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Let’s Party Like 
it's 1998

Celebrating a brand milestone nationwide.

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Concept, activation, production, content, social
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One of the top songs in 1998 was Vengabus.

The Brief

Create a moment to celebrate Be At One’s 25th birthday throughout the UK.

 In 2023, Be At One was continuing the rebuild from the Covid lockdowns, regaining their crown as the best bar on the high street. As their lead agency, TFR were briefed to curate a nationwide campaign to celebrate the brands 25th Birthday which bought to life their USP’s. Be At One’s team are brilliant at local engagement, but rarely do they communicate on a national scale.

The Solution

We created the campaign ‘party like its 1998’, the year the brand was founded. The creative was inspired by all things 90's from tattoo necklaces to the top songs of the year.

One of the most popular songs from 1998 was the Vengabus, which inspired our core activation: a branded bus tour of the UK.

We travelled to three key cities with our activation: London, Birmingham and Manchester.

Onboard the fully wrapped bus was a Be At One bar serving cocktails, a DJ booth with local talent performing in each location alongside temporary tattoo stations and performances from our disco head dancers.

To engage teams at a site level, every site and employee was gifted with decorations and merch to celebrate the campaign.

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