Home and Cottage Expo Information

Why Exhibit 

Exhibiting at a trade show provides visibility and credibility to your company. It allows you to establish and build a presence in your target market. Additionally, it allows you to make new leads, attract new customers, and eventually build a more established and renowned brand.

Click here to register your exhibitor booth at the Home & Cottage Expo

Sponsor Opportunities

Being a sponsor allows you to collaborate your business promotions with advertisements throughout the region and garner major exposure to your target audience!

Presenting Sponsor of the Home & Cottage Expo - one available.

Align your business with one of the largest and most regionally-focused consumer home shows in central Ontario. 

Includes:

• Business logo in premiere positioning on two billboards in Owen Sound
• Logo with premiere positioning on the Home & Cottage Expo website with a direct link to your website
• Logo with premiere positioning on a minimum of four on-site signs
• Logo with premiere positioning on social media advertisements, acknowledgement by name in social media posts
• Logo with premiere positioning on signs at the Bayshore Community Centre & Julie McArthur Regional Recreation Centre
• Logo with premiere positioning in all print ads, including Our Homes Grey Bruce magazine, & On The Bay and Escarpment magazine
• Logo with premiere positioning on show guide & map, distributed at show
• Logo on lawn signs prominently placed in the City of Owen Sound and area communities
• Logo and business name on the Home & Cottage Expo Prize Passport
• Acknowledgement by name in all radio ads, on five different stations across Grey & Bruce
• Acknowledgement in media releases and interviews
• Three (3) consecutive booth spaces at the Home & Cottage Show, on the arena floor in a prime location of your choice

TOTAL VALUE OF THIS PACKAGE: $20,000
Your Business’ Investment: $6,000 (plus HST) OR $5,000 (plus HST) and $1,000 in-kind donation of large prize for draw.

Click here to inquire about being the Presenting Sponsor of the Home & Cottage Expo

Supporting Sponsor of the Home & Cottage Expo - five available.

Includes:

• Logo on the Home & Cottage Expo website with a direct link to your website
• Logo on a minimum of four on-site signs
• Logo on social media advertisements, acknowledgement by name in social media posts
• Logo with signs at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre & Julie McArthur Regional Recreation Centre
• Logo on all print ads, including Our Homes Grey Bruce magazine, On The Bay and Escarpment magazine
• Logo with on show guide & map, distributed at show
• Logo on lawn signs placed in the City of Owen Sound and area communities.
• Logo & business name on the Home & Cottage Expo Prize Passport
• Acknowledgement by name in all radio ads on a rotational basis
• Acknowledgement in media releases

TOTAL VALUE OF THIS PACKAGE: $5,000
Your Business’ Investment: $1,500 (plus HST)

Click here to inquire about being a Supporting Sponsor of the Home & Cottage Expo

The Home and Cottage Expo is accepting donations of medium size fabric reusable bags which will be given out at the door for each paid entry. Bags can have YOUR logo on the outside, which is a perfect way to advertise! Attendees fill the bags with information from booths or items they bought and can then reuse later for groceries or store purchases.

Email jwright@owensound.ca if you are interested in donating please reach out.  

Exhibitor Registration

 Register online here!

Exhibitor Terms and Conditions

Exhibitor Information and Accommodations

Entrances

All Exhibitors will be inside, or outside in the South (front) parking lot of the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre. For directions, click here.

Food and drink

The Owen Sound Attack concession stand will be open for food purchases if you'd like to enjoy a bite while browsing the Show.

Accessibility

The Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre is a Nut-Aware facility.  Nuts and nut-products are not to be sold or given away in the facility, to help reduce the risks for those with Anaphylaxis.

The Home & Cottage Expo is fully wheelchair accessible, with accessible parking available, and an elevator on site.

If you have any questions or concerns about accessibility features at the Home & Cottage Expo, please call (519.376.4440 ext. 1237), email or visit City Hall (808 2nd Avenue E, Owen Sound).