2024 OFFICIAL BEVERAGE OPPORTUNITIES

The Hilton Head Island Seafood Festival is a week-long event with unparalleled culinary experiences and cutting-edge brand activations with highly targeted attendees, renowned chefs, winemakers and spirit experts. Retailers and artisans can put their brand in direct contact with an audience of 8,000+ affluent consumers and industry decision-makers.

We take pride in creating a custom partnership for all of our sponsors. Additional options and activations are available.

Hilton Head Island Seafood Festival (HHISF) provides the following Publicity / Marketing Benefits to our Official Beverage Partners:

  • Opportunity for a premier activation area to showcase the brand (customer activation area, airstreams, trailer, etc.) at the Pig Pickin’ & Oyster Roast on Friday, February 19, 2024 along with a premier activation area at the Hilton Head Island Seafood Festival on Saturday, February 24, 2024.

  • Opportunity inclusion in festival programming in festival Master Classes and/or featured Pop-Up Dinners throughout the week

  • Exclusive activation during Zero Forks Given (Only Official Brands served) Thursday, February 23, 2023

  • Brand activation opportunities at all festival events with individual Official Spirits brand tasting booth (and/or activation area real estate for mobile units, etc.).

  • Recognition and individual brand logo as sponsor and “Official Sponsora for each of the official categories” on the HHISF website, including a hyperlink bringing our visitors, your potential customers, directly to your website

  • Recognition as sponsor and individual brand logo inclusion in festival-related social media, including Festival Facebook page, etc.; will include a minimum of 4 mentions (per brand) across all channels specific for “Sponsor” mentions, hosted events and overall event partnerships.

  • Inclusion in a series of festival press releases and media alerts directed to local and national media.

  • Opportunity to drive traffic to individual brand’s social media sites/websites with ticket giveaways, take-overs or custom content promotions.

  • Saturday Seafood Festival Bar Feature - Purchase of product during Saturday’s event for activation at Festival bar. Approximately 4,000 guests in attendance for 3.5 hours

Networking / Business Development

  • The Festival provides the following access to Official Beverage Sponsors: 20% of cash sponsorship in ticketing credit to utilize for key customers and guests of the brand.

  • Official Brands provide 2-3 oz. samples to guests attending each marquee event. Pig Picking’ & Oyster Roast hosts 900-1,000 guests while our main event Saturday Seafood Festival will be a purchase of product.

  • Official Brands who choose to take advantage of our Master Classes and/or Celebrity Chef Dinners will coordinate with our team on the number of courses, dinner style and guest count. These events do not exceed more than 100 people.