Festivals & Fan Cons

In an effort to differentiate itself from its Gatorade sister brand, and hyper-engage its fitness enthusiast target, Propel Water, a PepsiCo brand, created the Propel Co:Labs program. What began as pop-up fitness events in L.A. and New York City, that morphed into a multi-city pop-up program punctuated by a festival, is now a nationwide fitness […]

Among the summer’s biggest festivals is the Country Music Association’s CMA Fest in Nashville, which took place June 7-10, and entertained more than 300,000 consumers with an expo, festival experiences, outdoor stages and concert. As the official ride of the fest, Chevrolet engages fans across three activations including the Chevy Breakout Stage at Walk of […]

Best practices for marketers looking to carve out a presence in a festival property.  There were no brands attached to the ill-fated Fyre Festival, the “luxury” millennial music experience that abruptly aborted its mission in the Bahamas due to lack of infrastructure and funds, among many other issues. (Phew.) Nonetheless, the viral story surrounding the […]

When Comic-Con International launched in 1970, it was a modest 300-person gathering of sci-fi and comic book fans. Flash-forward to today and the event has evolved into a sprawling four-day affair dedicated to the popular arts in all of their forms, attracting 130,000-plus passionate fans of movies, TV, comic books, video games and beyond from […]

State Farm has targeted music- and cause-loving millennials with its “Here to Help” lounges at festivals for the last several years. At Governors Ball in New York City, June 1-3, State Farm activated its newest cause-marketing platform, Neighborhood of Good, with a “neighborhood” of tiny houses that allowed festivalgoers to engage in different acts of […]