Event & Venue Marketing Conference 2025 Atlanta Highlights Sold-Out Event, New Sponsorship Growth and 10th Anniversary Award Winners

Record Number of Sponsorships Extends Sponsor Showcase Across Two Days

2026 EVMC Heads to Sacramento, CA

 

10th Anniversary Awards Images HERE
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ATLANTA, GA (June 6, 2025) – The Event and Venue Marketing Conference (EVMC) 2026 in Atlanta celebrated its 10th anniversary of the EVMC Awards this year at the iconic Fox Theatre with an elevated evening ceremony to recognize the most innovative and strategic marketing professionals in the live entertainment industry. This year’s winners include:

• Most Creative Artist Welcome: Notes to Noah - Scotiabank Arena
• Grassroots Campaign of the Year: AJR Love’s Ice Cream - Van Andel Arena
• Social Media Campaign / Content Series of the Year: Let’s Get Shucked - Altria Theater
• Marketing & Publicity Campaign of the Year: A Friendship Bracelet Phenomenon - Cesar's Superdome
• Artist Gift Over $500: Inked in the 905! - The Meridian Centre
• Artist Gift Under $500: Lionel Richie's Plantable "Album” - KeyBank Center
• 2025 Gigi Award of Excellence: Dave Redelberger, Director of Communications and Interactive Marketing for Columbus Arena Sports and Entertainment
• 2025 EVMC Hall of Fame: Brandon Lucas, President of carbonhouse
• 2025 Breakthrough Professional of the Year: Emily Tepsic, Creative Marketing Manager, Paycom Center,
• 2025 Impact Award: Melissa Proctor, Chief Marketing Officer, Atlanta Hawks and State Farm Arena

The 2025 sold-out conference also set new heights within sponsorship, doubling partnership dollars and leading to a record year in both the number of partners and revenue generated. With almost three dozen partners in play, the sponsor showcase was extended across two days for this year’s conference. 2025 Partners include AEG Presents, All Access Tags, AMI Graphics, Atmosphere TV, AtVenu, Beyond Virtual Tours, Big Digital, Big Time Affairs, Billboard, C&K Media, Carbonhouse, Eventhub, Fan IQ, FanTexter, Feld, FEVO, Find Wunder, Fox Theatre, Frenzy, Frontier Risk, Harlem Globetrotters, Hive, Leap, OVG, Outback Presents, Scotiabank Arena, Silver Lake Digital, Simpleview, Spinzo, State Farm Arena, Ticketmaster, Tradeable Bits, Usheru, Vibe, Whitebalance, Zero Mile.

EVMC will bring the 2026 conference to Sacramento, CA for the first time on June 10-13, 2026, with Golden 1 Center as the host venue. Registration for the 2026 conference is now open at the EVMC website.

“We are thrilled to be hosting the Event and Marketing Conference in Sacramento next year and to welcome professionals from across the live sports and entertainment industry to experience our incredible city and Golden 1 Center,” said EVMC President and Director of Arena Marketing for Golden 1 Center Kim Allen. “We are ready to showcase what Sacramento has to offer—from our vibrant community to our state-of-the-art, 100% solar-powered arena, home to the NBA’s Sacramento Kings, which sources 90% of its food and beverages within 150 miles. Our region is also the temporary home of the MLB’s Athletics, and with our close proximity to wine country, Lake Tahoe, and the Bay Area, stands at the intersection of culture, sustainability, and innovation. I’m honored to help advance EVMC’s mission to foster education, collaboration, and forward-thinking across our industry.”

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Event & Venue Marketing Conference

The Event & Venue Marketing Conference (EVMC) is a dynamic conference that unites a diverse community of entertainment marketing professionals from across North America. Each June, in a new host city across the continent, our community gathers for 3 days of in-person meetings ranging from general & concurrent sessions, breakouts, awards, networking and evening events, all with our mission of fostering inspiration, collaboration, and innovation within the rapidly evolving entertainment industry.

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