Newark Blues Festival,
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About the event
After taking a break in 2014, Newark Blues Festival will be back bigger and better than ever in 2015, over the weekend of Friday 11th to Sunday 13th September. Having already received over three hundred applications from bands wishing to perform at the festival, we are hoping to see upwards of fifty bands playing over the weekend at venues around Newark, including our Main Stage in the historic Newark Castle Grounds.
As a not-for-profit organisation, Newark Blues Festival is organised by a committee of volunteers whose aims are to:
1) Raise the profile of Newark on Trent and attract people to the area; benefiting the town and local businesses.
2) Promote live Blues music.
3) Encourage participation in live music within younger generations.
4) Provide a platform for local artists to perform and promote themselves.
We achieve these aims by attracting hundreds of visitors to the town each year over the festival weekend and keeping them entertained, alongside thousands of Newark locals, with an extensive programme of free live music in the town’s fantastic pubs, as well as two full days of national touring blues artists in Newark Castle Grounds.
We also host free to attend workshops for musicians under eighteen years old. These workshops are lead by professional musicians and teachers to ensure a great experience for the young people involved. After learning about special techniques involved in playing the Blues, they’re given the chance to take the stage and perform as a band in Newark Castle Grounds. For many of these young people, this is their first experience of playing live as a band and year after year we are told by children and parents what a great experience our workshops have offered.
This year will be the sixth Newark Blues Festival and since our establishment in 2009, we’ve been nominated for the Best Festival Award at the British Blues Awards four times, finishing as runner up in 2012. With the help of our supporters and local businesses, we hope to gain even higher levels of recognition in 2015.
Why should you sponsor?
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2501-5000 attendees expected
50% Male Attendees
50% Female Attendees
Contact the Organizer
Select a Package
3 available packages from £250 to £1000
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Our Bronze sponsorship package includes:
1) Your logo and a link to your website featured on Newark Blues Festival's website which receives approximately 1250-2000 hits per month.
2) Your logo included on our printed Festival Programme of which 5000 physical copies are distributed during the run up to the festival in addition to those downloaded and printed at home by people travelling from further away.
3) Your logo included on our posters which will be displayed in prominent positions around the local area during the two months prior to the festival.
4) Hospitality tickets for our feature 'Blues at the Castle' event where you'll be able to enjoy some free drinks and a hot buffet as well as having the opportunity to meet all of the musicians performing on the main stage at the festival.
8 available
Our Silver packages includes everything listed in the Bronze package and the following:
1) Mentions throughout the day from our main stage compere in Newark Castle Gardens. Our programme of main stage events runs over Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th September and will see around 2000 people visit the site over the course of the weekend. You'll also be able to display your own banner in the grounds.
2) Your logo will be included on our promotional flyers. We distribute 10,000 physical copies of our promotional flyer around the local area and at some other blues festivals around the country during the three months leading up to the event.
For those interested in the Silver package there are also branding opportunities such as stage branding which can be included at an additional cost.
4 available
Our Gold package includes everything listed in the Bronze and Silver packages plus the following:
1) Your logo will be included on our printed banners (located around Newark). This year, ten printed banners will be placed around the town. These will range in size from 8ft x 2ft to 12ft x 4ft dependent on site. The banners will be displayed for four weeks prior to the festival and will all be sited in prominent locations such as Castle Gate, Trent Bridge, Sherwood Avenue and Newark North Gate Station.
2) Your logo will be included in newspaper and magazine adverts. A series of advertisement pieces will be placed in local press such as the Newark Advertiser. Dependent on fundraising, our marketing campaign this year will also include advertisements in carefully selected national publications whose readership includes our target market of music lovers.
There are also opportunities such as main stage branding which can be included at an additional cost with this package.
2 available
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