The government has announced €25m in funding to help gigs and festivals to happen this year.
Electric Picnic, Body and Soul, Sea Sessions, and PaircLife by Indiependence are among the festivals to get funding.
So it also includes money to hold events at the Olympia, the Gaiety, and Bord Gais theaters along with funding for a number of touring circuses.
Electric Picnic, Body & Soul, Sea Sessions & PaircLife by Indiependence among the festivals to get money to operate this year under government's €25m Live Performance Support Scheme.
Doesn't mean they're guaranteed to happen, but a help to run with reduced capacity— Seán Defoe (@SeanDefoe) June 15, 2021
The Live Performance Support Scheme aims to provide money for live events to take place even with reduced attendances.
The Minister has published the full list here.