Star Events - World-Class Special Events and Entertainment

Founded in 1996, StarEvents has become one of the largest festival and event-production companies in the Midwest. We offer a wide range of creative services that include production, logistics, public relations, marketing and conceptual ideas for all types of events.

Building communities for a better tomorrow is one of our primary objectives. Since our inception, StarEvents has helped raise over $5,000,000 for various charities andnot-for-profit groups with a large portion of theproceeds going directly into the beautification and improvement of local neighborhoods.

StarEvents is dedicated to improving the quality of life in each of the communities represented in our calendar of events. Our staff is involved with a number of non-profit groups by acting as Board members for the YMCA and the International Festival & Events Association. We also serve on a variety of civic and charitable committees.

Our staff is a group of young professionals that brings over 50 years of experience to the process of event planning. StarEvents is recognized as experts and leaders with talent buying, graphic design, marketing, logistics and throughout the events industry.

StarEvents is comprised of a team of event professionals dedicated to the event industry. Our staff continues to develop creative ways to improve the industry. We work with you from development to on-site execution and postevent evaluation. StarEvents staff members are always available and attentive to your individual needs.

Smoke the Competition

Connect with your audience on a different level that eliminates the critical challenges you face with traditional marketing. Shift your attention to the only medium that will provide the results you deserve. Navigate through the clutter of radio, print and television media and utilize the only vehicle that allows you to truly touch your audience on a deeper level than ever before.

The most important factor is to understand that your audience needs to feel deeply engaged, and this can only happen face-toface! To develop brand engagement you will need to align your marketing activities with vehicles that can allow for that connection. If you can create an experience and touch point to your audience, you will win!

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StarEvents offers clear, affordable solutions that gives you the power to interact with and place your products or services in front of over 500,000 people. Our demographics are unbeatable. We have designed a schedule of events that attracts the highest end consumer at each community celebration represented on our calender.

Experience Marketing

To effectively attract and secure a positive result with your marketing, you must create a reinforced brand. This reinforcement can be accomplished through powerful engagements with our audience. It's time to tip the balance in your favor and allow people to enthusistcally get engaged with your products.

Our special events stop people in their tracks of life and allows our partners to capitalize. We design an uninterrupted opportunity that can not be easily achieved through any other media. Authentic events that engage our attendees and better their communities is what we do. We provide the only wise choice for businesses to interact directly with their audience and develop a meaningful experience.

StarEvents has developed a story that patrons exist within and one that you could become the hero! We work together with you to integrate your products and services into our events to make sure you achieve your goals. We understand the results you seek and will assist in implementing a clear-cut strategy that ultimately provides an awesome return on investment.

Help us bring to life your brand and allow a creative outlet for others to experience your brand! A campaign that outperforms all other marketing vehicles will be developed and implemented. Our events will advance your objectives with our attendees.

It is time to invest your marketing dollars efficiently. Starevents will help you Measure the results that will help define your market. We offer experiences that empower others to offer valuable insight into your products. This is valuable opportunity that can make this season unforgettable. It is time allow others to look your brand in the eye. Face to Face interaction is the marketing key that will unlock your true potential.

Spark your Brand

Success or failure is based on therelationship you have with the peopleand the one they have with you. Thedays of isolated brand marketing are over and the public want somethingthat doesn't interrupt. A messagethat weaves it's way into the lives ofthe consumer and not an interruption.

People see over 3000 messages a day. Do you know how your's is going to mean something? You need to be smarter than ever with your advertising and outreach. To be effective in today's world, your brand needs to come alive in the marketplace. You need to create value and provide a return to the audience that they can connect with on a deeper level.

Our experiential marketing opportunities provide the perfect venue for you to connect with and provide the very thing they need to activate their loyalty. Know that this shift is a marathon that you will need to run. If you get in the race now, you will dominate. If you see and understand the trend that is upon us, you will design and implement an interactive marketing campaign that works. StarEvents knows how to help you do just that!

Experiential Marketing Provides Incredible Results

Differentiate yourself from the competition and give yourself the advantage you deserve!

Our On-site booths provide an experience for your organization that creates a unique opportunity for faceto- face interaction. This type of exposure is difficult to find with any other marketing vehicle. StarEvents provides a targeted marketing and promotional opportunity that reaches the best demographics in the country.

