The Audio Engineering Society’s AES Show Nashville, the 161st AES Convention, runs Friday, October 30 through Sunday, November 1, 2026, at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee. It is the first time the AES fall show has been held in Nashville. The technical program runs all three days, and the exhibit hall is open Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Badge options are All Access, one-day All Access and Exhibits+ (audioXpress).
Keynote interviews feature Jack White on Sunday, Blackbird Studio owner John McBride, and Vince Gill with producer/engineer Justin Niebank, moderated by Chuck Ainlay, on the 50 Years From Home project (Mix). Marina Bosi gives the Richard C. Heyser Memorial Lecture on Saturday, “Making Every Bit Count: From Psychoacoustics to the Technologies Enabling the Digital Music Revolution.” The program also includes an interview with Ronnie Milsap, a Dolly Parton tribute hosted by Val Garay, a 3D Masterclass with George Massenburg, Warren Huart sessions with Neumann CEO Yasmine Riechers and a Nashville engineers panel (Piper Payne, Gena Johnson and Reid Shippen), a Jack Douglas tribute with Steve Marcantonio, a METAlliance session on artificial intelligence, and the panel “From Stage to Stream: Delivering Live Entertainment in Dolby Atmos.” A GRAMMY Sound Tables panel on October 31 features Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins, Alison Brown, Jordan Hamlin and Chuck Ainlay (ProSoundWeb). ADAM Audio and Genelec are hosting immersive listening rooms on the show floor.