We invite your business or organisation to be an official Queerswich sponsor.
You can choose from a range of sponsorship opportunities where we'll shout your business' name from the rooftops through our socials, digital and event promotion.
We'll work with you to tailor the perfect way to engage with the community before and during the event. We want to make sure your involvement at Queerswich is exactly right for your brand.
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Diamond Diva
Here are a few ways our Diamond Divas can get involved and engage with the Ipswich and greater audience:
Naming rights - own the name of one of the following:
The Queerswich Stage
All the Colours of the Rainbow Kids' Area
Paws for Pride Pageant
First three sponsors to choose the Diamond Diva Package and opt to name a principle element of the event, can have their brand synonymously linked to one of our amazing zones or competition.
All marketing in the lead up to Queerswich, as well as announcements throughout event day, will attach your business name to that feature e.g. "Welcome Miss Pixie La More to the Xxxxx Queerswich Stage!" or "Congratulations to Fluffy, our winner of the Xxxx’s Paws for Pride Puppy Pageant!".
Competition sponsors can even appear as a guest judge for the pet competition.
Host a market stall - as a premier sponsor, you would be given a free stall site in a prime location with excellent views of all the action on stage.
From here you have the perfect opportunity to display all of your branded goodies and engage with attendees. You have free reign to offer product samples and giveaways, run competitions or present promotional offers.
Signage can be provided by event organisers to denote premier sponsor status for your site.
Display your brand’s signage - Diamond Diva sponsors can expect their large banners and signs to be front and center on the Queerswich stage and at prime locations throughout the event.
Your brand’s logo on Queerswich social media platforms, website, posters and flyers.
Your brand's images and blurb on Queerswich.com plus a link to your business.
Inclusion in media releases to regional and metro news outlets.
As a premier sponsor, our Diamond Divas can expect their brand, name and logo to be shouted more loudly than 5000 drag queens belting out Kylie Minogue.
Diamond Diva Investment:$5,000
Princess Sparkles
Here are a few ways our Princess Sparkles sponsors can get involved and engage with the Ipswich and greater SEQ audience:
Host a market stall - as a VIP sponsor, you would be provided a free stall site, in an excellent location. Show off all of your branded goodies and engage with attendees. Offer product samples and giveaways, run competitions or present promotional offers. Signage can be provided by event organisers to denote VIP sponsor status.
Display your brand’s signage in prominent locations on the day - VIP sponsors can have their banners and signs flying proudly on the Queerswich stage.
Your brand’s logo on Queerswich social media platforms, website, posters and flyers.
Your brand's images and blurb on Queerswich.com plus a link to your business.
As a VIP sponsor, our Princess Sparklers will have their brand, name and logo heard more loudly than the cacophony of 2000 dykes on motorbikes.
Princess Sparkles Investment: $2,000
Glow up!
Here are a few ways our Glow Up sponsors can get involved and engage with the Ipswich and wider audience:
Host a market stall - as an important sponsor, you would be given a free stall site. Have our audience meet your team. Offer product samples and giveaways, run competitions or present promotional offers.
Display your brand’s signage on the day - Glow Up sponsors can expect their banners and signs to be alongside the Queerswich stage.
Your brand’s name on Queerswich social media platforms, website, posters and flyers.
As an important Queerswich sponsor, our Glow Ups can expect their brand’s name to be paraded around more spectacularly than 500 assorted pooches in rainbow collars.
Glow Up Investment: $500
By the numbers...
- Ipswich is the fastest growing city in Queensland with a population of nearly 250 000 people.
- It is estimated that 11 in every 100 Australians identify as having a diverse sexual orientation, sex or gender identity. That's approximately 27 500 LGBTQIA+ individuals in Ipswich who make up the households and families who contribute to our local community and economy.
- We are less than 30 minutes from Brisbane - an easy commute for our Brissy queers and allies. That's not only another 2.5 million people to invite to the party but a population where 79.5% voted "yes" in the 2017 same sex marriage plebiscite (the sixth highest federal electorate in Australia).
- About 32 000 registered pets live in Ipswich. Tulmur place is a dog-friendly venue and Queerswich will be encouraging owners to bring their pooches to the event and be a part of the inaugural Paws for Pride Puppy Pageant. Australian dog owners spent $20.5 billion on their pooches in 2020. And what crowd doesn't love a small white fluffy dog in a rainbow tutu?
- The pink dollar is real and powerful (census data shows that people in same-sex couple relationships were more likely to have higher personal incomes than those in opposite-sex couple relationships). The LGBTQIA+ community's estimated aggregate spending power in Australia is over AU$95 billion (LGBT Capital 2019).
- Participation in Queerswich gives corporate sponsors the opportunity for customer engagement, lead generation, brand visibility and the unparalleled PR associated with supporting the LGBTQIA+ community. Appeal to customers who are specifically looking for socially responsible businesses and secure your company's reputation as a supportive, progressive and inclusive powerhouse.
RIDING THE RAINBOW - WHY INVEST?
SOURCES:
- “Ipswich is the fastest growing city in Queensland” and "More than 241 400 residents call Ipswich home" from Ipswich to manage growth with new planning scheme 30 June 2022 https://www.ipswich.qld.gov.au/about_council/media/media-releases
- Face the facts: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex People from Australian Human rights commission 2014 https://humanrights.gov.au/our-work/education/face-facts-lesbian-gay-bisexual-trans-and-intersex-people
- Brisbane, Australia Metro Area Population 1950-2022 https://www.macrotrends.net/cities/206170/brisbane/population "The current metro area population of Brisbane in 2022 is 2,472,000"
- Full results of Australia's vote for same-sex marriage, electorate by electorate – interactive Nick Evershed 15/11/17 The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/datablog/ng-interactive/2017/nov/15/same-sex-marriage-survey-how-australia-voted-electorate-by-electorate
- People in same-sex couple relationships were more likely to have higher
personal incomes than those in opposite-sex couple relationships" from
SAME-SEX COUPLES IN AUSTRALIA, 2016 2071.0 - Census of Population and Housing: Reflecting Australia - Stories from the Census, 2016
LATEST ISSUE 18/01/2018 https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/2071.0
- Here’s five trillion reasons to keep the pink dollar pink in QNews (Destiny Rogers 14/7/21) https://qnews.com.au/heres-five-trillion-reasons-to-keep-the-pink-dollar-pink/
- “About 32 000 dogs registered in Ipswich” from Council to decide on new dog registration fees for 2020-21 21 May 21 2020 Ipswich First Council to decide on new dog registration fees for 2020-21 - Ipswich First www.ipswichfirst.com.au/council-to-decide-on-new-dog-registration-fees-for-2020-21
- Pets and the Pandemic A social research snapshot of pets and people in the COVID-19 era Animal Medicines Australia (AMA) 2021 https://animalmedicinesaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/AMAU005-PATP-Report21_v1.41_WEB.pdf
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