Bray Endeavour Awards Ceremony

Bray & District Chamber of Commerce holds its Bray Endeavour Awards Ceremony at the Mermaid Arts Centre on Thursday 22 October 2026. Established in 1981, the Endeavour Awards are one of the town’s longest-running civic recognition events, honouring people and businesses who have made a positive impact on the local community over the previous year.

What to expect

The ceremony recognises contributions across categories that typically include business achievement, community service and volunteering, though the Chamber notes that full details of the public nomination process for the 2026 awards will be announced in early autumn, closer to the event itself. Members of the public are invited to put forward nominees, which makes the awards a genuinely community-driven exercise rather than a closed industry event, even though the evening itself is likely to be a ticketed dinner or reception given its scale and the Mermaid Arts Centre venue. Past ceremonies have drawn business owners, community groups and local politicians together for what functions as Bray’s version of a civic awards night, with the Chamber using the occasion to highlight the range of enterprise and voluntary activity happening across the town.

Good to know

• Date: Thursday, 22 October 2026
• Venue: Mermaid Arts Centre, Main Street, Bray
• Price and start time: not yet published; check the Chamber’s events page nearer the date
• Nominations: open to the public, with the process for 2026 to be announced in early autumn
• Organiser: Bray & District Chamber of Commerce, marking a long-running annual tradition dating to 1981

Getting there

Mermaid Arts Centre is on Main Street in Bray town centre, a short walk from Bray DART and railway station on the Dublin to Rosslare line. Public car parks and on-street parking are available around the town centre.

While you’re in Bray

Bray’s seafront promenade and Main Street shops and restaurants are both within easy walking distance of the Mermaid Arts Centre. There is more to see in Bray and across Co. Wicklow.