About HiBall
Event producers who became marketers.
HiBall Events has produced live events since 2000 — 25+ years. Along the way we built something no typical agency has: audiences of our own.
Who we are
An experiential marketing company that owns its events.
HiBall Events is an experiential marketing and brand activation company based in the Washington, D.C. area and operated by Bang Events, LLC. We produce and own major consumer events, and we use that real-world audience access to grow the brands we partner with — on-site, through sponsorships and activations, and online, through digital marketing informed by what we see at our events.
Rich Shea and Michael Harrigan founded HiBall in 2000. Rich Shea has owned and run the company since 2010.
We also run corporate events: production, meeting planning, and venue site selection for companies and associations, by the same in-house team.
In the press
Our events in the news.
- Washingtonian · December 19, 2024 · Big Night New Year’s Eve New Year’s Eve guide: Mario Lopez hosts Big Night DC
- PR Newswire · September 28, 2021 · Big Night New Year’s Eve “Big Night Rockies Kicks Off the New Year in Colorado at the Gaylord Rockies”
- The Washington Post · December 4, 2014 · Big Night New Year’s Eve New Year’s Eve planning guide, with Big Night DC at the Gaylord National
- Washingtonian · December 29, 2008 · Big Night New Year’s Eve New Year’s Eve guide listing Big Night at the Gaylord National
- Northern Virginia Magazine · August 29, 2025 · US Asian Fest “Don’t Miss US Asian Fest at Dulles Town Center”
- Loudoun Times-Mirror · August 28, 2024 · US Asian Fest “US Asian Fest coming to One Loudoun on Sept. 7”
- The Burn · August 15, 2024 · US Asian Fest “Lions, dragons and food galore coming to US Asian Fest at One Loudoun”
- PR Newswire · November 9, 2021 · ShamrockFest “Dropkick Murphys Shipping Up to DC for ShamrockFest 2022”
- PR Newswire · March 2019 · ShamrockFest “St. Patrick’s Day Ain’t Over Until ShamrockFest Says It Is”
- Federal News Network · March 2019 · ShamrockFest “Fun stuff: Shamrock is real rock”
- NBC4 Washington · ShamrockFest “Shamrock Fest: One of DC’s Biggest Bashes”
- WTOP · June 16, 2023 · National Ice Cream Fest “Fancy an afternoon full of ice cream at the National Harbor?”
- FOX 5 DC · June 2023 · National Ice Cream Fest “National Harbor hosts Ice Cream Festival”
