By George Petersen
LONG BEACH, CA – AES is going West for 2025. After years of member and exhibitor requests, asking the annual U.S. Audio Engineering Society conventions to return to the West Coast, the Society announces plans to move to Long Beach, California in 2025.
“AES Show 2025 SoCal” will begin the Society’s new rotation of West Coast shows in odd years, East Coast shows in the even years. Announced dates for the 2025 AES Convention are October 21-24. 2025.
Long Beach, CA is an oceanside city located approximately 25 miles south of Los Angeles.
Completing $50-million in renovations this year, the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center offers more than 400,000 square feet of meeting and exhibit space, including ballrooms, turnkey spaces, 34 meeting rooms, a 13,500-seat arena, an 823-seat theater, two VIP lounges, and two new venues — “The Cove” a street party venue and “The Rainbow Bridge” immersive, state-of-the-art pedestrian bridge.
While AES prepares its move to California for the Fall 2025 AES Convention, the 2025 New York NAB show will continue as usual, and is scheduled to return to the Javits Center from October 22-23, 2025, in New York City.
Note: AES is currently taking space reservations for the 2025 convention. For more info, visit www.aes.org
