Outdoor street billboard mockup promoting Come Over Music + Arts Festival featuring Post Malone, Charli XCX, and Calvin Harris, part of a festival branding and advertising design exploration by Kieren Dial.

The Brief:

The ask was to create a new music festival, choose a Canadian location, and build its brand identity and promotional strategy.

Map highlighting major multi-genre music festivals across North America, including key locations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, created as part of festival research and strategy work by Kieren Dial.

The Problem:

In an increasingly saturated festival market, the challenge was to identify a location and festival concept that could serve and attract an underserved audience.

Collage of major North American multi-genre music festivals including Coachella, Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Osheaga, ACL, Outside Lands, and Gov Ball, used for festival landscape research by Kieren Dial.

The Insight:

Research showed that Vancouver lacked a large scale multi genre festival, with the only major event of this kind in Canada being Osheaga in Montreal. With experiences becoming a growing priority for younger audiences, this gap presented a clear opportunity.

Four-panel transit advertising installation featuring recognizable music artists Post Malone, Charli XCX, and Calvin Harris promoting the Come Over Music & Arts Festival, created as a festival marketing concept by Kieren Dial.

The Solution:

Through visual research and experimentation, I developed a distinct brand identity and promotional campaign for Come On Over Festival. The dark theme and playful typography created a look that stands apart from many North American festivals. The promotional rollout, placed in locations where the audience naturally gathers, carried this system forward by pairing the identity with images of well known artists that stood out against the visuals and reinforced the festival’s bold character.

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