Sponsorship Info

Ephraim M. Martin and his not-for-profit organization, Martin’s International Culture produces four annual events: The Chicago Music Awards(CMA); The International Reggae and World Music Awards (IRAWMA), The International Festival of Life(IFOL) and the Caribbean Festival/Jamaica Independence Celebration(CAF/JIC).

Martin’s International Culture has provided numerous sponsors with excellent promotional opportunities over it’s twenty-five year history of active production. Promotional opportunities are particularly attractive for industries such as beverage companies, telecommunication, financial institutions, internet/online, money wiring, the recording industry, video and the media(televison, radio, newspaper and magazine), travel(airlines, hotels, etc.), apparel, sporting goods/equipment, food and beverages, beauty products and supplies, automobiles, health and nutrition, electronics and computers. Martin’s International Culture enables alternative opportunity sponsors to reach an untapped market of music fans and entertainment supporters from across the Midwest as well as other parts of the country.

Previous Martin’s International Culture sponsors have included: American Airlines, Trump Casino Hotel, McDonald’s, Walgreen, Western Union, Air Jamaica, Red Stripe
Beer, Guinness, Apple Vacations, Ameritech, AT&T, Eli’s Cheesecake, Paul Masson, Bank One, Appleton Rum, Budweiser Hometown Distributing, Dean Foods, Holiday Inn, Howard Johnson, Marriott, Island Records, Renaissance Jamaica Grande, Upscale magazine, Rollingout magazine, Jamrock magazine, to name a few.

Each Martin’s International Culture event attracts thousands annually and provides sponsors numerous promotional opportunities to reach the vast untapped market of reggae and world music fans, artist, and industry professionals throughout the world. Reggae music has transcended the regional and cultural boundaries of the Caribbean and has become recognized and enjoyed internationally as a world-class music form.

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