Sponsor Opportunities

Central Illinois Bragging Rights
Illinois State Championship
KCBS BBQ Competition

Friday and Saturday
October 12 and 13, 2007

Arthur, Illinois

We invite you to tap into the sales and marketing potential of this October event by becoming an Official Sponsor of the Central Illinois Bragging Rights BBQ Cook-off in Arthur, IL.

You may know Arthur, Illinois, as the center of the Illinois Amish community, or as one of Central Illinois’ major travel and tourism attractions. You may know Arthur, Illinois, for one of its numerous successful events held throughout the year such as The Amish Country Cheese Festival, which has drawn in excess of 20,000 people each year for over 25 years. You will soon know of Arthur, Illinois, for the CIBR-BBQ. Barbeque competition is big and growing rapidly. Bluegrass jams are very popular musical entertainment venues. Together, they make an exciting opportunity for an event!

Our 2006 CIBR event was a big success with great BBQ and hundreds of bluegrass pickers filling the streets of downtown Arthur. We had 48 KCBS competition teams representing 11 states and many prior championship competition winners. We anticipate more than 50 teams from around the Midwest will compete in the 2007 KCBS sanctioned BBQ contest and compete for over $7500 in cash prizes and the Bragging Rights to the Best BBQ in Central Illinois. In 2006 we attracted over 7500 spectators to this 2 day event. We are planning for more in 2007.

As a regional competition and sanctioned by the KCBS, the CIBR-BBQ is a great opportunity to increase your brand and product awareness in Illinois. As a community event the CIBR-BBQ and Bluegrass event is a perfect opportunity to showcase businesses of all sizes from anywhere in Central Illinois. Event advertising is planned for central Illinois newspaper and television markets including the Champaign, Decatur, Springfield, Mattoon, Charleston, and Effingham, as well as year long website and calendar of event listings. Event brochures noting all sponsors will be included in all mailings by the Amish Country Visitors Bureau, and will be distributed by numerous area information centers. Event follow-up coverage will be arranged in all markets represented by competitors, winners and sponsors.

 For additional information or to schedule a personal meeting, please contact George Fritz, CIBR-BBQ Event Chairman, at 217-543-2181 or email me at bbq@arthuril.com

CIBR-BBQ  website :  www.cibr-bbq.com