{"id":36914,"date":"2025-07-18T03:04:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T02:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/event\/belfast-trad-fest-residential-bursary\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T03:04:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T02:04:37","slug":"belfast-trad-fest-residential-bursary","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/belfast-trad-fest-residential-bursary\/","title":{"rendered":"Belfast Trad Fest Residential Bursary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>Through the <strong>Belfast TradFest&nbsp;Bursary&nbsp;Scheme<\/strong>, Creative Ireland Carlow aims to help talented young musicians from County Carlow to attend the <strong>Belfast Summer School of Traditional Music<\/strong>, Ireland\u2019s fastest growing summer school of traditional music, taking place from <strong>27 July \u2013 3 August 2025&nbsp;<\/strong>at<strong>&nbsp;Ulster University<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This <strong>week-long immersive program<\/strong>&nbsp;allows students to learn from world-class musicians, participate in workshops, perform at iconic venues like <strong>Belfast Cathedral<\/strong>, and build lifelong connections within the traditional music community. However, for many young musicians, financial barriers stand in the way of this invaluable experience.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Through the support of Creative Ireland we are proud to support 3 young Carlow musicians to take part in the \u200bresidential programme aimed at to 18-23 year old students. the aim of this programme is to give young musicians access to a world-renowned summer school, help preserve and promote our rich musical heritage and build capacity across the culture and creativity sector in Carlow.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":36915,"template":"","class_list":["post-36914","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Belfast Trad Fest Residential Bursary - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Through the Belfast TradFest&nbsp;Bursary&nbsp;Scheme, Creative Ireland Carlow aims to help talented young musicians from County Carlow to attend the Belfast Summer School of Traditional Music, Ireland\u2019s fastest growing summer school of traditional music, taking place from 27 July \u2013 3 August 2025&nbsp;at&nbsp;Ulster University.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/belfast-trad-fest-residential-bursary\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Belfast Trad Fest Residential Bursary - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Through the Belfast TradFest&nbsp;Bursary&nbsp;Scheme, Creative Ireland Carlow aims to help talented young musicians from County Carlow to attend the Belfast Summer School of Traditional Music, Ireland\u2019s fastest growing summer school of traditional music, taking place from 27 July \u2013 3 August 2025&nbsp;at&nbsp;Ulster University.&nbsp; 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