Brainchild Festival is Crowdfunding

The ongoing Coronavirus pandemic has forced us to cancel Brainchild Festival 2020. Not only are we heartbroken that we can't give our community all the magic weekend we had been working so hard to create, but the cost of cancelling has been devastating to our already very meagre finances.

We are faced with a huge challenge to keep Brainchild alive. 

Our DIY festival Brainchild has never had a lot of money. We built it from scratch when we were just 19, and ever since have prioritised the affordability and independence of our festival over making big profits.

After six hugely challenging and amazing years of volunteering all our time on Brainchild, we'd FINALLY made a roadmap for our future that could protect us as a sponsor-free, values-led festival with a paid team. 

But then this pandemic hit. We spent £20,000 producing our festival and party at the Vaults, and we can get none of this money back. We don't have reserves to fall back on, and this financial challenge threatens all of our progress and our dreams of an uncompromised Brainchild - we really need your help to weather this storm and protect our future.   

Can you donate today to help us?

We just hope, and believe, that there are enough amazing people in this community that amongst those who are able to give even a small amount, we can raise what we need to make it through this crisis. 

So if you’ve had special memories, learned something new, met people you love or discovered artists that changed your life at Brainchild then please consider making a donation. No matter how small, every bit will help us to secure Brainchild the best possible future on the other side of this. 

If you've never been, but you've heard good things, or you've just happened to find this page, then please take a sec to consider how valuable an inclusive & inspiring environment and community can be for young adults & emerging artists, and how rare it is to for a grassroots, community-driven and independent project to still be thriving eight years in. 

Please help us keep it alive.