Sponsorship
Sponsorship and the Ottawa Lumière Festival
Marketing opportunities: Join our charmed circle!
Last year’s ground-breaking Lumière Festival by the shores of the Rideau River was an unforgettable evening of pure enchantment for close to 10,000 participants of all ages and from all parts of the region. This year’s event promises to attract an even larger crowd as well as excellent press and television coverage. Sponsoring businesses have a wonderful opportunity to link their name and logo to a unique event combining natural beauty, artistry, sense of community and a serene, magical aura which is long remembered by the participants. We would warmly welcome your business as part of the “charmed circle” of Lumière.
Lantern making workshops, held throughout the year, and the continual presence of the Lumière website, will focus public attention on the event and build a sense of participation and excitement. Families, groups, couples, and individuals of all ages will arrive to find Lumière alive with the sights and sounds of musicians, performers, and enchanting lantern sculptures. As the sun sets, festival goers will be captivated by the beauty of the lantern light, the artistry of the performers and the aura of magic permeating the park.
Your support will make a real difference to the success of this special evening. As a non-profit organization, the Crichton Cultural Community Centre needs Lumière sponsorship funds for Festival visual artists and performers, posters, and supplies.
Your sponsorship will ensure that Lumière remains a great success. All contributions to the Festival are gratefully welcomed. We would start by suggesting the following 4 levels of sponsorship:
Shooting Star ($1500 +): Make a major contribution to the festival, to Ottawa performers, artists and community members. Your logo will be seen at least 50,000 times.
- Top logo placement in festival program, poster, and brochures
- Name/logo placed on large festival banner
- Name/logo/link featured prominently on the Festival website home page
- Logo printed on back or side of Lumière T-shirts
- Company lantern workshop (max. 20 employees)
- Lumière Festival T-shirts & lanterns
Star ($500 +): Make a contribution to the Festival and the community. Your logo will be seen at least 40,000 times.
- Name/logo/link featured on the Festival website home page
- Logo placement in festival program and on poster
- Logo placement on site recognition board
- Lumière Festival lantern
Candle ($50 +): Make a contribution to the Festival. Your logo will be seen at least 15,000 times.
- Name/logo/link featured on the Festival website sponsorship page
- Logo placement on site recognition board
- Lumière Festival lantern
In addition to the 4 Sponsorship levels, we might also suggest some specific items for sponsorship:
Lumière Patron ($400)
Support an artist or performer from your discipline of choice and your company will be named as a Lumière patron!
Depending on what best fits with the nature of your business, you can choose from: visual art, dance, vocal, music, spoken word, theatre, installation art, trapeze, fire performer, storytelling, face painting or other disciplines.
Lumière Festival Children’s Lantern Making Table ($1000)
If your company is kid-friendly, think about supporting this free event where youngsters get to make their own LANTERN! Your company’s logo will appear on this web spot and on all material promoting the event.
Lumière Festival Program/ Crichton Cultural Community Centre Winter/Fall Activity Guide ($1000)
Help highlight the sponsors who make Lumière a success. This brochure will be distributed to all festival goes and your company name and logo will appear in a prominent location. This guide is also distributed door to door in New Edinburgh and is kept until the New Year.
Lumière Festival Poster ($2500)
Have your company acknowledged as the poster sponsor with your name and logo placed most prominently on the 2500 posters which will be distributed in Ottawa and Hull.
Lumière/Shine Ball ($10,000)
Have your company acknowledged by two organizations – the Lumière Festival and the Shine Music Foundation. Your company logo and link will appear in both print and web publicity campaigns and on site signage at Shine events.
We welcome any amount of donation; every contribution will help
Ottawa shine!
To sponsor the Lumière Festival, please contact the office at (613)745-2742, or send an email to cccc@bellnet.ca.
