Brighton Dome & Festival Sponsorship Opportunities

Sponsorship Opportunities Raise your organisational profile and support your community through partnership with Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival Brighton Dome & Festival Trust is a registered charity no. 249748

Morag Myerscough, Belonging, Brighton Festival 2018 ©Vic Frankowski

Inspiring creativity. Enriching lives.

With a rich history spanning 200 years (starting life as the Prince Regent’s stables and riding house) Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival is the largest arts charity in the south east, recognised globally as well as being at the heart of our community and our city as part of the Royal Pavilion Estate.

We present and produce over 600 events every year reaching 1 in 3.5 households in the city and beyond and audiences of over 600,000.

Each May we produce Brighton Festival, the largest curated arts festival in England.

Renowned for its ambitious and daring programme that aims to make the most of the city’s distinctive cultural atmosphere, Brighton Festival has become one of the city’s most enduring symbols of inventiveness and celebration over the past 50 years. Taking place in venues both familiar and unusual across Brighton & Hove, Brighton Festival draws some of the most innovative artists and adventurous audiences from across the UK and the world.

‘The defining moment in the Festival year’ The Guardian

Growing creativity.

Developing skills for life.

Through our creative learning projects and family programme, we inspire and grow creativity in over 200,000 people every year.

We are committed to finding imaginative new ways to discover and take part in the arts; we produce workshops, drop in events, open days and tours alongside more specific outreach projects aimed at building brighter futures for children & young people in our city.

Nurturing young talent In 2017 we united with Brighton & Hove Music & Arts and provide music education and performance opportunities to over 4,000 young people. This means we can offer more chances for younger generations to enjoy and be enriched by cultural experiences.

SPECTRUM is our project nurturing and developing our vibrant local music scene, supporting young musicians by giving them the opportunity to play to a live audience at a professional venue, supported by expert technicians and marketing. Our city is brimming with musical talent of all genres and we’re committed to celebrating it and offering the perfect platform for acts to be seen and heard.

Brighton Festival Children’s Parade ©Vic Frankowski

Unforgettable moments Our Umbrella Club gives away hundreds of tickets to young people with life-shortening conditions and their families giving them the opportunity to come along to lots of different shows at Brighton Dome. Umbrella Club ensures that these families have continued access to the arts as well as the chance to create some brilliant memories together.

‘It’s lovely to know that what we are going to see will be suitable for everyone, and that my disabled son will be able to relax and enjoy the show with his brothers. My son is waiting for spinal surgery and everyone is pretty anxious about it, so it was really helpful to have a special event to go to so that we could all just forget about it for a while. Thank you!’

Bringing communities together

A safe space

Our annual Brighton Festival Children’s Parade invites 5,000 children from across the city to take part in an open-air fiesta of colour, costume and live music. The event has become a Brighton institution: in partnership with Same Sky we work with parents, teachers, artists, musicians, and choreographers from November to May to help children from 80+ schools deliver the most spectacular parade through the streets of central Brighton that is cheered on by 20,000 spectators.

Our flagship outreach project, Miss Represented, works with young women in the city who face challenging life situations. Through the arts and pastoral care, Miss Represented provides a safe space in which its members can explore their experiences and gain a deeper understanding of the world around them. The programme has been so successful that it has toured other arts venues and schools in the UK, with two of the first members becoming mentors to younger generations.

‘We love it! It brings the city to life, the community together and children get to show off their imagination and creativity’ 2018 Audience member Launched by Kate Tempest in 2017 – Your Place is a minifestival within Brighton Festival hosted by local community centres, and programmed in collaboration with local residents and artists in Hangleton and East Brighton.

Your Place brings a diverse line-up of completely free performances, workshops and activities reaching over 2500 members of the community. This project is set to continue and grow!

‘Your Place has opened a door that we do not want to close again.’

Valerie Foucher, Hangleton Community Centre Manager Miss Represented dress rehearsals ©Lauren Joy Kennett

‘I genuinely didn’t think I had a future before and now there’s so many other ways I can go.’

