The Festival’s ten days of diverse arts and cultural events offer a variety of unique sponsorship opportunities. Enhance your corporate image and gain access and exposure to a highly desirable, affluent target market. With more than 100 incredible events over ten days in June, and anticipated attendance of 20,000+, we will design a sponsorship that best meets your marketing objectives.

Why Sponsor the Gettysburg Festival?

Reach an Affluent, Highly-Educated Audience of Arts and Music Patrons

• The 2009 Festival attracted 20,000 people and injected an estimated $12.5 million into the local economy.
• Attendees hailed from at least 22 states and the District of Columbia.
• Almost 40% were between the ages of 41 and 60, with 36% age 61+.
• More than 60% possess a college degree or post-graduate education.
• The average rating for events, on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being excellent, was 4.66. (All data collected via Festival Intercept Survey, June 2009.)

Utilize the Festival’s Marketing Tools to Reach Core Attendees

• Monthly Festival e-newsletter
• Festival website, Facebook and Twitter sites
• Collaterals include brochure, pocket guide (“events-at-a-glance”), program and much more
• Advertising includes regional billboards, paid broadcast spots, magazine and newspaper placement

Hospitality and Promotional Opportunities Place You Front and Center at the Festival

• Promotional ideas to engage clients, recognize employees, drive sales and showcase community involvement include:
• Product sampling
• Database development
• Contests/promotions
• Couponing/bounce-backs
• Category exclusivity
• Complimentary tickets to highlight events
• Private receptions with artists and performers

Support Arts and Education and Showcase Your Community Involvement

• The Festival provides educational components in all genres for the younger generation of musicians and artists, and platforms for emerging artists in the early stages of their careers.
• The Festival is designed to be accessible for all, and underwritten by funding from grants and sponsorships, 75% of the events are free.

Regional and National Recognition

• “One of the Top 100 Events in North America for 2009.” From the influential travel group, The American Bus Association
• “One of the finest cultural events in which I’ve had the pleasure to participate.” Stage and screen actor James Earl Jones, who performed Aaron Copland’s A Lincoln Portrait, June 2009
• “Congratulations on an amazing event – the 2009 Gettysburg Festival was an unequivocal success.” Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture, Russell Redding, June 2009
• Recognized by the International Festivals & Events Association with five Pinnacle Awards The Gettysburg Festival was one of only three Pennsylvania festivals to be recognized in international festival competition, September 2009
• The Festival garnered high-profile news coverage representing more than 1.2 million impressions, June 2009.
• Media partners include WITF Public Radio/Television and The Evening Sun/Media One

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