For all advertising inquiries please email sponsorship@wgdf.com.au
or call 0427 300 961
The West Gippsland Dance Festival has run successfully since its inception in 1991 attracting competitors from around Gippsland and the Metropolitan area. Since that time we have grown from being a small regional festival to a highly regarded, major amateur dance competition. Held annually at the West Gippsland Arts Centre, Warragul, the festival is conducted in September over 10 consecutive days for approximately 12 hours per day. Due to our location and magnificent venue we receive entries from all over Victoria, but primarily the Melbourne Metropolitan area, East, South and West Gippsland. We average 2,100 entries each year from approximately 30 dance schools (see list of participating schools). The benefits to our business community are enormous as we bring a large volume of visitors into Warragul for the duration of the festival. The festival was honored as the Baw Baw Shire’s “Community Event of the Year 1999” in recognition of our contribution to the community.
A value for money opportunity to market your business exists through the following tiers of advertising at our festival
Gold Sponsorship
Gold Sponsorship $3000 pa
• Naming rights to the 2019 festival
• Corporate sponsorship logo on Festival website for 12 months
• Media coverage
• Auditorium advertising
• Front of house advertising (your banner, business cards, pamphlets etc)
• Acknowledgement of your support for our festival will be announced within the auditorium at the commencement of and conclusion of the three daily sessions
• Sponsorship of a Senior Championship section. This will provide you with an opportunity to present the awards to the winning competitors on stage on behalf of your business
• Sponsorship of Aggregate Awards to be presented on stage to the recipients by you on the final night of the festival to a full house audience
• Exposure to a wide geographical area including all of Gippsland and the Melbourne metropolitan area through front cover and full-page advertising in our program
• A4 certificate of acknowledgement of your support for our festival to display at your workplace
• Ten corporate sponsorship tickets will be supplied for your use
Silver Sponsorship
Silver Sponsorship $1000 pa
• Sponsorship of a Championship/Scholarship section or Adjudicators Awards. This will provide you with an opportunity to present the awards to the winning competitors on stage on behalf of your business
• Front of house advertising (eg business cards, pamphlets etc)
• Exposure to a wide geographical area including all of Gippsland and the Melbourne metropolitan area through full-page advertising in our program • Daily acknowledgement of your support for our festival will be announced within the auditorium
• A4 certificate of acknowledgement of your support for our festival to display at your workplace
• Five corporate sponsorship tickets will be supplied for your use
Bronze Sponsorship
Bronze Sponsorship $500 pa
• Sponsorship of a Championship/Scholarship section or Adjudicators Awards. This will provide you with an opportunity to present the awards to the winning competitors on stage on behalf of your business
• Exposure to a wide geographical area including all of Gippsland and the Melbourne Metropolitan area through business card sized advertising in our program
• Acknowledgement of your support for our festival will be announced within the auditorium
• An A4 certificate of acknowledgement of your support for our festival to display at your workplace
• Two corporate sponsorship tickets will be supplied for your use
Copper Sponsorship
Copper Sponsorship $100 pa
• Acknowledgement of your support for our festival will be announced within the auditorium
• A4 certificate of Acknowledgement of your support for our festival to display at your workplace
Participating Schools
Adagio Dance Company Bold Dance & Arts
Caballero Classical Ballet Cathy Lea Dance Works
Christa Cameron School of Ballet Dance Lab
Dancepointe Destination Dance
Expressions Ballet Academy Freelance Dance FL
Gippsland Academy of Dance High Society Dance
Industry Studios IS Jane Moore Academy of Ballet
JJ’s Dance Studio Joanne O’Kelly School of Dance
Jstep Dance Julie Ryan Dancers
Kallista Dance Academy Karlie Grace Dancers
KC’s School of Dance LPD Studios
May Downs School of Dance Melbourne Academy of Performing Arts
Mildura Ballet and Dance Guild Rowville Ballet Academy
Step It Up Dance Studio Studio Phoenix
The Australian Conservatoire of Ballet The Triple Threat Academy
Theatrix Dance Centre Upstaged Dance and Performance Studio
Victorian Dance Academy Volar Dance Centre
