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Agenda Show Long Beach 2026

Name: Agenda Show Long Beach 2026
Start: 2026-08-06T09:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-08-07T11:00:00-07:00
Location: Long Beach Convention Center, 300 E Ocean Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90831

Going? You can check in after it ends.

In 3 days · Thu, Aug 6 – Fri, Aug 7, 2026

Thu 9:00 AM PDT – Fri 11:00 AM PDT

Long Beach Convention Center, 300 E Ocean Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90831

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About

The biggest booth on the floor is almost never where the conversation is. It is the small table in the corner, a brand on its second or third season, somebody who still has something to prove and forty minutes to explain it to you. Walking this show slowly is the entire skill.

The fall edition carries different inventory than the January one. Brands come back from summer with lines that did not exist eight months ago, things that began as samples on a garage floor, collabs that read differently in August light than they ever will in a lookbook. If you work in this industry, this is where fourth-quarter decisions get made over a handshake. If you only orbit it, this is where you see what is coming before it lands anywhere else.

Long Beach Convention Center on Ocean Boulevard, registration at agendashow.com. Be there the moment it opens, because the corner tables run out of attention first.

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Let's KCON Day 2 — Fan Cupsleeve Meetup

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