The team behind the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta have announced the first wave of companies that will sponsor the summer festival taking place from August 9 to 11. The pioneering electric-car manufacturer Tesla, aerospace design and manufacturer Airbus and The Ivy restaurant chain will be supporting the festival alongside Bailey of Bristol caravans, Somerset-based family-run cidermaker Thatcher’s, and Butcombe Brewing Company.
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00:00 The team behind Bristol's International Balloon Fiesta have announced the first wave
00:05 of companies that will sponsor the summer festival, taking place from the 9th to the
00:10 11th of August this year. The pioneering electric car manufacturer Tesla, aerospace design and
00:17 manufacturer Airbrush and the Ivy restaurant chain will be supporting the festival, alongside
00:23 Bailey of Bristol Caravans, Somerset-based family-run cider Thatchers and Buckham Brewing
00:30 Company. The Bristol Junior Chamber, which played a key role in the founding of the festival,
00:36 will return as an official partner, and Clifton-based Ambitious signed up. The sponsorship deals,
00:43 which will give the companies exposure to worldwide media attention, were announced
00:48 in the wake of an appeal for businesses to support the fiesta by the organisers to ease
00:54 the financial pressures and safeguard the event for future generations.