APRIL 12th

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DAYS UNTIL THE BIG BUSK

Join The Big Busk for Focus Ireland on April 12th

Scrub up on your singing. Gather your guitars. Dig out the drums.

Focus Ireland is once again partnering with Today FM for The Big Busk which aims to tackle the issue of homelessness through the powerful medium of music, art, and performance. 

On April 12th, talented acts will take the stage at various locations nationwide to help raise vital funds for those experiencing homelessness. We also strongly encourage individuals and groups to organise their own busking event in a location of their choosing, or even online. 

HOW IT WORKS?

sign up

Registration opens on 5th March 2024. Select whether you would like to join a busking event in Cork, Dublin, Kilkenny, Limerick and Sligo, or organise your own event. 

FUNDRAISE

Set your fundraising target, share your fundraising page, and raise funds for the Big Busk. 

BUSK!

Join us on Friday 12th April for a day full of music, connection, and purpose. Express your creativity for a meaningful cause and reflect on what it means to make the journey back home.

SUPPORT

Currently in Ireland there are 1,940 families including 4,027 children without a home. Please support our fundraisers and donate to help us raise vital funds for children and families experiencing homelessness.

CHOOSE HOW YOU TAKE PART

Join a busking event

Join us at one of our busking events in Cork, Dublin, Kilkenny, Limerick, and Sligo.

Focus Ireland will be hosting busking events in various locations across the country. Live performances will take place throughout the day on Friday 12th April. 

Sign up, choose your busking location, and create your own fundraising page to share with your friends and family.

ORGANISE YOUR OWN EVENT

Organise your own busking event - whether solo or with a group.

Invite friends and family to support your event, showcase your talents, and together, create unforgettable moments while fundraising to support vital homeless services.

Organise your event on April 12th to be part of The Big Busk and join hundreds of buskers across Ireland performing for Focus Ireland.  

About Focus Ireland

Focus Ireland works with people who are homeless or at risk of losing their homes across Ireland.

We are driven by the fundamental belief that homelessness is wrong.

Wrong because it is a failure of society that creates victims out of ordinary people and robs them of their potential and wrong because it can be prevented and solved; allowing it to continue undermines society.

We need to challenge our society to think and act differently.

We are committed to challenging everything about homelessness: the causes, systemic failures, people’s perceptions and how it is tackled.

About Today FM

For the third year in a row, Today FM is proudly supporting the Big Busk for Focus Ireland.

Today FM is Ireland’s number one radio station for 20–44-year-olds with nearly 1 million people tuning in each week.

We are delighted to partner with them to bring awareness to the pressing issue of homelessness in Ireland.

As part of The Big Busk, Today FM will be amplifying the voices of people who have either experienced homelessness themselves or who are playing an active role in the fight against homelessness.