The standard package for 2013 includes:
– 10 tickets for general admission
– Entry to Thursday’s 5pm – 6pm sponsors’ only tasting session
– Your name over a barrel
– Your name and details mentioned in the programme and linked from our website
The price for the standard package is £120.
We dont have a premium sponsor package for 2013 however if you want to do something a bit grander than the standard package just drop us an email with your thoughts and we will sort something out for you.
Similarly, if the standard package is a bit too much for you but you might consider doing something a tad smaller, again get in touch and we will see what we can arrange.
Entry to the Thursday 5pm – 6pm sponsors’ only tasting session is by ticket only so make sure you have your tickets with you before setting off for the hall. Once you are in for the tasting session you are in for the night and usually with a good head start over the people in the queue outside. And the best thing about the sponsor’s hour … no money will change hands in exchange for beer until we open the hall up for general admission at 6pm.
Remember though that the sponsors’ hour is billed as a beer tasting session. We don’t expect you to pay for the beer until the clock strikes 6, but by the same chalk this isn’t an invitation to come and get royally pissed at the expense of the charities we support, and so we reserve the right not to serve anyone we consider to be doing this. Basically – come early, well before the general public start queueing, have a few drinks on us, stay for the night and have a great time.
Along with our standard sponsorship package we can this year sell advertising space in the festival’s programme. The cost for this is £75 for a half page and £40 for a quarter page. You supply the artwork and we’ll supply the eyeballs. We estimate that something like 4,000 people pass through the festival each year, give-or-take. That’s 4,000 potential customers who could be seeing your advert. 4,000 people, most of them local and most of them with a passion for beer or nights out with friends. You do the math, but with those kinds of numbers, at £40 for a quarter page you don’t need a huge percentage take-up to recoup your spend or to generate a good return.
To take out a sponsorship package, just download our sponsorship form, fill in the details and send it back to the address shown. If you are interested doing something a bit bigger or a bit smaller, please get in touch with us by emailing sponsors@bentnbongs.com and we’ll take it from there. Or if you want to know more about advertising in the programme email advertising@bentnbongs.com and we’ll get straight back to you.