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MAD//FEST
The UK's leading Marketing, Advertising + Disruptive Tech Festival
About MAD//FEST
🚀 MAD//Fest London - The UK’s biggest, buzziest + boldest marketing festival is back on 7-9 July 2026 for 3 explosive days of superstar speakers, networking, brand innovation pitches, masterclasses, experiential activations, food, drinks, parties, DJs + evening entertainment. 🚀 MAD//Up North - MAD//Up North lands at Aviva Studios (Factory International) on 26-27 Feb. What sets us apart? We want to reflect the north's thriving marketing/advertising ecosystem, its distinctive, collaborative business culture, and the unique specialisms, expertise + talent pool that make the north a great place to be a marketer. 🚀 MAD//Masters - MAD//Masters By Rory Sutherland is a new breed hybrid course created by Rory Sutherland to help marketers, commercial leaders, founders, b2b practitioners + agency execs unleash the effectiveness of behavioural science + creativity AND elevate their status in doing so. 🚀 Female Leaders' Club - Inspiration + Insight for female leaders. A year-round programme featuring rich digital content to drive positive change, inspire current + future female leaders, and help employers to create supportive workplace environments that enable women to fulfill their potential. 🚀 MAD//Amplified - Amplified by MAD//Fest is designed to enable you to create + distribute engaging content that drives leads, awareness + understanding of your products + services.
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Signals from MAD//FEST
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Presence & Recognition
MAD//FEST received a Social Media Marketing Award from SocialDay for its event marketing.
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Presence & Recognition
MAD//FEST founder James Hirst wrote that AI is not making marketing smarter, faster, or more effective, but instead flooding the world with cheap, forgettable content and calling it progress.
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Strategy & Corporate Development
MAD//FEST took over Aviva Studios for MAD//North in February 2026.
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Presence & Recognition
MAD//FEST turned its event marketing into a comedy series featuring Georgie Plant and Hugo Gomes
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Presence & Recognition
MAD//FEST is growing the MAD//North community list as it continues to shape up.
Reported by Hannah Buckley
Presence & Recognition
MAD//FEST hosted a session featuring Harriet McDonald, Head of Commercial Partnerships at Transport for London, discussing how TfL is turning everyday journeys into creative platforms for brands.
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Presence & Recognition
MAD//FEST is hosting MAD//North on 10–11 March 2027 in Manchester.
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Presence & Recognition
MAD//FEST is attending the IAB Europe Retail Media Impact Summit in Amsterdam on 7th October to discuss Retail Media and Commerce Media.
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