Advertising : Support

Since 1961, Eastern Music Festival & School has been drawing young artists and music lovers from all over the world to Greensboro, North Carolina, for five glorious weeks each summer.

This upcoming season, June 23–July 28, 2012, will see Eastern Music Festival (EMF) enjoy its 51st year of creating beautiful music.

We invite you to join a list of respected businesses, retail establishments and service providers who advertise in our program guide - a full size, color playbill that accompanies our season of more than 100 concerts and music-related events. Our free playbill is not only an invaluable reference for Festival patrons and participants but an ideal vehicle for the delivery of your message. EMF Young Artists range in age from 14-22 and are interested in a variety of music-related experiences, including bachelors and masters degrees, as well as continuing education opportunities. Our audience is well-educated with significant disposable income, and many are business leaders and key decision-makers in our community. Copies of our playbill are distributed at various locations – including Triad Stage, Guilford College, the Appalachian Summer Festival in Boone, NC, the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington, DC, and the UNCG School of Music – providing increased exposure to your advertisement.

Why Advertise With EMF?

Playbills are distributed at each of EMF's over 100 musical events, including our popular Thursday/Friday Tannenbaum-Sternberger Young Artists Concert Series and our Saturday evening Festival Orchestra Series.

EMF Young Artists range in age from 14-22 and are interested in a variety of music-related experiences, including bachelors and master's degrees, as well as continuing education opportunities.

Our audience is well-educated with significant disposable income. Many are business leaders and key decision makers in our community.

More than 60,000 people, from the Triad as well as across the country, attend the Festival each year. Parents, artists, patrons, and students reference the playbill for places to dine, stay, shop, and explore whilst visiting the festival.

Our playbills are featured at all EMF concerts and events, including a variety of locations: Guilford College, Triad Stage, UNCG, Temple Emanuel, First Presbyterian Church, The Kennedy Center for Performing Arts (Washington, DC), Appalachian State University (Boone, NC), and more.

All advertisers receive one pair of complimentary tickets to any performance during the 2012 season (some restrictions apply).

Receive a complimentary link to your website from our new website (launching in January 2012). Your link will remain through the end of our fiscal year in September 2012.

If you wish to commit to a multi-year advertising agreement, EMF offers a 15% discount for both years of a 2-year agreement and 20% for each year of a 3-year agreement. This lets you lock in 2012 rates for the length of the agreement. First time advertisers to EMF receive a 10% discount for their first year and are eligible for both discounts if they also sign a multi-year agreement. Each year, any new or renewing advertiser who returns an Agreement Form before December 30th, is eligible for a 10% Early Bird Discount.

Note: Advertisers may use EITHER First Time Advertiser OR Early Bird Advertiser Discount, if applicable. Either may be combined with a Multi-Year Agreement Discount. If combined, the 10% discount applies to the first year only.