Fairs, festivals and other events

Multi-year grants awarded on a competitive basis to support fairs, festivals and other cultural events that promote international exposure and take place in the Balearic Islands for the years 2026 and 2027

For more information: subvencions@ieb.caib.es and www.ieb.caib.es

1. Budget

The credit initially allocated to this call is €1,900,000, with the following details of years and annual amounts:

By 2026: 950,000 euros (nine hundred and fifty thousand euros).

By 2027: 950,000 euros (nine hundred and fifty thousand euros).

2. Object and purpose

This call aims to support fairs, festivals and other cultural events that promote international exposure and take place in the Balearic Islands during the years 2026 and 2027.

These events must have as one of their verifiable purposes the external projection of artists from the Balearic Islands.

To qualify for a grant, events must have at least 30% of artists and cultural agents from the Balearic Islands programmed within the general event program, and these professionals must be paid a minimum of €150 per person.

3. Application deadline

The deadline for submitting applications is the 3rd from March to 1 April of 2026.

4. Beneficiaries

The following may be beneficiaries of the grant offered under this call for proposals: self-employed individuals and legal entities, registered or headquartered in Spain, operating in the cultural sector, that can carry out the projects or activities that meet the criteria for the grant. Furthermore, their purpose or corporate objective must be the development of cultural activities.

5. Eligible expenses

The eligible expenses are as follows:

a) Programming. The costs of hiring artists and creators from the Balearic Islands can be charged, and up to 20% of the costs of hiring artists and creators from outside the Balearic Islands.

b) Production and communication. Up to 80% of production, communication and marketing expenses can be allocated (travel and accommodation of performing artists; transport of artwork; assembly and disassembly; contracting of services and suppliers; staff payroll; improvements in the accessibility of events).

c) Professional days. The costs of organizing professional days may be charged.

d) Expenses related to the hiring of an auditor can be charged.

6. Documents to be submitted to apply for the grant

The application must be submitted through the specific online procedure on the CAIB website and must be accompanied by the following documentation:

a) Documentation proving the identity of the natural or legal person. If the IEB already has this valid documentation, it must be indicated in which file it was submitted and it does not need to be submitted.

b) The responsible declaration, using the corresponding form that appears in the application process.

c) If applicable, the application for authorization to make expenditures with related persons or entities, according to the corresponding model, together with the documentation proving that the expenditure is made at market price

d) A descriptive and detailed report of the project with the sections detailed in the evaluation criteria, following the downloadable model.

e) The detailed project budget, following the downloadable template.

f) Sponsorship and financing plan for the event, following the downloadable template.

g) Certificates of being up to date with tax obligations before ATIB, AEAT, SS, if the IEB is not authorized to consult it ex officio.

7. Justification

The deadline for justifying the grant ends within two months after the activity for which the grant was awarded has been carried out.

By 2026, if the grant award resolution has not yet been published in the Official Gazette of the Balearic Islands by that date, it is understood that the justification must be carried out within two months of this publication.

Documentation to be justified:

The supporting documentation, using the provided template, along with the following documentation:

a) A report on the completion of the activity, according to the downloadable template

b) A supporting economic report, according to the downloadable template

c) The invoices

d) Proof of payment

e) Samples of all audiovisual, audio or printed material described in the application, through a link where all the information is available.

f) Documentation proving the measures for disseminating the aid: logo on the poster, website, mention of social networks, etc.

g) If applicable, the three budgets that, pursuant to article 40.3 of the TRLS, must have been requested by the beneficiary person or entity.

h) Itemized payrolls of the workers, indicating the amount withheld on account of IRPF, and proof of payment of salaries.

i) Nominal list of workers documents (RNT, formerly TC2) and receipt of contribution settlements (RLC, formerly TC1), together with a list detailing, by month and worker, the amounts corresponding to the total accrued in the payroll and proof of payment.

j) Personal income tax documents and other taxes not subject to recovery or compensation, and proof of payment.

In the case of projects that exceed 50 invoices submitted for justification, it is recommended that a report signed by an auditor registered in the Official Register of Auditors be submitted along with all the documentation mentioned above.

For more information: www.ieb.caib.es and subvencions@ieb.caib.es