B-to-C Events

  • The Last (Sun)Dance: How Sponsors Closed Out the Festival’s Final Year in Park City

    After 45 years in Park City, the Sundance Film Festival’s run in Utah reached its final cut. From Jan. 22 to Feb. 1, the Sundance Film Institute, industry insiders, fans and many of the sponsors that have evolved with the event over the years bid farewell to snowy Main Street. The festival will permanently move […]

  • The Brief: Keg Cities and Social Experiments

    This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover the City of Kegs, fortune-telling seals and beer-themed social experiments.

  • 2026 Events & Award Deadlines

    Upcoming Events: May Experiential Marketing Summit May 18-20, 2026 | MGM Grand, Las Vegas November Top Women Network SummitNovember 12, 2026 Awards Deadlines: March Event Marketer Ex Awards Entry Deadline: March 13, 2026 September IGNITE Awards Entry Deadline: September 11, 2026 October Event Marketer Experience Design Awards Entry Deadline: October 16, 2026

  • Experiential Marketing Trend of the Week: Push Buttons

    Despite the rise of touch screens and other sophisticated gaze and gesture technologies, experiential brands this year are choosing analog-style mechanisms for their activations. Think: Push buttons and turn dials that feel purposeful, participatory and nostalgic. But let’s push pause for a moment, and look back at one place where the trend bubbled up. Reddit’s […]

  • Inside the First-Ever ‘X Games Aspen Driven by Jeep’ Title Sponsorship

    Don’t call it a comeback. But after a two-year lull, Jeep returned to the Winter X Games last week with some extra swagger as the action-sports competition’s first-ever title sponsor. And the timing was just right. Between the property entering a new chapter, and the brand marking its 85th anniversary this year, the debut of […]