Vulture Festival Sets 2016 Dates

Vulture.com, New York Magazine's culture and entertainment site, today announced the dates for the 2016 Vulture Festival, a pop-culture extravaganza celebrating the best of today's television, music, film, comedy, and more. The festival will take place May 21-22, 2016, at Milk Studios in New York City, with a weekend-long series of high-profile events to be announced in the spring, where more than 10,000 guests are expected.

"Vulture Festival continues to build on its momentum from the first two successful years-in 2015 we presented A-list talent including Jerry Seinfeld, Amy Poehler, Lisa Kudrow, Tig Notaro, and Tavi Gevinson," says New York Media publisher Larry Burstein. "We are signing on new sponsors and partners earlier in the game this year, thanks to the festival's tremendous buzz."

Vulture has also announced its first group of media sponsors and content partners for the 2016 festival, with OUTFRONT Media, Carolines on Broadway, and podcasting network Earwolf onboard to contribute significant promotional assets and programming support. OUTFRONT Media, the U.S. leader in out-of-home advertising, is a new sponsor for 2016 and will contribute significant OOH media assets in New York City toward the promotion of Vulture Festival during tickets-on-sale season of April and May.

"OUTFRONT Media is thrilled to be aligned with Vulture Festival for 2016," says Jodi Senese, CMO, OUTFRONT Media. "The festival's unique client entertaining opportunities and incredible talent lineup make it an ideal fit for us."

Comedy is an important coverage area for Vulture and the festival's Comedy Night is one of its most popular events. To further build out the comedy experience in 2016, the festival is teaming up with Carolines on Broadway to collaborate with Vulture staff on comedy events that will take place at the festival.

"Carolines on Broadway has a well-established history of developing and presenting comedy talent, from the up-and-coming to the industry's biggest stars, and we're looking forward to working with Vulture to expand on the festival's comedy programming," says Caroline Hirsch, Founder and Owner of Carolines on Broadway and the New York Comedy Festival.

As interest in digital audio continues to boom, Vulture is bringing on leading podcast network Earwolf as a new content partner to help develop a full two-day slate of live podcast programming throughout the festival.

"Earwolf has a track record of producing fan-favorite podcasts and popular live events," says Adam Sachs, CEO of Midroll Media, the parent company of Earwolf. "We work with nearly 300 of the world's top podcast hosts, and there is tremendous interest among them in meeting their listeners at live events. Earwolf is proud to partner with Vulture Festival in creating this world-class slate of programming."

Additional sponsors will be added in the months ahead, with updates and ticket announcements to be made at www.vulturefestival.com and @VultureFestival.