2015 EVENTS

Rave Marketing & Events

Hobbs, New Mexico – Tuff Hedeman Championship Bull Riding – January 24th, 2015 El Paso, Texas – Tuff Hedeman Championship Bull Riding- Feb. 7th, 2015

Bossier, Louisiana – Tuff Hedeman Championship Bull Riding - March 14th, 2015 Fort Worth, Texas – Tuff Hedeman Championship Bull Riding – April 11th, 2015

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 Saturday, March 21 st 2015 – The Sunland Derby Gala

Sunday, March 22nd, 2015 – The Sunland Derby

Estimated Attendance: 30 ,000

The Sunland Derby Weekend 2015: Saturday, March 21st –Sunland Derby Gala – with special guest current Denver Bronco NFL player Wes Welker Estimated attendance: 750 Sunday, March 22nd –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

1st

Annual

FreedomFest

2 Day Fest – two weekends in a row April 25-26 and May 2-3 – Freedom Crossing – Fort Bliss

FreedomFest is a four part festival taking place over two consecutive weekends (April 25-26 and May 2-3). 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.

30 th Annual KLAQ Balloon Festival

3 Day Event

Estimated Attendance: 18 ,000 -20 ,000

May 23,24,&25 2015- The 29th Annual Balloon Festival is scheduled to take flight on Memorial Weekend, 2015 – 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.

Gina Davis

Freedom Crossing – Let Freedom Sing

Free Summer Concert Series

3 Free Concerts through out the Summer

Estimated attendance per concert: 6000

Summer of 2015- 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.

El Paso Downtown Street Festival

2 Day Event – Estimated attendance 20 ,000 -30 ,000

June 26 and 27, 2015, 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.

Mexican Food Cook Off Sept. 19, 2015- Local restaurants and Chefs compete to win in the Mexican Food World Cook Off – El Paso is known for its Mexican cuisine and the battle to be the best heats up with delicious flavors to satisfy your palette. Attendees can also cheer on their favorite Mariachi Group during the ROCK N ROLL Mariachi competition. Entertainers and dates TBD. Estimated crowd: approximately 3000 per day.

Held annually at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino Sept/ Oct 2016. Over 100 Classic and Hot Rod Cars on display as well as vendor booths, food booths, and accessory booths. Families can celebrate the day enjoying the displays of vehicles and outdoor activities as well as live music throughout the day, plenty of vendors and great giveaways inside the Casino. Casino and indoor restaurants also open to the public to add to the entertainment.

This event will be back in 2016

Bliss Brews & Que - October 9th and 10th - - 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!

2 Day Festival – November 7th and 8th 2015 –FREEDOM CROSSING at Fort Bliss The International Festival is a weekend event taking place on Saturday, November 7th and Sunday, November 8th, 2015. 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.

1st annual INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL

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

Miners, Families, Alums, Military,

Runners, Walkers, Fun loving

people – Everyone is invited to be

a part of The Glow Run 5K– the

Glow Run will consist of a 5K Run

night neon run/walk through

campus and will end with a Glow

Party featuring Live DJ’s.

DATE T.B.D.

Event Location: Cohen Stadium, El Paso, TX.

Friday, and Saturday, September- 2015

Gates open at 6:00PM – Show starts at 7:30PM

Monster Truck and Arenacross Show

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

Sun Bowl Sky Party & Half Time Act

(DATE TBD)

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

For more information contact: RAVE Marketing & Events

Events@ravemarketing.com 915.544.9000

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