Honesdale to create new music festival

HONESDALE, PA — Honesdale is planning a major new music and arts festival this summer. Dubbed the “Honesdale Roots & Rhythm Music & Arts Festival,” it is designed to be the first in a series of annual events that will expand each year, attracting increasing numbers of tourists and local residents. The inaugural festival, scheduled this year for Saturday, June 24, will also honor Honesdale’s 175th anniversary.

The festival will feature a variety of musical styles appealing to a broad range of tastes and ages, including jazz, folk, country, bluegrass, and roots.

The chairpersons are Gail M. Tucker and John Rocklin. WNEP TV, Bold Gold Media Group, The River Reporter, The Wayne Independent, The Weekly Almanac and Connections Magazine have come on board as media sponsors. The organizers’ idea is for the festival to be free to attendees, which will require generous sponsorship by local businesses and residents, who should benefit both from the tourism and increased traffic the event fosters, and from the cultural amenities of the festival itself.

For more information call 570/253-5492.

Sponsorship Levels

Platinum: $5,000. Six available.

• Name mentioned in all advertising (radio, print, tv)

• Name and logo on tee shirts

• Name and logo on www.honesdale.com events page with direct link to your website

• A spot for a booth for distribution of product/information/samples (booth not supplied), day of Signage on the stage with logo

• Name & logo on flyers

• Mention of sponsorship from stage

Gold: $2,500. Four available.

• Name mentioned in advertising (radio, print, tv)

• Name and logo on tee shirts

• Name and logo on www.honesdale.com events page with direct link

• Signage on the stage with logo

• Name and logo on flyers

• Mention of sponsorship from stage

Silver: $1,500. Four available.

• Name mentioned in all print advertising

• Signage on the stage with logo

• Name and logo on flyers

• Mention of sponsorship from stage

Bronze: $1,000. Ten available.

• Name mentioned in all print advertising

• Name and logo on flyers

• Mention of sponsorship from stage

Copper: $500. Unlimited number available.

• Name on flyers

• Mention of sponsorship from stage

Nickel: $100. Unlimited number available.

• Mention of sponsorship from stage