GETshow: big stage tech return

GETshow returns April 6–8 with a huge footprint — 150,000 m² of exhibition space, 14 professional pavilions and over 1,000 exhibitors lined up for stage lighting, audio, and entertainment tech. (tpimagazine.com) That follows Light + Building in Frankfurt, which drew 144,767 visitors and highlighted adaptive, smart lighting trends likely to show up on GETshow floors. (cicconstruccion.com)

Organisers plan a large-scale outdoor line-array tour showcase on the South Square outside Halls 4.1 and 5.1 of the Canton Fair Complex. (en.getshow.com.cn) The event is organised by the Industry Association of South China Entertainment Equipment (SCEE), with Guangzhou GETshow Exhibition Co., Ltd. as the undertaker and support from the China Entertainment Technology Association and the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Guangdong committee. (getshow.com.cn) A pre-show forum called "Intelligent Integration of Sound and Light — 2026 Performing Arts Equipment Industry Summit" is scheduled for April 5 and is jointly organised with the Chinese Society of Stage Art and the Panyu District Lighting & Audio Industry Chain. (tpimeamagazine.com) Adjacent programming includes the 4th GETshow Cup National Young Stage Lighting Designers Competition and the 2nd GETshow Cup China Audio Engineers Competition, events organisers say attracted more than 200 student and young professional entrants. (tpimeamagazine.com) The organisers have published an official booth map that designates Hall 4.1 as the Consumer Audio‑Visual Zone while warning that individual booth layouts remain subject to change and will be confirmed on-site. (en.getshow.com.cn) Confirmed exhibitor announcements include LiGHTSKY at Booth 17.2A1, with additional exhibitor-recommendation posts naming Xuanyi Electronics (Hall 4.2, Booth C7), Ningbo Roxtone (A2.1F4) and Tian Sheng Audio (Zone A 1.1E44). (en.lightsky.com.cn) Organisers have carried out international promotion for the show, including delegation visits by the Industry Association of South China Entertainment Equipment to Spain to market the 2026 edition. (en.getshow.com.cn) Light + Building’s March edition reported 1,927 exhibitors from 49 countries and set its programme around the themes "Sustainable Transformation", "Smart Connectivity" and "Living Light", themes organisers say are shaping product development at global lighting and building-technology fairs. (light-building.messefrankfurt.com)

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