Fall Festival Saturday, September 22

Sponsor the Fall Festival

Wednesday, August 08, 2012, 2:27 PM Last Updated on Wednesday, August 08, 2012, 3:59 PM Written by BRMS

WHY BE A FALL FESTIVAL SPONSOR?

Be a part of Barracks Row’s signature annual event, the Barracks Row Fall Festival on Capitol Hill. With attendance estimated at over 8,000 people throughout the day, this is your chance to get your message out to Capitol Hill’s valuable demographic.The festival features the Annual Military Chefs Competition, tours of The Home of the Commandants, sword fights and readings from the Shakespeare Theatre, acrobatic performances from the Trapeze School of New York, and a kids area that includes a Petting Zoo. The midway is surrounded by our famous Barracks Row Restaurants. Pull up to patio table, order lunch and watch the scene unfold.

CORPORATE SPONORSHIP LEVEL

SIGNATURE SPONSOR: $10,000 (one available)

In addition to the benefits provided to Platinum Sponsors, the Signature Sponsor will have a prominent banner featuring them at the Center Stage at 8th and G Streets. Signature Sponsors also receive two all-day volunteers to assist with on-site promotion efforts.

PLATINUM SPONSOR: $5,000 (two still available)

In addition to what is provided for Event Sponsors, Platinum Sponsors also receive two additional hours of volunteer support and repeated mentions by the emcee at Center Stage throughout the day of their support of the event.

EVENT SPONSOR: $2,500 (three still available)

Event Sponsors receive a complimentary tent and booth space at the Festival, in addition to priority placement near the event stage. Event Sponsors also get a volunteer to help for two hours at the event passing out flyers or manning booth space. All sponsors receive logo placement in advertising, yard signs, the BRMS website, and extensive social media promotion

YOUR SUPPORT IMPROVES THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Funds raised through this event directly support Barracks Row Main Street, the group bringing you:

Clean, Beautiful, Safe Streets: Significant support of the "men in blue" for the Business Improvement District (BID) Litter Clean Team. In addition, improving and restoring historic facades, more trees and flowers, improved lighting and increased walk-through pedestrian traffic.

Building a Better Community with Convenience and Ease: Improving livability by balancing retail, development, and residential needs. Active economic development efforts to bring new restaurants and shops to the Row. Monitoring the neighborhood's "quality of life" issues such as parking and noise.

Historic Preservation: Of murals, facades, and other historic features found in and on 8th Street buildings.

WHAT IS BARRACKS ROW MAIN STREET?

Barracks Row Main Street is a non-profit organization focused on revitalizing 8th Street SE as a vibrant commercial corridor reconnecting Capitol Hill to the Anacostia River. Chartered by the National Trust for Historic Preservation Main Street Program in 1999, the group changed 8th Street SE from an under-used road in disrepair to winning the 2005 "Great American Main Street" award for excellence.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

Please sponsor today by calling us at 202-544-3188 or emailing us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Barracks Row Main Street Announces CSX as the Signature Sponsor for the Fall Festival!

Thursday, July 26, 2012, 11:53 AM Last Updated on Friday, July 27, 2012, 5:04 PM Written by BRMS

Barracks Row Main Street is pleased to announce CSX Corporation as the returning $10,000 Signature Sponsor of this year's Barracks Row Fall Festival on Capitol Hill and also as an Event Sponsor of the Military Culinary Competition, which is holding it's eighth event as part of this year's Fall Festival.

From the CSX website www.csx.com:

"CSX Corporation, together with its subsidiaries based in Jacksonville, Fla., is one of the nation's leading transportation suppliers. The company’s rail and intermodal businesses provide rail-based transportation services including traditional rail service and the transport of intermodal containers and trailers.

CSX serves major markets in the eastern United States and has direct access to all Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports, as well as the Mississippi River, the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway. The company also has access to Pacific ports through alliances with western railroads.

We move a broad portfolio of products across the country in a way that minimizes the effect on the environment, takes traffic off an already congested highway system, and minimizes fuel consumption and transportation costs."

And from the Military Hospitality Alliance website www.mha1.net:

"The reason we are part of the Fall Festival, in the middle of the street, is so that civilians will gain an appreciation for the talented military cooks – over 9000 attendees will witness the event. We are working on the celebrity chefs for 2012, but in 2010 and 2011 we had Chef Paul Prudhomme, 11-year White House Chef Walter Scheib, and Executive Chefs from the Capital Grille DC and New York City restaurants. The Commandant of the Marine Corps or other high ranking General is always on hand for the event."

We are excited to welcome CSX to the Festival and the Military Culinary Competition and thank them for their ongoing support of the Barracks Row, Capitol Hill and United States Armed Forces communities.

At Fall Festival 2012 The DC State Fair will also be joining in with close to a dozen booths. More information on the DC State Fair at the Barracks Row Fall Festival will be posted here in the next few weeks.

Information for Vendors: Barracks Row Fall Festival on Capitol Hill – Saturday Sept 22, 2012

Saturday, March 17, 2012, 1:31 PM Last Updated on Friday, July 27, 2012, 4:53 PM Written by BRMS

Information for Vendors: Barracks Row Fall Festival on Capitol Hill – Saturday Sept 22, 2012

Barracks Row Main Street’s annual street festival, Barracks Row Fall Festival on Capitol Hill includes a military chefs cook off competition, a performance by the Silent Drill Platoon, a car show, a generous area for children’s activities, and music all day long at our large, centrally located stage. The Fall Festival will take place in the 500 to 700 blocks of 8th Street, SE on Saturday September 22, 2012. Barracks Row Fall Festival opens to the public at 11 am and closes at 5 pm.

Last year the festival attracted 7000 people throughout the day and quite a bit of media attention. Photographs of 2011 festival are on the Barracks Row website. If you want to have a booth at Barracks Row Fall Festival this year please read through this application, fill out the appropriate sections, and return with any collateral materials to Barracks Row Main Street with payment by August 15, 2012. Vending and car display spaces are limited – early registration is encouraged!

Photos from the Fall Festival

Monday, October 03, 2011, 4:58 PM Written by BRMS

We've uploaded 149 photos from the Barracks Row Fall Festival! View them all here! If you would like us to include yours, just send them to info AT barracksrow.org.

Thank you!

Thursday, September 29, 2011, 9:38 PM Written by BRMS