In the coming days, dozens of momentous events are set to arrive en force. The ever-enticing list includes some of our world’s most famous cultural and creative-industry gatherings, which are set to welcome attendees virtually and/or in person … and where innovation and mastery are sure to reach new heights yet again. Also at this spectacular time of year, nature beckons us on into everything fresh and new.
Follow this link to explore this year’s Canadian National Exposition, taking place 21 August through 7 September: The Ex.
August Events
- 4 June – 19 September | Celebrate Brooklyn Festival — Brooklyn
- 4 July – 24 August | Pyrotechnic Art Festival — Cannes
- 16 July – 2 August | Fantasia International Film Festival — Montreal
- 24 July – 9 August | Anguilla Summer Festival
- 24 July – 4 August | Ozara Festival — Dádpuszta
- 25 July – 2 August | Vans U.S. Open of Surfing — Huntington Beach Pier
- 29 July – 1 August | Brand Insider Summit: Pharma & Health — Park City
- 29 July – 2 August | Defected Croatia 2026 — Tisno
- 29 July – 2 August | Dekmantel Festival — Amsterdam
- 29 July – 2 August | Lollapalooza — Chicago
- 30 July – 2 August | Wilderness Festival — Oxfordshire
- 31 July – 3 August | BlackStar Film Festival — Philadelphia
- 31 July – 2 August | Newport Jazz Festival
- 31 July – 2 August | Spraoi International Street Arts Festival — Waterford City
- 2–8 | Burbank International Film Festival
- 2–9 | Smukfest — Skanderborg
- 3 | Crop Over Festival Grand Kadooment Day — St. Michael
- 3–5 | The Employee Experience Conference — Nashville
- 4 | How to Write a Winning Brand Positioning Statement — Virtual
- 5–15 | Locarno Film Festival
- 6 | LeBook Connections Mexico City
- 6 | Moving AI from Task Efficiency to Bottom-Line Impact — Virtual
- 6–23 | Melbourne International Film Festival
- 6–9 | QuakeCon — Grapevine
- 6–9 | Untold — Transylvania
- 7–9 | SF Outside Lands — San Francisco
- 7–9 & 14–16 | Splash House — Palm Springs
- 7–30 | Edinburgh International Festival
- 7–8 & 14–15 | Lovefest — Vrnjačka Banja
- 11 | AICP Post Webinar: AI in Post Production — Virtual
- 11 | One Story, Every Channel: Building a Unified Content Strategy — Virtual
- 12–15 | Brand Insider Summit: Retail — Lake Tahoe
- 12–13 | Render Tech Conference & Music Festival — Atlanta
- 14–21 | Sarajevo Film Festival
- 14–16 | WeCanDance — Zeebrugge Beach, Belgium
- 16–19 | Data & Programmatic Insider Summit — Lake Tahoe
- 16–19 | WordCamp US — Phoenix
- 18 | Book Publicity Masterclass — Virtual
- 18 | Build an Ownable Data Model — Atlanta
- 19–23 | SIGGRAPH 2026 — Vancouver
- 20–27 | UX Foundations for Marketers — Virtual
- 21 August – 7 September | The Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) — Toronto
- 22 | EditFest LA
- 24–26 | Connect Marketplace — Tampa Bay
- 24–26 | Future of Marketing Summit Australia — Gold Coast
- 25–28 | Edinburgh TV Festival
- 25–30 | gamescom — Cologne & Online
- 25 | Mapping the Customer Journey — Virtual
- 25 | Future-Ready: Your Marketing Career in the Age of AI — Virtual
- 25–30 | MUTEK Montreal — Montreal & Online
- 27–28 | Forward Festival — Berlin
- 30 August – 7 September | Burning Man — Black Rock City
Featured Video: MUTEK Montréal 2026 happens 25-30 August 2026.
Featured Image: An Nguyen via Pexels
