Saturday, June 28, 2014
Rockford Aviators Stadium!
Planning is underway for the Inaugural Field of Blues Festival, to be held on Saturday, June 28, 2014. The festival will be held at Aviators Stadium in Loves Park. Gates open at noon, the music starts at Noon and goes until 9:30 PM. The park will close at 10 PM. This is our second year with the festival continues Crossroads dream to bring a blues festival back to the Rockford metro area.
We will feature five bands on the big
stage. All food catering services will provided
by the baseball park and its’ staff. Advanced
tickets will be only $10 and $15 at the gate.
We will try to hold down food and beverage prices to make the day
affordable. To do this we need a little
help from our sponsors.
Crossroads Blues Society is an
all-volunteer 501c3 non-profit organization incorporated in the State of
Illinois that works to conduct Blues in the Schools programs for area schools. Sponsorship donations for the festival are
tax deductable and are used to cover the many costs of running a music
festival.
Costs include band fees, lodging for non-local
bands, a stage, sound and lights, electrical work, insurance, licenses and more. It takes a lot of money and effort to run an
event of this magnitude. We had a
dedicated core of volunteers who support us.
Festival sponsorship levels:
·
Festival
Sponsor: $5,000.
One available.
Festival name will included sponsor (e.g. “The Acme Field of Blues Festival.”
Benefits include logo integrated into festival logo on tee shirt front and all
uses, name on banner on stage, recognition in program and other advertising
plus 100 free tickets
·
Platinum:
$1000 and up. Benefits include larger
logo on tee shirt, name on banner on stage, recognition in program and other
advertising plus 25 free tickets.
·
Gold:
$500 to $999. Benefits include smaller
logo on tee shirt, name on banner on stage, recognition in program and other
advertising plus 10 free tickets.
·
Silver:
$200 to $499. Benefits include name on banner on stage, larger name on tee
shirt, recognition in program and other advertising plus 4 free tickets.
·
Bronze:
$100 businesses, $50 individuals. Benefits include small name on banner on
stage, recognition in program and other advertising, small name on tee shirt plus
2 free tickets.
Gold and above sponsors also get to
have a tent/booth at the festival and may place banners in the park. All sponsors are also frequently noted on
stage after each act. We expect a large
crowd at our festival. Any level of
sponsorship can help to make this dream a reality.
All proceeds from the festival will be
used to fund and hopefully expand our Blues in the Schools (BITS) program. Crossroads Blues Society has conducted 123
BITS programs for almost 40,000 students since its’ inception in May 2002. We are proud to add music events to school
calendars and to help keep the blues alive by educating the next generation of
music fans about the roots of all American popular music.
We ask that you or your business consider
becoming a sponsor for the 2014 Field of Blues Festival and thank you for your
time and consideration!
