FRIENDS’ SCHEME

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; and running such a high-profile Festival and wide range of activities is extremely expensive: the generosity of our Friends is, therefore, invaluable in enabling the Festival to expand and develop.

 

The Friends’ Scheme has seven tiers for individuals, each offering an extensive range of benefits; and these are detailed below. We have also recently introduced a tier for Corporate Friends — so, if you own, or help to run, a company or a similar organisation, and would like to enjoy the special benefits that this tier offers, please do consider joining at this level.

CORPORATE FRIEND

£100 annual donation

Organisation name listed in the EMF Programme Book

Invitation to 5 CEOs / Officers / Trustees to attend exclusive EMF Friends’ parties, receptions and events

Free subscription to the EMF Gazette, Spirited

Opportunity to display a pull-up banner for your organisation at the May English Music Festival

Opportunity to display promotional leaflets (A5- or DL-sized) at EMF events

Discounts of up to 75% on advertisements in EMF publications

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.

 

 

LATEST NEWS

Please join us on 6 April at St James’s Church, Sussex Gardens, London for a very special day of concerts and talks given by acclaimed musicians to raise vital funds to help ensure the continuation of the English Music Festival. The full programme is available here; and tickets may be booked through our online Events Box Office. Please do come and support us — the day promises to be a convivial and enjoyable occasion, and you will be helping to enable the Festival to continue staging events for many years to come.

Booking for the 2024 May EMF is now open for Friends of the Festival — general booking will open on Wednesday 27 March. As always, discounts are available for residents local to the Festival’s home, Dorchester-on-Thames; and these special prices may be obtained by entering your postcode at the Box Office’s front page. To book your tickets, please follow this link.

We are delighted to announce the programme for the 2024 May EMF. This year, for the first time, all our events will be held in Dorchester-on-Thames, with the concerts taking place in the glorious surroundings of Dorchester Abbey; the talks in the historic Village Hall. The full programme, with details of venues, works and artists, may be seen on this page. Booking for Friends of the Festival will open in early March, with general booking opening two weeks later; tickets will be available by post or through our online Box Office.

We have recently introduced a new tier to our Friends’ Scheme for Corporate Friends — so, if you own, or help to run, a company or a similar organisation, and would like to enjoy the special benefits that this tier offers, please do consider joining at this level. For more details about our Friends’ Scheme, please follow this link for a description of the tiers and their benefits, together with information about how to join.