ComplexCon is marking its 10th anniversary with a debut in Los Angeles on October 3-4, 2026.
The event will take place at the Los Angeles Convention Center and Crypto.
com Arena, following a two-year run in Las Vegas that attracted over 70,000 attendees in 2025.
The two-day festival and exhibition will feature more than 300 global brands, along with music talent, creators, designers, and food vendors across over half a million square feet of exhibition space.
Rapper Playboi Carti and Hiroshi Fujiwara of Fragment Design serve as Artistic Directors for the 2026 edition.
They will guide the creative vision across product releases, live programming, and festival experiences.
The event includes a full-scale 00pium takeover of the L. A.
LIVE campus, with headline performances from Ken Carson, HXG, and ApolloRed1 on Saturday.
Sunday will feature Playboi Carti, Destroy Lonely, and F1lthy.
Fujiwara is debuting exclusive footwear, apparel, and collectibles at the convention through collaborations with Disney, Pokémon, the Los Angeles Dodgers, Ray-Ban, Street Fighter, BRABUS, Weekend by Sequel, and BE@RBRICK.
Playboi Carti also revealed a special collaboration with women's clothing brand I. AM.
GIA featuring his Young Vamp Life (YVL) logo on baby tees alongside his festival artistic duties.
Over 300 brands are participating in the marketplace, including Nike, Adidas, Vans, BAPE, Fear of God, Gallery Dept.
, Billionaire Boys Club, Sp5der, Palm Angels, and Timberland.
Major footwear drops scheduled for the weekend include the BBC Ice Cream x Reebok Board Flip 'Beer' edition limited to 500 pairs, the Stash x LAAMS x Nike Air Force 1 Low limited to 50 pairs, and the Satoshi Nakamoto x Vans Era in navy.
Additional sneaker releases include the Imran Potato x Vans collection, the Sp5der x Adidas F50 Formotion in neon green, the restocked Taller de Rafa x Nike Goadome Low, and the BAPE Sta 25th Anniversary collection.
The festival's programming features live discussions on the ComplexCon(versations) stage, including a live edition of Sneaker Shopping with host Joe La Puma and WWE Superstar Cody Rhodes.
There will also be an Album of the Year panel with French Montana, DJ Akademiks, and Adam22.
