Experiential
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Festivals & Fan Cons
SDCC 2025: ‘Percy Jackson’ Fans are ‘Claimed’ by the Gods at Disney’s Themed Diner
From the books to the movies to Disney’s hit series, the “Percy Jackson” franchise has attracted throngs of fans. And at San Diego Comic-Con, they lined up for hours for a chance to partake in an immersive diner experience that revealed clues about season two, which follows the second book in the series, “The Sea […]
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B-to-C Events
SDCC 2025: Brawl Stars Takes Fans on a Wild Monorail Ride into the Carnival-themed Starr Park
For its first U.S. activation, mobile game Brawl Stars, developed by Supercell, went big. During San Diego Comic-Con, July 24-27, it popped up an amusement park on a floating barge on San Diego Bay, and more than 4,000 fans went through the 45-minute immersive adventure that spanned a simulated monorail ride and the carnival game-filled […]
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B-to-C Events
SDCC 2025 Video Tour: Activations from Disney, Paramount+, FX, Adult Swim and More
EM’s editors descended on SoCal in July for what is arguably the superfan event of the year—San Diego Comic-Con. Join us for a video tour of a few top SDCC 2025 brand activations that took place outside the convention center, and all across the Gaslamp District. It’s time to let your geek flag fly. […]
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B-to-C Events
Watch The Brief, Live! July 2025 Edition: San Diego Comic-Con
Event Marketer’s Rachel Boucher, head of content; Kait Shea, senior editor and manager-digital, and Juanita Chavarro Arias, managing editor, recap and provide commentary on some of the top experiential stories, ideas and trends of the month. In this special “San Diego Comic-Con Edition,” however, we talk hidden photo ops, clowns in corn fields and activation […]
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B-to-B Events
B-to-B Dream Team 2025: Meet Rachel Langley
Good job opportunities build careers, but great mentors shape them. Before she managed multi-million-dollar event budgets for Fortune 500 companies, Rachel Langley took her first career leap at the British-American Chamber of Commerce.
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B-to-B Events
Three Things We Loved About Morgan Stanley’s Cinema-inspired Activation at Thrive
Workplace benefits are critical to attracting and retaining top talent in just about any industry, but the topic isn’t typically enthralling. So at Morgan Stanley at Work’s Thrive 2025 conference, which educates human resources professionals on the brand’s employee benefits solutions, the company added a little Hollywood magic to its presence on the show floor. […]
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B-to-C Events
The Brief: Frozen Lotion and Chainsaw-sliced Sandwiches
This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover frozen lotion, soccer jugglers and chainsaw-sliced sandwiches.
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B-to-C Events
Experiential Trend of the Week: Diner Digs
They’re low-key, open long hours, and retro as heck, and as brands have figured out, they’re offering a full menu of engagement opportunities that invite audiences to grab a booth and settle in. Yes, we’re talking diners, and all the ways brands are harnessing the aesthetic. Diner experiences caught the attention of the editors of […]
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B-to-C Events
SDCC 2025: Superfans ‘Find Their Mountain’ at Paramount+’s Lodge
From the fandom to the temps, it’s hot, hot, hot in SoCal this week, where EM has landed for what is arguably the superfan event of the year: San Diego Comic-Con. Among brands leading the experiential way once again is Paramount+ and its touring activation, The Lodge. The footprint is bigger and the IP is […]
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B-to-C Events
SDCC 2025: Conveyor Belts Move Fans Through Google Play’s ‘Fantastic Four’ Rewards Lab
Building wraps are all over San Diego this week as Comic-Con takes over the city, but none beckoned us over more than the sight of a looming Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards in “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” (the rest of the cast was on the oversized poster, too…). Underneath the huge banner, at Martin […]