Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
6PM on the 31st and finishing at 8am on the 2nd of January. The event was a blazing success.
We were pleased to partner with an eclectic team of experienced professionals from Kenya,
Australia, South Africa and Zimbabwe, some of which are behind the success of such events
as Rocking The Dasies (SA), Balkanology (SA), Cape Town Earthdance, Origin Festival
Cape Town, and the Harare International Festival of the Arts. The performance line-up of last
year was also stepped up a notch with Wankelmut as headliner (Double Platinum Single in
Germany and over 180 million YouTube hits). Please Click Here for a selection of photos of
the event and a short film by Chris Howarth: https://vimeo.com/159594425
We have already started planning the much awaited event. This year we have decided to
increase the space: the event will be hosted on a beautiful 6 acre creek-front property directly
neighbouring Distant Relatives Ecolodge & Backpackers. This should allow us to increase
the number of tickets for sale to 1500 guests with an entry price of 6,000 Ksh (same price as
last year).
The line-up is not finalized, mainly for budgetary reasons, and we are also still negotiating
terms of artist bookings with their respective agents. The event has gained enough reputation
over the past three years for artists to be expecting a decent Performance Fee, as well as
flights, food and accommodation, often for 2 people (either agent or partner), and a 15 to
20% Agent Fee. The tentative line-up has not yet been made public hence your discretion
will be appreciated:
Event Description:
Welcome to KILIFI NYE 2017: A radically creative two-day camping festival
Bush | Beats | Beach | Booty
KILIFI NYE is a radically creative, two day, explosion of musical, tropical and beach culture
set on the gorgeous banks of Kilifi creek in Kenya. Incredible performers from around East
Africa and the world come together to put on a show like none you will have seen before as
we celebrate the intersection between African and World electronic music. The line-up is
shaping up to be truly incredible so watch this space for artist announcements. You wont be
disappointed!
We invite you to arrive early on Dec 31st, pitch your tent in our tropical forest, have a cold
drink at the bar and prepare yourselves for 36 hours of musical mayhem.
Contributors from around the world will unite to turn our beachside playground into an
extraordinary exhibition of colours, lights, installations and stalls of mind blowing diversity
and proportion.
Immerse yourself in an incredible journey of dynamic sounds and amazing dcor on night
one as we dance till the sun rises. Be sure to keep going for the infamous early morning
sunshine reggae set. After that, maybe cool off in the shade for a few hours nap before the
music starts again for the second day. This is when things really get fun as we throw out our
inhibitions, let loose, and begin the New Year with incredible energy and a union of spirits.
Just after midnight well hit the beach in the moonlight for a boogie as we burn our giant
Burning Man effigy.
We want you to be a part of the show! So bring your tent, your craziest costumes and your
inner wild child!
Kilifi New Year has doubled its audience in the past two years and is expected to triple its
audience this year compared to the first edition (Kilifi New Year 2014).This year the event is
expected to sell out once more and hence to welcome 1500 guests, added to which one can
safely expect a team of about 30 volunteers and another 30 complimentary tickets. Our
attendees range from 18 years old to 50 year old professionals. Our main audience is
composed of 25 to 40 years old with an average salary of $40,000 per year, more or less
fairly distributed as Male 45% / Female 55%
These attendees include National and International electronic music lovers consisting of
Kenyans, expats residing in Nairobi, and tourists. We draw a truly diverse crowd. Most of
foreign visitors though have a strong tie to Kenya: they will either have grown here and work
overseas, or have been coming and going regularly ever since.
The audience can otherwise be described as the young, new hipster crowd that is welcoming
change and modernity in Kenya. They are mostly people with university level education that
are either employed or very commonly will be owning and running their own businesses
based here in Kenya. Many of them will be people of creative professions in senior
management positions of young and hip companies. They enjoy good food, good company,
good drinks and wont hesitate to pay a premium for the quality the crowds that enjoy
hanging out at ArtCaffe, Talisman and Purdy Arms in Nairobi. They expect high quality
service, they are financially well-off and like to socialize. They are happy to spend 6000ksh
for such a high quality event and seeing how we have never received any complaint about
the entrance price, they would most likely be happy to pay more if we proportionately
increased the event quality. Many of them will attend music festivals across Europe and
Africa. They are also simply-speaking the slightly older professional party-going
demographic.
Throughout the year, Distant Relatives Ecolodge Backpackers welcomes this same crowd
described above where they come spend their weekends and holidays to relax and party with
friends in a happy and socially diverse sustainable environment. The reputation of the Distant
Relatives speaks for itself - we are ranked #1 of 321 existing hotels in our category on the
coast with more than 250 excellent reviews on Tripadvisor. Distant Relatives Restaurant is
rated amongst the ten best on the coast and we are certified by Ecotourism Kenya. The
Lonely Planet chose Distant Relatives as their Special Pick of the area and said If you
need a reason to come to Kilifi, this is it.Both an ecolodge and a backpackers, this place
gets it so right. Expect good cheer, good people and good conscience.
