Your sponsorship helps sustain our mission: To entertain, educate, and enrich through the arts… and connects your business with an engaged, appreciative audience who will value your support of the arts in our community!
Season Sponsorship
Benefits
The Franke Center for the Arts sponsorship offers businesses, organizations and individuals an excellent vehicle for reaching potential customers while supporting the arts.
Become a SponsorDigital Program
Our season program reaches approximately 6000 patrons per year, and our new digital programs will allow the opportunity to link to your website!
Pre-Show Slideshows
Sponsors are featured on the screen before our mainstage shows.
Marquee
We take the time to acknowledge our larger sponsors on our marquee.
Social Media & Our Website
We thank each of our major sponsors on social media, reaching our 4,000+ social media followers in Calhoun County and beyond.
Sponsorship Levels
We have sponsorship levels to benefit businesses large and small. Take a look and choose the sponsorship level that’s right for you!
Become a Sponsor- Largest ad at the top of our digital program + hyperlink to your website
- 16 complimentary tickets for Franke Center events (including fundraisers)
- 4 complementary box seat tickets for Franke Center events (Each box seats 4. Subject to availability.)
- Your name listed on our web page and pre-show slideshow
- Your name displayed on our outdoor marquee during our concert season
- Your logo on the physical program card handed out at each show
- A “thank you” on our social media reaching 3600 Facebook followers
- One FREE business rental in one of the following: Auditorium, Downstage Club Banquet Room or Executive Boardroom
- Mention in the preshow speech before each show
- Large ad at the top of our digital program (2nd tier) + hyperlink to your website
- 14 complimentary tickets for Franke Center events (excluding fundraisers)
- 2 complementary box seat tickets for Franke Center events (Each box seats 4. Subject to availability.)
- Your name listed on our web page and pre-show slideshow
- Your name displayed on our outdoor marquee during our concert season
- A “thank you” on our social media reaching 3600 Facebook followers
- One FREE business rental in one of the following: Downstage Club Banquet Room or Executive Boardroom
- Mention in the preshow speech before each show
- Large ad at the top of our digital program (2nd tier) + hyperlink to your website
- 12 complimentary tickets for Franke Center events (excluding fundraisers)
- 1 complementary box seat tickets for Franke Center events (Each box seats 4. Subject to availability.)
- Your name listed on our web page and pre-show slideshow
- Your name displayed on our outdoor marquee during our concert season
- A “thank you” on our social media reaching 3600 Facebook followers
- One FREE business rental in one of the following: Downstage Club Banquet Room or Executive Boardroom
- Large ad at the top of our digital program (2nd tier) + hyperlink to your website
- 10 complimentary tickets for Franke Center events (excluding fundraisers)
- Your name listed on our web page and pre-show slideshow
- Your name displayed on our outdoor marquee during our concert season
- A “thank you” on our social media reaching 3600 Facebook followers
- One FREE business rental in one of the following: Downstage Club Banquet Room or Executive Boardroom
- Large ad at the top of our digital program (3rd tier) + hyperlink to your website8
- Complimentary tickets for Franke Center events (excluding fundraisers)
- Your name listed on our web page and pre-show slideshow
- Your name displayed on our outdoor marquee during our concert season
- A “thank you” on our social media reaching 3600 Facebook followers
- One FREE business rental in one of the following: Downstage Club Banquet Room or Executive Boardroom
- Medium ad in our digital program (4th tier) + hyperlink to your website
- 6 Complimentary tickets for Franke Center events (excluding fundraisers)
- Your name listed on our web page and pre-show slideshow
- Your name displayed on our outdoor marquee during our concert season
- A “thank you” on our social media reaching 3600 Facebook followers
- One FREE business rental in one of the following: Downstage Club Banquet Room or Executive Boardroom
- Medium ad in our digital program (5th tier) + hyperlink to your website
- 4 Complimentary tickets for Franke Center events (excluding fundraisers)
- Your name listed on our web page
- Medium ad in our digital program (6th tier) + hyperlink to your website
- 2 complimentary tickets for Franke Center events (excluding fundraisers)
- Small ad in our digital program (7th tier) + hyperlink to your website
- 2 complimentary tickets for Franke Center events (excluding fundraisers)
- Your business name listed in our digital program + hyperlink to your website
- 1 complimentary ticket for a Franke Center event (excluding fundraisers)
Event Sponsorship
Benefits
Become a title sponsor for a specific show to maximize your brand’s engagement with a specific audience and show everyone that your business supports the arts. Event sponsors receive prominent logo placement in each of the following locations…
As an added bonus, you’ll receive a complimentary box seat ticket to the show!
Sponsor An EventShow Program
Our season program reaches approximately 6000 patrons per year, and our new digital programs will allow the opportunity to link to your website!
Event Posters
Your logo will appear prominently on the posters for the show, which are distributed throughout Marshall and in select locations in Battle Creek, Albion, and beyond.
Pre-show Slideshow
Sponsors are featured on the screen before our mainstage shows.
Show Webpage
Your logo will appear prominently on the show’s page on our website.
Email Blasts
We’ll give you credit as show sponsor in our email blasts which reach a list of over 5,000 people.
Social Media
We thank each of our major sponsors on social media, reaching our 4,000+ social media followers in Calhoun County and beyond.
Sponsorship Levels
Sponsor An Event- Logo placed prominently show on posters, on the pre-show slideshow, on the show’s page on TheFranke.org, in eblasts, and on social media
- Your large ad placed at the top of the show’s digital program with a hyperlink to your website
- Your logo on the physical program card handed out at each show
- 1 complimentary box seat ticket to the sponsored show (seats 4 people)
- Logo placed prominently show on posters, on the pre-show slideshow, on the show’s page on TheFranke.org, in eblasts, and on social media
- Your large ad placed at the top of the show’s digital program with a hyperlink to your website
- Your logo on the physical program card handed out at each show
- 1 complimentary box seat ticket to the sponsored show (seats 4 people)
- 9/30/23 – Nathan Walton and the Remedy (Michigan Stars Series & Blues Series)
- 10/21/23 – Mainstreet Dueling Pianos
- 11/18/23 – David Cook
- 1/13/24 – Irish Pub Night featuring The Founding
- 1/20/24 – Wolf Tree Film Festival
- 1/27/24 – Sadie Bass (Michigan Stars Series)
- 2/2/24 – Ice, Wine, Beer and Blues (special sponsorship rules apply)
- 2/3/24 – Laith Al Saadi (Blues Series)
- 2/24/24 – Simply Queen
- 4/6/24 – Michigan Music Video Awards
- 4/13/24 – Melody Angel (Blues Series)
- 4/19/24 – Erin Zindle and the Ragbirds (Michigan Stars Series)
- 4/27/24 – Art of Drag
- 5/3/24 – Gilmore Keyboard Festival Young Artist
- 6/8/24 – Tom Franke Gala featuring Ophira Eisenberg
Get started today!
For more information, please call our office at 269-789-9677 and ask for our executive director, Jacob Gates.
To become a sponsor, simply fill out the questionnaire available at the link below.
Become A Sponsor
