The Deputación da Coruña allocates 1.425 million to festivals in 2027

The Provincial Council of A Coruña has approved the regulatory bases for program FO223/2027, the grant line for supporting the development of festivals in the province during the year 2027, endowed with 1,425,000 euros. The call, processed by the Culture, Equality and Civil Rights Service, is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of A Coruña number 215, dated November 10, 2026, under announcement 2026/7184 and with a Presidency resolution dated November 3.

The program is part of the provincial strategic grant plan of the Provincial Council of A Coruña for the 2025-2027 period, approved by the Plenary on September 27, 2024, and modified by the Governing Board on March 7, 2025. The bases are framed within Strategic Objective 7, supporting culture in the provincial area, and the operational objectives of expanding the cultural offer, promoting cultural activity in all its manifestations, and fostering Galician language and culture.

The call maintains the budgetary effort of previous editions. In the final award resolution for the 2026 financial year, approved under number 2026/38094 and published in the BOP on September 8, 2026, the Council distributed 1,426,222.68 euros among the three modalities, an amount very close to the one now being called for.

Three modalities and a ceiling of 60,000 euros per festival

The budgetary distribution and aid limits are fixed as follows:

• Modality A: municipalities and other local entities of the province of A Coruña, with 500,000 euros and a maximum of 60,000 euros per application.
• Modality B: non-profit entities domiciled in Galicia, with 775,000 euros and a ceiling of 45,000 euros.
• Modality C: natural or legal persons constituted as for-profit entities and established in a Member State of the European Union, with 150,000 euros and a maximum of 30,000 euros.
• The minimum grant will be 5,000 euros and may reach up to 70% of the eligible expenditure budget.
• Festivals must have an expenditure budget of at least 10,000 euros.
• Municipalities may submit up to two applications, one for each festival.

The amounts may be subject to budgetary modification. Accounts 0612/3343/46201, 0612/3343/481, and 0612/3343/479 will apply to lines A, B, and C, respectively, and advance expenditure is planned in accordance with the General Ordinance of grants and transfers.

Three previous editions, sustainability plan and Galician language quotas

To apply, festivals must meet a series of minimum requirements:

• At least three editions must have been held prior to the publication of the call.
• Submit a sustainability plan with social, environmental, and economic measures, including equality, accessibility, waste reduction, and collaboration with local artists.
• In music and performing arts festivals, 40% of the programmed bands, groups, or companies must be Galician.
• In the performing arts, 50% of the works with oral expression shall be in the Galician language; in musicals, 30% of the groups.
• In mixed festivals, 50% of the artists must be Galician and 50% must perform their show in Galician.
• In audiovisuals, the programming shall include a section for Galician productions in their original version.

The call cites as examples of eligible festivals the Festival de Ortigueira, the Festa da Carballeira de Zas, the FIOT de Carballo, the Mostra de Teatro de Cariño, Curtocircuíto, and Chanfaina Lab. Non-professional festivals, professional ones with a budget of less than 10,000 euros, those for choral music and traditional bands, those linked to municipal festivals of tourist interest, and performances already awarded in the Rede Cultural are excluded.

Scoring, deadlines, and de minimis regime

The grant will be awarded through competitive bidding, with provisional and final resolutions issued by the Presidency. The valuation is distributed into 25 points for direct data verification (financing coefficient, dissemination media, and socio-cultural collaboration) and 75 points assigned by a technical commission of three experts, which will consider trajectory, interest of the programming, commitment to Galician creativity, management model, sustainability, and production of own content. Applications that do not reach 40 points will be excluded.

Activities must be carried out between January 1 and December 31, 2027, although exceptional supporting documents issued before January 16, 2028, will be accepted. The justification period ends on March 31, 2028, at 2:00 PM. Grants under modalities B and C are subject to the de minimis regime of Regulation 2023/2831, with a limit of 300,000 euros per entity over three years.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of A Coruña, no. 215, November 10, 2026, Local Administration, Provincial, Provincial Deputation of A Coruña, pp. 1-13 (official reference: announcement 2026/7184).