Partner with us

Partner with The Scarborough Fair — Inspire Communities, Elevate Your Brand.

Street :2026 Season over

Fringe: 29 Oct- 1 Nov

Art :29 Oct- 1 Nov

Extreme: 2026 season over

Lights: 2026 season over

Connect your organisation with over 70,000+ residents, regional holidaymakers, and national cultural visitors across our five signature seasonal festivals: Extreme, Streets, Fringe, Art, and Lights. Champion coastal regeneration, talent development, and year-round creative vibrancy.

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The case for Partnership

Why Sponsor The Scarborough Fair?

High-Visibility Multi-Platform Exposure

Dominant physical presence across the town centre, backed by distributed print brochures, local radia and newspapers and social media.

  • 50,000+ Print brochures distributed throughout North East & Yorkshire
  • Banners around the town centre
  • 5k+ Social Media Following

Bespoke VIP Hospitality & Client Entertaining

Reward your key clients, board directors, and staff teams with money can't-buy experiences. Opening night celebrations, free access to events at  our festivals, and much more.

  • Private opening night invitations to a range of our festivals
  • Behind-the-scenes artist and curator tours at Art & Fringe
  • Dedicated festival concierge for custom team away-days and retreats to our festivals

Corporate Social Responsibility & Place- Making

Directly sponsor free community workshops and free access to our
events. Align seamlessly with UK Pride in Place and Combined
Authority regional priorities.

  • 70+ community-focussed workshops and events
  • 90%+ improvement of the perception of Scarborough
  • Social Value impact report for your annual stakeholders

Meaningful Audience & Community Engagment

Transform passive viewing into active customer brand loyalty. Implement high-energy experiential pop-ups, interactive product sampling, and branded engagement pods during our site-specific festivals like Scarborough Extreme or family-dense Scarborough Streets.

  • Dedicated promenade pop-up activations and brand showcases
  • Direct product sampling rights across 70k+ festival goers
  • Opt-in digital audience competitions with co-branded digital marketing

Structured Investment Packages 

Partnership Tiers & Deliverables

Select from four high-impact corporate levels designed to match your organisation's marketing goals, civic commitments, and budget scale. Custom adaptations are welcomed.

Register Space Details

Complete the registration on eventotron detailing your dimensions, audience capacity, accessibility, and choose your festival (either Fringe or Art, or choose both).

Artists contact you

Fringe and Art participants will contact you if they are interested in using your space as their venue.

Confirm Agreement

Agree directly with your artists on performance run dates, box office splits or gallery sales terms, technical rehearsals, and setup hours.

Welcome Audiences

Open your doors during festival weeks.

Benefit from coordinated marketing, heightened local and tourist footfall, and increased food/beverage turnover.

Tailored Collaborations

Bespoke Commercial Activations

Looking for a targeted intervention? We co-create immersive activations that integrate your products and corporate values into iconic coastal settings.

Youth Skate (Extreme)

Brand the high-energy skate jam and free coaching workshops at Royal Albert Park & Hairy Bob's
skatepark.

Youth & Action 

Drone Display Sponsor

Drone display at the historic Scarborough Castle walls during Scarborough Lights.

Light Display

The Official Summer Brochure Title Sponsor

Full front-cover branding and co- curated editorial in the printed 40+ page guide distributed in hotels, pubs, cafes, and venues.

Print & Guide

Partnering with The Scarborough Fair provided our regional business with unprecedented visibility. Over 60,000 people passed through our North Bay brand hub during the festival weekend alone, generating a 35% surge in local customer enquiries. It's rare to find a cultural project that pairs such deep artistic authenticity with tangible commercial returns for the Yorkshire coast.

Marcus Hemmings
Regional Director, Yorkshire Coastal Commercial Group & 2024 Festival Partner

Ready to Partner with us?

Interested in sponsoring The Scarborough Fair or discussing bespoke corporate partnership opportunities? Reach out directly to our commercial partnerships team to discuss tailored packages, festival alignments, and brand integrations.

24hr typical response time

Direct Access to Leadership Team 

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