Giving Tuesday
Hi folks,
My name is Amber Goodwyn and I’m the Artistic Director at the Regina Folk Festival. Happy Giving Tuesday! In the video below I’ve shared a few of my own memories from the free festival afternoons...
For over fifty years our non-profit music festival has been dedicated to organizing events that are responsive, community-minded, enriching, and fun. We celebrate independent music and regularly offer free programming and accessible events at our one-of-a-kind summer festival and concert series. We believe in the importance of art and culture as part of a healthy and thriving society.
Our festival is not immune to the financial challenges that the pandemic has brought about. Here are some of the ways we have been affected:
Costs in every aspect of the festival have increased, for example our festival site costs have gone up by 10% (example: fencing, security, and staging).
Our audience is not buying tickets in advance like they used to, and we’ve seen more walk-up ticket sales than ever before. Very understandably, some folks aren’t ready to attend public events at all.
Our funders and sponsors are wonderful and essential to our survival; however, they too have been affected by frozen budgets and declining revenue, respectively.
Here are some concrete ways you can help:
If you can afford to, please consider donating today, Giving Tuesday! The Regina Folk Festival is a registered charity and tax receipts are automatically issued by CanadaHelps.org. Donate today!
If you want to support us but can’t donate at this time, please consider sharing our Giving Tuesday messages!
Volunteer to help us with Winterruption, our summer festival and concerts year-round! Learn more about becoming a part of the team!
Consider buying your tickets in advance! Winterruption tickets are on sale now and summer festival tickets are go on sale VERY SOON. They make excellent and easy holiday gifts! Winterruption Tickets
What else we’re doing to help:
We recognize that many folks are facing difficult financial realities. We’d like to assure you that we are committed to continuing to offer free programming next summer and at Winterruption this January 2023. Winterruption Events
We have also launched an accessible tickets list to message whenever we can give away free tickets to ticketed concerts. Please visit our website for more info and to sign up. Accessible Tickets
If you have a business, please consider getting in touch to sponsor some excellent music! Sponsor us!
Thanks for your support of the Regina Folk Festival!