Why Support Us

North Devon Festival is organised by North Devon Theatres’ Trust – a registered charity and a not-for-profit company. The Festival has grown into a significant national and South West event and, whilst most festivals span a weekend or a week at most, we host multi-arts events every day throughout June, making our Festival the biggest cultural and community experience in the North Devon calendar. The Festival celebrates North Devon’s diverse and vibrant cultural life with its wealth of art, music, theatre, heritage, sport, lifestyle, and natural environment.

“It is the mix of top quality arts and entertainment, the familiar and eagerly anticipated blockbuster events, and the variety of community involvement throughout the region that makes the Festival so special. Added to this, is the fact that many of our events are inspired by and set against the most spectacular landscape and coastline that any festival could offer.” Alan Giddings, Artistic Director, North Devon Festival

The Festival celebrated its 10th birthday in 2008 in style and with impact. Over 130,000 people were involved in 180 main events with a further 805 activities at nearly 200 venues.

Attendances saw an 18% increase from 2007. Of the 130,000 attendances, 36% were from outside the area. The Festival is a significant economic contributor, generating £11m to the local economy in 2008 alone. Volunteers donated a staggering 16,845 hours of their time. This is despite the current economic slow down and bad weather in successive summers.

The wide range of quality events across several stranded themes attracted significant national profile as well as considerable regional and local coverage. The Times newspaper rated the Festival as one of the top five events in the UK for three of the four week run.

All this and more can only be achieved through the generous support of corporate partnerships, charitable trust funding, public sector grants and advertisers.

“Stagecoach was delighted to be part of NDF 08, which was a great success. Working with the Festival met many of our marketing, public relations and other business objectives as well as being a lot of fun. We are looking forward to continuing our partnership with North Devon Theatres and the Festival.” Tony Simmons, Operations Manager – North Devon, Stagecoach

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