SPONSOR

WE ARE HOSTING OUR SEVENTH ANNUAL FESTIVAL on FRIDAY, SEPT. 26TH and SATURDAY, SEPT. 27TH, 2024 in the CARGO DISTRICT. This year’s festival will bring twice as many local and regional roasters, along with our local coffee shops, industry vendors, artisans, and more to our community. While showcasing what the best of our craft coffee scene has to offer, attendees will be immersed in a festival of all things coffee.

Friday, Sept. 26th – Industry Pro Day
Morning includes cuppings, equipment demonstrations, roundtable discussion and lectures for industry professionals.
Afternoon – the 1st Annual Espresso Cocktail Competition, celebrating talented local and regional bartenders competing for best coffee cocktail. Ticketed event, open to public, ages 21+.
Evening – 4th Annual Latte Art Throwdown, featuring local and regional baristas in a latte art competition. Event open to the public.

Saturday, Sept. 27th – Coffee Lovers Day
Coffee roasters & coffee shops serving samples and connecting with local coffee enthusiasts.
Tea and artisan vendors as well.
Ticketed event 9am – 3pm

HOW WOULD YOU FIT INTO THIS PICTURE? We would love for you to participate by being a sponsor of the Wilmington Coffee Fest! Select from three tiers that will best fit your business:

WHAT WE PROVIDE: We provide all the coordination to get the coffee fest rolling and to get our craft, our community and your name out to the public. We will advertise in local, regional and national outlets along with bringing you to multiple customers and media attention. The advertising alone creates so much potential for exposure for your business. Our past event had upwards of 700,000 interests on just Facebook, engagement on Instagram and TikTok. Advertising is also done through online publications, news sites, social media, television, visual signs at our local shops and word of mouth throughout our community. At the festival, your brand will be recognized by over 2,000 attendees, and over 60 vendors will be able to get to know your brand.

In addition to promoting your company, your sponsorship also helps support our two local nonprofits that the festival is donating to.

Our commitment to getting the Wilmington Coffee Fest on the map is backed by lots of coffee consumption..and lots of hours of doing our best to help get your brand recognized! We are dedicated to organizing a great event.

READY TO JOIN? Fill out our Sponsor form below, and once submitted we will send you an individual message with the next steps on finalizing your entry.

Sign up by Thursday, July 10 to be included in printed advertising!