Miss Represented participant

Sponsorship Levels & Example Activity

Headline Sponsor of Brighton Festival Bespoke package created depending on your organisational objectives

Benefits include headline sponsor branding throughout Brighton Festival from February to June as well as year-round acknowledgement through Brighton Dome activities. For example; premium advertisement space in the Brighton Festival brochure e.g. back cover

£50,000 – £100,000*

Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival Major Sponsors Sponsorship of an entire section of Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival’s programme offering a year-round presence. For example; • Music, theatre or family programme • A community or outreach project such as Your Place • Supporting our assisted performances and accessibility year-round

£15,000 – £30,000*

Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival Associate Sponsors Offering a year-round presence and a range of sponsorship activity options. For example;

Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival Sponsors

• Headline sponsorship of Brighton Festival’s Children’s Parade • Sponsorship of an event series such as our Children’s Literature programme • Sponsorship of three events throughout the year within the Brighton Dome or Brighton Festival programme

Numerous opportunities to support any aspect of the programme during Brighton Festival and year round. For example; • The Children’s Parade • Brighton Festival volunteer programme, • Community events such as Christmas open day • Sponsorship of a Brighton Festival or Brighton Dome show or event

£7,500 – £15,000*

£3000 – £7,500*

Advertisement and Experiential Marketing Opportunities • Stall at Children’s Parade finale on Madeira Drive, first Saturday of Brighton Festival; 15,000 footfall – £500 • Advert in Brighton Dome or Brighton Festival Brochure ‘Local Discounts’ page and on our websites – £800 • Full or half-page advert in Brighton Festival programmes – £850 - £1,500

£500 – £1,500*

*+ VAT

Let us help you raise your profile and engage with our local community and beyond • Increase brand awareness through our audience reach of over 600,000 annually via online and print communications, giving you a real return on investment • M eet your corporate social responsibility objectives by engaging with and supporting the local community through our outreach work, with opportunities for employee involvement • Capitalise on our strong social media and online presence through guest blogging and audience partnership opportunities, your unique sponsor web page on brightondome.org and brightonfestival.org and social media sharing • Client and employee hospitality opportunities via access to our 600 annual events and shows • Opportunities to connect and network with leading businesses via our special events programme

Our sponsors enjoy an array of benefits whilst fulfilling their marketing objectives and corporate, social responsibilities.

Packages are bespoke and benefits can be tailored in accordance with your objectives. With a wide reaching and diverse programme there are a variety of opportunities to suit all targets. * +VAT

What our sponsors say ‘The University of Sussex has been a longstanding sponsor of the Brighton Dome & Festival and views it as an important part of our continued commitment to the arts and the local community. The Festival gives the University an opportunity to work with leading thinkers and artists as well as a chance for us to engage with our own supporters at events.’

Professor Adam Tickell – Vice-Chancellor The University of Sussex – Major sponsor

‘Griffith Smith LLP is delighted to sponsor Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival. We have thoroughly enjoyed being part of the Festival and wanted to continue being part of such a fun and innovative programme. We strongly believe in supporting our local community and being part of such a high-profile venue and event is great for the firm and for our staff. We are a modern practice with traditional values and feel that this resonates with Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival perfectly. As Thomas Merton quotes: ‘Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves all at the same time.’

‘Brighton Dome and Festival has provided us with a great opportunity for local and regional engagement. We have really valued the work to create value through our sponsorship by identifying opportunities to align our involvement with relevant elements of your programme – for example accessible performances and international programme. The team have always taken the time to explore and understand our priorities and identify creative opportunities to meet our expectations and provided excellent support at the various events we have attended, creating opportunities for us to meet key stakeholders, and making introductions.

Beyond all of that, it has simply been a pleasure to work with such a passionate and committed team.’

Alison Addy – Head of Community Engagement Gatwick Airport Limited

Victoria King – Marketing Executive Griffith Smith LLP – Sponsor

Please get in touch to talk about how we can work together Nicola White – Development Manager nicola.white@brightondome.org 01273 260810 brightondome.org brightonfestival.org Brighton Dome & Festival Trust is a registered charity no. 249748 Cover image: Dr Blighty, Brighton Festival 2016 ©QED Productions