The Big Parade and Mardi Gras Festivale have been providing free, live entertainment in downtown Sioux City since 1994. Nearly 30,000 people come for this annual Mardi Grasstyle celebration, which is always held close to the 4 th of July holiday. This year s festivities will be on the evening of Friday, July 1st, 2016. The Big Parade The Big Parade will be partying Louisiana style featuring a Mardi Gras theme with floats, costumes, flags, highstepping marching bands and most importantly BEADS! Mardi Gras Festivale The high energy Mardi Gras Festivale will take place shortly after the end of the parade. Enjoy the show for free, or purchase a reserved seat which includes an authentic Cajun meal, prepared by Chefs Al Clark and Bob Dowd. The famous Taste of Louisiana dinner features chicken, sausage gumbo, rice, Cajun potato salad, dinner rolls and sugar cookies. Fireworks / Zydeco Band After the Mardi Gras Festivale, the fun moves back outside for live entertainment with food and a zydeco band. At dusk, the skies of downtown Sioux City will be painted with the colors of fireworks. What a great finishing touch to a fun-filled evening in downtown Sioux City! The following are sponsorship opportunities for your business to get involved and help keep this event FREE in Sioux City!
Parade and Festivale Presenting Sponsor limit of 1 Grand Daddy Sponsor $10,000 Naming rights as the 2016 s presenting sponsor for The Big Parade and Mardi Gras Festivale Recognition with largest sponsor logo in all advertising: posters, online, newspaper ads, television and radio spots Your logo featured on skyway banner (sponsor to pay production cost, approx. $1,400) Recognition as presenting sponsor (largest logo) for Big Parade ad on Tyson Events Center Marquee for 10 weeks Your logo largest on Thank You graphic on Tyson Events Center Marquee from 7/2/16-7/16/16 At least 5 social media plugs to your business page from our Facebook pages including Tyson Events Center or Sioux City Convention Center and Sioux City s Big Parade and Mardi Gras Festivale (4 boosted) Your name on all Mardi Gras tickets as presenting the event (approximately 700) Your choice of Grand Marshal in The Big Parade Spot in Big Parade with 15 boxes of beads to throw 150 foot fence featuring your logo along parade route Rights to throw out items of your choice during Big Parade which bear your company logo Opportunity to hang banners in and out of the Tyson Events Center or Sioux City Convention Center Opportunity to set up booths inside Tyson Events Center or Sioux City Convention Center Company recognition during Mardi Gras Festivale Opportunity to welcome crowd to Mardi Gras Festivale Your ad inserted into Mardi Gras Festivale Program (approximately 1,500) 4 tables (40 guests) at the Krewe de Charlie Sioux Mardi Gras Festivale, includes Cajun-style meal 50 limited edition t-shirts 100 strands of limited edition sponsor beads 10 on-site parking passes
Fireworks Title Sponsor limit of 1 Too Hot to Trot Sponsor $6,000 (fireworks show provided by Lantis) Recognition as fireworks sponsor with logo in all advertising: posters, online, newspaper ads, television and radio spots Recognition as sponsor for Big Parade ad on Tyson Events Center Marquee for 10 weeks Your logo included on Thank You graphic on Tyson Events Center Marquee from 7/2/16-7/16/16 3 social media plugs to your business page from our Facebook pages including Tyson Events Center or Sioux City Convention Center and Sioux City s Big Parade and Mardi Gras Festivale (2 boosted) Spot in Big Parade with 10 boxes of beads to throw Business logo displayed along parade route (sponsor may provide additional banners) Rights to throw out items of your choice during Big Parade which bear your company logo Opportunity to hang banners in and out of the Tyson Events Center or Sioux City Convention Center Opportunity to set up booths inside Tyson Events Center or Sioux City Convention Center Company recognition during Mardi Gras Festivale Your ad inserted into Mardi Gras Festivale Program (approximately 1,500) 3 tables (30 guests) at the Krewe de Charlie Sioux Mardi Gras Festivale, includes Cajun-style meal 30 limited edition t-shirts 50 strands of limited edition sponsor beads 6 on-site parking passes
