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Headliner and Tileyard London today announce GearCon LDN, a brand new pro audio technology showcase landing in September 2026 at Europe's largest creative music community. GearCon brings the industry's most important manufacturers, studios, engineers and educators together for a two-day conference built around the gear, the people and the techniques shaping modern recorded sound.
Across the Tileyard campus, attendees will experience hands-on demos from the world's leading audio brands, working sessions inside active commercial studios, technology-led seminars, and keynote presentations from globally recognised producers, engineers and artists. Where existing trade shows separate kit from craft, GearCon's stated mission is to put them back in the same room.
We've been using the talent to tap into the technology for years through our editorial work. GearCon is the physical embodiment of that idea — a place where the people who use this gear every day meet the people who build it. — Paul Watson, Founder & CEO, Headliner Media Group
The event will occupy multiple zones across the Tileyard estate, including the main exhibition hall, dedicated demonstration stages, working studio takeovers in partnership with resident facilities, and an education programme curated around studio production, live sound, immersive audio and music technology careers.
GearCon LDN is being designed in close partnership with manufacturers and studios who have signalled appetite for an event that prioritises depth of experience over scale. Initial exhibitor and sponsor interest is being managed directly through Headliner's commercial team.
Partner confirmations, programme reveals and activation news for GearCon LDN 2026. Every announcement goes out across our channels first — the record of them lives here.
100 million+ streaming producer Bobby Harvey opens Saturday in The Gallery, breaking down one of his productions live using Waves’ new Illugen AI technology — and getting into where AI genuinely helps a modern production workflow, and where it doesn’t.
See the Saturday programme
Audioscenic joins GearCon LDN 2026 as headline partner, presenting the SBX-1 Spatial Studio Monitor in Unit 10 as part of the Immersive Playground. Listener position-sensing and Beamcasting™ place you at the centre of a three-dimensional sound field — headphone-free, with no complex room set-up.
See the Immersive Playground
AKG, Buchla, Eventide, Expressive E, JBL Professional, Kurzweil, Modal Electronics, Mogami, Rodec and Soundcraft come to Tileyard with Source Distribution and Sound Technology — joined by MiMU Gloves, demoing on the Gallery stage with a live performance from NØELLE, and TiME — Technology in Music Education.
See the full roster
Technology in Music Education comes on board as an Official Partner, and will be at GearCon LDN all day on Saturday 19 September.
Read the announcement
Dolby comes on board as an Official Partner of GearCon LDN 2026, bringing a full day of Atmos workshops, a panel and a listening session to Tileyard on Saturday 19 September.
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The first brands joining us at GearCon LDN 2026 are confirmed. From music production and pro audio to immersive sound and cutting-edge technology, some of the biggest names in the industry will be showcasing, demonstrating and activating across the estate — and we’re only getting started.
See who’s confirmed
Martin Audio and TiMax Spacial come on board as official partners, bringing the immersive suite at Tileyard into the heart of the GearCon programme.
View the announcementPartner reveals and programme drops land through the summer. Follow @gear.con to see them first.
Announcements land on Instagram first. Follow @gear.con for partner reveals, programme drops and behind-the-scenes from the build.
Follow @gear.conTechnology in Music Education joins GearCon LDN 2026 as an Official Partner — and will be at the show all day on Saturday 19 September.
Come and talk music technology, education and careers with the TiME team.
Established in 2018, Technology in Music Education (TiME) is the UK’s leading membership organisation dedicated to advancing the role of music technology in education, representing a network of more than 1,000 practitioners and organisations.
TiME connects educators, industry partners, researchers and policymakers to make sure music technology is embedded at every stage of learning — from Early Years to Higher Education, and across mainstream, inclusive and specialist settings. It works with schools, colleges, universities, music hubs, arts organisations, technology companies and the wider music industry.
TiME are at GearCon LDN for the full day on Saturday 19 September, alongside the Dolby Atmos programme and the wider exhibition across the Tileyard estate.
More at timemusicuk.org
Media enquiries and partner information: rian@headlinerhub.com. Programme details are subject to change.
Dolby joins GearCon LDN 2026 as an Official Partner, taking Unit 10 for a full day of Atmos workshops on Saturday 19 September, followed by a panel and listening session in the Tileyard Gallery.
A full day of Dolby Atmos workshops, discussion and listening — open to anyone at GearCon who wants to see how immersive mixes actually get made.
The partnership puts immersive audio at the centre of GearCon’s second day. Dolby hosts a programme of hands-on sessions in the Dolby Studio at Unit 10, followed by a panel and playback session in the Tileyard Gallery, giving attendees the chance to hear Atmos mixes discussed and demonstrated by the engineers who made them.
The day is built around the questions engineers actually ask when they move into immersive work — from stem counts and bus processing through to whether an Atmos mix needs mastering at all, and how to make a start without a dedicated room.
Dolby’s Myles Clarke brings all four engineers together to explore Atmos workflows, challenges and creative possibilities — with music played through the Gallery’s in-built Dynaudio monitoring system.
Media enquiries and partner information: rian@headlinerhub.com. Programme details are subject to change.
