January 2022 | Neon Entertainment

Attention NACA® LIVE Attendees! 5 Comedians to Get Your Students Roaring with Laughter During Finals Week

January 28, 2022

We hope to see you at NACA® Live This February 12th-16th! Neon is a proud participant at practically every NACA® conference, and we always appreciate what a great job NACA® does with promoting all the top showcases and providers of college entertainment. As you may already know, we are a veteran college entertainment booking agency who can provide just about any program or experience that your students could hope for, and a big part of … Continued

Women’s History and More March Programming

January 26, 2022

By Scott Talarico

Celebrate Diversity with These Spoken Word Artists!

January 20, 2022

By Neon Entertainment

Neon Entertainment provides live entertainers for college events! We have always been a premier provider of live entertainment, including comedy, music, magic and more, but the pandemic certainly didn’t help live event booking. We were able to navigate and evolve to provide some really engaging virtual programming, and as we are all still getting back on our feet we wanted to remind our readers and users of the outstanding LIVE acts that we have to … Continued

How to Use Your E.A.R.S.

January 18, 2022

By Scott Talarico

The Art of Making Anyone Feel Heard, Understood, and Valued by Speaker Brian Miller We meet and interact with 80,000 people over the course of a lifetime. Eighty. Thousand. People. It’s about 10,000 people per decade of your life. You’re 30? You’ve met 30,000 people. The question is this: How many of those stories do you know? How many of their names do you remember? With how many of those people did you share a … Continued

Bazooka Ball

“Yes, last-minute we had to change location due to their being confusion with reservations, facilities, and the campus police. It ended up working out though as the change of location ended up being better for Jay and the setup with electricity being right there and not having to be setup. Those who played seemed to thoroughly enjoy the game, and we want to thank you for all of your help and assistance through the booking process. We look forward to continuing working with you throughout the rest of this semester and those to come. “

— Paige, East Stroudsburg University

Will Jay

“Everything was wonderful with Will Jay. He was easy to work with during the event and our students truly loved having him – I have already received requests to bring him to campus when we are allowed to do face to face events again. Here is what one person text me after the event, “I hope you can tell Will Jay how powerful it was, I’m talking to so many people about it and they all loved it and were touched by his songs and words”. There were multiple messages in the chat during the event last night talking about how amazing his lyrics were, his voice, most importantly students were able to relate in to the messages he was talking and singing about. I think Will Jay has a new fan base here at CMU and they are going to consume the music he has out now – and are eagerly anticipating what he has in store.”

— Wade, Central Michigan University

Murder Mystery

“The event went really well. We had about 40-45 students show up which was a great turnout for events we usually host. We did have one volunteer back out the day of the event, but Thomas was quick to rearrange the script to account for the missing actor. It actually made the murder mystery more suspenseful. I think Thomas was a great host and really engaging with the students when giving clues. Along with asking the actors the right questions that would warrant an audience reaction. He was a big contributor to all of our ohs and ah moments. I also think that the verdict sheets helped students feel like they were detectives or investigators given information to an unsolved mystery. Overall, everyone from members of SAB to those who attended noted it was one of the best events. “

— Jordana, Ithaca College

Maximize Your Buzz

“You [Max Buzz] made an impact on my decisions. That night I planned to go to a birthday party, and I was excited to drink with all my friends. However, after going to the program, I didn’t want to drink anymore. I just wanted to hang out with my friends, and remember the night rather than waking up the next morning wondering how I got home. So I know you don’t know me personally, but I thought you should know that you made a difference.”

— Brittney Gilman, University of New Hampshire, Student