Fat Tuesday Sponsor limit of 3 $2,500 Recognition in advertising: posters, online, newspaper ads and television spots Recognition as sponsor (smallest logo) for Big Parade ad on Tyson Events Center Marquee for 10 weeks Your logo included on Thank You graphic on Tyson Events Center Marquee from 7/2/16-7/16/16 2 social media plugs to your business page from our Facebook pages including Tyson Events Center or Sioux City Convention Center and Sioux City s Big Parade and Mardi Gras Festivale (1 boosted) Spot in Big Parade with 8 boxes of beads to throw Business logo displayed along parade route (sponsor may provide additional banners) Rights to throw out items of your choice during Big Parade which bear your company logo Opportunity to hang banners in and out of the Tyson Events Center or Sioux City Convention Center Opportunity to set up booths inside Tyson Events Center or Sioux City Convention Center Company recognition during Mardi Gras Festivale 2 tables (20 guests) at the Krewe de Charlie Sioux Mardi Gras Festivale, includes Cajun-style meal 20 limited edition t-shirts 25 strands of limited edition sponsor beads 2 on-site parking passes
Carnivale Sponsor $1,000 Recognition in advertising: posters, online and newspaper ads 1 social media plugs to your business page from our Facebook pages including Tyson Events Center or Sioux City Convention Center and Sioux City s Big Parade and Mardi Gras Festivale (1 boosted) Spot in Big Parade with 4 boxes of beads to throw Sponsor may provide banner(s) for parade route Rights to throw out items of your choice during Big Parade which bear your company logo Opportunity to hang banners in and out of the Tyson Events Center or Sioux City Convention Center Opportunity to set up booths inside Tyson Events Center or Sioux City Convention Center Company recognition during Mardi Gras Festivale 1 tables (10 guests) at the Krewe de Charlie Sioux Mardi Gras Festivale, includes Cajun-style meal 15 limited edition t-shirts 15 strands of limited edition sponsor beads 1 on-site parking passes Royale Sponsor $500 Recognition in newspaper ads Name on official posters Spot in Big Parade with 2 boxes of beads to throw Sponsor may provide banner(s) for parade route Rights to throw out items of your choice during Big Parade which bear your company logo Opportunity to hang banners in and out of the Tyson Events Center or Sioux City Convention Center Company recognition during Mardi Gras Festivale 8 limited edition t-shirts 16 strands of limited edition sponsor beads
Jester Sponsor $250 Recognition in newspaper ads Social media recognition Name on official posters Opportunity to hang banners in and out of the Tyson Events Center or Sioux City Convention Center 4 limited edition t-shirts 4 strands of limited edition sponsor beads - OR - Spot in Big Parade with 1 box of beads to throw Rights to throw out items of your choice during Big Parade which bear your company logo Let the Good Times Roll Sponsor $100 Recognition in newspaper ads 2 limited edition t-shirts 2 strands of limited edition sponsor beads
MEDIA SPONSORS Our media sponsors work hard to promote The Big Parade, The Mardi Gras Festivale and The Fireworks Show. KTIV Channel 4 (NBC Affiliate) Series of television commercials and air-time Event banner and website link from KTIV s homepage Around Siouxland interview and community calendar spots Clear Channel / Powell Broadcasting Radio Commercials and Air-Time 30 and 60 second spots in June and July The Sioux City Journal 8 2 x 6 black and white ads running June and July
Total Media Sponsorships: $30,000.00 2016 SPONSORSHIP COMMITMENT FORM Business Name: Contact Name: Address: Phone: Fax: Email: Signed Date Sponsorship Level: Grand Daddy Sponsor Too Hot to Trot Sponsor : Fat Tuesday Sponsor : Royale Sponsor : Court Sponsor : Jester Sponsor : $10,000 $6,000 $2,500 $500 $500 $250 Let the Good Times Roll Sponsor: $100
Contact: Melissa Lanzourakis mlanzourakis@sioux-city.org 712.224.6423