Festivals & Fan Cons
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B-to-C Events
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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Executive Q&A: BDG Media Talks Music Festivals, Gen Z and Capturing the Zeitgeist
For BDG Media, and the array of publications under its umbrella, aligning with event tentpoles has become essential to positioning the company as the pinnacle of culture and nightlife.
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Festivals & Fan Cons
Coachella 2024 Experiential Marketing: Shower Portals, Manifest Stations and ‘Surpr-ICES’
Festival season has sprung once again and, per usual, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is serving as its launchpad. The Indio, CA-based event at the Empire Polo Club, hosted this year April 12-14 and April 19-21, features headlining performances by No Doubt, Lana Del Ray, Tyler, The Creator and Doja Cat; a new […]
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As Las Vegas Bets on Big Sporting Events, Brands and Agencies Offer Tips for Activating in the City
Las Vegas has long been known as Sin City, but lately, the city has vied for the moniker of “Sports and Entertainment Capital of the World,” particularly leaning into sports with the addition of pro sports franchises. With the dust settled on this year’s Super Bowl, we asked several brand marketers and agency executives to reflect on their recent experiences activating in Las Vegas and share their perspectives for successfully navigating the planning, local approvals and excitement on the ground. We rounded up their top eight tips.
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B-to-B Events
The Brief: Gravy Races and Gold Bunny Getaways
This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover celestial creations, gravy races and blunt education.
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The Full SXSW 2024 Recap: 11 Experiential Marketing Trends Spotted in Austin
As Beyoncé’s “Texas Hold ’Em” blasted over the airwaves of various events and activations at SXSW 2024, we were on the ground to see which brands played their cards right. And along our quest to discover the most compelling brand experiences during the 38th annual conference and festivals, which ran March 8-16, some clear experiential […]
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B-to-B Events
Going Guerrilla at SXSW: Three Lessons from Shipt
Brands have a history of producing extravagant, budget-busting activations designed to cut through the clutter at SXSW, but sometimes it’s the smaller, nimbler campaigns that make the biggest splash.
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~Pourri Brings the ‘Funk’ to SXSW 2024 with Cheeky Activations and NFC Technology
The savviest brands at SXSW recognize that their activations need to be steeped in big, bold, buzz-worthy strategies to have a shot at capturing mindshare—and let’s just say that ~Pourri understood the assignment in its debut at the annual festival this year.
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SXSW 2024, Part Two: From Porsche to Shipt, Six Activations Making Headlines
In part two of our live coverage from SXSW 2024, we bring you six more steal-worthy event and experiential strategies spotted during our travels around Austin. From lounges to guerrilla campaigns to brand immersions, here’s what caught our attention. (Read part one of our coverage here, and stay tuned for our full field report.) Related […]
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Live from SXSW 2024: Six Brands Catalyzing Connections in Austin
The 38th edition of the SXSW Conference and Festivals in Austin is officially underway, providing nine jam-packed days (March 8-16) of sessions, music and comedy showcases, film and tv screenings, exhibitions, tech competitions, awards ceremonies—oh yeah, and killer experiential marketing activations. Brands are peppered across the city this week, with some activating as official sponsors, […]
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