EventMarketer Sizzle: Your Biweekly Feed of All Things Experiential
01.24.25
Football fans have long campaigned for the Monday after the Super Bowl to be a national holiday. Even Coors Light is calling it the “Mondayest Monday,” so the brand turned a Case of the Mondays into an actual case of beer with limited-time packaging, and also just unveiled the new Coors Light Chill Face Roller to add refreshment (a nod to its misspelled ads) to daily skincare routines. Very chill.
📷 Photo of the Week
 
 
ESPN’s “MegaCast” production of the College Football Playoff National Championship in Atlanta featured giant championship-ring replicas with a diamond in the center representing the winner, Ohio State. The rings were available for fans to interact with at ESPN’s activation at Playoff Fan Central... Read more.
🗨️ Insight of the Week
 
“We’ve built this like you’re on a film set. We have different stations throughout that celebrate the journey and the behind-the-scenes, and so you can get coffee and snacks at the craft services area, we have the ‘screening room’ for panels, we’re going to have gaffers’ tape on the floor to mark things out, so that it really feels like home to this community.”
–Heather Freeland, Chief Brand Officer, Adobe
Sponsorships
Adobe Expands its Brand House, Keys in on Experience Design at Sundance
Presenting sponsor Adobe is going bigger this year with a space that engages all of the film industry. Adobe House features brand collabs and an AI community art projectRead more.
Ideas
Scenic Environments that Inspire, Featuring Disney, Hello Sunshine and More
Word on the street is moody-meets-earthy tones are the 2025 color palette. We round up stage environments, floral installations and themed designs to add to vision boards… Read more.
Trade Shows
Sweets and Swag: Four Experiential Tactics We Loved at NRF 2025
They call NRF “Retail’s Big Show” for a reason. The sheer amount of market innovation presented at the trade show is vast, and the expo floor is a feast for the senses… Read more.
Marketing News
The Brief: Peacock's Spa, Baltimore Ravens' Ice Festival, CFP's Big Rings
This week’s hot topics in experiential cover Peacocks Crime and Unwind pop-up spa, the Ravens “conquer the cold” festival and ESPN’s supersized championship rings… Read more.
Expert Q&A
How One Event Speaker is on a Mission to Support Sober Lifestyles
Event networking often revolves around the bar, which isn’t always a comfortable experience for everyone. Laura Nelson created Sober Life Rocks to connect non-drinkers… Read more.
💡 ICYMI Last Week
 
📌 EM Updates
 
The 2025 Experiential Marketing Summit program is here, featuring keynotes, workshops, interactive panels, networking experiences and more—all designed exclusively for corporate event and trade show marketers. Plus, the industry’s latest event tools and innovations will be on display in our Hall of Ideas. Don’t miss your chance to register now at the best rates of the year. Prices increase on February 9. Lock in your early-bird savings today.
✉️ Contact Us
 
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