The Present: The community of gay men known as Bears is a powerful and growing demographic. They are fiercely loyal to brands that are perceived as having genuine involvement in their community. Bears travel to social weekends, or "Runs" throughout the world all year round, and usually have above-average disposable income levels. Having a presence in this community can give your business an opportunity to market to a targeted audience and allow you to develop brand loyalty with this group of consumers. We invite you to consider sponsorship of an established and well known concert event called Bearapalooza that brings talented performers to Bear events and GLBT establishments across the country.

The Past: Since 2002, Bearapalooza has traveled around the USA , touching the lives of countless musicians and music fans, bringing a special sense of diversity and pride wherever it goes. It has been covered in Attitudes UK, Time Out NY, The Church Street Freedom Press, the NY Blade, Philadelphia Gay News, A Bears Life, Seattle Gay News, and many other national and local publications, and has been featured on various Radio Programs and Podcasts such as Sirius OutQ, B-Talk, BearPodcast, HomoPod Radio, Queer Music Heritage on KPFT in Houston, Quest of Life on WRPI in Troy NY, the Bear Radio Network and many more. The first Bearapalooza was also featured in a story on the PBS program "Under the Pink Carpet"

Help us make History: High-visibility, affordable sponsorship opportunities are available! We welcome monetary sponsorships or goods & services of equal value. Please see the attached sponsorship information. Bearapalooza will be aggressively promoted in the local and national GLBT press including print and web, banner ads, blogs, podcasts and local grass-roots advertising will be handled by our staffed street & web teams. In addition, shows will be filmed for a documentary that will celebrate the long history of the festival, with the hopes of it being shown at GLBT film festivals and on local and national cable networks. We hope you will consider sponsoring Bearapalooza at whatever level you are able. If you have any questions about the festivals, sponsorship or the performers, please don't hesitate to contact us. We look forward to hearing from you!