Lancaster Balloon Fest is celebrating 12 Years of growth…
…and we want to share it with you!
The Lancaster Balloon Festival began in 2010 as a partnership with the Bird-in-Hand Marathon in an event called Run, Ride, and Soar. Fortunately, both events have grown to a point where they can no longer be held at the same time at the Bird-in-Hand location. So, we are partnering with the Smucker Corporation and the local community to make this year’s Lancaster Balloon Festival better than ever.
As a result of separating the events into their own, it opens up some great possibilities for sponsorship from businesses looking to get their brand in front of an engaged audience both online and in-person at the event. In the past, we had not done much marketing for the event. But for 2019’s event, we created a Facebook page and did a minimal amount of promotion… and the event exceeded all expectations. We admittedly were overwhelmed by the response and 2024 is going to have much more infrastructure and entertainment in place.
Grow your audience | Partner with LBF
Expand your brand awareness when you partner with the largest balloon festival in the Northeast!
2019 Event Stats
- Over 15,000 attendees from Friday to Sunday
- Over 1,300,000 engagements on Facebook
- 75,000 People responded to event “Interested”
- 11,000+ Current Facebook “Likes”
- 61,000 Views on the Lancaster Balloon Festival Website
- $5,500 Lancaster Balloon Festival Donation to Bird-in-Hand Fire company
- 25 Balloons Attended
2024 Event Plans
- 20+ Balloons
- Souvenir Event Program, 20,000 Copies Printed and handed out to all attendees, would include a photo of all balloons in attendance and ad space for our sponsors!
- Large Carnival
- Local and Amish Vendors
- Food Truck Festival and Bird-In-Hand
- Corn Maze
- Bands, Magic Shows and More on a stage
- Much More!
Sponsor Levels
Limited offering…
Level #1 – Basket Banner Sponsorship
$1000 – 20 Available
- The Sponsor would receive one 30” X 30” Banner placed on the basket of one of the balloons on the field.
- A quarter-page ad in the “Souvenir Event Program” (20,000 Copies printed and handed out at event)
- An Ad on the “Balloon And Sponsor” Page on LancasterBalloonFestival.com
- 4 announcements per day over the PA system thanking the sponsor for their participation
Level #2 – Tent
Sponsorship
$2500 – 10 Available
- The Sponsor would receive one 30” X 30” Banner placed on the basket of one of the balloons on the field.
- A quarter page ad in the “Souvenir Event Program” (20,000 Copies printed and handed out at event)
- An Ad on the “Balloon And Sponsor” Page on LancasterBalloonFestival.com
- 4 announcements per day over the PA system thanking the sponsor for their participation
- A space in our “Sponsor Tent Area” to set up a 10’ X 10’ Tent (“Sponsor Tent Area” is near the entrance and directly adjacent the launch field)
- 2 Facebook Ads Promoting the Sponsor
- 10 “Single Day Passes” for the sponsor to give out for entrance into the event
Level #3 – Fireworks Sponsorship
$5,000 – 1 Available
- One 30” X 30” Banner placed on the basket of one of the balloons on the field.
- A quarter-page ad in the “Souvenir Event Program” (20,000 Copies printed and handed out at event)
- An Ad on the “Balloon and Sponsor” Page on LancasterBalloonFestival.com
- 4 announcements per day over the PA system thanking the sponsor for their participation
- Saturday evening Fireworks will be advertised as “Brought to you by [Sponsor Name]” in all marketing and during the fireworks show.
- A space in our “Sponsor Tent Area” to set up a 10’ X 10’ Tent
- 2 Facebook Ads promoting the Sponsor
- 15 “Single Day Passes” for the sponsor to give out for entrance into the event
Level 4 – Music Stage Sponsorship
$15,000 – 1 Available
- One 30” X 30” Banner placed on the basket of one of the balloons on the field.
- A quarter-page ad in the “Souvenir Event Program” (20,000 Copies printed and handed out at event)
- An Ad on the “Balloon and Sponsor” Page on LancasterBalloonFestival.com
- 4 announcements per day over the PA system thanking the sponsor for their participation
- The Sponsor Name on the 24’ X 20’ musical stage and the stage referred to as the “[Sponsor Name] Stage” in all marketing and by the announcer all weekend.
- A space in our “Sponsor Tent Area” to set up a 10’ X 10’ Tent
- 2 Facebook Ads promoting the Sponsor
- 50 “Single Day Passes” for the sponsor to give out for entrance into the event
Level 5 – Title Sponsor
SOLD OUT
• One 30” X 30” Banner placed on the basket
of one of the balloons on the field
• The inside cover of the “Souvenir Event
The program” (20,000 Copies printed and
handed out at event)
• The top Ad on the “Balloon and Sponsor”
Page on LancasterBalloonFestival.com
• 4 announcements per day over the PA
system thanking the sponsor for their
participation
• The Title Sponsor’s Name & Logo will
appear in all promotion (Including website,
social media, print and radio ads) as the
“Lancaster Balloon Festival brought to you by [Title Sponsor Name]”.
• All signage at the event will include the Title Sponsor Logo.
• 10 VIP Event Passes which will give access to the “Pilot area” for briefings and meals (breakfast and dinner) and invitation to Pilot dinner Saturday Evening
• A space in our “Sponsor Tent Area” to set up a 10’ X 10’ Tent
• 3 Facebook Ads promoting the Sponsor
• 100 “Single Day Passes” for the sponsor to give out for entrance into the event
Partner With Us Today
Call or contact us to book your sponsorship today.