Would you like to be a Sponsor of our 100th Anniversary Gala Dinner?

We are delighted to open up sponsorship to the Società Isole Eolie’s 100th Anniversary Gala Dinner on Saturday 2nd August 2025, at the Pullman Melbourne Albert Park. This milestone event will mark a century of cultural impact in Melbourne, and we would be honoured to have your support.

Since 1925, the Società Isole Eolie has been a key cultural hub in Melbourne. We anticipate 500-1000 guests to attend our gala dinner which will include prominent figures from the Italian and Australian communities, for an evening of dining, entertainment, and celebration.

We are offering various sponsorship packages with benefits such as complimentary tickets to the event, your logo displayed not only at our gala dinner but also at events that the Società Isole Eolie holds throughout the 2025 to mid-2026 period. Sponsors will also be featured in our full-colour souvenir program, which all attending guests will receive.

Additionally, we are seeking donations for our Silent Auction, which is vital to our fundraising efforts. Auction item sponsors will be recognised along with their contributions.

Below are some options for you to consider.

Expression of Interest for Sponsorship closes soon.

As an organisation serving and promoting Aeolian culture, the Societa Isole Eolie, (SIE) is known to most people as the ‘Isole Eolie Club’ or the ‘Aeolian Club’. When founded in 1925 by Bartolo Di Mattina & brothers Giuseppe and Stefano Tesoriero, our charter was to be a social, cultural and welfare point of reference, aiming to help Aeolian migrants settle in Melbourne, offering them a place to meet, as well as providing moral and financial assistance in times of need.

The idea of a benevolent society was bought to Melbourne by Giuseppe Tesoriero, who had migrated to Melbourne after having been to New York, where he had belonged to the local Benevolent Society of Stromboli, and had personally witnessed the usefulness and merit of such an association. The New York Statute was then used as the model for the Melbournian Society’s Constitution, which did incorporate the aims and regulations that were to govern the life and activities of the Victorian Societa Mutuo Soccorso Isole Eolie.

Today as times change and a newer generation is stepping forward, we have a more general focus operating within the wider Italian community, to retain traditional links with the Aeolian Islands and their rich ties with the sea , while keeping alive, in an Australian social setting, customs and practices, such as our history, music, arts, Mediterranean cuisine and renowned pastries.

Read a more comprehensive history of the Società Isole Eolie Melbourne below.