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Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival-Comfortable Views

Be a part of making the 30th Annual Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival the best yet!

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Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival-Comfortable Views

Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival-Comfortable Views

Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival-Comfortable Views

Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival-Comfortable Views

Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival-Comfortable Views

Be a part of making the 30th Annual Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival the best yet!

Be a part of making the 30th Annual Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival the best yet!

Be a part of making the 30th Annual Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival the best yet!

Be a part of making the 30th Annual Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival the best yet!

Deborah Watring-Ellis
Deborah Watring-Ellis
Deborah Watring-Ellis
Deborah Watring-Ellis
1 Campaign |
Lunenburg, Canada
$4,395 USD $4,395 USD 68 backers
104% of $4,192 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal
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30th Anniversary Celebration

Currency Conversion $21 USD
$30 CAD
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June 2015
18 claimed

Folk Harbour Festival Club

Currency Conversion $3 USD
$5 CAD
0 claimed

Folk Harbour Fan Package

Currency Conversion $35 USD
$50 CAD
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June 2015
4 out of 250 of claimed

Limited Edition Picnic Blanket

Currency Conversion $52 USD
$75 CAD
4 out of 5 of claimed

Autographed Hoodie Package

Currency Conversion $70 USD
$100 CAD
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August 2015
Only 1 left

Romantic Folk Harbour Picnic

Currency Conversion $87 USD
$125 CAD
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August 2015
5 out of 10 of claimed

LFHF Collector's Package

Currency Conversion $105 USD
$150 CAD
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August 2015
1 out of 5 of claimed

LFHF VIP Package

Currency Conversion $210 USD
$300 CAD
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August 2015
2 out of 5 of claimed

Sponsor Package

Currency Conversion $349 USD
$500 CAD
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August 2015
2 out of 8 of claimed

Everything Package

Currency Conversion $699 USD
$1,000 CAD
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August 2015
0 claimed

Introduction

We'd like to welcome you to the 30th Anniversary Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival in beautiful, oceanside Nova Scotia, Canada. We’re a small town festival with a big time reputation: quality, professional music in a stunning, heritage location. Over the years we’ve worked hard to ensure our audiences go home happy, and we think we’ve done very well. Could we do better? Yes we could. Let’s start with the chairs. We could use your help. That’s the reason for this campaign.

The Pitch

If you’ve ever attended the Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival then you know that each Main Stage performance, in the big tent high on Blockhouse Hill on a warm August evening, is a magical experience. If you haven’t visited us yet then plan your trip to the Nova Scotia seaside for August 6 to 9 this summer. You'll enjoy four days and nights of amazing music for a very low price.

Our audiences love our music. Over the years we’ve presented hundreds of stellar professional musicians from across Canada, the United States and further afield and we’ve made a name as one of this country’s leading music festivals.

Musicians love us, too - even more so since we recently upgraded the tent, the stage and the sound system. Artists tell us that our audiences are fully engaged and appreciative. It is a truly intimate affair.

We’re the first to admit however – our chairs could be better.  They’re hard and close together. They’re borrowed from local schools. We would like to change that.  We’d like to upgrade the seating for all 1,000 seats and if we reach our goal we’ll be able to do that. If we double our initial goal we can provide a large video screen to live stream performances. That will improve the view and experience from almost every seat in the house.

We’re a non-profit, community-run organization made possible entirely through the contributions of hundreds of hard-working volunteers and generous supporters. We want to invite you to join that crowd as we prepare for our 30th and raise funds for improvements. You can play your part by doing two things:

1.  Make a contribution – large or small – they all add up; and

2.  Ask your friends and family to support us too.

What We Need

We are a non-profit organization. Tickets sales alone do not cover the expenses of putting on the Festival. As a matter of fact they account for only about 40% - basically the costs for the performers. Than means we have to fund all of our site costs - tent, sound system, seating, security, etc. - through other means.

We need our audience to be able to sit in comfort, to have an experience of music that transcends the realities of everyday strains, woes and worries. Our main stage tent is busy each night so we can’t guarantee you’ll be able to sit in your favorite place. You’ll have to help yourself there by showing up early. But we can provide more comfortable chairs and make the effort to ensure better viewing for all. When we are able to add a large screen live-streaming video beside the stage, you won’t just see the musicians, with close-up camera shots, you’ll witness the musicianship.

Those improvements cost money. So here’s how we intend to use the money you help us raise:

·  When we raise $6,000 we will provide roomier, "lawn-style” chairs with arms throughout the entire venue.

·  If we are able to raise $12,000 we will be able to add a live-stream video screen.

Whatever we raise will go to improving the experience of our Festival Main Stage.  We will go as far as we can in making improvements this year and if we exceed the amount required for the chairs and video screen, then we will apply the extra funds toward the ever-escalating other site costs.

What You Get

What do you get?  Well if you are in the audience this August you will, of course, be among the first beneficiaries of the campaign. You’ll go home with a more comfortable body and a host of musical memories as a result. If you don’t make it here this summer then we hope you will visit us in the future.

Regardless, you can get some really nice perks when you help us out – whether you attend or not. You can also take pride in knowing you've made it a more comfortable experience for those who do attend, and you have their gratitude.

Risks & Challenges

We don’t want to raise expectations and then disappoint anybody. So, we want to be open with you about what it takes to make the Main Stage experience what it is.

Our site costs are escalating every year - even without the improvements we want to introduce this year. We upgraded our tent, stage and sound system the year before last. Those additions increased our site costs, but also greatly improved the experience for both the audience and the performers. The cost of those improvements are increasing this year and we've been informed they will increase again next year. Now, we are hoping to improve the seating and viewing.

We will go as far in upgrading the experience this year as the funds raised in this campaign will allow. If we exceed the requirements for the proposed improvements, we will apply the extra funds toward the escalating annual sites costs for the new tent, stage and sound system.

Then we will need to sustain our funding levels next year – from all sources – in order to keep these improvements next year.

Other Ways You Can Help

We appreciate your time and interest in our project, and we understand that everyone can’t contribute, but that doesn’t mean you can’t help.

We work hard to keep ticket prices accessible to everyone, especially our younger audience members. So, we are asking those who can to contribute more, so those who can’t are still able to participate.

You can help by 1) contributing what is comfortable for you, and 2) telling others about the Festival and the fundraising campaign.

Please help us get the word out about what we do and what we need. Share this site with your friends and family and anyone you know who may be interested in preserving and supporting traditional music and musicians in Nova Scotia. Let’s make more more musical memories by the sea!


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