Festivals & Fan Cons
How 12 Brands Engaged Festivalgoers at the 2021 Governors Ball
The New York City-based Governors Ball festival, which took place Sept. 24-26, celebrated its 10-year anniversary this summer with brand new digs at Citi Field in Flushing, Queens, and more than a dozen brand activations to engage some 150,000 attendees. The festival featured four stages and more than 70 musical acts, art installations, NYC-themed photo...
Lollapalooza 2021: Good Vibes and Music Lovers Kick Off an In-person Festival Season
An estimated 385,000 attendees descended upon Chicago’s Grant Park for Lollapalooza, July 29 through Aug.1, kicking off a festival season that has thus far proved unlike any other. The festival instituted a number of precautions to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant, from the required proof of vaccination or, alternatively, a negative COVID...
What We Learned About Hybrid Events From Two Weekends of Essence Fest
Surprise content, concierge service and a sense of place and mission—these were among the elements that led to the success of the Essence Festival of Culture, which took place as a hybrid event over two weekends, June 25 to 27 and July 2 to 4. The hybrid gathering combined elements of Essence magazine’s wildly popular...
ComplexLand 2.0: How Complex Networks Engaged Streetwear Fans with a Gamified 3D Platform
ComplexCon is a tentpole event for Complex Networks that attracts nearly 60,000 rabid streetwear fans each year, so when COVID shut down the in-person festival in 2020, cancelling altogether wasn’t an option. But the resulting pivot to digital needed to go far beyond Zoom calls and flash sales to appeal to the event’s young, discerning...