Festival Membership

Members enjoy unique benefits, priority access, and a personalized experience of our community’s world-class festival.

Your support as a Member gives us the groundwork to create and imagine an internationally renowned event. Membership at all levels gives you priority access to tickets, opportunities to meet Festival artists and thinkers, and the chance to see the Festival through new eyes.

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Members get exclusive access to the following benefits:

Early Access to A Midsummer Night's Dream

Certain to be one of the hottest tickets of the summer, Bristol Old Vic and Handspring Puppet Company—the Tony Award-winning team behind Broadway's smash hit War Horse—have teamed together to create a new vision of Shakespeare's inexhaustible comedy, A Midsummer Night's Dream. Festival Members have exclusive access to premium tickets beginning February 1. Use your special member code (which will be emailed to you in early February) when ordering online or by phone.

BUY TICKETS NOW or call (203) 562-5666 (phone calls handled by the Shubert Theater Box Office).

Special Member Ticket Prices

All members save up to 30% on ticketed Festival events with a special members-only ticket price.

Members-Only Presale

Access tickets before they go on sale to the general public: ensure that you get in and get the best seats for the Festival’s most popular events.

VIP Access on the New Haven Green

Enjoy the Festival’s spectacular headline events on the New Haven Green with exclusive access to the Member Hospitality Lounge and VIP seating area (certain Member levels only). Mingle with VIPs and other Festival supporters in comfort while enjoying the concert with refreshments and more.

Meet Festival Artists

Interact with the Festival’s world-class artists and innovators with meet-the-artist events and receptions. Invitations to select events are sent to members at all levels. To be sure you’re on the list for every event, join as a Premiere Member.

Concierge Ticket Service

Available at the Family Member level and above, concierge ticketing provides personal ticketing service from a Festival staff member, as well as waiver of regular ticket service fees, exclusive ticket exchange privileges, and prime seat selection.

Member benefits by level (pdf)

For more information, contact Patrick J Dunn, Development Manager at pdunn@artidea.org or (203) 498-3704.

Support the Festival in an even more in-depth way by joining the Founders Society! Click here for more information.