{"id":8773,"date":"2026-04-22T17:12:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T16:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tickets.stonehavenfolkfestival.co.uk\/sff\/?p=8773"},"modified":"2026-04-24T17:50:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T16:50:04","slug":"new-sponsors-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stonehavenfolkfestival.co.uk\/sff\/2026\/04\/new-sponsors-for-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"New Sponsors for 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Stonehaven Folk Festival is pleased to announce the launch of its new Sponsorship Programme, designed to help secure the long\u2011term sustainability of the Festival and support our plans to work with local primary schools on a growing programme of traditional music activities.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Sponsorship Programme gives local businesses, organisations and individuals the opportunity to support this work \u2014 and the Festival \u2014 directly. Contributions will help us:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Provide more instruments for school workshops<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bring professional musicians into classrooms<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Keep Festival events accessible for the whole community<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sustain and grow the Festival for future generations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Festival organisers say the programme is an important step in strengthening community partnerships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Festival Chairperson Dave Bliss said: <strong>\u201cThe Festival has become a valued part of Stonehaven\u2019s cultural life, and this programme gives supporters a clear way to help secure its long\u2011term sustainability.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A range of sponsorship options is available, from supporting a single workshop or helping to purchase instruments for schools, to backing a full Festival event. &nbsp;All sponsors will be acknowledged on our website and in Festival materials, with additional benefits depending on the level of support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are delighted to announce that our first two sponsors for 2026 are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tickets.stonehavenfolkfestival.co.uk\/sff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gofibre.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tickets.stonehavenfolkfestival.co.uk\/sff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gofibre.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7270\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Go-Fibre, a Scottish, independent broadband provider<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tickets.stonehavenfolkfestival.co.uk\/sff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Baa-Logo.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tickets.stonehavenfolkfestival.co.uk\/sff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Baa-Logo.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7269\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Baa \u2013 a Stonehaven business selling all your knitting needs!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Diane Reid, Festival Fundraising Co-Ordinator said \u201cWe are absolutely delighted to welcome Go-Fibre and Baa as our inaugural sponsors. Their support marks an exciting start to our new Sponsorship Programme.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyone interested in getting involved can contact <strong>sponsors@stonehavenfolkfestival.co.uk<\/strong> for more information or see our <a href=\"https:\/\/tickets.stonehavenfolkfestival.co.uk\/sff\/sponsorship\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"7651\">Sponsorship page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stonehaven Folk Festival is pleased to announce the launch of its new Sponsorship Programme, designed to help secure the long\u2011term sustainability of the Festival and support our plans to work with local primary schools on a growing programme of traditional music activities. The Sponsorship Programme gives local businesses, organisations and individuals the opportunity to support&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"bookmark\" class=\"theme-button-text wolf-core-button wolf-core-button-size-md\" href=\"https:\/\/stonehavenfolkfestival.co.uk\/sff\/2026\/04\/new-sponsors-for-2026\/\"><span>Continue reading<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8757,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","entry","clearfix","entry-post-module-layout-sidebar-right","thumbnail-color-tone-dark","metro-landscape","entry-post","entry-standard","entry-post-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonehavenfolkfestival.co.uk\/sff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonehavenfolkfestival.co.uk\/sff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonehavenfolkfestival.co.uk\/sff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stonehavenfolkfestival.co.uk\/sff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stonehavenfolkfestival.co.uk\/sff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stonehavenfolkfestival.co.uk\/sff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8773\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stonehavenfolkfestival.co.uk\/sff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonehavenfolkfestival.co.uk\/sff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stonehavenfolkfestival.co.uk\/sff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stonehavenfolkfestival.co.uk\/sff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}