Donate and Advertise
The Southern Guitar Festival and Competition relies solely on generous contributions from our friends, community, and art organizations in order 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 to showcase the best guitar players from around the world and educate and advance the developing careers of young musicians in our region. Donations are tax deductible.
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 a percentage of your total purchase will be matched by Amazon to benefit SGFC.
Sponsorship Levels, Values and Benefits
| Benefits Offered | Octave Sponsor | Clef Sponsor | Sharp Note Sponsor | Bronze Sponsor | Silver Sponsor | Gold Sponsor | Presenting Sponsor |
| Tax Deductible Contribution |  |  |  |  |  | | |
| Full Event Year Webpage Links | | | | | | | |
| Brochure Recognition | | | | | | | |
| Festival Brochure Print Ad | | Quarter Page | Half Page | Full Page / Back Cover | Full Page / Back Cover | Full Page / Front Cover | |
| Social Media and Email Marketing | | | | | | | |
| VIP Reserved Seats for All Concerts | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 20 | 30 | |
| Backstage VIP Premier Access & Networking | | | | | |||
| Recognition/ads at All events (Full Year) | | | (Two years) | ||||
| Outreach Concert | | | |||||
| Full Benefits Value | |||||||
| Sponsorship Level | $250 | $500 | $1000 | $3000 | $5000 | $6000 | $10000+ |
NEW! Presenting Sponsor – $10000 and up
Company logo and name recognition associated with use of “Southern Guitar Festival and Competition” event name and logo during 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 $2000 value alone!)
NEW! Gold Sponsor – $6000 and up
Company logo and name recognition associated with use of “Southern Guitar Festival and Competition” event name and logo during 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 use of “Southern Guitar Festival and Competition” event name and logo during 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 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 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 link
- Social media and E-mail marketing
- Recognition in the concert brochure
- 2 reserved seats for all concerts
Octave Sponsor – $250
Recognition on event web page and in the concert brochure.
