Build awareness and by offering rewards such as discounted tickets or VIP access, incentivise people to buy tickets early
Raise cash to help cover running costs while maintaining creative control
Upgrade your sound systems to deliver the ultimate festival experience
Work with a charity to run a prize draw to give away tickets.
Crowdfunding festivals: successful projects
Field Maneuvers started eight years ago when five friends put £50 in a pot, bought an incorrectly spelled domain name, and hoped for the best.
But after Covid, the producers needed support from their community to help give the festival a future. They successfully raised £43,986 with 681 supports in 28 days!
£1,044,190 from 46,392 entrants to their prize draw
Prize draws are a great way to excite your crowd and get even more donations in return for a great prize.
In 2023, Glastonbury Festival teamed up with Oxfam to raise over £1million in support for the Turkey and Syria earthquake appeal.
Hastings Fat Tuesday CIC is a not-for-profit organisation that delivers a year-round programme of activity to support the communities of Hastings and St Leonards.
Significant funds needed to be raised to pay the hundreds of artists who take part. They successfully raised £16,286 with £5,000 in +Extra funding from East Sussex
Set up your page
Create your theatre fundraising page in minutes - tell your story, explain your plans and set your target.
Spread the word
Tell everyone you know about your project - friends, colleagues and others in your community can all help.
Help and support
Our dedicated Knowledge Hub will help you get the absolute best out of your crowdfunding theatre project.
Get funded
Your supporters can donate or pledge money in return for tempting rewards once your project succeeds.
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Easy and quick to set up
Engage community support easily
Allow fundraisers on your behalf
Ability to offer rewards
Collect monthly donations
Access to free guides and support
Dedicated support team onhand
Excitement with prize draws
Crowdfunding festival-related causes couldn’t be easier with Crowdfunder. Simply create your profile and let your supporters fund your cause. Our community fundraising platform lets you put your project in front of a bigger crowd, outside of your local network. Promote your campaign to more people, as well as public sector and corporate organisations.
It’s really easy to start a festival crowdfunding or festival prize draw project with Crowdfunder:
The benefits of running a festival crowdfunding project include:
All kinds of groups can set up a festival fundraising project via Crowdfunder. Whether you're a local music festival, a literary festival, or a arts and culture festival, fundraising is easy with Crowdfunder. From equipment upgrades to covering production costs, you can bring your vision to life with the backing of your supporters.
Your festival crowdfunding project could be eligible to receive extra support in the form of a match funding grant via our +Extra funding. Your festival fundraising campaign could receive a pledge from one of our regional or national corporate, public sector, or local authority partners when you reach a certain stage in your fundraising journey. There’s over £10 million in match funding available in total, so check the individual criteria of each fund to see if your festival fundraising project is eligible to apply.
Crowdfunder is the home of crowdfunding. Theatre venues, charities, community groups and individuals can use our simple, fully transparent platform to raise money for the causes they care about. Get real-time insights and detailed reports into your theatre crowdfunding campaign to stay up to date every step of the way, and access £10 million in +Extra funding from our match funding partners.
We allow you to give back to your supporters with fantastic rewards, and our fundraising experts are on hand to provide help and advice at every stage.
You’ll also have access to our extensive Knowledge Hub and interactive sessions to help you boost your theatre fundraising efforts further.
The funds you raise via your festival crowdfunding project will be paid into the bank account linked to your Crowdfunder profile within 7 working days of the end of your project.
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