Sponsorship: Go Above & Beyond For The Community You Love...
The WRAL Freedom Balloon Fest is free event for the public to attend. To remain a free festival, we rely exclusively upon our sponsors to underwrite the expense of providing you with an admission-free, family oriented event
Please support the sponsors who support Freedom Balloon Fest
Please help us thank all of the sponsors who help to bring this festival to life - support them with your business, send a note of thanks, or share some love for them on our Facebook page.
Presenting Sponsor
The volunteers who make the WRAL Freedom Balloon Fest a reality, invite you to join us in thanking Fidelity Bank for this support. Fidelity's sponsorship is vital to our mission to recognize the service and sacrifice embodied in those who serve and have served in our armed forces.
Thank you, Fidelity Bank. Please take a moment to learn more about our Presenting Sponsor.
Thank you, Fidelity Bank. Please take a moment to learn more about our Presenting Sponsor.
Host Community
Where would a community festival be without a community? The Town of Fuquay-Varina is the official Host Community of the WRAL Freedom Balloon Fest. The volunteer organizers are working diligently with the town's dedicated staff, police and fire department to ensure a welcoming and safe experience for each of the guests coming to enjoy this admission free event.
The fine folks with the Town of Fuquay-Varina are working hard to go "a dash more" in their efforts to make sure you have a great time during the festival.
The fine folks with the Town of Fuquay-Varina are working hard to go "a dash more" in their efforts to make sure you have a great time during the festival.
Mobility Basket Partners
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We came to the Raleigh Jaycees with a challenge - we wanted to provide greater access to the joy of hot air balloons to members of our military who may be learning to live with mobility challenges - and the Raleigh Jaycees led with their hearts. In doing so, they helped in a way we could only imagine...
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Learn more about Project Uplift NC, and help us thank them for their recognition of our military and others in need of an uplifting experience.
Music Stage
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Get set for more than 20 hours of live music to enjoy over the course of the Memorial Day weekend! We hope you'll join us at this year's festival for the great music provided by the gracious sponsorship of our RE/MAX Music Stage by the independent network of RE/MAX agents, brokers and offices throughout the region.
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Education & Youth Outreach Partners
A year-round initiative, the goal of the Education & Youth Outreach Program is to demonstrate practical applications for STEM-based subject matter including weather, physical and natural science, applying the scientific method, physics, and calculus. Equally important, pilots will work with teachers and mentors to develop engaging content geared toward supporting the importance of life skills including: planning, adapting to change, and decision making skills.
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This program targets in-classroom education opportunities and local, at-risk youth community programs at all grade levels (K-12). Local pilots work with teachers to connect core curriculum subject matter to engaging, real world pursuits - in this case, hot air balloons. If you are a teacher, program coordinator, PTA representative or engaged parent and you would like to have a pilot come speak with your class or at-risk youth group, please contact us today.
Please join us in our thanks to our Education & Youth Outreach Partners - Golden Corral and RE/MAX. These companies are working here at home, in our communities to help keep our children excited and engaged in the classroom all year long.
Please join us in our thanks to our Education & Youth Outreach Partners - Golden Corral and RE/MAX. These companies are working here at home, in our communities to help keep our children excited and engaged in the classroom all year long.
Visual Presentation Sponsor
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Impact graphics for your first impression! Sign Solutions is the Official Visual Presentation Sponsor of the WRAL Freedom Balloon Fest presented by Fidelity Bank.
Sign Solutions provides marketing professionals with quality display and exhibit graphics delivered on-time with full support from concept to installation. |
Patron Sponsors
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The Fuquay-Varina Arts Council has a mission to inspire and enhance the lives of citizens in our community and beyond by developing appreciation of the arts, presenting arts programming and education, supporting local artists, & fostering creativity in the community.
The Fuquay-Varina Arts Council hosted an artist challenge to create works which capture the spirit of the WRAL Freedom Balloon Fest presented by Fidelity Bank. Be sure to check out the artwork submitted by the FVAC members when you visit the festival this year. |
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Organizers are bringing one of the nation's premier hot air balloon festivals to Fleming Loop Park to the thriving Wake County region. Balloon teams from across the nation are landing right here in our new host community Fuquay-Varina, NC.
We invite you to join us on our mission to celebrate our nation's freedom, and to honor and reflect upon the sacrifice of all of our fallen American service men and women. To remain an admission-free festival, we rely exclusively upon our sponsors to underwrite the festival's hard costs through cash or contribution of services and products we need. Join us as we celebrate, honor and remember our service men and women. Thank you for your support. |
There are 300+ hot air balloon festivals held across the United States each year engaging more than 3.25 million spectators. Last year, WRAL Freedom Balloon Fest exceeded attendance expectations drawing more than 70,000 guests from throughout the region - many traveling greater than 150 miles to be part of the celebration. Want more numbers? Give us a shout in the form above or send us an email.
WRAL Freedom Balloon Fest has several key ingredients necessary to success for sponsors and host communities:
WRAL Freedom Balloon Fest has several key ingredients necessary to success for sponsors and host communities:
- Quality, family-friendly event
- Large, connected, and diverse consumer base
- Readily accessible for day travelers and those looking for a "non-beach" holiday
- Variety of ways to leverage the event to meet business and branding needs
- Extended weekend offers more opportunity to conduct flight/tether operations, which deliver on value proposition for attendees and sponsors
