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Launching a New Festival Brand - Audience Acquisition and Retention with Festival X

The top challenge facing event organisers in 2020 is an ongoing one for all event creators: reaching new attendees.

This isn’t to say that growing attendance is getting harder, but event marketers need to be savvy to continue growing their event year on year.

In 2019, a team of some of Australia's most experienced large scale event operators: OneLove and Hardware - creators / producers of StereoSonic along with global promoting powerhouse, Live Nation launched a brand new music festival - Festival X, which sold out in it's first attempt.

The team come together at Event Summit to run through their recent experience and forthcoming show including:

  • The journey from Stereosonic to Festival X - how was the Festival conceived and what are the key differences from their last major show, Stereosonic

  • Launching a new Festival event - what were the numbers, insights, strategies and key elements of their go to market plan?

  • Shareable insights - what worked in on-boarding and retaining audience in 2019, what did not?

  • Specific technology, metrics, tools and devices the team will be utilising in 2021.

Presented By:

Richie McNeill – CEO, Hardware Group

Frank Cotela - CEO and Founder, Onelove Music Group

Kim Friedlaender - Business Development Director, Live Nation Australasia

John Curtin – Director, John Curtin Consulting

Later Event: October 14
Event Close - Thank you