Southern Guitar Festival & CompetitionInspiring Guitarists and Music Lovers Alike with World-Class Performances and Competitions

Donate and Advertise

The Southern Guitar Festival and Competition relies solely on generous contributions from our friends, community, and art organizations to continue to deliver on our promise to provide world-caliber performances, education, and competitions to the music-loving Southeast.

Please consider becoming our friend and supporting us at any level that feels right for you. Your support will allow our festival and competition to continue highlighting the best guitar players from around the world and educating and advancing the developing careers of young musicians in our region. Donations are tax-deductible.

To donate please email SouthernGuitarFestival@gmail.com

or donate via PayPal

We appreciate donations at any level, whether you’re more comfortable giving $10 or $100.

You can also designate Southern Guitar Festival as your charity of choice when making purchases at Amazon Smile so that Amazon will match a percentage of your total purchase to benefit SGFC.


Sponsorship Levels, Values, and Benefits

Benefits OfferedOctave SponsorClef SponsorSharp Note SponsorBronze SponsorSilver SponsorGold SponsorPlatinum Sponsor
Tax Deductible Contribution
Full Event Year Webpage Links
Brochure Recognition
Festival Brochure Print Ad Quarter
Page
Half
Page
Full Page / Back CoverFull Page / Back CoverFull Page / Front Cover
Social Media and Email Marketing
VIP Reserved Seats for All Concerts2410162030
Backstage VIP Premier Access & Networking
Recognition/ads at All events (Full Year)
(Two years)
Outreach Concert
Full Benefits Value$375$930$1510$3850$6135$8000$12000
Sponsorship Level$250$500$1000$3000$5000$6000$10000+
The following support levels are not exclusive. We appreciate donations at any level!

NEW! Platinum Sponsor – $10,000 and up

Company logo and name recognition associated with the use of the “Southern Guitar Festival and Competition” event name and logo during the sponsorship period (including but not limited to):

  • Festival advertising, Printed materials, Event web page with link, Event signage
  • Social media and E-mail marketing
  • Full page ad / front cover of concert brochure (first virtuoso/presenting sponsor each year receives priority placement on the back cover of brochure)
  • 30 VIP reserved seats for all concerts
  • Backstage premier artist/networking access
  • Recognition and advertisement at all educational and entertainment online events for TWO years.
  • Opportunity for company representative to be personally recognized at all concerts
  • Opportunity to provide a video commercial to be featured on all Festival broadcasts
  • One private concert performance for an organization or charity of your choice by one of our professional faculty performers (a $2,000 value alone!)

NEW! Gold Sponsor – $6,000 and up

Company logo and name recognition associated with the use of the “Southern Guitar Festival and Competition” event name and logo during the sponsorship period (including but not limited to):

  • Festival advertising, Printed materials, Event web page with link, Event signage
  • Social media and E-mail marketing
  • Full page ad/back cover of concert brochure (first virtuoso/presenting sponsor each year receives priority placement on the back cover of brochure)
  • 20 VIP reserved seats for all concerts
  • Backstage premier artist/networking access
  • Recognition and advertisement at all educational and entertainment online events throughout the year
  • Opportunity for company representative to be personally recognized at all concerts
  • Opportunity to provide a video commercial to be featured on all Festival broadcasts
  • One private concert performance for an organization or charity of your choice by one of our professional faculty performers (a $2000 value alone!)

Silver Sponsor – $5,000

Company logo and name recognition associated with the use of the “Southern Guitar Festival and Competition” event name and logo during the sponsorship period (including but not limited to):

  • Festival advertising, Printed materials, Event web page with link, Event signage
  • Social media and E-mail marketing
  • Full page ad/back cover of concert brochure (first presenting sponsor each year receives priority placement on the back cover of brochure)
  • 16 VIP reserved seats for all concerts
  • Backstage premier artist/networking access
  • Recognition and advertisement at all educational and entertainment online events throughout the year
  • Opportunity for company representative to be personally recognized at all concerts
  • Opportunity to provide a video commercial to be featured on all Festival broadcasts

Bronze Sponsor – $3,000

Company logo on:

  • Festival advertising, Printed materials, Event web page with a link
  • Social media and E-mail marketing
  • Full-page ad in the concert brochure
  • 10 VIP reserved seats for all concerts
  • Backstage premier artist/networking access

Sharp Note Sponsor – $1,000

Company logo on:

  • Event web page with a link
  • Social media and E-mail marketing
  • Quarter page ad in the concert brochure
  • 4 reserved seats for all concerts

Clef Sponsor – $500

Company logo on:

  • Event web page with a link
  • Social media and E-mail marketing
  • Recognition in the concert brochure
  • 2 reserved seats for all concerts

Octave Sponsor – $250

Recognition on an event web page and in the concert brochure.