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Target Audience :

West Fest appeals to a wide and sophisticated audience. West Town neighbors, families, pet owners, and Chicago-land festival, art, and music enthusiasts of all ages attend the event. The majority of attendees tend to be between 25-35 years of age.

Audience Survey: In a survey conducted in 2006, the average attendee was 30 years old. 70% of the attendees surveyed were from the West Town Community area, and 30% were from other neighborhoods in Chicago and the suburbs.

Exposure through Advertising:

Time Out Chicago is a print media sponsor for West Fest and several full-page advertisements with sponsor listings/logos will appear in the magazine to promote the event. Time Out Chicago also blasts their email list of over 25,000 people with links and information on the event and lists the event on their website with a link to www.westfestchicago.com.

Q101 is the exclusive radio sponsor of West Fest and the event will receive over 40 promotional spots. Q101 also features information and a link on their website, and promotes the event in a blast to their email list of over 160,000 people. 

Additional Marketing: Press releases are sent to over 100 local and national press contacts. 500 posters and 10,000 postcards are produced with sponsor logos/listings which are distributed locally.

Online Exposure:

The event is promoted on the chamber website www.westtownchamber.org, and on the event’s exclusive website www.westfestchicago.com with an entire page dedicated to sponsor links and logos. West Fest also has its own Facebook page and Twitter Account with hundreds of followers and fans.

Yelp.com is also a media sponsor and will email blast approximately 70,000 local influencers and tastemakers all over Chicago.

Additional Advertisements will be placed in local newspapers and magazines pending sponsorship deals and final budgets including: The Chicago Reader, The Onion, and The Red Eye.

Onsite Exposure:

Sponsors may participate with onsite signage and vending opportunities. Sponsorship of West Fest offers your business direct, live exposure to large crowds in a relaxed, friendly and non-threatening environment. The consumer not only sees the product, but can touch it, hear it, use it and best of all...purchase it.

Why Sponsor West Fest?

Because you want your brand associated with this awesome event! Plus sponsorship can connect your business with a wide range of consumers through sampling/sales, lead generation, displays, retail bounce-back programs, on-site signage, media logo inclusion, online marketing, web links and more.

Sample Sponsorship Packages:

Presenting Sponsorship:

  • Name in title: “Presented by Your Company” and dominant logo placement where applicable in all print, radio ads, e-blasts, collateral materials, PR, and internet.
  • Category exclusivity.
  • Special PR release announcing sponsorship.
  • Name in title in radio spots.
  • First tier logo placement in all event related printed materials.
  • A special e-blast advertising the event includes a message from your company.
  • Name in title, logo, link and message from your company’s CEO on event website.
  • Selling, sampling, display and promotional rights from 10’X30’ fully equipped booth.
  • *Dominant banner placement, (thirty), on-site, including music stage and entrance gates.
  • Name in title and dominant logo placement on event welcome banners.
  • Name in title and logo included on festival welcoming banner at main entrance.
  • Twenty-five pre-recorded announcer mentions on-site daily.
  • Fifty passes to VIP tent daily

Stage Sponsorship

  • Name in title of music stage in all print and radio advertising, all event collateral materials, PR and internet.
  • Name in title of the stage in customized, four color postcards promoting music stage.
  • Third tier logo placement in all print ads, collateral materials and internet.
  • Logo and link on event website.
  • Selling, sampling, display and promotional rights from a 10’X20’ fully equipped booth.
  • *Stage signage (shared) includes exclusive backdrop.
  • *Ten banners placed throughout event site.
  • Logo placement on event welcome banners.
  • Fifteen pre-recorded announcer mentions on-site daily.

Community Sponsorship

  • Logo and link on event website.
  • Sampling rights from 10’X10’ furnished booth.
  • *Eight banners placed throughout event site.
  • Ten pre-recorded announcer mentions on-site.
  • Ten passes for VIP tent daily.

Booth Sponsorships (Sales, sampling, display, lead generation)

  • 10’X10’ tented booth furnished with two tables, four chairs and electricity
  • 10’X20’ tented booth furnished with four tables, eight chairs and electricity
  • 10’X30’ tented booth furnished with six tables, twelve chairs and electricity

Official Wireless

  • Category exclusivity.
  • Exclusive on-site sales, marketing on site.
  • Logo placement in all print advertising, collateral materials and internet.
  • Logo and link on event website.
  • *Twenty banners placed throughout event site.
  • Logo placement on event welcome banners.
  • Ten pre-recorded announcer mentions on-site.
  • Ten passes to VIP tent daily.

Official Soft Drink

  • Category exclusivity, soda and diet soda.
  • Exclusive on-site sales.
  • Logo placement in all print advertising, collateral materials and internet.
  • Logo and link on event website.
  • Twenty banners placed throughout event site.
  • Logo placement on event welcome banners.
  • Ten pre-recorded announcer mentions on-site.
  • Ten passes to VIP tent daily.

Official Bottled Water

  • Category exclusivity, bottled water and/or enhanced water.
  • Exclusive on-site sales.
  • Logo placement in all print advertising, collateral materials and internet.
  • Logo and link on event website.
  • *Twenty banners placed throughout event site.
  • Logo placement on event welcome banners.
  • Ten pre-recorded announcer mentions on-site.
  • Ten passes to VIP tent daily.

Official Energy Drink

  • Category exclusivity.
  • Exclusive on-site sales.
  • Logo placement in all print advertising, collateral materials and internet.
  • Logo and link on event website.
  • *Ten banners placed throughout event site.
  • Ten pre-recorded announcer mentions on-site.
  • Six passes to VIP tent daily.

Official Auto

  • Category exclusivity.
  • Logo placement in all print advertising, collateral materials and internet.
  • Logo and link on event website.
  • Display space for up to three vehicles.
  • 10’X10’ tented booth furnished with two tables, four chairs and electricity.
  • *Fifteen banners placed throughout event site.
  • Logo placement on event welcome banners.
  • Ten pre-recorded announcer mentions on-site.
  • Ten passes to VIP tent daily.

Each sponsorship package can be customized to suit your specific needs. Pricing available upon request.

*Sponsor provides all corporate banners

The WTCC is a 501 C6 Non-Profit organization thus your sponsorship expenses are partially tax deductible.