Tileyard London is Europe's largest creative music community — a working campus of studios, labels, publishers and creative businesses in N7. GearCon takes over the estate for two days in September 2026. Tap any area on the map to explore the space.
A bespoke opening day across the Tileyard estate — a partner-led studio activation followed by an evening of B2B networking and live music at the Campfire. Lighter by design, building into the full conference day on Saturday.
GearCon LDN opens with a bespoke, partner-led studio activation hosted inside TYE on the Tileyard estate — a hands-on experience built specifically for the day. Limited spaces.
From 5pm the Campfire opens up and runs until late — B2B networking for delegates, exhibitors and press, with a special artist performance across the evening ahead of the full programme on Saturday.
The main event. Saturday's conference programme runs as a single focused track inside The Gallery — demos, keynotes and panels from 10:30am through to 5pm — before the room turns over to live performances, networking and the official after party from 5–8pm. Running alongside it all day, the Immersive Playground in Unit 10 and the TiMax flagship suite.
The exclusive GearCon LDN programme · Block D · 10:30–17:00
We sit down to demo the new Waves Illugen AI technology and showcase it in action, live with a producer. Along the way we look at the pros and cons of AI in modern-day production.
Taking place with 100 million+ streaming producer Bobby Harvey, breaking down one of his productions using Waves AI technology, live.
A hands-on demonstration of the MiMU Gloves, followed by an immersive live performance from Welsh-Ukrainian electronic artist NØELLE.
The Music Producers Guild delivers a keynote on Arts Council England’s Music Growth Fund initiative for recording studios and rehearsal spaces.
Headliner’s Paul Watson moderates a discussion on the immersive audio sector with some of its leading technology brands.
Myles Clarke, Senior Music Engineer at Dolby, leads an in-depth discussion with four guests on their approach, workflows, challenges and the creative benefits of mixing in Atmos — with examples of their work played throughout via the Gallery’s in-built Dynaudio monitoring system.
We put the spotlight on the role of the music producer, the deals they agree with artists and record labels, and crucially how producers get paid. As the record industry has evolved, the commercial relationship between producers, artists and labels has changed too.
Based on the Producer Deal Guide published by MPG and MMF, find out what producers, artists and labels need to consider whenever they collaborate on new music.
From 5pm the room turns over to live artist performances and open networking — delegates, exhibitors and artists together to close the conference day.
The official GearCon LDN after party runs 5–8pm in The Gallery — DJs, drinks and the whole industry under one roof to round off the show.
One corner of the estate, three of the biggest names in immersive audio, side by side for the day. Across Unit 10 and the TiMax flagship suite, the Immersive Playground runs all day Saturday alongside the Gallery programme — Atmos workshops with working engineers, a world-first monitoring demo, and a 26.4.6 room you can bring your own stems to. Walk in, sit down, listen.
Dolby takes Unit 10 for the day, running workshops in an ATC-powered Atmos room with four engineers working at the sharp end of the format — Pierpaolo DeMarchi, Mike Hillier, Oli Morgan and Sam Coveney.
Aspiring engineers can sit in, watch them work and pick up the tricks of the trade. The same four join Myles Clarke on the Gallery stage at 2.15pm for Dolby Atmos Music in 2026.
Sharing Unit 10, Audioscenic demonstrates a genuinely new approach to spatial studio monitoring. Listener position-sensing and Beamcasting™ technologies place you at the centre of a three-dimensional sound field, with the SBX-1 adapting audio in real time as you move.
It is the first chance anywhere to hear immersive monitoring delivered from a single, portable speaker array. Headphone-free, no complex room set-up — hardware that enables you to sit down and create.
Next door, the TiMax flagship suite opens up an extraordinary 26.4.6 mixing environment, with two mix sessions alongside notable producers and mixers — one in the morning, one in the afternoon.
In between, aspiring Atmos mixers can bring their own ADM files or stems: TiMax’s software and product manager Dan Higgott will hook you up to the main system and help refine them as required.
Brands activating and showcasing the latest technology at GearCon LDN 2026, led by headline partner Audioscenic. Partner announcements are being staggered — more partners to be announced.
Partner enquiries — rian@headlinerhub.com
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GearCon takes over Tileyard London — Tileyard Road, King's Cross, London N7 9AH. It's a short walk from King's Cross St Pancras and sits just outside the Congestion Charge zone.
King's Cross St Pancras — Victoria, Northern, Piccadilly, Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines. About a 15‑minute walk via York Way.
Caledonian Road (Piccadilly line) is the closest tube — roughly a 10–12 minute walk.
St Pancras International & King's Cross — National Rail and Eurostar, the major hub for arrivals from across the UK and Europe.
Caledonian Road & Barnsbury (London Overground) is one stop out, around a 12‑minute walk.
Nearest paid parking is the multi‑storey at 22 Tileyard Road — about two minutes' walk. On‑street bays on Tileyard Road are pay & display.
Tileyard sits outside the Congestion Charge zone. On‑site parking is very limited, so we recommend public transport or pre‑booking a space.