top of page

Sponsors

Sponsorship Invitation

The National Academic Youth Corps
Celebrates the 14th Annual Sacramento Banana Festival
August 16th & 17th, 2025
 

Banana-Festival-2017 (1).jpg

Who we are:

For the last thirteen years, the National Academic Youth Corps, a non-profit youth services agency, has hosted the Sacramento Banana Festival. Our non-profit provides art education, wellness/nutritional education, work readiness and entrepreneurial preparation to children, teens, and young adults from distressed communities. As you might imagine, resources can be scarce. As a result, our agency must be creative in how it generates revenues. The Sacramento Banana Festival is our major annual fundraiser, and it makes it possible for us to continue serve our clients.

The Banana Festival is a great family-friendly cultural event. We celebrate the beautiful countries in the world where bananas grow, their eclectic cultures, ethnically diverse people and rhythmic music. All these facets put the “festive” in festival. Attendance has increased steadily since our inaugural year. On average, we welcome 12,000 to 15,000 guests per year. As a sponsor, your product/ service and brand will receive maximum exposure. Here are some of the reasons why our guests keep returning year after year.

Banana_Festival_food_Vendors.jpg

What We Do:

Our Food Vendors: We have delicious and exotic foods from the Caribbean, Central America, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Africa, the Pacific Rim and from virtually all countries in the world where bananas grow. Of course, we have all-American festival favorites. too.

 

Our Entertainment: Our guests will enjoy the rhythmic Latin, Calypso, Caribbean, and popular music that accompany high-energy ethnic dancers. Other music includes: Rock, Jazz, Country and R&B. Our guests all have a great time learning fabulous Latin dances from instructors who teach them Samba, line dance, and even the Flamenco. There’s even a fun drumming class.

There are a variety of interesting artistic and cultural exhibits. There really is something for everyone at the festival. In fact, our festival has enjoyed so much popularity that our team provides technical support to other cities, such as Ventura, CA, that wish to replicate our successes.

Corporate Sponsorship Levels

Banana Premuim Sponsor

$10,000

  • Main entertainment stage branding. 

  • All marketing materials and signage premium placement

  • Premium vendor booth placement.

  • 20 festival tickets. 

  • VIP Access. 

Banana Gold Sponsor

$5,000

  • Children's Stage branding

  • Website, social media mentions, and festival/poster mentions. 

  • Premium vendor booth placement

  • 10 festival tickets

Banana Silver Sponsor

$2,500

  • Website mention,  rotating social media mentions, and festival pamphlet branding. 

  • Complimentary vendor booth 10x10

  • 6 festival tickets

Patron of the Banana Festival

$1,000

  • Website an pamphlet mention. 1 social media mention. 

  • Complimentary vendor booth

  • 4 festival tickets

In-Kind

$1,000

  • Social Media mention.

  • 2 festivla tickets

bottom of page