Northside Bizarre brings together LGBTIQ+ community groups, local businesses, performers and punters for a one-day street festival to celebrate Melbourne’s queer kink culture and community.

Drawing over 2500 attendees, the street fundraiser raises critical funds for our LGBTIQ+ & HIV services through sponsorships, donations, auction and sales.

Sponsorship Opportunities

Partnering with us at Northside Bizarre offers an array of unique marketing and branding opportunities with our event attendees, communication channels and stakeholders.

Benefits include:

• 2500+ engaged LGBTIQA+ attendees
• 7 hours of direct in-person brand placement
• Embedded product placement within event activities and infrastructure
• Engagement via 20,000 followers across our social media platforms

$5000 HEADLINER – One Sponsor

• Name/logo listed across all physical and digital marketing materials including signage on the day.
• Naming rights for an event space of the festival of your choice – this could include a bar space, stage, auction house, marketplace etc
• Photography and filming rights with attendees at the festival
• Premium vendor space located by the main entrance in the Alley marketplace
• Brand representative on the judging panel for the Master Baker competition.
• Brand representative guest spot at the top of an auction block or for a specific auction item of your choosing
• A series of social media sponsorships posts leading up to the festival.

$2500 MAJOR – Three Sponsors

• Name/logo as a major sponsor on marketing materials
• Naming rights for an available event space of the festival – this could include a bar space, stage, auction house, marketplace etc.
  *We can discuss product placement within the selected event space.
• Vendor space located by the main entrance in the Alley marketplace
• Brand representative guest spot during one of the auction blocks
• Social media sponsorship promotion in the lead up to the festival

$1000 SUPPORTING

• Name/logo listed as a supporting sponsor on marketing materials
• Vendor space in the alley marketplace
• Social media promotion prior to the festival

Other Ways to Get Involved

Donate to the Auction House

• Gift hampers
• Vouchers
• Rare memorabilia
• Specialty services
• Restaurant packages
• Concert/theatre/event tickets
• Handmade goods
• Travel packages

Donate to our Leather & Treasure Shop

• Secondhand leather
• Harnesses
• Uniforms
• Kink/fetish/queer memorabilia (books, posters, magazines, etc)

* No DVDs or VHS tapes. No used insertables. Exceptional items may be passed to the Auction House.

Run a stall at the Alley Marketplace

Standard stall registration is $200. Local makers are welcome to share a stall.
The stall comes with a marquee and trestle table – spaces are extremely limited, book early!

Compete in Masterbaker
LGBTIQA+ sport teams are invited to compete in our baking competition, with proceeds of sales raising funds for Thorner Harbour Health.

Perform on the Laird Stage
The Laird Stage offers a unique opportunity to run demos or performances – kink inspired or led.

If you want to provide a unique offer outside the list of sponsorships below, please get in touch with our team at northsidebizarre@thorneharbour.org.