Sponsorships
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Festivals & Fan Cons
Lollapalooza 2026 Photo Tour: 10 Experiences from Chicago’s Grant Park
More than 45 partner brands showed up at Lollapalooza with experiential destinations (and weather escapes) to surprise and delight nearly 400,000 music fans. We highlight 10 sponsor activations that rocked the festival experience.
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Festivals & Fan Cons
Coca-Cola Activates its Largest Footprint Yet at Essence Festival
Keeping a presenting sponsorship fresh after 31 years is challenging, but with comprehensive feedback analysis, and hyper-local inspiration, Coca-Cola ensures its presence at Essence Festival of Culture is never flat.
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Pop-Ups
The Brief: Retro Malls and Cheese Ball Challenges
This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover the Million Cheese Ball Challenge, The House of Lexus and an ’80s-themed mall takeover.
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Festivals & Fan Cons
Tabby Trucks and Tunnel Walks: WNBA All-Star 2026 Brand Activations
With the WNBA continuing to hit record viewership and attendance numbers, the league’s 30th season celebration couldn’t have come at a better time, and All-Star Weekend in Chicago continued to build on that momentum.
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Pop-Ups
Experiential Marketing Trend of the Week: Commiseration Activations
Diehard sports fans recognize that you can’t win ’em all, but that doesn’t make their team’s losses any less devastating—especially during tentpole tournaments like the FIFA World Cup and March Madness. And as of late, savvy brands have been quick to offer a shoulder to cry on with commiseration-themed activations designed to boost spirits (and […]
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Sponsorships
Paycom Makes a Loyalty Play at SHRM26
Paycom has been part of the SHRM show for more than a decade, but this year, the brand hedged its bets on a decidedly experiential strategy, and scored a record number of leads.
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B-to-C Events
The Brief: Hut Originals and Running Vaults
This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover Run Vaults, Gold Squad goals and taking it Back to the Hut.
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B-to-C Events
10 Brands Capturing FIFA World Cup Fever with Stunts, Activations, Pop-ups
After almost 40 days, the FIFA World Cup 2026 wrapped on July 19, but the experiences live on. Check out how brands showed up around the world to capitalize on the event of the summer.
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B-to-C Events
Why a Dog Hydration Brand Designed an Activation to Meet Dogs at Their Level
For new brands and challenger brands alike, investing in experiential marketing doesn’t always require a huge budget or “bold” plan.
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B-to-C Events
The Brief: Spidey Apartments and Sun Clubs
This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover Peter Parker’s Apartment Tour, a Wimbledon-inspired activation in Central Park and X Games’ High Noon Sun Club.
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