BS3 Event

BS3 Live & Kings of Leon

How we drove awareness, clicks, and a x5 ROAS to help Ashton Gate successfully host its first-ever BS3 Live concert and drive ticket sales for Kings of Leon in June 2024.
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The Challenge

DNRG gladly accepted the challenge of working with Ashton Gate to help them successfully launch their first ever BS3 Live concert at Ashton Gate Stadium on Saturday 22nd June 2024 along with hosting Kings of Leon on Sunday 23rd. With this being the first ever BS3 event we faced the challenge of having to engage & capture an entirely new audience of concert goers. Whilst the artists headlining the concert had their own fan bases, we needed to appeal to a wide & varied audience who wanted to attend the entire 1 day festival of music. Another consideration was that the headline acts were HUGE stars, but predominantly back in the mid to late 2000’s, so we had to reintroduce these artists to a whole new audience & get them to engage & buy into BS3 Live.

We went slightly further afield with our geo targeting for Kings of Leon, given the popularity of the band. We needed to utilise previous sales data, look at how far people were willing to travel and encourage them to make the trip on a Sunday down to Ashton Gate. Expectations were higher for KOL given their status, so the pressure was on to deliver a packed out stadium!

Our primary objectives were;

  • Educate & engage a new audience
  • Raise awareness of BS3 Live & Kings of Leon concert
  • Boost website traffic & site engagement
  • Drive ticket sales & maximise ROAS
  • Win new, long-term audiences

To achieve these goals, we needed to segment our audiences, understand the specific motivators for every artist’s fan groups, and drive engagement through carefully crafted bespoke campaigns across multiple Paid Media channels.

Our Strategy

Audience Segmentation

To successfully reach & engage with the wide range of fan bases for all artists & music genres, DNRG created over 80 ad sets. These individual audiences allowed us to be unique with our messaging, imagery & tone of voice. From lifelong fans of NE-YO, to younger audiences attending their first ever music festival. We utilised audience data, social platform followers, website visitors and a whole host of other audience insights to ensure no one was left out! For Kings of Leon (Sunday 23rd June 2024) we fully utilised available audience targeting across META & Spotify. Engaging with fans of the band, specific songs (Sex is on Fire especially), Social followers of the band, and on Spotify, people who have recently listened to Kings of Leon or have their songs saved in their playlists.

Campaign Execution

We created & launched 24 different campaigns (just within META) and served over 358 different ads to an audience of over 3,276,110 people! We didn’t just advertise across META, we also ran campaigns across Google, Spotify & LinkedIn. With both concerts being in Bristol, we focused our Geo targeting in & around the Bristol area, but also extended this to parts of South Wales and all along the M4 corridor, allowing for easy access & travel plans to the stadium. Our ads didn’t just focus on the specific artists either, they encapsulated the experience, the venue, the weather & the atmosphere that an all day music festival can create.

First-Party Data & New Audience Acquisition

Data is always front of mind for everyone at DNRG, and our work with BS3 Live & Kings of Leon was no different. Leveraging the available data allowed us to accurately exclude ticket purchasers, create ‘Lookalike’ segments, as well as attracting new audiences. It also meant we were able to start building a customer base for the next BS3 Live event!

The Results

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Oli Bartlam.
Founder / Director Full Fat Events.
BS3 Live & Kings of Leon

“Thank you to Digital NRG, one of the UK’s leading Digital Advertising & Marketing agency, for their support in helping us deliver both BS3 Live and Kings of Leon concerts at Bristol’s Ashton Gate Stadium this summer.

Supporting Full Fat and Ashton Gate, DNRG delivered effective marketing campaigns across Google, META & Spotify, helping drive ticket sales and event awareness, through creative segmentation of audiences with targeted messages to deliver fantastic ROAS figures.

This is no doubt that this is just the start of many more shows that we’ll be collaborating on with them in the future, go team DNRG go!”