Festivals & Fan Cons Archives

20 Brand Experiences from Cannes Lions 2025

Multiple brands once again descended upon the Côte d’Azur for Cannes Lions to entertain marketing, advertising and comms professionals with innovative content and technology activations.

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The Brief: Portal-Potties and Scrub Clubs

This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover Portal-Potties, National Rosé Day and Scrub Clubs.

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Inside Cannes Lions 2025: Activations from Amazon Port to Motel Yahoo

Word on the Croisette has it that Cannes is sizzling-hot, and we’re not just talking about the convergence of the world’s top creatives. High temps and humidity at the annual Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, this year June 16-20, have made cool spaces and cold treats a premium (hello, brand opportunity) as top advertising, […]

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Gov Ball 2025: Activations from 7-Eleven’s Slurpee Street to Smirnoff’s Flavor Fair

A rainy forecast didn’t stop revelers from showing up in droves to New York’s Flushing Meadows Corona Park for the annual Governors Ball music festival, June 6-8, for a weekend of music, curated f&b and playful activations. Across three days, festivalgoers not only got to enjoy performances by 60-plus artists, including headliners like Tyler, The […]

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Hot Property: Why Brands are Investing in Tier-two Music Festival Sponsorships

The music festival market has seen explosive growth over the last 10 years, and all signs point to its continued upward trajectory for the next 10. But the landscape is shifting, and its evolution, in some sense, has created an identity crisis for the festival scene’s biggest players. Coachella and Burning Man tickets, which for […]

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Stagecoach 2025 Experiential: Canteens, Styling Saloons and Boot Bars

Following two pop-filled weekends of Coachella, it was country music’s time to shine at Stagecoach 2025, held April 25-27 in Indio, CA. Western culture permeated The Empire Polo Club, as festivalgoers showed up in fashionable cowboy hats and boots, colorful bandanas, and shiny belt buckles to catch their favorite artists perform at stages spread across […]

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Coachella 2025 Experiential: Pit Stops, Perfume Pods, Glimmers and High Tea

The desert was hot, but the sets were hotter at this year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, hosted April 11-13 and April 18-20 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA. Once again serving as the unofficial launch of festival season, the event boasted headline talent including Lady Gaga, Green Day and Post Malone; […]

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Crowd Safety: How One Nonprofit is Improving Training for Event Profs Globally

The Pink Bows Foundation, launched after the Astroworld Festival tragedy, is co-producing training events across the world in partnership with leading safety experts On Nov. 5, 2021, 23-year-old Madison Dubiski was one of 10 concertgoers who lost their lives in the Astroworld Festival tragedy. About 50,000 people gathered at NRG Park in Houston to watch […]

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Three Ways Tullamore D.E.W. Uses St. Patrick’s Day as a Business Opportunity

For Tullamore D.E.W., St. Patrick’s Day isn’t just a cultural celebration—it’s also big business. Irish whiskey continues to see explosive growth, particularly in the U.S., which accounts for 40 percent of exports. And as the second biggest brand in the category, Tully is leaning on experiential to stay relevant and score mindshare at events like […]

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SXSW 2025: FX Teases ‘Alien: Earth’ with an Immersive Wreckage Pop-up

A mysterious space-vessel crash appeared in Austin, TX, during SXSW. Curious (and brave) passersby who stumbled upon FX’s The Wreckage activation had a chance to step inside and uncover details from the upcoming “Alien: Earth” series, a prequel to the 1979 film “Alien” that started the franchise. Before receiving credentials and instructions to enter, participants […]

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