The festival is always happy to have more sponsors and supporters!

Contact the Sponsorship Coordinator
Theresa Gregory
gregorytk@bigpond.com
mob: 0413 219 112 Sponsorship Package

Sponsorship Information

The 26th Illawarra Folk Festival at Bulli from 13-16 January 2011. The festival will feature over 120 acts, more than 500 performances by national and local artists, dancers, poets, storytellers and street artists. It will attract visitors from near and far including many who have not been to the area before. There will be 11 venues of varying sizes including a children’s stage. Attendance over the 4 days is conservatively estimated at 6500 adults - children are free.

Key points about the running of the Festival

It is run by a voluntary committee of 40 persons from the Illawarra Folk Club. The number of volunteers swells to over 160 during the Festival. The Festival provides a unique opportunity to celebrate our regional and Australian culture, heritage and ever developing traditions in an enjoyable and social manner. There is a large dependency on sponsorship to keep ticket pricing reasonable.

Sponsor Benefits

The Illawarra Folk Club, presenter of the Illawarra Folk Festival, believes that the Illawarra regional business community derives a number of real benefits from involvement including:

• Increased visitation to the region which has benefits for all businesses

• Will provide a real and ongoing focus for the summer holidays in the region.

• Developing a strong image of involvement in the local community

• Gaining respect and credibility as a good corporate citizen supporting community celebrations

• An opportunity to provide information about the company’s products, services and operations.

• Provides an opportunity to introduce or promote the company to a wide variety of visitors.