The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin TD, announced a new tender for Online and Live Audience Music Performance and Related Services worth €1.5m over 3 years.
During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021, the Department funded a number of music initiatives comprising both online and live audience based performances, subject to safety regulations and advice at the time, which included Ireland Perform series, the Courage series, Ireland in Music series, and the Hot Press Young and Emerging Artists Series.
Following on from this, the Minister launched a tender to provide a series of interlinked musician performances, with both online and live audience based events (subject to COVID restrictions) to broadcast free-of-charge across a wide variety of media and social media, celebrating modern Irish popular music, music of Irish origin, and music with strong heritage links to Irish culture.
The contract will initially be awarded for a three-year period at maximum available funding of €500,000 per annum. 70-80% of this funding will be provided to artists and creative workers.
The tender documentation can be found at https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Publication/Forms/ViewNotice/56002
Queries on the tender may be directed to csu@tcagsm.gov.ie . Please title your email “Music Services Tender Query” to ensure a reply.