Become a friend

Galway Arts Festival Friend's Scheme allows you to enhance your Festival experience as well as providing vital support to the sustainability of the Festival. Our aim is to make the Festival programme accessible to as wide an audience as possible while maintaining the exceptionally high quality of events for which Galway Arts Festival is renowned. Now a major tourist attraction, the Festival brings in €20.2 million to the local economy.

Our existing Friends are a group of individuals and businesses who already enjoy all the benefits that come with being a friend - invitations to openings, priority phone booking which means Friends can book tickets by phone in advance of the box office opening to the public, exclusive Friend's phone line, complimentary tickets, acknowledgements in local press and membership to our Festival Club. The continued support from our Friends is crucial in bridging the gap between the costs of producing the Festival and the funding raised from government grants, box office revenue and sponsorship.

So, if you would like to have an extra special time at this years Festival sign up now or visit our Friend's Benefits page for more information. Our convenient standing order option means you can start to enjoy some of these benefits from as little as €12.50 a month.

TAX RELIEF ON YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS

Galway Arts Festival is a registered charity which means that contributions exceeding €250 qualify for tax relief. Under Section 848a of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 the minimum qualifying amount has been set at €250 and there is no maximum qualifying amount.