How to secure festival funding on Crowdfunder
Ready to launch your festival fundraiser ideas? Crowdfunder gives you the tools to raise more and reach new audiences. Use our platform to fund everything from staging and sound to artist fees and site improvements. Connect with your community and secure the music festival funding you need to bring your event to life.
Incentivise donations with exclusive perks for your backers, such as discounted tickets.
Give your supporters the chance to win unique experiences that bring your community together.
Raise more with +Extra funding
Raise more for your cause with over £10 million in match funding from regional and national partners.
Successful festival campaigns
See how others have used Crowdfunder to raise music festival funding, fund new venues, or grow local cultural events. These campaigns show what’s possible with strong community support and a clear festival vision.
After Covid, Field Maneuvers needed support from their community to help give the festival a future. They successfully raised £43,986 with 681 supports in 28 days.
£1,044,190 from 46,392 entrants
In 2023, Glastonbury Festival teamed up with Oxfam to raise over £1 million in support for the Turkey and Syria earthquake appeal with Prize Draws on Crowdfunder.
Significant funds needed to be raised to pay the hundreds of artists who take part. They successfully raised £16,286 with £5,000 in +Extra funding from East Sussex.
Tell your story
Be open about your situation, why support matters and set a realistic target. Bring it to life with a short video.
Add exciting rewards
Give people rewards they’ll love: exclusive products, merch, shout outs, or behind-the-scenes tours.
Promote everywhere
Use social media, your mailing list, posters in your venue, and the local press to shout about your campaign.
Get funded
Collect donations, apply for match funding, thank supporters, and build momentum.
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Crowdfunding couldn’t be easier with Crowdfunder. Simply create your profile and let your supporters fund your cause. Our community fundraising platform lets you put your project in front of a bigger crowd, outside of your local network. Promote your campaign to more people, as well as public sector and corporate organisations.
It’s really easy to start crowdfunding for your cause with Crowdfunder:
Crowdfunder lets you choose weekly or monthly payouts when you set up your project. If you do not wish to receive funds until a later date, you can choose to manually start payouts from your dashboard after your project goes live. Please note all funds go through a 7 day clearing period before they are eligible to payout.