Superbooth 26, the next edition of the world’s largest trade fair and festival for electronic musical instruments, will be happening from the 7th to the 9th of May 2026.
Superbooth is the world’s largest Synthesizer trade fair. The 2025 edition, with 301 exhibitors from 31 countries, is already three months behind us. The eyes and anticipation are already turning to the next edition, and yes, next year there will be a 2026 edition.
The organizers announced the official date of Superbooth 26 today and also gave a review of this year’s edition.
Official Press Release
Following the SUPERBOOTH25 in May of this year, the SUPERBOOTH BERLIN is excited to be able to confirm the date for the next edition of the world’s largest trade fair and festival for electronic musical instruments:
The SUPERBOOTH26 will be happening from the 7th to the 9th of May 2026 at the FEZ-Berlin. The 2026 date will also mark the ten year anniversary of the SUPERBOOTH as an independent festival and trade fair for electronic musical instruments — all the more reason to celebrate!
Reflecting back on this year’s SUPERBOOTH25, the SUPERBOOTH is happy to report that this year’s edition was again a big success overall that brought together more guests and exhibitors than any previous SuperBooth, with over 8800 attendees, as well as 301 exhibitors from 31 countries celebrating the practice and culture of electronic musical instruments across three days.
With overwhelmingly positive feedback across the board from visitors, exhibitors and the press, the SUPERBOOTH’s singular combination of a trade fair and festival has once again proved its unique appeal and staying power, even beyond the world of hardware synthesizers, since software and pro audio — with 38 exhibitors from
9 countries in the pro audio area — have now also firmly established themselves at the SUPERBOOTH.
As in previous years, the eight exhibition areas of the SB25 were characterized by a special atmosphere of passion and industry exchange, especially since the exhibiting smaller manufacturers and brands were all personally present to showcase their latest innovations and prototypes in person — a diversity of brands and technology unparalleled by any other electronic instrument trade fair.
The concert programming of the SB25 was also a step up from previous years, featuring a high caliber, three-day concert lineup with performances from internationally renowned artists like Surgeon, JakoJako, Dasha Rush and Mathew Jonson, the SUPERBOOTH residents Tunegirl, Alexander Spree, and Mark Verbos, as well as special concerts by the Studio for Electroacoustic Music of the Berlin Academy of
Arts and the Modular Synthesizer Ensemble, which, thanks to the support of the Miller-Zillmer Foundation, was now a part of SuperBooth for the eighth time.
In addition to its numerous lecture concerts and pro-audio presentations with renowned brands and manufacturers, the SB25 also hosted a rich and expanded workshop program — ranging from beginner workshops and workshops for women and nonbinary people, to DIY soldering workshops, to special workshops on topics such as field recording and tape loops.
New this year was a series of masterclasses and presentations by well-known artists, hosted in collaboration with Echio.co on the ADAM Audio “Immersive Arena“ stage.
However, organising a large-scale event like the SUPERBOOTH — a fully independent event from the very beginning, hosted without major brand deals or sponsorships — also always comes with new and unique challenges. This year, one of the major hurdles was a significant rise in costs related to necessary event logistics and resources.
As one of the SUPERBOOTH‘s core missions is, and will continue to be, providing affordable exhibition opportunities to smaller brands and manufacturers — while also continuing to develop the musical and cultural programming — the SUPERBOOTH’s event concept will be under review for 2026, with an exploration of possible adjustments and opportunities in order to adapt to various new and ongoing developments.
Recap Of All Videos from Superbooth 25
I’m looking forward to Superbooth 26 again. I hope the organizers can better control the noise levels in certain areas. The gymnasium, in particular, was unpleasant to work in at times.
Many times, the noise level was very high, and all you could hear was a mush of sound, which is not an ideal environment for the press and especially for manufacturers to showcase products.
Superbooth 26 will be happening from the 7th to the 9th of May 2026. More details on the upcoming SUPERBOOTH26, as well as the date for the start of the ticket pre-sale, will follow later in the year.
More information here: Superbooth
This is such a huge highlight of my year, I can’t recommend it enough for anyone who loves synths and gear. I flew in for the day from London, and had a smile stuck on my face for a week. Yes, the main area gets a bit noisy, but all booths have headphones to try on the gear – but it would be a good idea to ask companies to use headphones and not blast music in full volume. Maybe we can do a SynthAnatomy reader fan meetup next year!
Totally agree; I love being able to drink gin and tonics and see some great gear in person (hardly any music stores carry this stuff!)
hallo