NEW ORLEANS, LA – July 2026 — Amazon made its first-ever appearance at the 2026 ESSENCE Festival of Culture, selecting Purple Exhibits as its trusted partner to design, fabricate, and deliver an immersive brand experience at one of the largest cultural festivals in the United States.

Welcoming more than 500,000 attendees, the ESSENCE Festival of Culture has become one of the country's premier destinations for entertainment, innovation, culture, and brand engagement. For its inaugural festival experience, Amazon set out to create an activation that was more than a booth—it was a destination where visitors could discover, interact with, and experience multiple parts of the Amazon ecosystem in an engaging and memorable way.
Working closely with Amazon's team, Purple Exhibits transformed that vision into reality through a fully custom-designed experiential environment. From the first concept and engineering drawings to in-house fabrication, logistics, installation, and final on-site execution, Purple Exhibits managed every stage of the project to ensure a flawless launch.

Designed as an immersive walk-through experience, the activation guided visitors through multiple interactive environments, each highlighting a different Amazon experience. Guests explored dedicated spaces featuring Prime Video, Amazon Live, Alexa, and additional Amazon experiences before arriving at a vibrant community-inspired gathering space that encouraged guests to relax, engage, and continue exploring the brand.

The thoughtfully planned layout encouraged a natural flow throughout the activation, creating an inviting environment that welcomed a continuous stream of visitors and showcased how experiential design can transform a brand into a memorable live experience.

"Being selected to help bring Amazon's first ESSENCE Festival experience to life was an incredible opportunity for our entire team," said Itzy Holczler, Head of Sales at Purple Exhibits. "Projects like this are why we love what we do. Every detail matters—from the visitor journey to the final finish—and seeing thousands of people step into an experience we built together is something we're incredibly proud of."

The project represents another milestone in Purple Exhibits' continued growth as a trusted exhibit partner for global brands seeking creative, reliable, turnkey event solutions. By combining award-winning design, in-house manufacturing, custom fabrication, nationwide logistics, installation, dismantling, and project management, Purple Exhibits helps companies create exhibits and brand activations that connect with audiences and leave lasting impressions.

Whether supporting a major festival activation, a corporate event, or a custom trade show booth, Purple Exhibits provides complete turnkey exhibit solutions that allow clients to focus on building relationships while the Purple team handles every detail behind the scenes.

As brands continue investing in experiential marketing and face-to-face engagement, Purple Exhibits remains committed to creating custom trade show exhibits and immersive brand activations that inspire, engage, and deliver measurable impact.


About Purple Exhibits
Purple Exhibits is a full-service exhibit house specializing in custom trade show exhibits, trade show booth design, experiential marketing activations, exhibit rentals, in-house fabrication, logistics, installation, dismantling, and storage throughout North America. From the first design sketch to the final day on the show floor, Purple Exhibits delivers complete turnkey exhibit solutions that make exhibiting simple, stress-free, and successful.
Trusted by startups, growing businesses, and Fortune 500 companies alike, Purple Exhibits is built on one simple promise:
Just Show Up. We'll Take Care of the Rest.
For more information, visit www.purpleexhibits.com or contact the Purple Exhibits team to start planning your next trade show exhibit or experiential marketing activation.