Live Entertainment Expo TOKYO concluded with another success

5th Live Entertainment Expo TOKYO, Japan’s largest* trade show for the live entertainment and media industry, took place on Feb. 21st – 23th, 2018 at Makuhari Messe, Japan. The show saw another great year with record numbers of 475 exhibitors and 23,876 visitors during the 3 days show period. (**)

The venue was filled up with excitement and talks emerged among the participants. Exhibitors presented their latest services and technologies; 4K-HDR/HD relay mobile, 3D hologram theatre, waterproof moving light, visual motion system with ultrahigh precision, light weight 4K/8K displays and various other equipment/services for the concerts, sports events, and stage entertainments. The show has been supporting all genres of the industry for the past 4 years, and functioned this year again as a business arena for industry players from across Japan and the world.

Highlights at a glance>> http://www.live-event.jp/en/sokuho/ Exhibitor Catalogue 2018>> http://www.live-event.jp/en/eguide/

For further information, visit the official show website: http://www.live-event.jp/en/, or contact the Show Team at live-expo.eng@reedexpo.co.jp.

Post Show Report [Mar. XXth, 2018]

Dates: Feb. 21 (Wed) - 23 (Fri), 2018 Venue: Makuhari Messe, Japan Organiser: Reed Exhibitions Japan Ltd.

Welcoming 13,592** industry players as audience, the Conference took place next to Live Entertainment Expo TOKYO. Speakers included a founder of Rhizomatiks: a Japan’s leading creative collective renowned for Tokyo 2020 Presentation at Rio Olympics Closing Ceremony, and a creative director of Moment Factory, the Montreal-based multimedia entertainment studio well acknowledged for the world-class attractions with their advanced technologies and interactive approaches. In addition to these global leaders, Japan’s prominent music producers and event promoters discussed the trends and perspectives of music and live entertainment market, as well as SNS marketing. Industry policies and actions of the Government of Japan were also described in one of the most-crowded conferences.

The Conference by industry leaders attracted 13,592 attendees

Contact Organiser: Reed Exhibitions Japan Ltd. Office Address: 18F Shinjuku-Nomura Bldg., 1-26-2 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 163-0570, Japan TEL: +81-3-3349-8507 FAX: +81-3-3344-2400 E-mail: live-expo.eng@reedexpo.co.jp URL: http://www.live-event.jp/en/ For Press Inquiries >> awanoe@reedexpo.co.jp

Expectation growing toward the next edition

New arenas to be built and opened to ease the shortage of live entertainment venues

The numbers of live concert visitors and total sales for the first half of 2017 have shown slight increase compared to the same period in 2016, which is promising and the further growth can be expected after the transient drop caused by the lack of venues due to the major renovation works on the several large size arenas in 2016. Live concerts derived from animation contents are ever stronger and still growing. Two multi-purpose arenas opened and more to come toward 2020 to meet the market demand where people put more weight on experiential consumption rather than material consumption. There is no doubt that 6th Live Entertainment Expo TOKYO will be a destination for both the suppliers and buyers to weigh a wide range of options, expand business and find connections in the growing market. For more details of the future show schedule, participation fee and the list of exhibitors/visitors, see the official show website: http://www.live-event.jp/en/, or contact the Show Team at live-expo.eng@reedexpo.co.jp.

Dates: Feb. 27 (Wed) – Mar. 1 (Fri), 2019 Venue: Makuhari Messe, Japan Organised by: Reed Exhibitions Japan Ltd.

* "Largest" in reference to the exhibitor number and the net exhibit space of trade shows with the same concept. ** The numbers of exhibitors (including co-exhibitors) and visitors are subject to change after further confirmation.