Why become a sponsor?

The relationship between the Festival and event sponsors is a mutually beneficial partnership, which supports our work, and promotes your business. Sponsorship of an event during the Festival enables you to support your community, benefit your employees and enhance your business profile.

There are considerable marketing and PR benefits for event sponsors:

Introduce your business to 60,000 people through promotion in the Festival brochure with your logo on the inside cover, and in a dedicated space next to your event. The brochure is mailed to 14,000 arts attenders, with an ABC1 profile and is distributed widely across the local area, East Kent and the South East region.

Sponsors of large events are credited in the nightly programmes, with opportunities to include a welcome message from your business.

Freestanding publicity signs highlighting the sponsor's name and logo are placed at the public entrance at the events.

Sponsors are allocated a generous number of complimentary tickets for the sponsored event to entertain clients and employees.

Attractive advertising packages are available in the Festival brochure and nightly programmes.

All sponsors receive a priority booking service across all Festival events.

For further information on sponsorship opportunities in this year's Festival please contact Amanda McKean, Development Manager, on 01227 646021 or email Amanda@canterburyfestival.co.uk.

Corporate Hospitality Opportunities

Canterbury is a city where the ancient and modern meet and harmonise in an atmosphere of lively enterprise and creativity. Sponsorship of the Canterbury Festival offers unique and attractive corporate entertainment opportunities in a variety of convenient and historic venues around the city.

These can be made available to sponsors for receptions especially tailored to your company's needs and be arranged by Amanda McKean, who will undertake the booking of venues and liaison with caterers etc. on the sponsor's behalf.

Partner and Principal Sponsor

Current Sponsors

Trusts and Patrons

The John Swire 1989 Charitable Trust / The Sunley Foundation / The Seary Charitable Trust / The RG Hills Charitable Trust / James and Jenny Bird / Peter and Beryl Stevens / Mark Rake and Jill Jordan / The Beerling Foundation / Canterbury Festival Foundation (Friends) / Cllr Ridings