Bonsai
Building a Golden Community
Spearheaded by Defiant, we crafted Bonsai’s “You Are Gold” campaign, transforming music festivals into spaces of financial empowerment and community building. Aimed at Gen Z and millennials, the initiative went beyond promoting an app to create a movement that truly resonated with festival-goers.
Through interactive challenges and mindfulness sessions, we:
● Seamlessly integrated Bonsai into the festival experience, blending collective fun with financial literacy.
● Increased user engagement with a 146% growth in new members and a surge in app downloads pre- and post-festivals.
● Helped Bonsai become the first brand to reach an official festival timetable.
Because community growth is golden.
Client: Bonsai
CMO: Julie Clautier
Marketing: Gill Otte, Gertjan Verbruggen, Isabelle Hanet
Agency: Defiant, part of Finch Collective
Creative Director: Lode Vochten
Strategic Director: Maarten Van Herck
Social agency: Front Seat Studio
Event agency: 21 Agency