Membership

Gift Membership

Find out more about our gift Membership options

Our Gift Memberships make the perfect present for opera lovers.

With a Glyndebourne Gift Membership they can enjoy the glittering array of opera on stage, all wrapped in the unforgettable Glyndebourne experience. Below you can explore all the options…


Gift Associate Membership

This gift includes the following benefits:
  • Priority access to Festival tickets, immediately after Festival Society Members
  • Priority booking for Autumn Season performances and other events throughout the year
  • Regular Member-insights, events and offers
  • Members’ magazine, Recit and a complimentary Festival Programme Book (worth £20)
  • Find out more about the benefits of Membership here.
How to purchase a gift membership:

Buy a gift membership online – Your £200 payment includes the one-off £110 joining fee and first annual subscription of £90.

want to make the gift extra special?
  • For £1,010 you can prepay all Associate Membership annual subscriptions (currently £90 per year) until they are promoted to the Festival Society (an estimated 10-12 years from joining) includes the one-off £110 joining fee
  • OR for £6,110 you can prepay for life – covering all Associate Membership subscriptions as above plus all future Festival Society subscriptions (currently £206 per year) includes the one-off £110 joining fee.

Buying for someone under 40? Gift an Under 40s membership.

Associate Member priority booking for Festival 2025 is now underway. To register your interest in gifting Associate Membership for Festival 2026 please complete the form below and we’ll get in touch as soon as applications open in mid April.


Your gift perfectly packaged

A Glyndebourne Membership makes a wonderful gift. Your recipient will receive a welcome pack to introduce them to Glyndebourne membership.

You can choose to have the welcome pack posted to you or direct to your gift recipient. Welcome packs will be posted within 10 working days of buying the gift, or at a later date of your choosing.


Gift Membership for under 40s

This gift includes the following benefits:
  • Priority booking for Festival and Autumn Season tickets
  • Up to 50% off two Festival tickets
  • Members’ magazine, Recit
  • Regular Member-insights, events and offers
  • Find out more about the benefits of Membership here.
How to purchase a gift membership:

To purchase an Under 40s gift membership there is a one-off payment of £70 and you have the option to add a ticket voucher to include with your gift.

You can buy an Under 40s gift membership online from mid April – if you’d like register your interest and be notified when online applications reopen please call +44(0)1273 815 400.


In buying a gift Associate membership you are confirming that:

In buying a gift Under 40s membership you are confirming that:


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