of performance (Music, Spectacle, Circus, Street Arts, Theatre, Dance, Pantomime, etc.) are encouraged. Small scale solo performances and unplugged presentations through to amplified concerts will be considered. Outdoor performance events are particularly welcome.
In this form, you are asked for a full description of the proposed event.
There is an option to answer this question either in text form or to skip to the next question and give your answer by video.
Conditions:
- Events must take place within the South Dublin County Council boundary. (Please refer to MAP of South Dublin)
- Proposed events must be in the cost range between €500 and €5,000.
- Events must take place between Saturday 31st May and Saturday 1st November 2024 inclusive.
- Applications may be for a single event or a series of events.
- All events should be either free of charge or have a nominal charge.
- All applications must be in line with public health considerations.
- Events should be scheduled into controlled public performance locations.
- Successful applicants will be provided with logos and wording to acknowledge this funding.
- Successful applicants will be required to liaise with the Council's Programme Manager and Social Media Manager.
- The deadline to submit proposals is Thursday 22nd May at 4pm. Late applications will not be accepted.
Applications must include:
- Brief relevant biographies of the performing artists / ensembles / producers and any ancillary staff. (max 500 words)
- Description of your event in writing (max 500 words) or by video (max 4 minutes)
- Details of the event location
- Agreements with venues and/or performers where appropriate
- The date of the event
- Details of production/staging
- A detailed budget including the fees and costs e.g. performing artists; event management and production staff; production costs; promotion costs; venue hire (where relevant, this is not an exhaustive list)
- Any other income including ticket sales and other grants
- Risk assessment; Public Liability insurance and indemnity of South Dublin County Council
- Images for use in promotion including confirmation of permission for their use
Selection
Programme events will be selected by South Dublin County Arts Office, as programme director, to ensure a variety of genres, a geographic spread of events around the County, and a spread throughout the duration of the South Dublin Live programme which runs between Friday 31st May and Sunday 3rd November inclusive.
Criteria
Artistic merit of the proposal in comparison to other proposals;
Technical feasibility
Financial feasibility
All applicants successful or unsuccessful will be notified by email only.
All questions on the application process should be directed to: oscannell@sdublincoco.ie
South Dublin Live is a South Dublin County Council Arts Office initiative.