CRUSH ANNOUNCES 2026–2027 SEASON TOUR: FROM HOMECOMING TO JUNETEENTH CRUSH isn’t waiting for summer. The next CRUSH season begins this fall and keeps moving. CRUSH Festival CRUSH Magazine INC

THE FACES OF CRUSH: BUILDING THE NEXT GENERATION OF MODELS, ARTISTS & CREATORS 🍊📸

CRUSH Magazine | Culture + Talent | 2026–2027

A festival can have thousands of people.

A magazine can publish thousands of photographs.

A brand can reach millions of screens.

But eventually, people remember faces.

That’s why one of the biggest opportunities of the 2026–2027 CRUSH Season isn’t another stage, flyer or party.

It’s discovering the people who will become recognizable inside the CRUSH world.

Models.

Artists.

Athletes.

Photographers.

Hosts.

DJs.

Entrepreneurs.

Students.

Creators.

Personalities.

The next faces of CRUSH may already be somewhere on this tour.

We just haven’t met all of them yet.

EVERY CITY IS A CASTING CALL

Not a traditional casting call.

A cultural one.

Atlanta introduces CRUSH to one pool of talent.

Athens introduces another.

Morehouse and Spelman bring another community.

Savannah brings homegrown personalities.

Jacksonville introduces artists, models, athletes and creators through Halloween CRUSH and Crush Network Studios.

Statesboro adds another college market.

Miami expands the network into South Florida.

Tybee reconnects it with the coast.

Then Atlanta and Jacksonville return later in the season.

Every stop creates another opportunity to ask:

Who belongs in this world?

WE DON’T WANT EVERYBODY TO LOOK THE SAME

CRUSH Magazine shouldn’t develop a modeling identity where every woman looks interchangeable.

Different skin tones.

Different hairstyles.

Different body types.

Different aesthetics.

Different personalities.

Different hometowns.

Different fashion.

Different energy.

The connecting factor shouldn’t be sameness.

It should be presence.

Can you command a photograph?

Can you make someone stop scrolling?

Can you bring personality into an interview?

Can you wear a product without looking like you’re holding an advertisement?

Can you enter an event and naturally become part of its atmosphere?

That’s a CRUSH model.

A MODEL SHOULD BECOME MORE THAN A PICTURE

One photoshoot is content.

Recurring appearances create recognition.

Imagine discovering someone during Halloween CRUSH.

First appearance:

Costume Power Shoot.

Then:

CRUSH Magazine interview.

Then:

CRUSH merchandise campaign.

Then:

Miami editorial.

Then:

Tybee imagery.

Then:

Atlanta Memorial Day content.

By the end of the season, she’s no longer simply “a model from that Halloween shoot.”

She’s a recognizable CRUSH personality.

That’s character development in real life.

ARTISTS NEED DEVELOPMENT TOO 🎤

The same principle applies to music.

Don’t introduce an artist once and forget about them.

Let audiences see progression.

First:

VERSUZ performance.

Then:

Artist interview.

Then:

Studio session.

Then:

Song premiere.

Then:

Behind-the-scenes feature.

Then:

Another performance.

Then:

Festival appearance.

Now the audience understands the artist beyond one record.

CRUSH Magazine can document that development while CRUSH events provide places for it to happen.

ATHLETES BELONG IN THE WORLD 🏀

Halloween CRUSH introduces 1v1 basketball for a reason.

Sports personalities create entertainment naturally.

Confidence.

Competition.

Trash talk.

Style.

Athleticism.

Rivalries.

Stories.

And basketball connects organically with music and fashion.

A player who becomes popular through a CRUSH 1v1 doesn’t have to disappear when the game ends.

Interview them.

Photograph them.

Bring them back.

Create another matchup.

Connect them with music.

Let personalities develop.

PHOTOGRAPHERS SHOULDN’T BE INVISIBLE

The person behind the camera is part of the culture too.

CRUSH Magazine should develop photographers whose visual styles become recognizable.

One photographer may specialize in nightlife.

Another in fashion.

Another in portraits.

Another in sports.

Another in documentary photography.

As CRUSH expands across markets, photographers can become part of the traveling creative network.

Eventually, audiences may recognize a CRUSH image before reading the credit.

That’s when a publication develops a real visual identity.

THE HOST MATTERS

Every growing entertainment world needs people who can communicate.

Interviewers.

Hosts.

Podcast personalities.

Event personalities.

People who can walk up to a stranger and create a conversation.

Someone who can interview an artist in Jacksonville may later interview a model in Miami.

Then an entrepreneur in Atlanta.

Then an alumnus in Savannah.

Over time, that host becomes another familiar face.

The audience begins trusting them to introduce the next person.

