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FinTrU announced as first corporate member as Belfast International Arts Festival launches new membership scheme

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FinTrU

3rd Oct 2024

Belfast International Arts Festival, the city’s longest-running celebration of arts and culture, has launched its new corporate membership scheme for 2024 with multi-award-winning company, FinTrU, becoming its inaugural member.

Belfast International Arts Festival returns from 16 October to 23 November with a new season of contemporary arts and culture in over 30 venues across Belfast – featuring the very best international and homegrown artists from the worlds of theatre, dance, music, visual arts, literature and film.

The festival’s corporate membership scheme invites the business community to support its ambition of creating a culturally vibrant Belfast through arts programming and community engagement.

Belfast International Arts Festival Chief Executive and Artistic Director, Richard Wakely, said:

“I am very pleased to welcome FinTrU as our inaugural corporate member. This scheme offers a wealth of benefits that really serve to make our city a vibrant and exciting destination to live, work and visit.

“It supports our continued commitment to bring Belfast to the world and the world to Belfast. It helps us create new opportunities for communities across our city to engage with the arts.”

As a corporate member, FinTrU and its staff benefit from priority booking for festival events, discounted box office tickets and have the chance to meet with artists post-show.

Members also benefit from branding opportunities throughout the festival and can avail of corporate hospitality and exclusive receptions for clients, among other exclusive perks.

Katrien Roppe, Chief of Staff at FinTrU, said:

“We have a strong tradition of supporting the arts at FinTrU.

“The diversity of talent on display at the Belfast International Arts Festival is outstanding and it is brilliant to see the occasion grow in scale year upon year.

“It is integral to the cultural fabric of Belfast and beyond – and we are proud to support the artists as a corporate member.”

For more information about the scheme, contact fundraising manager Karin Jeffrey: karin@belfastinternationalartsfestival.com.