DISCOVER AUDIO, LIGHTING & STAGING
Your gateway to everything show-related at the world’s leading AV and systems integration event
Whether you're an audio engineer, lighting designer, integrator, or live events professional, this is your one-stop source for discovering cutting-edge audio systems, the latest lighting fixtures and control systems, and the most exciting stage technologies.
From studio to stage, explore how ISE is lifting the curtain on innovation across both fixed installations and live event environments. Dive in and experience show solutions like never before.
Let’s turn it up. Let’s Push Beyond.
DISCOVER SOLUTIONS AND PROVIDERS
View audio, lighting and staging exhibitors by product category:
- Audio Guiding & Interpretation
- Audio Processing
- Audio Systems & Acoustics
- Paging & Evacuation Systems
- Lighting & Lighting Control
- Show Control
- Rigging & Staging
- View these categories combined
At ISE 2026 you'll find the Audio Zone in Halls 7 and 8.1, and the Lighting & Staging Zone in Halls 6 and 8.1.
Hall 8.0 will play host to 21 Demo Room experiences across the four days of the show.
AUDIO ZONE
Audio is key to a total integrated AV experience, whatever the setting. That’s why the ISE Audio Zone is packed with solutions for every market sector for all sizes of project and any type of application. ISE 2026 covers the entire audio signal chain from microphones to loudspeakers and everything in between.
Attracting and retaining audiences at theatres, music venues and houses of worship requires operators to continually raise the bar on the quality and engagement of the experiences they create. This translates to more and more opportunity for pro AV as venues seek to use technology to raise their game.
ISE SOUND EXPERIENCE
The ISE Sound Experience is a favourite attraction for attendees. This year, Hall 8.0 will play host to 21 Demo Room experiences across the four days of the show. Ranging from 120sqm to 420sqm in size, these rooms present the latest in audio technology to attendees.
Alongside this, ISE's popular Outdoor Demo experience returns to the festival-like area between Halls 3 and 4. This unique stage enables attendees to enjoy multiple audio brands throughout the day in a relaxed outdoor environment.
New for 2026, our Listening Suites bring eight premium residential audio brands to the ears of attendees. These new spaces are located in CC2, close to Hall 2 and the East Access of Fira de Barcelona Gran Via.
LIGHTING & STAGING ZONE
Lighting and staging solutions are deployed across live events and in fixed installations. The two markets enjoy a mutually beneficial relationship.
Many manufacturers are able to make their R&D budgets go further by deploying their technologies in both markets. In addition, the events world’s shorter timescales mean that new technologies and solutions often get added to the inventory of rental houses for use in live events before they are specified by integrators for fixed installs.
Whether it’s concerts, music festivals, sporting events or product launches, visitors want to be wowed. As the venues and events sector continues to strengthen, audience expectations continue to rise unabated.
LIVE EVENTS STAGE
Stand 6B100 (Hall 6) - Free to attend
Three days of programming about the live events world
Tuesday 3 to Thursday 5 February
The Live Events Stage will offer a behind-the-scenes look at some of the world’s most incredible live events, featuring the people who bring them to life. The first three days of programming will be curated by TPi Magazine's Managing Editor, Stew Hume.
Production Futures Takeover: access and opportunities for newcomers into production
Friday 6 February
On Friday, Production Futures' Hannah Eakins will take the reins, shifting the focus to the next generation of event professionals and offering valuable guidance to younger ISE attendees looking to enter the entertainment industry.
AUDIO, LIGHTING & STAGING NEWS
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The hottest trend in immersive audio is to make it even more accessible, flexible and adaptable. -
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Thirty years after their 90s heyday, Oasis are touring again. However, major advances in technology over this period have revolutionised how gig-goers experience live sound. -
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Stepping into the Lighting & Staging Zone at ISE 2026 is to enter a wonderland of colourful beams cutting through the haze as visual creativity meets engineering precision. -
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Sound takes centre stage at ISE 2026 in the Audio Zone (Halls 7 and 8.1), the Outdoor Demo Area (between Halls 3 and 4), the Audio Demo Rooms in Hall 8 and new Listening Suites in CC2. -
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Live audiences have returned at scale, and the venues and events sector has moved from recovery to reinvention. -
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In the past year, drone light shows have moved from a novelty to a staple in the live events world, the technology and scale of these performances have grown exponentially, creating ever-more mesmeris ... -
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Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) and Llum BCN are thrilled to announce their continued collaboration for the fourth consecutive year, bringing together the best of technology and artistic innovation. -
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The artist invited by Casa Batlló to create a unique mapping on the iconic building will give the Creative Keynote and deliver a showcase performance at the Fira South Access Welcome Screen. -
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Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour has become the highest-grossing concert tour of all time, earning over a billion dollars by the end of 2023. Alongside Swift’s awe-inspiring performances, what has come to def ... -
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The live events landscape is being transformed in unprecedented ways by the combination of AV technology and generative AI. -
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In the live events sector, as elsewhere in pro AV, value is increasingly shifting from hardware to software. -
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As well as being a triumphant showcase of sporting excellence, the quadrennial event is also an international case study in the deployment of audiovisual (AV) technology.