The biggest printed and online media outlets have spoken highly of Distant Relatives and
welcomed this new approach to tourism in Kenya:
o The Daily Nation Online: http://www.nation.co.ke/news/You-can-choose-DistantRelatives-to-feel-at-ease-away-from-home/-/1056/2888236/-/81g889z/-/index.html
o The Daily Nation Page 2: see Appendix 1
o By Nomad/ Sleepout: http://nomad.sleepout.com/me-time-made-possible-at-distantrelative-lodge/
o By Travelling Kenya: http://travelingkenya.com/index.php/special-travel-contentfeatures/travel-news-feature/amazing-safari-camps-and-safari-lodges-getaways-inkenya/1742-kilifi-backpackers-distant-relativesn
o By Manu: https://manostravels.wordpress.com/2013/07/20/new-hideout-for-kenyaseco-hipsters/
OUR WEBSITES:
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New Kilifi New Year website: we are launching a new website this year in order for
the event to become a separate entity from Distant Relatives:
o Welcome Page sponsor Banner or logo
o Special website tab for sponsor to promote Brand and Products
o On full event information page of website: logo and link of Sponsor
Our website (http://www.kilifibackpackers.com/) has about 4,000 page views per
month. We will add a banner on the welcome page of our website including event
information and sponsor logo
PRINTED:
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Physical posters & Flyers placed 3 months ahead of event in popular hangouts in
Kenya. We have already received authorization for displays at The Alchemist Bar,
Purdy Arms, Carnivore Restaurant, Tamambo Restaurants, Tamarind Village and
Restaurants, South Coast Backpackers, Tulia Backpackers, Malindi Backpackers,
Malindi Snake Park, Kilifi Boat Yard, Wild Living Caf, Pwani University, Nairobi
University, Milimani Backpackers:
o Large Sponsor logo central position or top of the page
o All sponsor logos at bottom of the page
Physical posters in shopping malls 1 month in advance:
o Large Sponsor logo central position or top of the page
o All sponsor logos at bottom of the page
We will be sending volunteer representatives to attend the biggest events on the coast
and in Nairobi before NYE and distribute flyers while wearing event T-Shirts which
will include sponsor Logo. The representatives can distribute Main Sponsor product
info also.
Distant Relatives Ltd
Email:distantrelativeskilifi@gmail.com | Website: www.kilifibackpackers.com
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Tel: +254 7 02 232323/ +254 7 03 232323 | Postal Address: P.O. Box 126, Postcode 80108, Kilifi, Kenya
SOCIAL MEDIA:
o On the various platforms below, you will be welcome to send us promotional material
of your products which we will share as Administrators of our Pages and the
Facebook Event.
o Facebook:
Initially, weekly posts followed by daily posts from 1st December on Distant Relatives Kilifi
page (9418 followers) and Kilifi New Year page (2943 followers). We will spend 200$ to
Boost NYE posts which will include sponsor info.
A Facebook Event will also be created in the next two weeks aiming at inviting 5,000 people
minimum. The events description will contain sponsor information as well as the event top
Banner.
o Twitter
Same as Facebook on:
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o Instagram
Same as Facebook on:
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o Social Media Banners will also be created by our Graphic Designer to announce
artists and also for artists to use on their respective pages. In artist booking contracts,
we will ask that they display these Banners on their pages, and share information
about the event which will include sponsor logo. Please see below their social media
following:
o Be Svendsen (Denmark) 10,000 likes on Facebook, 19,000 followers on
Soundcloud (https://soundcloud.com/besvendsen)
o Monolink 11,644 likes on Facebook, 12,100 followers on Soundcloud
(https://soundcloud.com/monolink)
o Seth Schwarz (Germany) 7,869 likes on Facebook. 8,922 followers on
Soundcloud (https://www.facebook.com/schwarz.schwarz.music/?fref=ts)
o Blinky Bill from Just a Band (Kenya) 1,427 likes and 25,933 likes on
Facebook, 2092 followers and 1236 followers on Soundcloud.
o Cortega (Senegal) 12,333 likes on Facebook, 1243 followers on Soundcloud
(https://soundcloud.com/cortega)
Distant Relatives Ltd
Email:distantrelativeskilifi@gmail.com | Website: www.kilifibackpackers.com
| Find us on Facebook! |Find us on Twitter!|Find us on Instgram!
Tel: +254 7 02 232323/ +254 7 03 232323 | Postal Address: P.O. Box 126, Postcode 80108, Kilifi, Kenya
BY EMAIL:
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Three Newsletters highlighting Kilifi New Year 2017 will be sent late August, early
December and end of January to our contacts list of 5000 people residing in Kenya, or
travelling to and from Kenya regularly as well as other hotels and partners in the East
African tourism industry:
o A couple of lines about our main Sponsor and links to product information in
the main event description of the Newsletter
o Logo on Poster/ Flyer that will be included in Newsletter
We will add a NYE event banner in our email signature including your brand when
replying to all Distant Relatives emails & inquiries as well as event bookings.
UP Magazine published articles about Kilifi New Year each year (both for free and
paid ads).
