VidCon to Leave Anaheim as the Creator Convention Links Up With Lions

VidCon is moving to Nashville and merging with LIONS Creators

VidCon will leave Anaheim and return as VidCon x LIONS Creators in Nashville in fall 2027. Here’s what the move means for fans and what remains unclear.

VidCon Acquired by Lions, Moves Convention Out of Anaheim to Denver

VidCon x Lions Creators will host the Insight to Impact Festival this fall and will also have a presence at Cannes Lions in June

VidCon Is Leaving Anaheim After Creator Convention Combines With LIONS, Parent of Cannes Lions

VidCon is leaving its home of Anaheim after 16 years in Southern California after merging with the digital creator business of LIONS, parent of Cannes Lions.

VidCon to Leave Anaheim as the Creator Convention Links Up With Lions

The owner of the Cannes Lions marketing conference is planning a global expansion, with VidCon becoming a core piece of its North America strategy.

VidCon is leaving Anaheim to become a Cannes Lions offshoot

Since 2012, VidCon has been an (almost) annual summertime fixture at the Anaheim Convention Center in Orange County. But that's about to change. Informa, the owner of the eminent creator convention, is taking VidCon out of Anaheim. Going forward, VidCon will be linked up with another Informa property: The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. To acknowledge the growing impact of creators within the worlds of advertising and marketin…

VidCon joins LIONS to create premier global platform for the creator economy

16 September 2026 – LIONS today announced that VidCon, the world’s largest celebration of digital culture and its creators, is joining the LIONS family to create VidCon x LIONS Creators—the premier global platform connecting the cultural and commercial forces shaping the creator economy. Over the last decade, creators have become a critical part of the […]