ComplexCon is heading back to Los Angeles for its 10th anniversary, taking over the LA Convention Center and Crypto.com Arena on October 3-4.
Widely regarded as one of the most influential events across streetwear, music, sneakers, art, and contemporary culture, the festival will mark a decade at the heart of convergence culture with a full 2026 music program led by Playboi Carti and Ken Carson.
Playboi Carti’s American label and rap collective, 00pium, is set to stage a major takeover of the convention center, while Hiroshi Fujiwara and Fragment Design will serve as the festival’s artistic director. Organizers are promising a mix of live performances, immersive installations, and limited-edition collaborations.
Across two nights of shows, Ken Carson will headline on Saturday, October 3, joined by ApolloRed1 and Homixide Gang. The following night, Sunday, October 4, Playboi Carti will close out ComplexCon with a headlining set alongside F1lthy and Destroy Lonely.
Each year, ComplexCon brings together more than 300 leading names in streetwear, fashion, and design, along with standout restaurants and creators from a wide range of disciplines. In 2025, the event set a new benchmark in Las Vegas, where ComplexCon drew more than 70,000 attendees to the Las Vegas Convention Center and featured upwards of 400 major brands spanning fashion, art, food, innovation, and pop culture. The brand has also expanded internationally with the recent debut of ComplexCon Hong Kong, held this past March at AsiaWorld-Expo.
For 2026, with 00pium and Hiroshi Fujiwara & Fragment Design helping shape the event, attendees can look forward to even more immersive activations, exclusive product drops, and ComplexCon(versations), the live panel series spotlighting some of today’s most influential creatives. Playboi Carti will also take on the role of Artistic Director for the first time, extending his creative vision across the festival experience and the stage alike, further underscoring his ability to fuse music and fashion into a larger cultural brand. As ComplexCon said in a press release, “Playboi Carti and Hiroshi Fujiwara & Fragment Design will guide the creative direction of the 2026 festival, designing a vision that spans product, programming, and experience, while honoring the past, present, and future of ComplexCon.”
This year, led by 00pium and Hiroshi Fujiwara & Fragment Design, fans can expect that and more immersive brand activations, exclusive releases, and ComplexCon(versations) – a live panel series featuring today’s most influential creatives. Playboi Carti steps into the role of Artistic Director for the first time, bringing his creative vision to the entire experience and on-stage, showcasing his ability to merge music and fashion into a brand. According to ComplexCon’s press release, “Playboi Carti and Hiroshi Fujiwara & Fragment Design will guide the creative direction of the 2026 festival, designing a vision that spans product, programming, and experience, while honoring the past, present, and future of ComplexCon.”
SHANGHAI, CHINA – OCTOBER 19: Designer Hiroshi Fujiwara attends “The City of Genius” of Moncler by the Huangpu river on October 19, 2024 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images for Moncler)
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Of course, Fujiwara is well known in the street fashion world – given the nickname as the “Godfather of the Streetwear Movement.” As one of the founding fathers of the 1990s Ura-Harajuku scene, he has influenced contemporary fashion in streetwear, music, art, and sneakers.
Additional announcements on festival programming, brand activations, panels, and performances will be shared in the coming weeks.
For more information and to purchase tickets for ComplexCon, now available at ComplexCon.com.