Tuko (estimated traffic of 600,000 per month): https://tuko.co.ke/80010-four-reasonevent-party-new-years-eve.html
Kenya Buzz (printed and online): https://www.kenyabuzz.com/whats-on/new-yearseve-2016-kilifi
EDM.co.ke - http://edm.co.ke/news/kilifi-nye-2016-wankelmut-2999
Juiced.co.ke: http://www.juiced.today/2015/12/14/juiced-today-pe-dj-wankelmut/
http://www.juiced.today/2015/12/10/juiced-today-pe-olly-barnett/
Lifeinmombasa.com: http://lifeinmombasa.com/mombasa-raha-new-years-eve/
Mention in The Nation: http://www.nation.co.ke/lifestyle/showbiz/-Here-is-what-islined-up-to-welcome-the-New-Year/-/1950810/3017182/-/14icjy3/-/index.html
Mention in The Standard:
http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2000186629/foreign-artistes-ready-for-kenyas-new-year-fete
Etrigg.com: https://etrigg.com/event/new-years-eve-2016-kilifi/3050420/
Blogs:
o https://kenyansnapshot.wordpress.com/2014/01/22/kilifi/
o https://blog.greatventuresurfco.com/tag/kilifi/
o http://www.ndegenews.com/2014/12/new-year-by-the-beach/
MERCHANDISE:
If you supply us with Branded T-Shirts all our staff can be wearing your shirt. As was the
case last year, our staff and ourselves continued wearing the branded T-Shirts throughout the
year and until now.
Distant Relatives Ltd
Email:distantrelativeskilifi@gmail.com | Website: www.kilifibackpackers.com
| Find us on Facebook! |Find us on Twitter!|Find us on Instgram!
Tel: +254 7 02 232323/ +254 7 03 232323 | Postal Address: P.O. Box 126, Postcode 80108, Kilifi, Kenya
Face time is important. Get in front of your customers for a more personal approach.
We are most happy to welcome your push girls
Setup your own bar selling your own products, with your own staff and as much
branding as you like
Live mentions throughout the event
Permanent banner at Distant Relatives Ecolodge & Backpackers around the bar
starting now until two months after the event.
Banner on gate at entrance of event as well as ticket booth, money voucher booth and
souvenir shop.
Extras:
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1) Artist Costs:
The tentative Line-up was a complicated decision mainly for budgetary concerns. This year
we have decided to bring in more African acts. Please note that some minor adjustments in
the list below are likely to happen (Roostahs possibly not available and a few extra acts are
likely to join ).
Performance
Fee
Agent
fee
Flights
Costs
Accommodation
Allowance
200000
100000
0
0
100000
100000
100000
20000
20000
Total
International
1)
2)
3)
4)
7)
8)
9)
Umoja - 2 members
Cortega- 2 members
Be Svendsen
Seth Schwarz
Monolink
Jacob Greoning
Luke Redford
0
50000
200000
200000
50000
50000
20000
30000
7500
7500
20000
20000
220000
170000
230000
200000
177500
177500
120000
Local
50000
20000
70000
50000
50000
50000
0
50000
50000
20000
70000
50000
70000
0
70000
70000
1695000
20000
20000
20000
Grand Total
3) Burning Man:
Dcor & Lighting is expected to cost up to 2 Million Ksh. We are seeking for a sponsor to
cover the costs of the Burning Man (15 to 20 meter structure) with Branding opportunities on
the structure itself. Estimated cost of 500,000 Ksh (Labour & Materials).
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES:
Sponsorship level
Number of sponsors
Sponsorship value
Kilifi New Year website Logo & Link of Sponsor on full Sponsor list
Flyers & Posters Logo at bottom of flyer/poster
Social Media Sponsor-specific posts Number of posts
Newsletter: Logo to appear on Poster shared in Newsletter
Invitations to all other events leading to NYE
VIP Passes
Banners/ signs or Promo material across event, parking and Camping
Artists to thank Sponsor on their personal Social Media platforms
Live mentions throughout the Event
Setup your own bar for your own products with own branding and staff
Free Vendor area space allocation
Media Launch & Warm-Up Party Sponsor Promo Space allocation
Free tickets allocations & space for Push Girls
Photography: Photographers to focus on Sponsor products
Bronze
Silver
Gold
$ 5 000
$ 10 000
$ 20 000
Unlimite
d
10
3
2
5
5
Selection
1
Selection
2
15 m
10
20
All
40 m
10
Please note that all sponsor-related Marketing material is to be provided by the sponsor as
soon as possible. We are happy to discuss above exposure options as well as to discuss other
possible means of exposure that you think might better benefit your brand. Please also note
that only Gold Sponsors will be offered to claim full exclusivity on their product category
(for example: Sprits or Beer).
Distant Relatives Ltd
Email:distantrelativeskilifi@gmail.com | Website: www.kilifibackpackers.com
| Find us on Facebook! |Find us on Twitter!|Find us on Instgram!
Tel: +254 7 02 232323/ +254 7 03 232323 | Postal Address: P.O. Box 126, Postcode 80108, Kilifi, Kenya
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