Accessibility

If you have any access needs that we don't yet have support in place for, please email us at info@carlowartsfestival.ie, and we will do our best to accommodate you.

Carlow Arts Festival is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the European Union (Accessibility Requirements of Products and Services) Regulations 2023 (S.I. No. 636 of 2023).

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Wheelchair accessible

Carlow Arts Festival 2026

Efforts were made by the team, along with partners of the organisation, to make the 2026 festival as accessible as possible to people with support needs. CAF:

• Had Irish Sign Language (ISL) at the Our Place talk.
• Created a Know Before You Go for Our Place; this is an easy-to-read document (explains with images and plain English) what to expect when you arrive at a building and/or an event (e.g. how many steps into the building there are, if there are bright lights etc.).
• Did a Building Accessibility Audit of VISUAL; Co-Designers from Our Place tested out doorways, elevators, stairs and signage for their accessibility for people with support needs.
• And it was a Lámh-friendly festival. Lámh is a form of communication using hand gestures that can be used by people who have trouble communicating verbally. It is sometimes used by parents with very young children. CAF volunteers and staff learned a few Lámh signs to make CAF a Lámh-friendly festival. Our Place had a Lámh description at the entrance. There was also a Lámh sing-a-long event.

More can be done to make the festival more accessible; having ISL available across more of CAF events, a Know Before You Go for all events, more ramps onto grass areas, an accessible sensory room and more. We will develop on this work year on year by working with more of our partners, communities and funders to make improvements.

Please consider making a donation to help us create more accessible events.