The recovery of Scotland’s events industry and the country’s position as the perfect stage for events continues to be strengthened as our EventScotland team awards more than £740,000 of funding from its National Events Programme to 65 live events.
Twenty community focused events have received between £2,000 and £4,000 of funding, while 45 larger scale events, which help drive domestic tourism and showcase Scotland as the perfect stage for events, have been awarded between £5,000 and £25,000 of funding.
Among the live sporting and cultural events to receive support are much-loved regulars including Fringe by the Sea, East Neuk Festival, HebCelt, St Magnus Festival, Youth Beatz, Tiree Music Festival, Gordon Castle Highland Games, British Superbikes Championships, as well as exciting newcomers to the programme such as Wildhood, Out East, Doonhame and UK National BMX Series.
Relaunched in January, the National Events Programme supports the development and delivery of live sporting and cultural events that take place outside of Glasgow and Edinburgh, with the Scottish Government providing additional funding for the latest round to support the ongoing recovery of the tourism and events industry.
Changes were also made to allow more events the chance to apply. The previous limit of three rounds of funding to any single event or festival was lifted, while community focused events were also invited to apply, having not previously been targeted for support through this programme. The additional funding and the two changes to the criteria allowed for more events to be supported through the programme.