The Traverse City Wine & Art Festival is held annually at the Grand Traverse Commons. The festival takes place on Saturday, June 30, 2012 and celebrates the region’s wineries and the spectacular culture of Northwest Michigan.
This is a once a year chance to market to a classy crowd at the beginning of the summer season. We have only a few sponsorship applications left to fill, so please contact us ASAP!
Click here for our 2012 Sponsorship information
Some highlights of the festival:
- For the past 3 years the Traverse City Wine & Art Festival has hosted an average of 3,000 guests each year.
- The Festival gathers nearly every winery from Traverse City, the Leelanau & Old Mission Peninsulas and Benzie County at one event to feature and celebrate their wines collectively. A regional first!
- The region’s best visual artists bring their work to showcase and sell at the festival.
- Promotional material is hand-distributed to over 25,000 potential attendees at locations across the state of Michigan.
- A regional PR campaign brought news of the Festival and sponsors to hundreds of thousands of food & wine aficionados in Michigan and the wider Great Lakes Region.
- The Traverse City Wine & Art Festival was the first large festival to take place at the newly renovated Grand Traverse Commons and will serve as a centerpiece of the summer 2012 Traverse City event lineup.
Some of the benefits Traverse City Wine & Art Festival sponsors receive:
- Strengthening your organization’s image as a supporter of local wine, art and food.
- Recognition as a sponsor on promotional materials distributed to tens of thousands of potential attendees.
- Presentation of your brand to an audience of more than 3,000 attendees.
- Presence in the event program distributed to attendees.
- Listing on the Traverse City Wine & Art Festival website for one year.
- Identification as a sponsor in media communications.
- Support of one of the nation’s fastest growing wine regions.
- Complimentary event tickets.
We welcome your ideas on how your business can support the Traverse City Wine & Art Festival as well. Please contact Sarah Louisignau or Laura Herd with any questions or proposals at sponsor@traversecitywinefestival.com or by calling 231-421-1172.
