Ventura Music Festival — Music gives so much more!

Dear Friends,

This year, music lifted Ventura at an unprecedented rate.

• It reached students who had never held an instrument.
• It comforted those at Community Memorial Hospital.
• It filled parks, schools, museums, and neighborhoods — much of it free and all of it accessible to all.

And now, as the year comes to a close, we ask you to help keep this music playing.

Your support today fuels the music tomorrow. Year-end gifts are fully tax-deductible and make an immediate impact across the programs that define our mission. Every dollar you give ensures that the Ventura Music Festival continues to reach more people, in more places, in more ways—especially those who need it most.

You may choose to designate your donation toward one or more areas below:

• Subsidized live concert programming––keeping world-class music local and affordable

• Free concert access for families in need

• Music education in public schools––bringing instruments, teaching artists & curriculum directly to classrooms

• Scholarships for songwriting camps & youth creativity labs

• Music + Mental Health initiatives with Community Memorial Hospital––healing through rhythm, voice and community

Unrestricted gifts are equally powerful, allowing us to direct funds where the need is greatest.

In gratitude for your support, you receive early access, invitations, and exclusive experiences like free tickets, after parties, donor lounge access, ticket discounts, and more!

Looking Forward — Your Legacy Shapes Ours

As we plan for the future, we invite you to join those who have made legacy commitments to the Ventura Music Festival. A simple bequest, beneficiary designation, or charitable IRA distribution ensures that music continues to uplift Ventura long after this season ends.

If you are planning your estate, we hope you will consider including VMF in your will or trust—an act of generosity that echoes well into future generations.

Music is community. It is connection. It is joy.

Your gift — today, before year-end — makes all of this possible.

Every contribution, large or small, brings more music to more people in more ways across Ventura County.

With gratitude and warm holiday wishes,

The staff, board, and volunteers at the Ventura Music Festival