Festivals & Fan Cons

This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover celestial creations, gravy races and blunt education.

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 […]

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.

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.

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 […]