Festivals & Fan Cons
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The Brief: Summer Shacks and Toilet Rows
This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover Toilet Rows, Summer Shacks and hot dog drama.
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Field Report: How Brands at VidCon 2024 Captured the Spirit of Online Communities
While content creators and their fans live in a digital space, VidCon brings them offline and into an IRL location for four days of in-person engagement and connection. The digital content community descended upon Anaheim, CA, June 26-29, for the 13th annual VidCon, a celebration of all things online video. What started as a YouTuber-centric […]
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The Brief: Philanthropic Pizzas and ‘Gaychella’
This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover tot-protecting pants, “Gaychella” and pay-what-you-want pizzas.
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A Supersized Photo Tour: Inside 18 Brand Activations from Gov Ball 2024
The joy of experiencing a premier music festival on a warm June weekend might seem straightforward to fans, but the behind-the-scenes grind it takes to pull off such an endeavor is anything but. That much was evident when we arrived at New York’s Flushing Meadows Corona Park on June 7 for Live Nation’s three-day Governors […]
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The Brief: ’80s Brats and Mega-rich Superfans
This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover counterfeit pop-ups, curly girl salons and mega-rich superfans.
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Gen Z and Music Festivals: Pinterest Shares Three Insights from its Coachella Debut
It was a wise year for Pinterest to hyper-focus its efforts on Gen Z and make its grand Coachella debut, with Gen Zers driving a 1,100-percent year-over-year increase in searches related to Coachella outfit inspiration on the platform.
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The Brief: ‘Pregnant’ Street Teams and Big Green Keggs
This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover “pregnant” street teams, drag conventions and Big Green Keggs.
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Gamification, Influencers, Photo-ready Spaces: Three Tips for Activating at Fan Cons
Stepping into a fan convention can be like entering a new world. When thousands of people unite under a banner of shared interests, they feel empowered to express their true selves and engage with like-minded attendees, and it can be transportive.
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Coachella Quests: Inside the Festival’s Gamified Scavenger Hunts
Organizers of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival are consistently on the hunt for fresh ways to keep fans on-site and engaged in everything the event has to offer, from the performances to the partner activations to the f&b.
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Expedia Pops up a Larger-than-life Parasol Art Installation for New Orleans Jazz Fest
Since 1996, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival has highlighted the art, music, food and culture of a chosen country in the Cultural Exchange Pavilion.
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