Heineken Stage

HEINEKEN
Info.
Brand
HEINEKEN
Country
Italy
Year
2026
Category
Food & Beverage
Brand Entertainment
Brand Storytelling
Tech Innovation
Challenge.

Following the launch of its global platform, “Fans Have More Friends,” Heineken created the Clinker: a device that, with a simple cheers, reveals the musical match between fans and lets them stay connected after the festival.
The challenge? To turn the device into a cultural phenomenon able to stand out in the highly competitive music festival landscape, generating thousands of real-life connections and reinforcing Heineken’s role as a catalyst for contemporary social life.

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Idea.

For 3 days at Nameless Festival, we brought to life an immersive, data-driven area: the Heineken Stage, the first space that rewrites itself based on the music tastes of the people experiencing it.
Thanks to a connectivity and data management infrastructure, we turned the Clinker into the trigger for the entire experience. Every clink revealed a musical match between Spotify profiles; every match generated an insight about the tastes of the fans on site, allowing us to shape, in real time:

  • the LED walls, displaying fan compatibility percentages through dynamic, responsive copy;
  • the Open Stage, where over 30 emerging DJs performed across a line-up co-created from the audience’s music tastes;
  • the engagement experiences: digital content featuring each musical match, and a craft experience that turned Heineken Stage merch into a  keepsake of newly formed friendships.

Everything was amplified through an integrated communication platform launched weeks before, including a community call-out, creator amplification, media partnerships, and a dedicated episode of Supernova, one of Italy's leading podcasts.  

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Impact.
+25K
Clinks
16,5M
Reach
170K
Interactions
+670
Media placements
5K
Real connections
Awards.
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