The Festival provides a substantial economic benefit to the town of Sidmouth itself and also the surrounding region, with thousands of Festival visitors choosing to spend part of their vacation time here each year.
We offer a range of sponsorship packages which enable businesses to show their support of the Festival and which also offer promotional opportunities at individual events and venues throughout the Festival.
To find out more about what we can offer your business through association with this major and respected UK event, or If your business would like to be involved with future Sidmouth Folk Festivals, please contact Andy Griffiths, Local Sponsorship Co-ordinator. Advertising opportunities are also available in our Festival Programme.
Key features of the different packages are below, support can be cash or in kind (for example venue space, accommodation) or a mix:
Bronze: £750
- Business name or logo in the Festival programme and on the Festival website
- Named sponsorship of a concert in one of the Festival venues
- Two tickets in reserved seats for the sponsored event
- Two tickets for one of the pre-Festival concerts
- Festival sponsor display posters
Silver: £1500
- All the benefits of Bronze level PLUS
- Quarter page advert in the Festival programme
- Invitation to the Festival reception prior to the Welcome Concert on Saturday morning
Gold: £3000
- All the benefits of Bronze level PLUS
- Half page advert in the Festival programme
- Four tickets in reserved seats for the sponsored event, or another event at the Festival
- Four tickets for the pre-Festival concerts
- Invitation to the Festival reception prior to the Welcome Concert on Saturday morning
Diamond: £3000 – £5000
- All the benefits of Bronze level PLUS
- Two limited edition Festival T-shirts
- Full page advert in the Festival programme
- Named sponsorship of one of the Ham headline concerts
- Four tickets in reserved seats for the sponsored event, or another event at the Festival
- Four tickets for the pre-Festival concerts
- Invitation to the Festival reception prior to the Welcome Concert on Saturday morning
Platinum: £5000 +
- Sponsorship of a series of concerts or a strand of programming at the Festival
- Prominent banner branding at sponsored events
- Business name or logo in the Festival programme and on the Festival website
- Advertorial feature in one of the pre-Festival eblasts to our extensive mailing list
- Full page advert in the Festival programme
- Four limited edition Festival T-shirts
- Eight tickets in reserved seats for sponsored events, or other events at the Festival
- Eight tickets for pre-Festival concerts
- Invitation to the Festival reception prior to the Welcome Concert on Saturday morning
Premier branding packages – £K by agreement
- Opportunity to be the headline sponsor for one of the main Festival venues
- Prominent banner branding at the venue and throughout the Festival
- Full page advert in the Festival programme
- Advertorial features in the pre-Festival eblasts to our extensive mailing list
- Two All-in-One Festival season tickets
- Additional tickets for headline events and pre-Festival concerts
- Four limited edition Festival T-shirts
- Invitation to the Festival reception prior to the Welcome Concert on Saturday morning
To find out more about what we can offer your business through association with this major and respected UK event, or If your business would like to be involved with future Sidmouth Folk Festivals, please contact Andy Griffiths, Local Sponsorship Co-ordinator. Advertising opportunities are also available in our Festival Programme.
What The Press Say:
“There are festivals…and there’s Sidmouth. Still uniquely glorious and gloriously unique after all these years.” Colin Irwin
“One of the best festivals on the planet!” Mike Harding
“Folk music is alive and well and living in Devon.” The Telegraph
“The East Devon coastal town knows how to throw a party – it has hosted a folk festival since 1955 and the week-long event takes over the resort, from grand marquees to tiny pubs to the seafront itself. Its line-up reads like a who’s who of today’s folk scene – it’s impossible to pick highlights. ” The Guardian
“Every year Sidmouth FolkWeek transforms the town into a diverse and vibrant festival, attracting thousands of visitors and music lovers. It’s great to honour the hundreds of organisers, volunteers and musicians who since 1955 have worked to make FolkWeek a truly international event attracting the best names in folk music and putting Devon firmly at the forefront of the folk music scene.” Mark Grinnell, Editor of BBC Radio Devon on Blue Plaque
” …a memorable evening, and a reminder of why we’re so privileged to have FolkWeek on our doorstep.” Sidmouth Herald.
“a fantastic battery-charging extravaganza” Western Morning News
“the friendliest music-based holiday of the summer” One Magazine