UK City of Culture 2025: full application guidance
Guidance for longlisted bidders successful in the expression of interest phase of the UK City of Culture 2025 competition.
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This guidance has been produced by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to assist the longlisted places successful in the expression of interest (EOI) phase of the 2025 UK City of Culture competition to submit their full applications.
UK City of Culture is a UK-wide programme, developed in collaboration with the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The competition is run by DCMS, inviting places across the UK to set out their vision for culture-led regeneration every four years. Derry/Londonderry was the inaugural UK City of Culture in 2013 and the competition is now a permanent fixture in the UK’s cultural calendar.
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Published 7 September 2021Last updated 4 January 2022 + show all updates
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Deadline for applications extended until 2 February 2022.
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First published.