The Podcast Show London

European industry event

If you're in the UK or European podcasting industry, this is the event of the year. The 2026 fifth edition runs May 20-21 at London's Business Design Centre in Islington. Strong programming on the business of podcasting with Global and iHeartPodcasts as headline partners, plus BBC Studios, Acast, Audioboom, Sony Music, Spotify, and YouTube confirmed.

The Podcast Show is the major UK and European podcasting conference, taking place over two days each May at London's Business Design Centre in Islington. The fifth edition runs May 20-21, 2026, with the event having grown over previous years and visitors from more than 60 countries. The 2026 event has named an international advisory board with figures from Goalhanger, Global, iHeartPodcasts, and Acast among others. Announced partners include Acast, Audioboom, BBC Studios, ESPN, Global, iHeartPodcasts, Podimo, Sony Music Entertainment, Spotify, Triton Digital, and YouTube. Programming spans business, creative, and platform-strategy stages, with both invited keynotes and an open speaker submissions process. If you work in podcasting in the UK, Ireland, or continental Europe — or you sell into those markets from elsewhere — this is the highest-density industry event of the year. The networking around the venue and the after-hours events tend to matter as much as the sessions themselves. The Islington Business Design Centre is a 20-minute Tube ride from central London, surrounded by hotels at various price points, so logistics are straightforward compared to events that scatter delegates across a sprawling convention complex. Less critical for North America-only creators or solo hobbyists, where the travel cost is hard to justify. Worth pairing with a side trip if you'd been planning a London visit anyway — the 2026 dates land in late May around the same time as several other industry meetups.