Festivals & Fan Cons

This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover sandcastle restaurants, pop-up orchards and the Betch of the Year Meme Gala.

A century ago, consumers were shuffling to big-top tents in droves to experience the grand display of surprise, t and spectacle that circuses had to offer. Today, the “greatest show on Earth” just might be the IP that a brand translates from the screen to the stage for an audience that is already privy to the plot.

In the age of distraction and content overload, experience builders are leaning on the five senses to tap into the memory-making circuits of the brain. And this year, more events are incorporating moments for brands to literally get in the ears of their target audiences (and effectively, be one-on-one) with listening booths that surround them […]

Tucked inside a suburban mall about 19 miles outside of Philadelphia sits a vibrant playground where lights, cameras and calls to action transform superfans into the heroes and villains from their favorite films and series. The fog is thick, the plots love twisting, and the rivalry is real. Welcome, outcasts, pirates, demon hunters and debutantes… […]

Social media algorithms were buzzing this past weekend as one of the industry’s titans of superfan events, BravoCon, went down in Las Vegas. Beyond the tea that was spilled and the spicy moments that emerged at more than 100 panels, parties, reunions, game shows, photo ops and off-site celebrations, 22 brand partners—15 of which were […]