Sponsor Austin Kink Weekend 2027

Four days, one hotel, and a room full of people who notice who showed up for them.

When and where

April 29 to May 2, 2027. Holiday Inn Austin Midtown.

Who comes

More than 1,000 attendees each year

Reach

Facebook about 3,400 and Instagram about 5,600 followers

What sponsorship actually buys

Sponsorship at AKW is not ad space rented next to an event. The weekend runs on it: the classes, the contests, the production behind both. When a class stays affordable or a contest keeps its stage, that is what a sponsorship paid for.

What you get back is a room that pays attention. This is a community that keeps track of who supports it and says so out loud, in person, for years. That is a slower kind of return than an impression count and a more durable one.

Where your name actually appears

On Site

Your banner at the event and at the Opening Party (you supply it), and your brochures on the registration table.
On Stage

Your name read out at the Opening Party. At Platinum, also thanked from the stage at Saturday night's show, if applicable.
In Print

Your name or logo on the printed materials attendees pick up.
Online

Your logo on our marketing, and at Platinum and Gold, shared across our social accounts and emails whenever we tag or feature you. Platinum also gets a linked logo in the event emails.
In The Room

Your digital marketing shown during the event, if applicable. Intense and Edgy sponsors host a one-hour social. At Platinum, performers who choose to can wear your branding, arranged with you ahead of time, if applicable.

Sponsoring is not selling

If what you want is a table, product in front of people, and sales across four days, that is the Gear Market, and it takes a different application. Plenty of businesses do both. They are separate decisions with separate forms, and applying for one does not put you in the other.

See the Gear Market

Professional Levels

For businesses and practices that serve this community, buying visibility across the whole weekend.

Platinum

$5,000

10 event tickets
Your logo highlighted on all our marketing
A linked logo in the event emails
Shared across our social accounts and emails whenever we tag or feature you
Your banner at the event and at the Opening Party (you supply it)
Thanked from the stage at Saturday night's show, if applicable
Brochures on the registration table
Your digital marketing shown during the event, if applicable
Performers who choose to can wear your branding, arranged with you ahead of time, if applicable

Gold

$2,500

5 event tickets
Your logo highlighted on all our marketing
Shared across our social accounts and emails whenever we tag or feature you
Your banner at the event and at the Opening Party (you supply it)
Brochures on the registration table
Your digital marketing shown during the event, if applicable

Silver

$1,000

2 event tickets
Your logo highlighted on all our marketing
Your banner at the event and at the Opening Party (you supply it)
Brochures on the registration table
Your digital marketing shown during the event, if applicable

non-refundable

Community Levels

For clubs, community organizations, local small businesses, and individual donors who want their name in the room without a corporate budget behind it.

Intense

$1,000

Your name read out at the Opening Party
Your name or logo on all printed materials and advertising
Your banner at the event (you supply it)
Host a one-hour social during the weekend
4 VIP upgrades for people who already hold a weekend pass

Edgy

$500

Your name read out at the Opening Party
Your name or logo on all printed materials and advertising
Your banner at the event (you supply it)
Host a one-hour social during the weekend
2 VIP upgrades for people who already hold a weekend pass

Soft

$250

Your name read out at the Opening Party
Your name or logo on all printed materials and advertising
Your banner at the event (you supply it)

non-refundable

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