SFEA Kaleidoscope Awards
Designed to recognize the marketing, programming and overall event, the SFEA Kaleidoscope Awards acknowledge the highest level of achievement in the festival and event industry throughout the southeast region. Gain the recognition your event, volunteers, staff and sponsors deserve.
To qualify, the event as well as the producing organization must be located within the southeast region (Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, North and South Carolina, Virginia and Kentucky) and have occurred between or including November 1, 2011 and October 31, 2012. Start saving materials (articles, photos, ads and collateral) to back up your submission.
2012 Winners
The best and brightest were spotlighted last week at the Southeast Festivals and Events Kaleidoscope Awards, in Kingsport, Tennessee on February 21. The ceremony was held in conjunction with the 9th Annual Southeast Festivals and Events (SFEA) Conference. Top festivals and events throughout the southeast were recognized for their outstanding contribution to the events industry.
“The quality of submissions continues to increase each year making it all the more difficult for the judges to select the winners,” noted Wendy Thomas, executive director for SFEA. “Of course, to ‘win gold,’ becomes all the sweeter when there is additional competition, in the Southeast, and the recognition a festival receives for winning is priceless.”
The name “kaleidoscope” was selected due to the colors in the image that represent the many different elements and facets within festivals and events. The categories, in which one can win recognition, are also diverse, ranging from Best Social Media Campaign to Best T-Shirt to Best Festival or Event.
Best Festival – with a budget over $75,000
Bronze: Conyers Cherry Blossom Festival, Georgia International Horse Park
Silver: Deep Roots Festival, Milledgeville Main St/Downtown Development
Gold: Taste of Atlanta, Taste of Atlanta
Best Festival – with a budget under $75,000
Bronze: Family Block Party, Atlanta Parent Magazine
Silver: Big Haynes Creek Wildlife Festival, Georgia International Horse Park
Gold: The Shrimp and Grits Festival, Jekyll Island Authority
Best New Event
Bronze: Piedmont Park Summer Arts and Crafts Festival, Georgia Foundation for Public Spaces
Silver: Festival on Ponce, Georgia Foundation for Public Spaces
Gold: 9/11 Ceremony and Unveiling of Remembrance, City of Suwanee
Best Sponsor
Bronze: Public Works Department, Deep Roots Festival
Silver: Rockdale/Newton Citizen, Conyers Cherry Blossom Festival
Gold: Superior Plumbing, North Georgia State Fair
Best Green Component
Silver: Recycled Materials used to produce awards, The Turtle Crawl Triathlon and Nest Fest
Gold: Fun Fest Trash Barrel Paint-In: Kingsport Chamber of Commerce/Kingsport CVB
Best Event Photograph
Bronze: North Georgia State Fair; North Georgia State Fair
Silver: Pan African Festival, Bright Ideas Group
Gold: Deep Roots Festival, Milledgeville Main St/Downtown Development
Best Website
Bronze: North Georgia State Fair, North Georgia State Fair
Silver: BIG PIG JIG, Dooly County Chamber of Commerce
Gold: Centennial Olympic Park, Centennial Olympic Park
Best Volunteer
Bronze: Kathryn Willis, Duluth Fall Festival
Silver: Don Dillard, 43rd Annual Yellow Daisy Festival
Gold: Tommy Clack, Fabulous 4th Festival
Best Marketing Campaign
Bronze: North Georgia State Fair, North Georgia State Fair
Silver: Deep Roots Festival, Milledgeville Main St/Downtown Development
Gold: Rock and Reel, Bright Ideas Group
Best Poster
Bronze: Taste of Atlanta, Taste of Atlanta
Silver: Festival on Ponce, Georgia Foundation for Public Spaces
Gold: Deep Roots Festival, Milledgeville Main St/Downtown Development
Best Event Program
Bronze: 43rd Annual Yellow Daisy Festival, Stone Mountain Park
Silver: Deep Roots Festival, Milledgeville Main St/Downtown Development
Gold: Arts in the Heart of Augusta Festival, Greater Augusta Arts Council
Best Creative Idea
Gold: iPhone App, Taste of Atlanta
Best Other Merchandise
Bronze: BIG PIG JIG, Dooly County Chamber of Commerce
Silver: Conyers Cherry Blossom Festival, Georgia International Horse Park
Gold: Kingsport Fun Fest, Kingsport Chamber of Commerce/Kingsport CVB\
Best T-Shirt
Bronze: 36th Annual Pow Wow, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
Silver: Southern Fried Festival, Maury County CVB
Gold: BIG PIG JIG, Dooly County Chamber of Commerce\
Best Event within an Event
Bronze: BIG PIG JIG Quiz Fest, BIG PIG JIG
Silver: Suwanee Day Flash Mob, Suwanee Day
Gold: Walk with Angels, Conyers Cherry Blossom Festival
Best Vendor/Supplier
Silver: Ticket Alternative, Taste of Atlanta
Gold: Pit Stop Sanitation Services, Festival on Ponce
Best Social Media Campaign
Bronze: Piedmont Park Summer Arts Festival, Georgia Foundation for Public Spaces
Silver: Festival on Ponce, Georgia Foundation for Public Spaces
Gold: Fourth of July Celebration, Centennial Olympic Park