O Fallon Connections Tourism & Festivals Department FOUNDERS DAY The City of O Fallon offers connection opportunities with businesses to help cross promote the business and assist with decreasing the overall costs of the event. This allows the City of O Fallon to offer a wide variety of FREE or reduced cost events to the community. We strive to offer fresh ideas and entertainment to events. Events range from 1,000-125,000 people in attendance. A majority of our events target families in the O Fallon, St. Charles, Lincoln, and Warren County area. The larger events reach into the bi-state area. The city website has over 775,000 page views, the Heritage & Freedom Fest website has over 140,000 page views, 2500 + Facebook followers, 1400 + Twitter followers, and 45,000 publictions the O Fallon Residental Newsletter. We realize that our proposed options may not be a perfect fit for your company but we are open to discussing customizable options to fit the needs of your business. 1
Attendance 1,500 O Fallon s newest festival will turn O Fallon Sports Park into a winter playground! Enter zany competitions, go skating on an artificial ice skating rink, play field broomball, and enjoy tasty festival food & beverages. Warm up to the sounds of steel drums provided by Palm Duo and be amazed by the strolling entertainment of the Hockey Circus Guy! Free activities include Fruit Cake Chuckin, Snowshoe Obstacle Course, Snowflake Toss, Freeze Your Buns trivia run, dog sled races, and kid s area with the Snowflake Lady. Field Sponsor $500 Logo on event program & website Banner at field activity (if provided) Skate Sponsor $1,000 Logo with link on event program and website Banner located on fencing of skate rink Announcements during skating sessions 3 times daily Booth located on festival grounds with approved giveaways or related activity FOUNDERS DAY Attendance 1,000 Founders Day in Ft. Zumwalt Park takes a walk back in time for the day. Attractions include demonstrations of early American Skills such as basket-weaving, rope-making, candle making, indigo dying, beekeeping, blacksmithing, and much more. Kids can try their hands at soap carving, corn husk doll-making, milking a cow and playing checkers. Concessions and handmade merchandise is available for purchase. Event Sponsor $500 Logo on website 3 mentions on Facebook using company s FB handle. Entertainment Sponsor $1000 Logo on website with link Banner at the Main Stage (if provided) Booth located on festival grounds with approved giveaways or related activity Shout out on Facebook as a special Thank You the week of each event Listen to live music while you picnic on gourmet food and beverages from a variety of food trucks. Bring your lawn chairs and blankets for seating. Each month will host 10 different food trucks from the metro area. Wine and beer will also be available for purchase. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the evening! Event Sponsorship $500 Logo on event website for all three events Announcement at opening of concert Kids Activity Area $500 Banner at one event by kids area (if provided) Logo on website for all three events Announcement at opening of concert Main Stage Sponsorship $1,000 Banner at main stage for all three concerts (if provided) Attendance 1,500 + per event Announcement at opening of concert Logo on webpage for all three events Shout out on Facebook as a special Thank You the week of each event 2
Attendance 10,000 + Free outdoor summer concert series featuring bands from rock n roll, country, blues, and everything in between. Every Tuesday at the Civic Park Bandstand, 6:30-9 p.m. Admission and parking are free. Food trucks on site to serve up tasty treats. Bring chairs or blankets for lawn seating. 11 weeks of Advertising Make Some Noise $500 Company logo on event website Company announced from stage as concert sponsor each week Now we re Jammin $1,000 Company logo on event website Company announced from stage as concert sponsor each week Booth space at one concert per month. Free give away permitted with advance approval Company banner on main stage at each concert (if provided) Attendance 125,000 This is the largest multiday event of the year held at Ozzie Smith Sports Complex. Featuring, National entertainment, carnival rides & midway, sideshows, fireworks, and free kids area for starters. Parking and admission is free. For more information visit www.heritageandfreedomfest.com **See attached sheet for sponsorship opportunities. Attendance 2,500 O Fallon is celebrating its 30 th year of Fall Fest! Dance the night away on Civic Park Drive during the Street Dance, festival style food and drink available. The following day opens with the 5K &10K run, then the festival grounds open to live entertainment, side shows, craft, and food vendors. **See attached sheet for sponsorship opportunities. Attendance 10,000 + A million twinkling lights and holiday related scenes around every corner transforms Ft. Zumwalt Park into a winter wonderland. See the light by car, segways, carriage, sleigh hayrides, and train rides. This display is open the end of November through the month of December. The second Tuesday of December host the Old Fashioned Holiday Stroll hosting over 5,000 people walking through the park while listening to holiday choirs, partaking in food and beverage, and don t forget about the fireworks! **See attached sheet for sponsorship opportunities. MULTI EVENT CONNECTION PACKAGE P. 4 3
Executive Level Choice of TWO Elite Levels major events equaling ($5,000) add a Secondary Event at a $1,000 value for..... $500 Directors Level Choose ONE Elite Level major event ($2,500 value) plus your choice of a Secondary Event at a $1,000 value for $500 Managers Choice Choose from the A La Carte selections listed below. These items can be added to exisiting plans or sold separately, but may not apply to all events. Major Events Include Heritage & Freedom Fest, Fall Fest, and Celebration of Lights Secondary Events Include Cabin Fever Daze, Founders Day, Jammin, and Food Truck Frenzy Extended Media Package FB & Twitter posts, inclusion in the O Fallon Update (45,000 publications), and logo on website per event subject to deadlines (Heritage & Freedom Fest, Fall Fest, & Celebration of Lights) $1,000 Social Media Weekly FB or Twitter postings including company s handle to link media pages. Three posts per week leading up to the event for two weeks per event. (All events available) $500 Tent Dining A 10x10 tent is provided at an event with company sign on the outside of the tent for patrons to dine under. Sign provided by business. (Fall Fest, Food Truck Frenzy, Jammin & Founders Day)...$250 2013 Top Sponsors Jennifer Hoisington, Festival Coordinator at jhoisington@ofallon.mo.us or 636-379-5605 4
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