Event & Venue Marketing Conference’s EVMC Awards Winners 2025

The Event and Venue Marketing Conference (EVMC) named its 10th EVMC Awards Winners 2025 at Atlanta’s Fox Theatre. The EVMC awards celebrate the best campaigns and accomplishments of venue and event marketing professionals.

The annual awards were part of the 2025 Event and Venue Marketing Conference in Atlanta June 4–6.

EVMC Awards winners 2025

• 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 – Caesars 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, Columbus Arena Sports and Entertainment
• 2025 EVMC Hall of Fame: Brandon Lucas, President, 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

Additionally, EVMC announced that the 2026 conference will take place in Sacramento, California, from June 10–13 at the Golden 1 Center.

Bruce Houghton is the Founder and Editor of Hypebot, a Senior Advisor at Bandsintown, a Berklee College Of Music professor and founder of the Skyline Artists Agency