Experiential Marketing Agency in NYC

Barnastics is an experiential marketing agency in New York City producing brand activations, pop-ups, and live experiences for lifestyle, fashion, and wellness brands.

Let’s Build an Experience
  • BuzzFeed logo with the text BuzzFeed in red underneath a black and white outline of a person's face wearing sunglasses and a hat.
  • Logo for Clio Art Fair, shown as a blue 3D cube with white text that reads 'CLIO ART FAIR' and 'The Anti-Fair for Independent Artists'.
  • Verizon logo with black background, white text, and a red check mark above the 'z'.
  • Panada Express logo with a smiling panda inside a red circle, with the words "Panada Express Chinese Kitchen" around the circle
  • A black background with a blue stylized letter 'U' made of various abstract shapes and symbols, with the word 'Universe' written beneath in blue cursive letters.
  • A neon sign that reads 'Hot Ones', featuring a stylized black bird with a red flame on its head, mouth open, and a drop of red liquid coming from its beak.
  • P&G logo on a blue spherical background.
  • Red EXIT sign with black background.
  • Black background with large white text that says 'COMPLEX' with some letters slightly stylized or tilted.
  • Black background with white text displaying the brand name 'TRESemme'.

Experiential Services for New York City

  • Brand activations & pop-ups

  • Product launches & press moments

  • Retail & in-store experiences

  • Influencer & media events

  • Full-service production & execution

Why Brands Activate in New York City

New York City is one of the most influential experiential marketing markets in the world—where fashion, media, culture, and commerce collide. From SoHo and Williamsburg to Midtown and the Meatpacking District, brands activate in NYC to reach tastemakers, press, and highly engaged audiences who shape trends globally. Whether it’s a fashion-week pop-up, media-driven launch, or immersive brand experience, New York demands concepts that are culturally relevant, visually striking, and built for amplification. Barnastics helps brands navigate the pace and complexity of NYC with high-impact activations designed for visibility, connection, and real-world engagement.

Hot Ones x Panda Express | NYC Product Launch Activation

Two men standing together at a restaurant or food establishment, smiling at the camera, with staff working behind them.
Two people smiling at a bar with a bucket of green bottles of beer in front of them.

Planning a Brand Activation or an Experiential Event in New York City?

Let’s Build an Experience

  • An experiential marketing agency designs and produces live brand experiences that create emotional connection and real-world engagement. This includes brand activations, pop-ups, product launches, wellness events, and immersive experiences that audiences remember, share, and associate with your brand long after the event ends.

  • Barnastics produces experiential brand activations, including pop-ups, product launches, wellness events, influencer and media experiences, corporate activations, and immersive brand moments. Each experience is custom-built around your brand goals, audience, and the market you’re activating in.

  • Absolutely. Many of the brands we work with activate nationally or regionally. Barnastics regularly produces events for out-of-market brands, managing everything from planning and logistics to local execution and production oversight.

  • We work across lifestyle-driven industries, including wellness, beauty, fashion, food & beverage, spirits, technology, and consumer brands. Our approach is especially effective for brands that value storytelling, in-person connection, and culturally relevant experiences.

  • Yes. While our strategic framework remains consistent, every activation is tailored to the city, venue, audience behavior, and cultural context. We design experiences that feel authentic to the market while staying true to your brand.

  • Barnastics blends creative strategy with executional expertise. We focus on experiences people actually feel—not just see—prioritizing emotional connection, shareability, and seamless production. Our work is designed to resonate both in-person and online.

  • It starts with a conversation. We’ll learn about your goals, audience, timeline, and vision, then recommend an experiential approach aligned with your brand and market. From there, we move into concept development and production planning.

Frequently Asked Questions