#TBF26 Launch: What’s in the mix for 2026?
What’s in store for 2026?
What’s in store for 2026?
The countdown to #TBF26 has now officially started – with delegate registration opening for our 14th edition today!
Join us at world-famous Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester, 27-28-29 April 2026. Here’s what’s in the mix…
After local venue tours during the day, we’ll kick off the two days on evening of Monday 27 April with our International Welcome Reception, in The Edge hospitality lounge. The reception is a ‘must-attend’ part of the programme and provides the launchpad for conversations that matter.
ESSENTIAL INSIGHTS
Once again our Programme Advisory Panel, an elite squad of industry leaders, bring unrivalled insights into every facet of discovery, sales, and fan engagement to help shape an agenda that will be bold, practical, and future-focused – with 60+ expert speakers cross the two days.
THE MARKETPLACE
Historically this was the place of business in a town… and it’s still where it all happens at the Forum each year. The Marketplace is a curated mini-expo of the latest ideas and innovations to drive efficiencies, reach and revenue.
Confirmed #TBF26 Marketplace partners and exhibitors already include:
Freemans Event Partners, Wicket, menta tech, Justtikit, dormakaba (Alvarado), Axess AG, SKIDATA, Protect Group, 3D Digital Venue, TicketPlan, Queue-it, Janam Technologies, vivenu, Cover Genius and Seat Unique.
CELEBRATING THE BEST
The Forum’s social highlight will be the tenth edition of TheTicketingBusiness Awards on Tuesday evening (28 April). At this event, we will recognise leadership, innovation, and achievement in the use of ticketing in sports, performing arts, music, live entertainment, and visitor attractions. The awards ceremony will be followed by the Winners’ Party.
STAY ON-SITE
Want to maximise networking? Stay on-site at the stadium’s Hilton Garden Inn. A discounted rate (£173 pppn (inc VAT)*) is available for registered delegates only – and the recently-completed 100-room hotel extension means that even more of us will be under one roof during the Forum. Your booking link to the discounted hotel rate will be sent with your registration confirmation. Book quickly, though – the hotel fills up fast!
REGISTRATION OPEN
#TBF26 bookings are brisk, with a fantastic array of organisations already registered including an (almost) A-Z of our sector:
A View From My Seat, Arsenal FC, AudienceView, AXS, Baltic Ticketing OU, Bemils srl, BILL-A, Blackpool Grand Theatre, Blackticket, Chicago Bulls, CMSA Consultancy, CTS Eventim, DBU Danish Football Association, easy-connect / Ticket Gretchen, Lawson Entertainment, LetsGo Entertainment, Line-Up, Magic Mike Live, Manchester City FC, nolock, Nutickets / Nuweb Group, pmt consultants, QLINE Consulting, Sail GP, Samsung, SecureMyBooking, Silverstone Circuits Limited, Skiddle, Sound Impacts / cSense Media, The iLUKA Collective, TicketQuarter, Tixly, Tixr, TJChambers Consultancy, TransUnion, TruCrowd, Valhalla Tickets, Vatic, Vivaticket UK, WeBook (KSA)…. to name a few!
Shouldn’t you be there in April?
Get your pass today before the #TBF26 Super Earlybird rate (£595 – saving £200 on the full rate) ends on Friday, 12 December!
*subject to availability / price includes breakfast & VAT.
VIP HOT TICKETS – DO YOU QUALIFY?
Our Hot Tickets Programme gives friends and colleagues who are ‘shopping around’ for new ticketing, marketing, data and insights solutions, and other services across the entire ticketing ecosystem a complimentary delegate pass to #TBF26.
Is your organisation looking to upgrade some (or all) of your ticketing ecosystem from marketing and discovery to pricing, CRM, analytics and loyalty? And would you like to network with some of the sector’s best eCommerce suppliers?
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