Festivals & Fan Cons

As the chords of Madonna’s “Like a Virgin” blared from the stage at the T-Mobile Zone in Las Vegas, the Sphere behind it turned crimson and lit up with the Virgin Hotels brand imagery in a precisely orchestrated moment of splashy visual, sound and emotional convergence. It was pure delight. And the race hadn’t even […]

The music festival scene is achieving its magnum opus, and it goes a little something like this: Live Nation reports that live music is the world’s favorite form of entertainment. The research also shows that live experiences are altering consumers’ identities, with 85 percent saying music shapes who they are, and 77 reporting that the […]

As digital natives, it’s no surprise that Gen Z’s interests lean toward screens, including the roughly 90-percent of the demographic that plays video games.

Promoting its new show “Spy in the Ocean, A Nature Miniseries,” PBS transported VidCon Baltimore attendees to the ocean floor to explore the setting of the four-part documentary that premiered last month.

Generative AI is still uncharted territory, but Coca-Cola dipped its toes in the water over the summer with the launch of the Coke AI Studio, an extension of its Coke Studio global music platform. The new AI-powered festival experience transforms music fans into pop stars and hit shows like Gov Ball, Lollapalooza, Osheaga and the […]