SPONSOR UNITY

 

com·mu·ni·ty
/kəˈmyo͞onədē/

The main route of the word community is UNITY – coming together as one – the state of being united or joined as a whole. This is the spirit that has been the driving force of Deep Ellum for 150 years.

For 150 years, Deep Ellum has been a cornerstone of the Dallas community, and this is your opportunity to contribute to it’s legacy in our beloved city. As you are most likely aware, on the first weekend of April for almost the past three decades, the streets of our community have seen visitors from around the world come to experience the culture, art, music, and flavors of Deep Ellum. The success of that festival helped to create a special place in all of our hearts. It brought visibility and recognition to a unique community, and offered a spirit of unity that continues to make Deep Ellum one of the greatest places on earth.

Recent events have allowed members of the Deep Ellum community the opportunity to re-invent that annual festival. We have envisioned a community-centered celebration- taking input from our entire community, with a mission to benefit the community, produced and sponsored by our community, promoting the arts and music of our community. There cannot be a successful event without the people who have found their home in our neighborhood, and the artists, musicians, bars, and businesses who help preserve Deep Ellum as the national treasure of a landmark it has become over the past century and a half.

After months of planning and years of listening to our community, the Deep Ellum Community Association (DECA) is pleased to announce that Easter Weekend, 2023 will mark the debut of the DEEP ELLUM COMMUNITY ARTS FAIR on Friday, April 7th – Sunday, April 9, 2023! Please help us as we reinvigorate our community by making this event a success throughout Deep Ellum’s next 150 years!

Events of this magnitude take all the help we can get, beginning with the support of our community. Our goal is that this Fair focuses on including and offering opportunities to local and regional artists, musicians, and businesses. We have a new layout to bring more foot traffic to Deep Ellum businesses as opposed to blocking their doorways. Rather than turning to vendors from outside the neighborhood, we want to encourage attendees to explore Deep Ellum throughout the event – to go to our galleries and shops, to eat in our restaurants, and drink in our local bars – all of which we will work to incorporate into the unity of this incredible event.

We need your support now more than ever. With your generous contribution we will be bringing an all-new level of event to benefit Deep Ellum and the entire DFW metroplex – for us, by us, and of us.

Please look over the following sponsorship opportunities and help in every way you can. You can donate by completing the attached charitable contribution form, or contact our event team at sponsors@decafair.com.

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

 

SPECIFIC SPONSORSHIPS

 

More Ways to Contribute

Donate a Power Outlet

(must be located on or near Crowdus St.) – To cut down on the expense, noise, and environmental impact of generators, help us by providing power to artist booths. We will provide the extension cords!

Donate Use of Restrooms (to attendees)

Believe it or not, porta-potties are a major expense for an outdoor event.  Offering your facilities will help us with costs, and will increase the foot traffic for your storefront.

Donate Restrooms for staff/vendors

Don’t want the restroom sitch to get out of hand? Do us a favor while ensuring only people with a badge are using the facilities.

Donate Dumpster space

Much like power and portos, we can cut down a big dumpster bill if we can spread the load.  Please let us know if we can add a few bags of trash from this one weekend, and we promise to not overfill.

Discounted food/beverages for staff

We’re asking a lot of volunteers for this non-profit event, you can help us out at any level by keeping them fed.

Willing to host fundraising/planning event

Let us know if you have a space around Deep Ellum where we could host a donor event, auction, or meet with volunteers during the fair.

Other ways

This Fair is nonprofit event & we need the whole community to help in making this event a success. Please consider how you can help – every dollar is appreciated & will not go to waste. In addition to raising the funding for this event, we need generators,
additional stages, venues, artists, bands & entertainers to fill them with, port-a-john’s, sanitation, volunteers, advertising & many other items. Email any sponsorship related inquiries to event staff at sponsors@decafair.com:

Email

info@deepellumfair.com

Phone

(817) 330-4364

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