Applications open for Showcase 2016 for Enterprise Zone

Showcase Ireland 2016, Ireland’s Creative Expo, showcasing Ireland’s leading makers and designers, will take place from 24th-27th of January 2016, at the RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin. 

Showcase - Ireland’s Creative Expo is the first major trade event of 2016, an initiative to explore, promote and celebrate Irish design throughout Ireland and internationally.

The Expo is now the foremost place for retailers to discover unique, design-led fashion and knitwear, jewellery, craft, gift and interiors.

The show attracts buyers and press from Ireland and around the world looking for unique, design-led products in fashion, knitwear, jewellery, crafts, gifts and home accessories. For 2016, Showcase Ireland anticipates an audience of 5,000 visitors.

In 2016, Local Enterprise Office Carlow will have a Group Stand in the Enterprise Zone which features first time and emerging exhibitors.

Local Enterprise Office Carlow is offering 4 places on this stand to a combination of first time exhibitors and those who may have exhibited at Showcase Ireland before.

Participants must be running their own craft/design/creative business in County Carlow.

Showcase Ireland is a Trade Fair, and those who wish to apply should fully understand and be prepared, willing and able to deal with the wholesale aspect of a Trade Fair. Please look at the exhibitor categories on the Showcase Ireland website to check that this is the right trade fair for your products.

Training will be provided to those who are selected. This training will prepare exhibitors for Showcase Ireland 2016.

Participation in this training is a requirement of exhibiting on the Local Enterprise Office Carlow stand. 

Individual spaces on the stand and the pre-event training are worth over €1,000 for 4 days exposure. Selected participants will be charged a subsidised rate of €400.

All Applications will be subject to a Selection Process. Selection will be made on the Application Form and Supporting Materials alone. 

If you would like to apply please complete the application form and return it and the Supporting Materials by Friday 11th of September 2015 at the latest, to:

Local Enterprise Office Carlow, Enterprise House, O’ Brien Road, R93 YOY3, Carlow.

Applications arriving after this date will not be accepted.

If you have any queries, contact us at enterprise@carlowcoco.ie or phone 059-9129783

Further information on Showcase - Ireland’s Creative Expo is available on their website: www.showcaseireland.com