SPONSORSHIPS
Featuring 21 dance groups from across Alberta, 300 entries, 50 instructors, and almost 900 dancers ages 3 to adult, the inaugural Shumka Dance Festival invites community organizations, businesses, and individuals to play a vital role in this exciting celebration of culture, art, and community. As a sponsor, your support will be highly visible throughout the festival.
Deadline for scholarship submissions: March 8, 2025
PACKAGES
Interactive Festival Zone – $500
Position your brand at the heart of our festival’s most engaging space, the main lobby interactive zone, featuring braiding, bun, and poyas-tying workshops, photo booths, and information kiosks.
- Prominent signage within the sponsored area.
- Logo and website link featured on the Shumka website.
Instructors Lounge Sponsor – $500
Enhance your brand’s presence by sponsoring the exclusive instructors lounge, a dedicated space for adjudicators and instructors to relax and connect during the festival.
- Prominent signage within the sponsored area.
- Logo and website link featured on the Shumka website.
- Access to place marketing materials in the instructor adjudication folders.
Backstage Sponsor – $500
Gain exclusive access to promote your brand in high-traffic backstage areas, including the entrance, crossover hallway, rehearsal halls, and dressing rooms.
- Signage strategically placed in sponsored backstage areas.
- Logo and website link featured on the Shumka website.
- Access to the backstage instructors’ lounge.
Festival Program Sponsor – $750
Showcase your support on the cover of the festival’s printed playbill, a key resource for all attendees and a treasured keepsake for many.
- Logo prominently displayed on the playbill cover.
- Complimentary full-page advertisement within the playbill.
Vendor Village – $750
Be the title sponsor of the festival’s bustling Vendor Village, renamed the “Your Company” Vendor Village, featured in all marketing materials and announcements.
- Naming rights to the Vendor Village.
- Signage and branding throughout the area.
- Logo and website link featured on the Shumka website.
- Access to the backstage instructors’ lounge.
Saturday Competition Show – $750
SPONSORED BY: Bottom Line Productions
Put your brand in the spotlight by sponsoring the Saturday night competition, renamed the “Your Company” Competition Show, and see your name integrated into all related materials.
- Naming rights to the competition show.
- Prominent signage and branding in the competition space.
- Logo and website link featured on the Shumka website.
- Access to the backstage instructors’ lounge.
- Complimentary admission to the competition show.
The Main Stage ($1,500 / day)
Claim the naming rights to the festival’s main stage for a day, with your branding displayed prominently during adjudications and program breaks.
- Naming rights to the main stage for one day.
- Signage and branding on-site for the sponsored day.
- Logo and website link featured on the Shumka website.
- Featured spotlight on Shumka’s social media platforms.
- Complimentary booth space in the main lobby for direct audience engagement.
- Access to the backstage instructors’ lounge.
