EVENTS & FESTIVALS

The shirt is
the souvenir.
Make it count.

Race day, festival weekend, the reunion everyone flew in for: the shirt is what's left when the event is over, and it's the one deadline in apparel that genuinely cannot slip. We print for 5Ks and marathons, community festivals, fundraising galas, conferences, and reunions. Sponsor-logo backs, STAFF and volunteer colorways, attendee merch: scheduled backwards from your date with margin built in. Exhibiting at a convention instead? That lives on our trade show & convention apparel page.

Day-of
Deadlines planned for
No
Screen charges, ever
2-3 day
Rush tiers available
PMS
Sponsor-color matching
WHO WE WORK WITH

Every shirt with a date on it.

Event apparel splits into a few repeatable jobs, participant gear, crew identification, and the merch table. We run all three, often for the same event.

Races & athletic events

5K and fun-run participant tees, marathon finisher shirts, cycling and triathlon events. Performance fabrics or soft cotton, sponsor backs laid out clean, sized from the pre-registration data. Want a prize people fight for? Fully custom sublimated jerseys make unforgettable giveaways.

Festivals & community events

Commemorative merch for fairs, food festivals, music events, and town celebrations. Year-stamped designs people collect, and reorder runs when the merch table sells out Saturday.

Fundraising events

Gala and benefit merch, charity tournament gear, walk-a-thon shirts. Pricing that protects the margin going to the cause, see our nonprofits & churches page for the full program.

STAFF, CREW & volunteer gear

High-contrast staff shirts that make your people findable in a crowd. STAFF, SECURITY, MEDICAL, VOLUNTEER colorways with big readable backs. The difference between order and chaos at the gate.

Conferences & expos

Attendee swag, speaker gifts, booth-staff polos. Corporate event programs with brand-book requirements live on our conference apparel page.

Reunions & milestones

Family reunion tees, class reunion gear, anniversary celebrations. Mixed adult and youth sizes, name-and-year backs, and designs the group photo will be wearing for the next decade.

WHAT WE SOLVE

The four ways event orders go sideways.

Event apparel has one unforgiving variable: the date. Everything we do is built around it.

01

The date that cannot move

Nobody reschedules a marathon because the shirts are late. We build the production schedule backwards from your event (art approval, press time, shipping, buffer) and confirm each milestone, so the boxes are at the venue before the first volunteer shows up.

02

Sponsor logos that arrive late and wrong

Every event organizer knows this one: the back layout is done and a sponsor sends a low-res JPEG two weeks out. We set an art deadline together, chase the stragglers with you, and clean up what arrives: vectorizing and laying out the sponsor back so every logo looks like it paid for the spot.

03

Guessing quantities before registration closes

Order too many and eat the boxes; too few and anger the late registrants. We help you size the order from your registration curve, lean on standard size-mix data when you don't have history, and keep a fast reorder path open for the difference.

04

The merch table selling out by noon

A sell-out is a good problem with a bad ending. Because your art is on file and we skip re-setup, a reorder run jumps straight into the press queue, often within a day or two, and DTF lets us backfill small quantities fast while the main reorder runs.

METHODS THAT FIT

What we usually run for events.

Quantity and timeline drive the choice. These four cover nearly every event order.

Screen printing

The event standard above 72 pieces. Sponsor backs up to 8 spot colors, PMS-matched, no screen charges: which matters when the design changes every year.

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DTF transfers

Full-color art from just 3 pieces. Right for staff-only runs, late-registrant backfills, and photo-real commemorative designs.

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Heat transfers

Per-piece roles and names (STAFF, MEDICAL, CREW LEAD, volunteer names) without per-name setup fees. Pairs with the screen-printed event art on the same shirt.

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Sublimation

All-over prints on performance polyester: the premium option for race jerseys and festival pieces designed to be worn long after the weekend.

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Custom cut & sew jerseys

The giveaway people fight for: fully custom sublimated jerseys with your event branding, sponsor logos, names and numbers. Runs of 12–72 sized for one event, in as little as 14 days.

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Common event products

Soft ring-spun tees for merch tables, performance tees for races, hi-vis shirts for parking and security crews, tank tops for summer festivals, hoodies for evening events, caps, drawstring bags, and youth sizes for family events. Browse the catalog or price your run in the wizard.

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FAQS

Questions every event organizer asks us.

How far ahead of the event should we order?

Three to four weeks is comfortable: a week for art and sponsor wrangling, a week of production, shipping, and real buffer. We've done much faster, rush tiers, as fast as 2-3 days, exist for exactly this, but buffer is cheaper than rush fees.

Can you lay out our sponsor logo back for us?

Yes. Send the logos as you collect them and we'll build a clean tiered layout, title sponsors big, supporting sponsors in rows, everything vectorized and balanced. You approve the final proof before press.

What if registrations spike after we order?

Your art stays on file, so a reorder skips setup entirely. Standard turnaround applies; for day-of gaps, DTF can backfill small quantities in days. Many events intentionally order 90% up front and top off the week of.

What size mix should we order if we don't have history?

For general-public events we'll start you from a standard adult curve (roughly S through 2XL weighted toward M/L/XL) and adjust for your audience, races skew smaller, festivals skew larger, family events need youth sizes. Real registration data beats the curve when you have it.

Can staff shirts be a different color than attendee shirts?

Yes, and they should be. Same design flipped onto a high-contrast colorway (safety green, orange, or red) makes your crew findable in a crowd. One order, two colorways, no extra setup because the art is shared.

The event is annual. Does year two get easier?

Much. Art, colors, size history, and sponsor layout all stay on file. Year two is "same as last year, new date and these three sponsor swaps", and for annual programs we can hold a 12-month contract rate.

Can you make custom jerseys as giveaways or prizes?

Yes, and they're the giveaway people keep. Our custom cut & sew program builds fully sublimated jerseys from scratch: your event branding and sponsor logos dyed into the fabric edge to edge, names and numbers included, full color at no extra charge. Short runs of 12–72 pieces deliver in as little as 14 days, perfect for tournament prizes, VIP gifts, fan giveaways at sporting events, golf scrambles, and corporate outings.

Get the shirts there before the crowd.

Price your run in the wizard, or submit a custom request and tell us the event date. We'll build the schedule backwards from it.

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