What happens when Music Fans, Friends & Neighbours, get together and set up a Music Festival...?

UPSTART FESTIVAL CORK!!

Our goals are simple:

• Promote youth well-being and create a great inclusive day for our youth/young adults

• Promote and celebrate the best Cork & Irish talent

• Foster community engagement and participation

• Keep it GREEN. Sustainability is in our nature! We partner with Cork County Council in the Green

Festival Scheme to promote waste reduction, recycling and active travel.

Now in it's 4th year, Glounthaune's Upstart Festival is growing in popularity and strength, becoming a

staple on the new-music festival trail. We're proud that it is very much a community event, showcasing

the best of new Local & Irish talent.

Why Support Us?

As costs are rising and our arts funding support reduced, we need to ask our great supporters to step in

to fill this gap to cover the cost of staging the event and to keep ticket prices affordable for our young

target audience. We would therefore appreciate your help in ensuring that this small festival with a huge

community heart continues to provide a stage for our up and coming bands and musicians and a safe

inclusive space for our youth to gather and enjoy live music.

Where will the money go?

Its a 100% volunteer run festival so none of the organising team will see any of this funding. The following are the costs we need to cover:

– paying all Artists

– paying the Sound Engineers and Technical Stage Crew

– hiring the stage

– hiring picnic benches, circus tent rain cover, St. John's Ambulance, security, insurance, toilets,

etc.

– 100% of any surplus will go straight to other Community Projects

WE NEED YOUR HELP!

About Us:

Glounthaune Community Association (GCA) was incorporated on 30th June 1989. GCA supports

the social needs of the community of Glounthaune and wider area, including managing the

Community Centre and providing diverse activities and events to support the well-being of the

community.

Glounthaune Community Association includes the hard working subgroups of the Meals-on-Wheels, the

Tidy Towns and Men's Shed. We are currently undertaking the process of full charity status registration with the

charities regulator.

About UPSTART FESTIVAL: www.upstartfestival.ie

Upstart Music Festival Crowdfunding Page

Kate Cuddy