Sponsoring Rhythms of the World

Rhythms of the World is a registered charity.  We rely on the support of local, regional and national organisations to fund our work and, although we charge a small ticket price for the festival, it is not enough to cover the £260,000-£300,000 needed to host the festival each year.  Our sponsors, advertisers and grant-givers provide the vital additional income we need to achieve this and to keep the ticket price as low as possible.

The festival also offers some amazing marketing opportunities for a range of companies. For more information about the organisations that were generous enough to support last year's festival, check out our sponsors page.

If you would like to get your company to be involved in a future ROTW festival please email us. You can also contact us about advertising in the festival programme. 

The following are just a few facts about the festival:  

• Up to 31,000 people attend each year 
• 2 days 
• 7 stages covering music genres from around the World
• Dedicated Family Area

Attendee profile:

• 42% male, 58% female
• 42% from Hitchin, 8% Stevenage, 12% Letchworth.  The remainder are from across the East of England and beyond!
• 43% have household income of £50,001 or more

Benefits

Sponsoring the festival can bring a range of benefits to your company. As well as supporting a registered charity and a great community event, we have Bronze, Silver and Gold packages to suit all budgets. The following are just a few of the opportunities are available for our Gold sponsors:

• Branding on the ROTW homepage (60,000+ unique visits p.a) with an active link to your company website
• Regular mentions on our Facebook and Twitter pages
• Inclusion of your company’s support in ROTW press releases (deadlines permitting) and other media coverage
• Announcements of your sponsorship from the main stages throughout the weekend
• Branding on pre-event posters, which will displayed in shops, pubs and ticket outlets to promote the event
• Branding on banners by each of the main Festival stages located throughout the site
• Branding in 5,000 ROTW programmes
• Weekend festival tickets.

We also have opportunities to sponsor specific items such as the entrance wristbands (worn by all performers, volunteers and festival-goers), crew T shirts, the event tickets and one of the stages.  Contact us for more details. 

Exposure

ROTW is a highly newsworthy event and last year’s festival received regular coverage in The Comet (readership: 85,800, geographical coverage: Stevenage, Hitchin, Letchworth, north and mid Beds) and on BBC Three Counties Radio (listenership: 175,000, geographical coverage: Herts, Beds and Bucks).

Please contact us if you are interested in sponsoring the festival or complete the expression of interest below.

Advertising packages are also available.

Sponsoring expression of interest