The Friends of Melbourne Festival was set up in 2008 as an opportunity for local people and small businesses to support Melbourne Festival. For a small annual membership fee Friends receive a newsletter, early notification of concerts and popular workshops, early access to artists' work and other benefits including a 10% discount on tickets for concerts. Each year a reception is held as a thank you to all of the Friends for their support. This year membership will cost £20 for an individual member, £30 for a family membership (2 adults and children under 16) and £75 for a company membership.
The Festival enriches the cultural calendar in the village of Melbourne and the rest of South Derbyshire. As a volunteer based, non-profit making organisation the Festival has survived to date on money raised from the Art & Architecture Trail weekend, supplemented by grants from the Arts Council and a few local companies. This year Melbourne Festival needs the support of our Friends, and everyone who enjoys the Festival, even more as the Arts Council aren’t supporting the Festival this year.
In order to survive in the future, the Festival has to reduce its dependence on Government, i.e. Arts Council, funding and replace it with a mixture of generated income from ticket sales, donations from private individuals and commercial sponsorship.
We would like to issue an invitation to join the Friends to all families and individuals who would like to support the Melbourne Festival and help ensure our long-term future. The full details are below. Please send us your name and address and a cheque as detailed or e-mail us at info@melbournefestival.co.uk and we will send you a paper copy of the brochure by return.
Melbourne Festival is also a valuable commercial opportunity for companies which can use it to target people who are interested in the arts and are prepared to spend on quality goods and services. To offer companies a professionally managed opportunity to exploit the Festival, we have developed a Sponsorship Programme. (Please see the Sponsorship webpage.) In addition companies can take advantage of the corporate curatorship scheme (Please see curatorship webpage).
Photographs supplied by members of Melbourne Photographic Society
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