GearConLDN
18/19
SEP
'26
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.
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.conTileyard 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 activation followed by an evening of networking. Lighter by design, building into the full conference day on Saturday.
GearCon LDN opens with a bespoke, partner-led activation hosted inside TYE on the Tileyard estate — a hands-on experience built specifically for the day.
From 6pm, TYX and the Campfire open up for the evening with drinks and canapés — delegates, exhibitors and press together 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.
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.
Dolby’s Myles Clarke moderates an Atmos playback activation, in conversation with three leading Atmos engineers.
Led by MPG executive director Cameron Craig, this presentation puts the spotlight on the deals agreed between music producers, artists and record labels, and on the role of artist and producer managers in negotiating them.
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 three engineers working at the sharp end of the format — Oli Morgan, Pierpaolo De Marchi and Sam Coveney.
Aspiring engineers can sit in, watch them work and pick up the tricks of the trade. The same three join Myles Clarke on the Gallery stage at 2.10pm for Dolby Atmos Evolution.
Sharing Unit 10, Audioscenic demonstrates a genuinely new approach to studio monitoring. Head-tracked beamforming places you at the centre of a three-dimensional soundfield, with the STUDIO monitor adapting the audio in real time as you move.
It is the first chance anywhere to hear immersive monitoring delivered from a single bank of speakers. No headphones, no complex calibration — just sit down and listen.
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.
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.