The Grand Teton Music Festival has announced the largest campaign in our history to support Festival musicians and revitalize Walk Festival Hall.
We’ve made great progress. With your support, we’ll make even more. Your generosity is the key to the future of GTMF and our community impact.
The Festival has embarked on a $57M* campaign to expand artist housing, raise musician pay and renovate Walk Festival Hall. For 64 years, GTMF has provided a soundtrack for Jackson Hole. Investments in housing, musician pay and the hall will keep our music playing for generations.
In less than two years, GTMF has raised $50M towards our goal.
Learn more about our progress | Read the Setting the Stage campaign brochure
The stage is set. Now, we must raise the final $10 million to finish the renovation of Walk Festival Hall.
*Does not include $3M in additional planned gifts made after the campaign’s public announcement.
Walk Festival Hall is special. Its acoustics, intimacy and sightlines set it apart.
The venue is also more than 50 years old. Updates and upgrades are overdue. To serve artists and audiences tomorrow, GTMF must transform the hall today.
our vision:
This is more than a basic renovation. It’s a generational investment that will support the next 50 years of Jackson Hole’s culture, creativity and community.
With musician pay and housing goals achieved, it’s time to transform Walk Festival Hall. This renovation and its progress depend on donors like you.
Your generosity will define what comes next. Whether it’s a modest sum or multi-million-dollar investment, your gift matters. We invite you to join our growing family of supporters Setting the Stage for the future—of Walk Festival Hall, Grand Teton Music Festival and our Jackson Hole community.
To learn more or to include the campaign in your giving, contact:
Tim Dodge
Director of Development
email: tim@gtmf.org
phone: 307.732.9952
Read more about donors like you who’ve invested in the future through the Setting the Stage campaign.
The Grand Teton Music Festival has been part of our lives for nearly three decades. It’s where we’ve made lifelong memories...
Nick and I fell in love with the Grand Teton Music Festival about eight years ago. Since then, our passion and commitment to it have only grown...
GTMF is my musical "happy place," and every summer on the day I leave, I start counting down the days until I get to come back here again...
With three young children, we view GTMF as a unique and invaluable opportunity to expose our family to world-class music and cultural experiences...
We first attended GTMF in 2010 and were truly moved to tears by the music. We did not realize and later learned that these were the best musicians from orchestras around the world...
We have lived in Jackson for more than 30 years. We joined GTMF when we first arrived to enjoy the music and the many social events with fellow guarantors...
Will the Festival be open during Walk Festival Hall’s construction?
Yes – GTMF will present a full season of concerts at locations around Jackson Hole while the Hall is being renovated. The upcoming season will be announced in February.
What inspired the Setting the Stage campaign?
The Setting the Stage campaign grew from GTMF’s strategic priorities of ensuring artistic excellence, building long-term sustainability and strengthening community connections. The Festival’s 2023-2027 Strategic Plan, created in collaboration between the Board, musicians, patrons and staff, outlined increased musician honorariums, stabilized musician housing and an upgraded Hall as goals for GTMF’s future.
How can I support the campaign?
There are many different ways to include the campaign in your giving. You can give cash, donate appreciated stock, recommend a grant from a donor-advised fund or direct a Qualified Charitable Distribution from your IRA. Some donors are giving one lump sum. Many are spreading payments across 3-5 years. Talk to your advisor about the approach that makes the most sense for you and your family. You can also learn more about tax-smart ways to support the Festival here: Tax-Smart Giving.
I’ve included a gift to the Festival in my will. Does that count toward the campaign?
Thank you! And yes, your gift in your will, trust or other estate plans will count toward the endowment portion of the campaign as long as:
You can use this simple, online form to let us know about your planned gift to the Festival (so it counts toward the campaign). If you’d like to learn more about the benefits of planned giving, please click here.