Market Sponsorship
This Season, the Black Mountain Tailgate Market celebrates thirty-one years of bringing beautiful and bountiful harvests to our community!
With so many exciting new programs and developments, your support makes a big impact on our community! Our Sponsorship Program offers a host of benefits to our Market Sponsors. With 5,500 + followers on Facebook, 2,700 + Followers on Instagram, a heavily trafficked website, and an estimated 1,350 + attendees every Saturday throughout the season, sponsoring our 2025 Market Season just makes sense!
If you’re looking to maximize the visibility of your business and support programs that enrich, educate, and nourish our community…
you’ve come to the right place!
The Big Impact
Black Mountain Tailgate Market is an impactful grassroots non-profit organization and more importantly, a unique reflection of the community we serve.
Since its inception in 1994, the market has served thousands of residents of WNC, countless tourists, and the community at large. In 2024 alone, we served an average of over 1,400 marketgoers per week, hosting 50+ farmers and artisans as well as fellow non-profit organizations each Saturday.
It is no secret that Farmers markets help grow and connect urban and rural economies to local small businesses and keep money in our community!
A bustling, vibrant Farmers Market contributes to and is a reflection of a strong, vibrant local economy.
This year, in the wake of Hurricane Helene, as we celebrate our Thirty first year in operation and pursue 501c3 tax-exempt status, and we are renewed in our commitment to cultivating community through local food this growing season and beyond
Physical Health and Wellness
An estimated one in ten U.S. adults eats the recommended quantities of fruits and vegetables. Consumption of fruits and vegetables is even lower among adults in low-income and food-insecure households. Adults in low-income households face barriers to fresh, nutrient-dense food including a lack of knowledge about the benefits of fruits and vegetables, unhealthy food environments, and a lack of time to cook. Data provides consistent evidence that shopping at a farmers' market at least once in the past year was associated with higher reported fruit and vegetable consumption.
Mental Health and Wellness
Research indicates people thrive and are naturally happier when socially connected. Farmers markets support emotional health by creating a cheerful space where people come together for fellowship, food, and laughter. By fostering interactions among our diverse community and connecting that community with its own food system, we're cultivating healthy social connections all season long!
Education and Enrichment
Farmers markets provide both a great setting and topic of discussion for nutrition education. Cooking demonstrations and hands-on nature and food based activities provide engaging and positive experiences that will inspire market-goers of all ages to better understand their food systems, agricultural practices, and the natural world around them.
Food Access Programs
In 2022, North Carolina had 1,585,110 recipients of SNAP benefits. SNAP is the country's most important anti-hunger program, helping more than 40 million people in low-income households put food on the table in a typical month. Our participation in critical Food Access Programs ensure that nutrient-rich, locally grown goodness is available to everyone in our community!
Access to the Arts
Our "Cultivator Program" brings in unique acts and musicians from around the WNC area, creating a platform for local musicians. Our culinary arts programming will feature cooking demonstrations, creating exciting, engaging food-centered experiences for patrons.
Sponsorship Categories & Benefits
Barnraiser - $1000 and up
Sponsorship provides support for programming and operations.
- Featured as a title sponsor on market banner at the main entrance
- Social Media post featuring business 1/week during market season (30 weeks)
- One tree booth space 4 times per market season
- Business featured on market website with logo and link to your website
- Logo on weekly e-newsletter
- A dedicated space for promotional materials at information booth
- Market Merchandise
Cultivator - $750
Sponsorship promotes Community
Engagement.
- Logo on market banner and music banner
- One free booth space 2x per season
- Business featured on market website with logo and link to your website
- Social Media post featuring business
1/month - Logo on weekly e-newsletter
Harvester - $500
Sponsorship helps expand access to healthy food including cooking demos and education.
- Logo on market banner and on all SNAP/incentives promotional material and signage
- Business featured on market website with logo and link to your website
- Social Media post featuring business 1/month
- Logo on weekly e-newsletter
Little Seed Sponsor - $250
Sponsorship fosters the development of our children's programming.
- Logo on market banner and at children's booth
- Business featured on market website with logo and link to your website
- Logo on weekly e-newsletter
Gardener - $125
Sponsorship supports programming, operational costs, and our sustainability program.
- Business or name featured on market website with logo and link to your website
- Logo on weekly e-newsletter