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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 […]
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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.
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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
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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 […]
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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 […]
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PNC Leans into the Hockey Flow Trend with a Barbershop Pop-up in Dallas
The NHL season is in full swing, and while HBO Max’s “Heated Rivalry” series (IYKYK) is giving hockey a major pop-culture boost, PNC Bank got ahead of the game by activating its official partnership with the Dallas Stars in an unconventional way, particularly for the brand and the banking industry. Enter: Hockey hair. Hockey hair […]
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The Brief: Scent Labs and Hotdog Races
This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover scent labs, Pinterest Platz and hotdog races.
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Experiential Marketing Trend of the Week: Train Takeovers
Trains often evoke feelings of nostalgia and adventure, with some of the most memorable and profitable IPs, like the “Harry Potter” series and “The Polar Express,” inspired by the movement of these storytelling engines. Today, brands are taking engagement to the rails to the delight of pop-culture fandoms, and beyond. To promote the debut of […]
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The Brief: Tarot Readings and Time Banks
This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover Teyana Taylor tarot card readings, a Spring Rush campus campaign and the 30 Minute Time Bank.
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Watch: How Acura is Activating at Sundance Film Festival’s Final Year in Park City
Inside Acura’s 16th annual experiential program at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival
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