Annual Shows and Events ( Soon : Bristol )

Date	Show
Jan 21-25	NAMM
Jan 25-26	Buchla & Friends
Feb 21-23	Synth East - Norwich
Apr 11-13	SynthFest France
May 08-10	Superbooth
Jul 04-06	SoundMiT - Turin
Sep 05-07	Knobcon
Sep 06	Dutch Modular Fest
Sep 27-28	Machina Bristronica
~~Oct 04~~	~~SynthFest UK - Sheffield~~
~~Oct 17-18~~	~~Roma Modulare~~ ?
Oct 22-25	Music China - Shanghai
Nov 13-16	Modular Commune - Beijing
Nov? ??	~~Tokyo~~ Festival of Modular

Assorted links :

namm.org
syntheast.com
synthfestfrance.com
superbooth.com
knobcon.com
machinabristronica.uk
synthfest.co.uk
music-china.hk.messefrankfurt.com
soundmit.com
tfom.info

Some specific dates are unknown, but it looks like these all are intended. These dates are the best info now available, and subject to change – right up to show date.

There is a much smaller series of retail shows run by delicious-audio dot com, called Synth and Pedal Expo

London 2025: March 22-23
Portland 2025: April 12-13
Toronto 2025: May 3-4
Los Angeles 2025: June 21-22 - tentative
Montreal 2025: August 23-24 - tentative
Brooklyn 2025: October 18-19 - tentative

EDIT :

Set date for Machina Bristronica
Set date for Knobcon, Dutch Modular, and Beijing Modular Commune.
SynthFest UK - Sheffield got cancelled, TY dshipp
Roma Modulare finally got scheduled, the date bounced around. Updated June 2nd.
Dropped Tokyo from Tokyo Festival of Music. The name has been changed and shortened to Festival of Music ( FOM ), as the event will be in Osaka this year. The date is still tenative as mid November. This is best info as of July 11th, and is still subject to change.
Roma Modulare has supposedly been postponed to 2026. There is some confusion about this, some places still list it, but the FB page says Postponed. Perhaps it is actually defunct now.

dshipp · 2025-05-15T13:21:23.611Z

Sadly, SynthFest UK - Sheffield isn’t happening in 2025. Their website has a statement confirming: https://www.synthfest.co.uk

Jukka · 2025-07-12T02:43:13.693Z

Updated info on the Tokyo Festival of Music. The name now has been changed and shortened to just Festival of Music ( FOM ), as the event will be in Osaka this year. I had to dig for this info and rely of Google Translate, which is not the best for Japanese to English. The date as well as the event is still tenative as mid November. This is best info i have at the moment.

Any more details on this or any other event, please post.

Oh – and for fun here’s a promo video for the 2024 Modular Commune - Beijing

as well as a longer ( 49 minute ) more detailed video from the same show with many interviews with the artists ( in Chinese )

Good to see all the world wide enthusiasm for electronic music.

Starscream · 2025-07-19T09:26:51.416Z

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re5et · 2025-07-19T11:25:43.700Z

Gear fest is on today in London

gearfestuk.com

GearFest UK

London’s music studio equipment show

Jukka · 2025-08-06T23:48:10.547Z

For next year :
SUPERBOOTH26 announced to be happening from the 7th to the 9th of May 2026 at the FEZ-Berlin.

Also :
The 2026 NAMM Show is to be held in Anaheim, January 20-24, 2026. The show marks the 125th anniversary of the National Association of Music Merchants.

Coming up soon this year :
Knobcon, Dutch Modular Fest, and a little after that Machina Bristronica.

Also in about two weeks Synth and Pedal Expo – Montreal.

Jukka · 2025-08-08T03:55:25.027Z

Short notice :

Saturday, 9th of August in Ottawa.

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Though Empress is doing this, there are a lot of other pedal and guitar makers a part of this, and lots of performers too, like for instance Cuckoo.

It is at Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts.

To see more detail, and get tickets :

Eventbrite

Music Festiversary: Live Performances, Pedal & Guitar Expo

Join Empress Effects in celebrating our 20th anniversary with an exciting music festival, pedal & guitar expo, & claw machine with prizes!

NOTE : This facility is not wheelchair accessible !

ADDED : Bumpity-Bump-Bump.