The VillaGaiety is to increase booking fees to support the development and improvement of the venues.
From January 10 2025 the booking fee will be moved external of the ticket price and increased from 2% inclusive to 5% exclusive.
The newly set 5% booking fee will still cover the 2% ticketing costs, with the additional 3% being ring-fenced to create the VillaGaiety Development Fund to be invested back into the venues on a rolling basis.
The VillaGaiety said: “Our aim is to continually improve VillaGaiety as a place where our Island community can engage with live performance and access creativity throughout their lifetime.”
Legacy
It added: “We are committed to ensuring the venue’s legacy is preserved and to achieve this, we need to fund improvements that customers can see and feel when visiting the venues.
“The VillaGaiety Development Fund will be wholly funded by the additional 3% booking fee and utilised to improve and enhance facilities to positively impact the audience experience and safeguard the venues as cultural assets for future generations of audiences and performers yet to come.”
It said it will produce an annual report which outlines how and what the funds have been used for and what future project plans are in motion.
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