Call Carrie Shoptaw at 913-721-2110 or email generalmanager@kcrenfest.com for a specific package designed just for your company or client.
¨ Cash Values for Festival sponsors and trade opportunities are available. Extensive media and promotional opportunities exist from August through October.
¨ Prior to and during the Festival season, all sponsors are encouraged to develop promotional tie-ins.
Promotional Possibilities Available to Sponsors:
¨ Logo tags on the Festival’s nearly $200,000 Value of Kansas City advertising in print, radio, and television, and an additional $200,000 Value in regional advertising.
¨ Festival discount coupon offers available at sponsor locations i.e.. Buy one get one free, $2.00 and $4.00 off at the gate, etc.
¨ Sponsor bounce-back coupon offers on Festival ticket backs and in the program.
¨ Parking lot
¨ Free Program Sponsorship
¨ Sponsorship of Festival attractions such as the Joust, Pub, Stages, Children’s Realm, The Ultimate Gladiator Show, free program and free parking.
¨ Sponsorship of Festival themed events such as the Wedding of the Century, Ale Festival, and the Highland Games.
¨ Promotional appearances by Festival costumed characters at sponsor locations.
¨ Advertising in the Festival day of show program distributed to 200,000 patrons.
¨ Logo inclusion on the Festival’s entrance/exit signage viewed by 200,000 patrons.
¨ VIP benefits including free access to the Festival for sponsor executives and guests and invitations to the Festival’s Sneak Peek Preview Party.
¨ Complimentary Festival tickets for use as store promotional giveaways, employee incentives, client gifts, etc. $16.95 value each ticket
¨ The Festival is always open to creative individual promotional suggestions. Major sponsorships including several components listed above are comprehensive and allow for not only metro area branding on all media, but regional branding through an additional 500 media outlets in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Arkansas.
Festival Facts:
¨ Established: 1977
¨ Attendance: 175,000-200,000
¨ 2006 dates: August 30-October 13, Weekends, Labor Day, and Columbus Day.
¨ Festival run: 16 days
¨ Patrons From: 39% of our patrons come from the Kansas City Metro area 47% come from
elsewhere in Missouri and Kansas
¨ Income: 70% of Festival patrons’ annual income is over $30,000 a year.
¨ Festival Stay: 60% of patrons stay at the Festival all day (8 hours)