Saudi Light & Sound Expo (SLS) 2026

About

Saudi Arabia's ambition to become a world-class hub for entertainment, live events, and cultural experiences is creating demand for professional lighting, sound, and audio-visual technology at a scale the region has never seen before. The Saudi Light and Sound Expo is the platform purpose-built to meet that demand. Now in its fifth edition and co-located with SEA Expo and Merath Expo at the Riyadh Front Exhibition and Conference Centre, SLS Expo brings the global pro AV industry to the heart of the Kingdom for three days of exhibition, innovation, and connection.

The event draws around 8,000 visitors and over 150 exhibitors from across the world, creating a focused, commercially productive environment for lighting designers, sound engineers, AV integrators, venue operators, event producers, and the project owners and architects behind Saudi Arabia's most ambitious developments. With over 50,000 events taking place annually across the Kingdom and a live events market worth more than USD 3.5 billion and still growing, the appetite for high-quality professional technology solutions has never been greater.

The show floor brings together the full range of the industry. Advanced stage lighting systems, moving-head fixtures, pixel mapping technology, LED solutions, wireless control networks, and projection mapping tools sit alongside high-fidelity line-array speakers, digital mixing consoles, sound reinforcement systems, and networked audio solutions. Digital signage, a sector projected to reach USD 3.4 billion by 2030 driven by the Kingdom's mega-projects, also receives dedicated focus, connecting providers with the visionaries shaping Saudi Arabia's built environment.

The SLS Summit runs alongside the exhibition with a conference programme covering sustainability in event production, the rise of multi-sensory live experiences, energy transition from diesel to cleaner alternatives, and emerging trends in immersive AV design. Masterclasses and roundtables give practitioners hands-on guidance they can apply immediately to their work. The SET Awards celebrate outstanding achievement across the industry, bringing a well-deserved moment of recognition to the professionals elevating Saudi Arabia's events landscape. For anyone in the pro light and sound world with ambitions in the region, SLS Expo is the essential starting point.