FUNDING BOOST FOR 7 GALWAY SUMMER FESTIVALS

Date Published: 26-Apr-2011

Seven summer festivals in Galway have been given a funding boost by the Arts Council.

The funding body awarded just over €33,500 to the festivals as part of their annual Summer Festivals Scheme.

Galway Theatre Festival and Summer Music on the Shannon both received the largest amounts of €8,000 each.

Other festivals to be awarded funding include the Spirit of Voice, Soundscape Music Project, Galway Cathedral Recitals, the Baffle Poetry Group and the Western Writers' Centre.