Rave Managed Events

2016 EVENTS
Rave Marketing & Events
Hobbs, New Mexico – Tuff Hedeman Championship Bull Riding – January 23rd , 2016
El Paso, Texas – Tuff Hedeman Championship Bull Riding- Feb. 6th, 2016
Bossier, Louisiana – Tuff Hedeman Championship Bull Riding - February 20th, 2016
Fort Worth, Texas – Tuff Hedeman Championship Bull Riding – April 9th , 2016
Estimated Attendance at each event: 6000
Looking for a great rush of adrenaline! The Tuff Hedeman Events in Texas,
New Mexico and Louisiana are the premier Championship Bull Riding
events. Each event delivers a dose of pure energy as 24 of the best bull
riders in the Nation compete against the clock! Men, women and children of
all ages come and cheer their favorites on as they try to tame the 2000
pound beasts for at least 8 Seconds! Hosted by legend and bull riding icon,
4 X World Champion, Tuff Hedeman.
Sunland Park Derby Weekend
Friday, March 18th 2016 – The Sunland Derby Gala
Sunday, March 20th 2016 – The Sunland Derby
Estimated Attendance: 30,000
The Sunland Derby Weekend 2016:
Saturday, March 19th –Sunland Derby Gala –
with special guest TBD
Estimated attendance: 750
Sunday, March 20th –The Sunland Park Derby is
a Grade 3 Kentucky Derby prep race. Home of
2009 Kentucky Derby Winner Mine that Bird- The
Sunland Derby has become one of the premier
races in the US.
Featuring a full day of world class racing and fun
for the entire family with vendors, party tents, and
pure excitement in the Southwest Sunshine.
Estimated attendance: 30,000-35,000
2nd Annual
FreedomFest
2 Day Fest
May 13-15 – Freedom Crossing – Fort Bliss
FreedomFest is a four part festival taking place at the beginning of May 2016. FreedomFest will be designed to be
Fort Bliss and El Paso’s premier festival of music, arts and entertainment. Guests will enjoy a variety of family
activities including live concerts, fireworks, a sidewalk chalk art expo, children’s arts & crafts. The event will take
place on the event lawn and promenade areas. Each weekend will feature a different line up of entertainment
including several bands performing on the event lawn, arts and craft vendors, kid activities and rides, wine tasting
from local vineyards or the Class Six, chalk art displays/contests, classic car displays, stilt walkers and kid’s
characters, fashion shows from the apparel tenants and more. Each event would culminate in a 5 minute
professional fireworks show at our event lawn (pending fire department approval). By incorporating art, music,
sports and food into one event, the event should have mass appeal for all ages from single soldiers, families and
retirees as well as El Paso civilians.
31st Annual KLAQ Balloon Festival
3 Day Event
Estimated Attendance: 10,000
Gina Davis
May 23,24,&25 2016- The KLAQ Balloon Festival is scheduled to
take flight on Memorial Weekend, 2016 – Sat. Sun. & Mon. Balloon
Launch with concerts and other activities at Wet N Wild Water Park.
Over 35 balloons will fill the skies as crowds of 20,000 plus attend the
premier family event of the summer. Activities include: balloon rides,
water rides, vendor shopping, & live music and headliner concerts
every evening.
Freedom Crossing – Let Freedom Sing
Free Summer Concert Series
3 Free Concerts through out the Summer
Estimated attendance per concert: 6000
Summer of 2016- Summer Concert Series
at the Freedom Crossing Shopping
Center; In 2011 Freedom Crossing at Fort
Bliss hosted for the first time ever a
series of summer concerts. The series
was very successful, and as a result
Freedom Crossing has committed to
hosting the series every summer with 4
outdoor shows. Past entertainers
include, Gym Class Heroes, Randy Rogers
Band, Karmin , Blues Traveler and Lee
Brice - Estimated crowd: 90% Military
averaging 10,000 people per concert.
Performers from previous shows
El Paso Downtown Street Festival
2 Day Event – Estimated attendance 20,000-30,000
June 17-18 , 2016, The Downtown Street Festival will bring El
Paso’s downtown streets to life with 2 days of celebrating in the
newly renovated downtown area. The Street Festival includes 5
stages filled with non-stop music, over 100 vendor booths
sampling the tastes, novelties & crafts of our diverse border
cultures, a children’s carnival area filled with amusement rides and
activities for the whole family. Each night features a concert with a
national touring act and ends with a fireworks finale! This event
had an overwhelming attendance of 20,000 to 30,000+ and
continues to grow.
Monster Truck and Arenacross Show
Event Location: Cohen Stadium, El Paso, TX.
Friday, and Saturday, September 17-18 2016
Gates open at 6:00PM – Show starts at 7:30PM
A double dose of high flying, revved up action
leaves crowds wanting more as this 2 day event
invades the Cohen Stadium in El Paso, Texas.
Monster Truck madness followed by Arenacross
action that includes a pre-show pit party and
plenty of space to display your product
Families, Alums, Military, Runners, Walkers, Fun loving people – Everyone is invited to be a part of
the Groove & Glow 5K – the Groove & Glow Run will consist of a Fun-K night neon/glow in the dark
Walk/Run that incorporates dancing, running, & walking through Glow in the dark move & groove
stations along the route blaring out music from the 70’s, 80’s, 90’s and current hits.
The Fun-K will end with a Groove & Get Down Party at the finish line.
Register at www.grooveandglow.com
Bliss Brews & Que - October 7th and 8th - Bliss, Brews & Que is the ONLY Kansas City
Barbeque Society (KCBS) Sanctioned event on a
U.S. military installation. Not just any
installation, but Fort Bliss, Texas, one of the
largest in the United States. A weekend
celebrating some of America's favorites....blues
music, good brews, delicious barbeque, and the
United States Army. Free and open to the
public!
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL
2 Day Festival – November 5th and 6th 2016 –FREEDOM CROSSING at Fort Bliss
The International Festival is a weekend event taking place on Saturday, November 7th and Sunday, November 8th,
2016. It will be held outside and with up to 5 different nationalities represented in a different area of the shopping
center, with the promenade area being the center of the event. Guests will visit each area of the festival and sample
the culture throughout the day. Each culture will be represented with food, drinks, music, merchandise and
entertainment. There will be an emphasis on family friendly activities, so all ages will enjoy the event. Fort Bliss is a
diverse installation with many different ethnicities represented. Further, El Paso also has many different nationalities
amongst its population yet aside from a small Greek festival in late summer and Oktoberfest in September; there are
no events to celebrate that diversity and this event would fill that void with a large scale outdoor celebration.
Public Skating at the El Paso County Coliseum Ice Rink –
Opportunity to get in front of an active crowd during the
Holiday Season – Themed days and nights available.
Starting in late November through the New Year –
thousands of families will come to the closest thing to a
winter wonderland in the Sunny Southwest. Estimated
attendance: 15,000
Sun Bowl Sky Party & Half Time Act
SKY Party Attendance: 1000-1500
Game Attendance: 50,000 plus
Five Stories in the sky, the first official FREE New
Years Eve party kicks off at the SUN BOWL – Bring in
the New Year with all your friends and family Pre
Game – 9:00 am on Top of the UTEP Parking garage
next to the UTEP Book Store
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RAVE Marketing & Events
Events@ravemarketing.com
915.544.9000