Successful subscribers to seven or more performances during the Advance Booking period will automatically become a Festival Friend/Student Friend. Subscribers whose names appear on the booking are entitled to enjoy benefits which include:

1) Best available seats for the 2010 HKAF;
2) Free subscription to FestMag, the HKAF's magazine, as well as other HKAF information;
3) Special discounts at selected book shops, record shops and merchants;
4) Invitations to attend selected workshops and rehearsals organised by the HKAF

Details of special discounts in Item 1 will be announced in January 2009.

Festival Friends/Student Friends status is valid for one year; 2008 Festival Friends/Student Friends must subscribe successfully to seven (or more) performances during the Advance Booking of the 2009 HKAF in order to become a 2009 Festval Friend/Student Friend.