Our events offer a cost-effective alternative in comparison to a traditional media for all companies big and small.

BOOTH SPACE - There is no substitute for direct interaction with customers. We provide a unique opportunity that allows our partners to culminate their marketing efforts with face-to-face interaction. We provide you the access to the exploit-able commercial potential associated with our properties. We'll place you in high-profile locations on our venues, with the space you need to operate a successful campaign.

VIP TREATMENT - You can be provided with the ability to host key customers, clients, officials, employees and other VIPs at our events. We can offer tickets, parking, dining and other amenities, in specially designated areas, and include special VIP treatment all weekend. This is Client Entertainment at its best. Our series offers excellent environments to network with existing clients and provide a unique atmosphere to entertain potential customers. VIP seating, hospitality tents, promotional packages and specialized services can be made available.

SIGNAGE - Stationary advertising around the perimeter of our event site, and reserved for sponsors only. This benefit will reinforce your message. Your message can be featured in a variety of locations and high traffic areas that will guarantee exposure for your brand. We can generate visibility for you with stage banners, pre-event banners and through our staff shirts, caps and promotional items.

PRINT MEDIA - We provide a measurable amount of exposure and added value through print coverage. Our direct marketing campaigns and newspaper advertising assist in promoting our events and realizing additional value for our sponsors. Our print marketing campaign has an average over 2,500,000 impressions in the surrounding communities. We provide exposure that is generated by media coverage of the sponsored property that can include your logo and message.

RADIO CAMPAIGN - StarEvents’ season of events appeals to an up-scale audience, and this season we will leverage radio heavily to generate hype and reinforce our outreach. We typically have an agreement for advertising and promotion with a regional radio station on both the AM and FM frequencies.

GRASS-ROOTS PROMOTION - Our festivals are situated in the heart of Chicago, throughout the suburbs and vacation hot spots in the mid-west. We get out into the area and promote. We fashion our campaign so that it is incorporated into the fabric of the populace's daily routine and lifestyle patterns. Posters, Flyers, Banners and unique publicity devices can prominently feature sponsor logos and are employed liberally in the surrounding areas. Our events benefit local charities and our benefactors work hard to make sure that word ofmouth for our events are prevalentin the communities represented. We also encourage localbusiness networks to do developrelationships with event sponsorswhenever possible.

INTEGRATED RELATIONSHIP WITH STAREVENTS - We provide all of our partners with links on our sites. This web exposure allows you the right to exploit the commercial potential associated with StarEvents.com on the World Wide Web, including integrated relationship building and branding. StarEvents receives over a half-million unique visits on our website throughout the season. We are linked to every relevant event calendar and entertainment site throughout the area. These visitors are affluent, computer literate and average over 9 minutes per visit. We can include banner advertising, text links and increased visibility online.

STAGE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CHECK PRESENTATION CEREMONIES - Our emcees and pre-recorded commercials are played during every entertainment break on our main stage, and we can utilize that time to focus on your brand and drive traffic to your booth. The increased visibility, and the large crowds we attract, provides a great opportunity to feature your company in a check presentation ceremony at peak times - call us for more information.

FESTIVAL DEMOGRAPHICS

The Chicagoland area is one of the largest, mostly culturally and socially diverse cities in the world. We advertise and promote city-wide to the over 9 million citizens of the Chicagoland area and across all the communities where we produce events. Our events always reflect the diversity & demographics of the areas where they are located, drawing from the local population. Sponsoring StarEvents productions means you'll be reaching a cross-section of the community, through a variety of media, at a fraction of the cost of comparable media buys. We currently produce events in the following urban areas:

Chicago, IL
Long Grove, IL
Glenview, IL
New Buffalo, MI
For a detailed report of demographic data of StarEvents festival audiences and market, contact StarEvents at: 773-665-4682
info@starevents.com

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For More information of Sponsorship Packages Contact Star Events
773-665-4682

2008 Applications

Grab the new 2008 Applications for your events here. Applications for food, vendors, and artists. Download the PDF files.... CLICK HERE

2008 Event Schedule

View the New 2008 Event Schedule. Many of the events have a full lineup already, so dont miss out on anything this year.... CLICK HERE

Photo Galleries

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Audio and Video

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