EventMarketer Sizzle: Your Biweekly Feed of All Things Experiential
07.25.25
Wish we had a seat for this brief. Adult Swim is making headlines at San Diego Comic-Con for its Pirate Purrrty experience. The pièce de résistance: Rick and Morty's "Buttworld." Our brave editors bounced through and lived to tell about it. Follow their adventures on our Instagram and look for recaps on eventmarketer.com.
📷 Photo of the Week
 
 
Google Play engineered a welcome moment at its San Diego Comic-Con 'Fantastic Four' Rewards Lab activation that had attendees riding conveyor belts toward superhero status… Read more.
🗨️ Insight of the Week
 
“It may look a little bit retro, but that was fully intentional, it being basically a scroll-stopping experience where you see those bright colors and you’re able to read that headline in three seconds and it resonates.”
–Kate Morgan, VP-Marketing, Jamba
Field Report
SDCC 2025: A Conveyor Belt Ride Inside Google Play’s Rewards Lab
Building wraps are all over San Diego, but none beckoned us over more than the sight of a looming Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards in “The Fantastic Four: First Steps"… Read more.
Stunts
Insights from Jamba on Sweet and Strategic Street Team Campaigns
More than 1,000 consumers in L.A. were blessed with dollar bills by Jamba’s roving street teams to use for the brand’s $1 smoothie deal on National Smoothie Day… Read more.
Sports Sponsorship
WNBA All-Star Weekend: Activations from AT&T, Dick’s, Meta, Starry
Thousands of basketball fans turned out for the 2025 AT&T WNBA All-Star Weekend, July 18-19, in Indianapolis, a first-time host for the event… Read more.
Retail Activations
Four Ways AT&T’s Retail Activation Scored During NBA Draft Week
From the NBA to MLS to the NCAA, AT&T anchors its sponsorship and athlete partnership strategies in its philosophy of “connecting people to greater possibility”… Read more.
Partner Content

New Extreme Weather Event Guide: Protect Your Experiences
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Marketing News
The Brief: Summer Experiential from Arby's, Shipt, Kind and Vital Pursuit
This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover Cheesesteak Races, puppy lounges and how brands responded to “ColdplayGate”… Read more.
💡 ICYMI Last Week
 
📌 EM Updates
 
EDAs Call for Entries Now Open: The Experience Design Awards recognize outstanding event design, innovation and environmental creativity across a wide variety of consumer activations, b-to-b events and trade show exhibits. A dozen brand-side judges will award winning teams a gold, silver, bronze or “shortlist” award based on overall creative strategy, originality, and execution. Show us what you've got.
 
The Experiential Marketing Month Schedule is Out: This October, get ready for 31 days of live and digital experiences designed to help optimize your events. The newly released schedule includes full-day “Trendwatch” seminars in four cities; casual meetups in eight cities; and 12 digital learning modules, panels and conversations streamed online at eventmarketer.com and on LinkedIn. Registration is now open for the “Trendwatch” seminars. Learn more.
✉️ Contact Us
 
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