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...