Be a Friend - Join a Friend!   Any Friend of the Festival for 2010 who joins up a new Friend will receive a 25% discount on their own Friends scheme – and also a 25% discount for the new Friend! Whether it's a double or a single Friend, you still get all the benefits of your Friends scheme at this special reduced cost, and so will the new Friend you bring on board. Friends of the Festival is already a bargain deal, with benefits including complimentary tickets, priority seating and many others.

Or why not make this the ideal Christmas gift for Choral aficionados and  newcomers alike? We will prepare a special festive Friend of the Festival pack to be sent to the recipient of your choice, which can then be paid for together with your own Friend subscription – it couldn't be easier! What better gift than 5 whole days filled with world-class concerts and performances? All costing you only €75 for an individual or €130 for a double, while also receiving the same discount on your own Friend package.

This offer is also open to new Friends of Festival so why not join together with someone else, and both enjoy the benefits of 25% off your Friend packages!

Friends' Benefits include:

Tickets and priority choice of available seats (Balcony/Front Parterre) at the Cork City Hall for Gala Concerts on the Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday nights Unrestricted entry to daytime competitions at the City Hall as well as the Awards Ceremony Complimentary admission to the Festival Club (Saturday and Sunday nights) The opportunity to pre–book for Cathedral Gala Concerts at a special concession rate Listing as Friend of the Festival in the printed Festival Programme A complimentary copy of the Festival Programme Invitation to the festival’s social occasions including the Press Launch and the Opening Reception

Your support provides vital funding to the continued success of this festival, which has now taken place in Cork for an astonishing 55 years. In that time it has become not only a much-loved celebration of choral music to the city and its people, but is synonymous with choral music excellence throughout the world. We look forward to welcoming you on board as one of our valued Friends and we hope that, now more than ever, you will join us in continuing this tradition and being a part of the festival’s success.

Single Friend subscription €100 (Regular price)

Double Friend subscription €175 (Regular price)

If you would like to become a Friend of the Festival please contact us or click here to download a 2010 Friend of the Festival order form. Please note that the 2011 Friend of the Festival form will go online towards the end of this year.