Festivals & Fan Cons

From the couture-clad fashionistas of Coachella to the down-home devotees of CMA Fest, today’s large-scale music festivals attract fans from a vast range of demographics. The one thing they have in common is an unyielding passion for live music experiences, and as the value of leveraging festivals as an activation platform becomes clearer by the […]

It’s no secret that millennials are receptive to nostalgia marketing, so when McDonald’s unveiled an adult playscape at pop culture festival ComplexCon (Nov. 4-5), it’s safe to say attendees were lovin’ it. From a tricycle racetrack to old school arcade games, the brand’s Snac ’N Play activation hit home for a host of young consumers […]

It’s not always easy to find a decent cup of coffee, but for attendees of illy’s New York City Wine & Food Festival activation (Oct. 12-15), nothing could be further from the truth. The Italian coffee roaster for the first time gave consumers the chance to sample nine of what it considers to be the […]

The Wide-Ranging Fan Base Spans Regions and Generations   It can be indie, it can be gritty, it can be rock and pop. It’s on primetime à la the CMA Music Festival’s annual “Country’s Night to Rock” (called the most social show of the year by Forbes in 2014). And thanks to Blake Shelton, the […]

Event marketers have long been aware of the benefits of experiential programs when it comes to creating awareness, changing brand perception and making that all-important one-on-one connection with their target audience. In the case of Taste of Home, a Trusted Media Brands publication that  has activated live event programs with sponsors and advertisers for years, […]