Sponsorship Opportunities

Join us in making Alibi 2026 unforgettable.

why alibi?

  • The region's only event combining a film festival and true crime convention under one roof.

  • True crime is a powerful, highly engaged entertainment category spanning streaming, television, podcasts, publishing, and live events.

  • Reach a passionate audience through an innovative, educational, and culturally relevant festival.

  • Year-round brand visibility through pre-event, on-site, and post-event marketing.

  • Integrated exposure across digital media, social media, livestreams, print, and on-site activations.

  • Direct audience engagement with thousands of festival attendees and online viewers.

  • Meaningful brand association with one of today’s most compelling entertainment genres.

Audience Profile

  • 25–54 core demographic with appeal across multiple adult age groups

  • Predominantly adult, discretionary-income consumers

  • Strong female audience, alongside a diverse male audience

  • Regional + national draw, attracting fans, creators, filmmakers, podcasters, and industry professionals

  • College-educated and professionally diverse

  • Heavy streaming, podcast, social media, and digital media consumers

  • Passionate interests in true crime, film, television, psychology, justice, investigation, forensics, and storytelling

  • Experience-driven consumers who attend conventions, festivals, live events, and entertainment experiences

  • Highly social and share-oriented, extending brand exposure beyond the event

  • Influential content consumers who discover, discuss, recommend, and share what they watch

  • Alibi gives brands access to a passionate, identifiable audience with multiple opportunities to engage.

Reach And Engagement

  • Highly engaged niche audience — True crime fans actively seek out content, creators, filmmakers, podcasts, documentaries, and live experiences

  • Multi-platform exposure — Sponsors gain visibility across the festival, convention, social media, digital content, livestreams, email marketing, and promotional campaigns

  • In-person + digital reach — Connect with attendees on-site while extending exposure to audiences beyond the festival through digital and social channels

  • Multiple brand touchpoints — Opportunities for stage presence, signage, activations, branded experiences, promotional materials, and audience interaction

  • Content-driven engagement — Align your brand with compelling films, filmmakers, experts, speakers, and conversations that audiences are already passionate about

  • Extended campaign value — Build awareness before, during, and after the event rather than relying on a single event-day impression

Interested?