Festivals & Fan Cons

This year’s edition of the Stagecoach Music Festival brought the biggest names in country music to Indio, CA, including headliners Cody Johnson, Lainey Wilson and Post Malone, with a few surprises (hello, Pitbull!) over the April 24-26 weekend. And while temperatures weren’t scorching as in years past, high winds came out in full force, causing […]

Consumers who are fatigued by the overstimulation and grand gestures often associated with todays’ brand activations may take comfort in a growing industry trend: miniaturized touchpoints. Charming, playful and intriguing, these tiny tokens of engagement, from collectibles to micro-spaces, are earning big-time attention.   MGA’s Miniverse MGA Entertainment drummed up a whole lot of buzz […]

Headliners rocked the Empire Polo Grounds at Coachella 2026, but it was the brands that truly reached fever pitch.

Our March Madness bracket was busted on week one of the NCAA tournament, but that didn’t stop us from enjoying all of the activations and events that capitalized on the energy around the men’s and women’s college basketball championships. From April 3-6, the Men’s Final Four and its accompanying Fan Fest presented by Capital One […]

Three days of panels, performances, comedy sketches—and an interactive journey through the evolution of communication When Grammarly merged three AI-forward productivity platforms and rebranded as Superhuman just before the holidays, the timing wasn’t quite right for a large-scale debut. But by the time March and SXSW 2026 rolled around, the company saw a clear opening […]