Support Us
Your support means we can continue to grow, not only the the festival, but also create more year-round activities and support more young people to become musicians and artists.
Our Friends scheme is being relaunched in January 2026. Details will be available here early in the new year.
In the meantime, for queries relating to individual giving or sponsoring a concert, please contact Peter Bolton on pb@dealmusicandarts.com
Our Friends are critical to our success. Your support means we can ensure the long-term viability of the festival, continue to programme a wide range of exciting events and create more year-round activities in the local community through our outstanding Learning and Participation programme.
Our Patrons are also crucial and are our best Friends!
You can join at either level by completing the form below.
Alternatively, do contact us for more information on making individual donations, sponsoring a festival concert or corporate sponsorship of our events.
Please also think about leaving a Legacy to Deal Music & Arts.
For more information about sponsorship and giving, contact Peter Bolton, DMA’s Executive Director on pb@dealmusicandarts.com
Becoming a Friend or Patron
You can join our Friends’ scheme at one of two levels:
Level 1 – Friends – Friends receive an invitation to a special, complimentary festival launch event in the spring, advance programme information, a priority booking period and a 5% discount on festival performances booked during the priority booking period. You will also have your name in the Festival brochure and on our website.
Cost of annual membership per household of one/two: £40
Level 2 – Patrons – Patrons receive the same benefits as Friends but with a 10% discount on festival performances booked during the priority period.
Cost of annual membership per household of one/two: £100
To become a Friend or Patron or renew your membership, please complete and submit the form below. You then need to set up your annual standing order with your bank by Friday 27 February 2026. Please note these are new bank details. Details are on the online form below.
Thank you to The Friends of Deal Music & Arts
LIFE MEMBERS
Jane & George Billing . Christopher Cook . Charles Franklyn . Graham Harvey . Amanda Holloway . Ian Odgers . Tim & Fran Offord
BENEFACTORS
Linda Cowie . Sir Graeme Odgers . Ian Odgers
EDUCATION PATRONS
Prof. Paddy Farrell . David Ryeland
PATRONS
Rolande Anderson . Duncan Campbell . Susan Carlyle . Christopher Cook . Maddy Cordes . Mrs E Denne . Penny Dorritt . Alister & Vilma Dunning . Prof Richard Fardon . Jill Jones . Deirdre Hutton . Margaret Johnson . Kathleen Langford . Ms M Ludwig . Dr David Matthews . Sally Padovan . Mr & Mrs J Padovan . Miles Storey . Ruth & Nigel Wildish . Laura Wright
FRIENDS
Jane Annesley . Marguerite Beard-Gould . Nigel Beevor . Irving Benjamin . Douglas Bennett . Alan Birbeck . Dr Sue Blake . Rosie Bolton . Griselda Boyden . Waveney Brooks . Peter Fischer Brown . Mary Butler . Robert & Patience Carlisle . Lorraine Chapman . Elizabeth Clarke . Christina Clark-McQuaid . John Clifford . Jeremy & Sheila Cope . Carla Davis . Lynn Davis . Anne Deane . Gawain & Niki Douglas . Susan & Peter Edwards . Peter and Jennifer Esposito . Julia Evans . Alan Ford . Christopher Gabriel . Maureen Groves & Keith Searle . Robert George & Raymond Nicholls . Monica Georgiadis . Daphne Georgiades . Veronica Goodban . Jane Gregory . Dianna Hagerty . Jane Hamilton . Anne Hancock . Sue & John Harper . Colin Hartley . Gillian Henchley . Sally Hinds . Amanda Holloway . Rebecca Hurn . Susan & Lawrence Ilott . Maggie Kasap . Jill & Andrew Kent . Valerie Kernick . Nikki Knewstub & Peter Thompson . Lynn Lacey . John T Legg . Leisha & Alan McKechnie . Mary Meadway . Deborah Moggach . Jonathan Morris . Heather Paddison . Vivienne Pay . Louise Perryman . Marita Pohlschmidt & Tracy Nagle . Nicky Pound . Mary Pringle . Dr Rebecca Pryse . RM Quinton . Diane & Tony Roome . David & Maureen Royston-Lee . James Ryeland . Kenneth Salmon . Andrew Sargent & Elizabeth Casbon . Anna Sayburn . Susan Shanks . Geoffrey & Susan Smith . Stephen Smith . Chris & Joy Spencer . Penelope Steane . Jane Stubbington . Janet Sturley . Sir David Tanner CBE . John & Diane Taylor . John Voller . Jane Voysey . Pauline Waite . Caroline Wake . Bob Ward . Clive Ward . Deirdre Wells . David White . Adam & Beverley Whitefoord . Julie Wilkinson . Isobel Williams . Norma Winstone & Hugh Mitchell
Thank you to our Corporate Friends
Thank you to our Funders & Sponsors 2025
Arts Council England . The Bernard Sunley Foundation . The Cavatina Music Trust . The Countess of Munster Trust . Deal Rotary Icebreakers . Dover Town Council . The Arts Society of Dover, Deal and Sandwich . Esperanza Syndicate . The Foyle Foundation . Sir Graeme Odgers . Guy and Elinor Meynell Trust Bursary Fund . John Swire 1989 Charitable Trust . Julie Nandi . Kent Community Foundation . The Keyboard Trust . The Mary Farrell Trust . The Oak Foundation . Port of Dover Charitable Fund . Southeastern Railways . St Andrew’s Church . The Vaughan Williams Foundation