Our Festival Friends scheme offers you 12 months’ membership giving you benefits such as priority bookings.
By becoming a Festival Friend you can enjoy a range of benefits including…
- 12 months’ membership each year
- Priority e-mailing of programme and ticket information one week before tickets go on general sale
- A special priority booking period of one week before the tickets go on general sale
- Invitations to two Festival events during the year
- Regular Festival Friends’ e-newsletter
- Ticket offers on Festival events in the final week before the Festivals open and during the Festivals
- Free draw for signed copies of books exclusively for Festival Friends
- Festival Friends’ membership card
Membership costs £25 (single) £40 (joint)
Terms and Conditions apply.
Become a Festival Friend
Our Festival Friends scheme offers you 12 months’ membership giving you benefits such as priority bookings.
If you wish to pay by cheque, please don’t complete this form but contact us.
Single Membership
£25 each year
Subscribe- 12 months’ membership each year
- Priority e-mailing of programme and ticket information one week before tickets go on general sale
- A special priority booking period of one week before the tickets go on general sale
- Invitations to two Festival events during the year
- Regular Festival Friends’ e-newsletter
- Ticket offers on Festival events in the final week before the Festivals open and during the Festivals
- Free draw for signed copies of books exclusively for Festival Friends
- Festival Friends’ membership card
Terms and Conditions apply.
Joint Membership
£40 each year
Subscribe- 12 months’ membership each year
- Priority e-mailing of programme and ticket information one week before tickets go on general sale
- A special priority booking period of one week before the tickets go on general sale
- Invitations to two Festival events during the year
- Regular Festival Friends’ e-newsletter
- Ticket offers on Festival events in the final week before the Festivals open and during the Festivals
- Free draw for signed copies of books exclusively for Festival Friends
- Festival Friends’ membership card
Terms and Conditions apply.
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