The EMF Friends’ Scheme offers you the chance to support the important work of the Festival. The EMF receives no governmental or major, long-term corporate funding; so the generosity of our Friends is invaluable in enabling the Festival to expand and develop.
The Friends’ Scheme has seven tiers, each offering an extensive range of benefits; and these are detailed below.
ALLY
£25 annual donation
Your name in the Festival Programme
Access to EMF Friends-only EMF Odyssey trips
SUPPORTER
£50 annual donation
Invitation to exclusive EMF Friends’ parties, receptions and events
Your name in the Festival Programme
Access to EMF Friends-only EMF Odyssey trips
ADVOCATE
£100 annual donation
Advance booking
Free copy of the EMF Gazette, ‘Spirited’
Invitation to exclusive EMF Friends’ parties, receptions and events
Your name in the Festival Programme
Access to EMF Friends-only EMF Odyssey trips
COMPANION
£250 annual donation
Free EMF Programme Book
Advance booking
Free copy of the EMF Gazette, ‘Spirited’
Invitation to exclusive EMF Friends’ parties, receptions and events
Your name in the Festival Programme
Access to EMF Friends-only EMF Odyssey trips
ASSOCIATE
£500 annual donation
Free ticket to a late-evening concert of your choice
Free EMF Programme Book
Advance booking
Free copy of the EMF Gazette, ‘Spirited’
Invitation to exclusive EMF Friends’ parties, receptions and events
Your name in the Festival Programme
Access to EMF Friends-only EMF Odyssey trips
CHAMPION
£1,000 annual donation
Reserved seating in Dorchester Abbey
Free ticket to a late-evening concert of your choice
Free EMF Programme Book
Advance booking
Free copy of the EMF Gazette, ‘Spirited’
Invitation to exclusive EMF Friends’ parties, receptions and events
Your name in the Festival Programme
Access to EMF Friends-only EMF Odyssey trips
BENEFACTOR
£2,500 annual donation
Free tickets to any EMF concert of your choice up to a value of £105
Reserved seating in Dorchester Abbey
Free ticket to a late-evening concert of your choice
Free EMF Programme Book
Advance booking
Free copy of the EMF Gazette, ‘Spirited’
Invitation to exclusive EMF Friends’ parties, receptions and events
Your name in the Festival Programme
Access to EMF Friends-only EMF Odyssey trips
HOW TO JOIN
If you would like to join the Friends’ Scheme and thereby help to secure the long-term future of the Festival, please follow this link to make a donation online. Alternatively, email the Festival Director, Em Marshall-Luck, at em.marshall-luck@englishmusicfestival.org.uk for a brochure and application form.
We are delighted to announce the programme for the 2022 May EMF. This year, the Festival is scheduled to return to Oxfordshire, with events held in the glorious surroundings of Dorchester Abbey as well as at the Silk Hall at Radley College and the historic All Saints’ Church at Sutton Courtenay. The full programme, with details of venues, works and artists, is available on this page. Public booking is now open, with tickets available through our online Box Office and by post.
Booking for the 2022 May Festival is now open to all. We are delighted to offer a discount of 10% on all ticket prices for residents local to Dorchester-on-Thames and these special prices can be accessed by completing the postcode check on the landing page of our online Box Office. Please click here to book your tickets online; we also offer booking by post.
A very warm “thank you” to all who helped with the Christmas Concerts in Corbridge: to the community at St Andrew’s Church for welcoming us to their beautiful building and for making such a wonderful setting available to us; to the artists, for their superbly uplifting performances; to the volunteers who worked so tirelessly to help ensure the smooth running of the event; and, as always, to our audiences, for their heart-warming support and appreciation.
If you would like more details about our Friends’ Scheme, please follow this link to our ‘Friends’ Scheme’ page for a description of the tiers and their benefits, together with information about how to join.