• BRING LIGHT & JOY

    TO STRATFORD THIS WINTER
  • BECOME A SPONSOR

    SEE THE LIGHT!

Become a Sponsor – See the Light!

SPONSOR LEVELS WINTER 2025/26

SEASON SPONSOR

$25,000

  • All the Gold benefits, plus:
  • Exclusive branding as “Season Sponsor” across all event materials
  • Top billing with a tailored sponsor recognition package
  • Featured as season sponsor at all festival locations
  • VIP recognition (in lights!) throughout the festival
  • Opportunity to participate in our opening ceremony

GOLD

$10,000

  • All the Silver benefits, plus:
  • Primary sponsor recognition (in lights!) for a specific festival location (Market Square, Tom Patterson Island, shuttle buses, …)
  • Recognition in press releases and media coverage
  • Dedicated social media recognition

SILVER

$5,000

  • All the Bronze benefits plus:
  • Featured on advertisements and marketing
  • Lighted sponsor recognition at each festival location

BRONZE

$2,500

  • Community Sponsor benefits, plus:
  • Featured on festival signage
  • Recognition on social media

HOT CHOCOLATE SPONSOR

$1,000

  • Acknowledgement on the Lights On Stratford website
  • Featured on a dedicated social media post on your hot chocolate night
  • Sponsor a Friday or Saturday night throughout the festival

SILENT DISCO SPONSOR

$750

  • Acknowledgement on the Lights On Stratford website
  • Featured on a dedicated social media post on your silent disco night
  • Sponsor a Friday or Saturday night throughout the festival

COMMUNITY SPONSOR

$500

  • Acknowledgement on the Lights On Stratford website

BECOME A SPONSOR FOR WINTER 2025/26

Contact Lindsey Martchenko to learn more about this exciting sponsorship opportunity.

2025/26 SPONSORS
&
PARTNERS

This festival is not possible without Stratford’s amazing community support. Interested in becoming a sponsor? You’re in good company!

2025/26 GOLD SPONSORS

Downtown Stratford BIA

MARKET SQUARE

2025/26 SILVER SPONSORS

Festival Hydro
Pazzo Pizzeria
Cafe Bouffon
Rheo Thompson Candies
Stratford Festival
The Rutherford Group
Stratford Crane Rental Ltd
Bespoke Audio Visual

2025/26 BRONZE SPONSORS

The Arden Park Hotel
Uniac Insurance
Festival City Glass
Orr Insurance
Stratford Orthodontics
Stratford Motor Products
Little Big Creative
Trillium Mutual Insurance Company
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada
Ontario Staging Limited
RIDEAU SUPPLY

2025/26 COMMUNITY SPONSORS

Wightman
Home & Company
AISIN
Arden Park Dental
Expressway Lincoln
Excalibur Insurance
Rutherford Cremation & Funeral Services
ED'S CONCRETE
White Balmer Shoes
Access Storage
Famme & Co.
The Sugar Maple Restaurant
Stratford Cinemas
Core Fuels
K8 the GR8 designs
The Floral Cup
On Stage Dance Studio
MacLeods Scottish Shop
GA Equipment Rentals Inc.
Commercial Printers
EASYWAY
CJCS My Stratford Now
Mosaic Outfitters
Stratford Home Hardware Building Centre
VFG Wealth
The Kressley Group
RBC
Harper Jones | Stratford Honda
Foster's Inn
SUNBELT RENTALS
Little Electric Inc.

GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

Ontario
OCAF
This event has been financially assisted by Experience Ontario and by the Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund, programs of the Government of Ontario through the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Gaming.

FOUNDING PARTNERS

Destination Stratford
City of Stratford
investStratford
Downtown Stratford BIA

TIAO Ontario Tourism Resiliency Award 2021 & 2022 for InnovationLight is a powerful symbol. From darkness comes light.

Lights On Stratford is an award-winning annual festival that delights thousands of local residents and visitors from far and wide.

Lights On Stratford in all its magical glory certainly provides a great destination for visitors looking for a getaway during the winter season. It also delights our local residents. From a child’s first experience using public city transit on the free Lights On Stratford shuttle bus, to the joyful laughter emanating from the interactive light installations across the city, this winter festival excels at making our community shine.” – Stratford Mayor Martin Ritsma

Please visit the Lights On Stratford 2024/25 Report for full details including attendance, marketing, budget and community feedback.

Free to the public and designed to be safely enjoyed with on-site staff, the 5th annual Lights On Stratford will light up next winter starting mid-December. More details will be announced soon!

Stratford is home to some of the world’s best artists, lighting designers, props builders and creative minds. Lights On Stratford harnesses this precious resource of local talent to craft a truly unique experience that can’t be found anywhere else.

The beacons of Stratford-made light sculptures, displays, exhibits and projections attract and amaze visitors, who in turn strengthen and grow a robust and diversified year round tourism economy. This provides much-needed support to the myriad of Stratford businesses that help define the character of our city and rely on tourism for their survival.

As both an economic recovery initiative and a cultural attraction, Lights On Stratford is an impactful sponsorship opportunity with integrity, prestige and unique exposure for you and/or your organization.

Become a sponsor and help bring light and joy to Stratford this winter. Contact Lindsey for more details.

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