Tag: music festival

Best practices for marketers looking to carve out a presence in a festival property.  There were no brands attached to the ill-fated Fyre Festival, the “luxury” millennial music experience that abruptly aborted its mission in the Bahamas due to lack of infrastructure and funds, among many other issues. (Phew.) Nonetheless, the viral story surrounding the […]

State Farm has targeted music- and cause-loving millennials with its “Here to Help” lounges at festivals for the last several years. At Governors Ball in New York City, June 1-3, State Farm activated its newest cause-marketing platform, Neighborhood of Good, with a “neighborhood” of tiny houses that allowed festivalgoers to engage in different acts of […]

There are plenty of things to look forward to at Tennessee’s Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival—the performances, the camaraderie, the local bites—but the 100-degree temps aren’t one of them. Enter: the LaundROO Lounge and Vintage Clothing Swap. To stay true to its “Life’s Good” promise and keep festivalgoers at the four-day camping experience fresh and […]

Ahhhh, Governors Ball… where half the audience is under 25 and naps on the ground in between (or even during) festival acts. How did brands engage mostly millennial and Gen Z attendees this year? EM checked out the Randall’s Island, NY-based festival June 1-3 and noticed a whole lot of photo opportunities, charging stations, giveaways […]

It’s official: summer festival season has begun. Brands looking to court younger consumers are coming out in droves, all vying to engage with an increasingly inundated demographic. One of the younger-skewing fests is Governors Ball, which claims that 42 percent of its 155,000-plus attendees in 2017 were younger than 25 years old. EM was there […]