ENTREPRENEURS ARE CHARACTERS TOO

CRUSH isn’t only entertainment.

Business belongs in the story.

The clothing designer.

The barber.

The stylist.

The food vendor.

The promoter.

The beauty entrepreneur.

The photographer building an agency.

The student with a startup.

The business owner sponsoring an event.

Their stories add depth.

And unlike traditional advertising, an editorial profile lets the audience understand the person behind the business.

PERSONALITIES MATTER MORE THAN FOLLOWER COUNTS

Someone having 100,000 followers doesn’t automatically make them interesting.

And someone having 1,000 followers doesn’t make them irrelevant.

CRUSH Magazine should be looking for people with something harder to measure.

Presence.

Story.

Originality.

Ambition.

Humor.

Talent.

Style.

Perspective.

Authenticity.

Potential.

Sometimes media’s job isn’t to cover the person everybody already knows.

It’s to recognize somebody before everybody else does.

THE AUDIENCE SHOULD WATCH PEOPLE GROW

This is where the magazine can become powerful.

Imagine following somebody for years.

Their first CRUSH interview happens while they’re still in college.

Their second feature covers their first company.

Another story documents their first major accomplishment.

Years later, they’re established.

Now CRUSH Magazine doesn’t simply have an interview with them.

It has their history.

That’s how publications become culturally valuable.

They document people early.

FROM CAST TO COMMUNITY

Eventually, the recurring faces begin interacting.

Artists meet models.

Models meet photographers.

Photographers meet brands.

Brands meet entrepreneurs.

Athletes meet artists.

Hosts interview everybody.

CRUSH events bring them together.

CRUSH Magazine tells their stories.

Crush Network Studios gives them somewhere to create.

CRUSH merchandise gives them products to represent.

The festival gives them an audience.

Now the people aren’t merely appearing inside the brand.

They’re helping build it.

THE NEXT FACE COULD COME FROM ANYWHERE

A dorm room.

A studio.

A basketball court.

A Savannah neighborhood.

An Atlanta campus.

A Jacksonville recording session.

A Miami beach.

A Statesboro party.

A Tybee photoshoot.

Somebody who has never modeled.

Somebody who has never been interviewed.

Somebody who hasn’t released their best record yet.

Somebody whose business is still being built.

That’s the exciting part.

The CRUSH Season isn’t only about showing audiences what already exists.

It’s an opportunity to discover what’s coming next.

THIS IS YOUR INVITATION

If you’re an artist:

Bring the music.

If you’re a model:

Bring the look and the personality.

If you’re an athlete:

Bring the competition.

If you’re a photographer:

Bring the camera.

If you’re a creator:

Bring the idea.

If you’re an entrepreneur:

Bring the business.

If you’re simply somebody people should know:

Bring yourself.

Because somewhere between October 2026 and Juneteenth 2027, CRUSH Magazine intends to introduce a lot of new faces.

And some of them may eventually become impossible to imagine CRUSH without.

THE FACES OF CRUSH 🍊

ARTISTS • MODELS • ATHLETES • CREATORS • ENTREPRENEURS

CRUSH Festival × CRUSH Magazine

2026–2027 SEASON

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CRUSH ANNOUNCES 2026–2027 SEASON TOUR: FROM HOMECOMING TO JUNETEENTH

CRUSH isn’t waiting for summer.

The next CRUSH season begins this fall and keeps moving.

CRUSH Festival and CRUSH Magazine are launching a 2026–2027 run connecting college homecomings, Halloween, spring break, festival culture and some of the South’s most important celebration weekends across one season.

The journey begins in Georgia with stops surrounding Homecoming season in Atlanta, Athens, Savannah and Statesboro before CRUSH Network Studios brings the movement to Jacksonville for Halloween CRUSH Bonfire.

Then the temperature changes.

Spring 2027 takes CRUSH south to Miami before returning to Tybee Island in April, Atlanta for Memorial Day weekend and Jacksonville for Juneteenth.

Different cities. Different weekends. One CRUSH season.

FALL 2026

OCT 2 — Atlanta

OCT 3 — Athens

OCT 9–10 — Atlanta / Morehouse + Spelman

OCT 16–17 — Savannah

OCT 31–NOV 1 — Jacksonville / Halloween CRUSH Bonfire

NOV 6–7 — Statesboro

SPRING / SUMMER 2027

MARCH — Miami

APRIL — Tybee Island

MEMORIAL DAY — Atlanta

JUNETEENTH — Jacksonville

CRUSH Festival x CRUSH Magazine is building the season around the things that have always powered the culture: music, beautiful visuals, college energy, fashion, models, nightlife, basketball, media and unforgettable experiences.

This isn’t one weekend.

This is CRUSH Season.

2026 → 2027.

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