Playboi Carti and Ken Carson are set to headline ComplexCon 2026 festival, placing two of hip-hop’s most closely associated contemporary collaborators at the top of a lineup that continues the event’s focus on music, fashion, and youth culture.
The multi-day cultural festival celebrates its upcoming 10-year anniversary on October 3 and October 4, 2026, utilizing both the Los Angeles Convention Center and the Crypto.com Arena. The scheduling marks a milestone decade of operation for the exhibition, which organizers have previously described as our generation’s “World’s Fair” for its curation of streetwear, music, art, and food.
The festival lineup features a structured scheduling format designed around Playboi Carti’s 00pium record label collective. Ken Carson is scheduled to anchor the main stage on Saturday, October 3, accompanied by secondary musical sets from ApolloRed1 and HXG. The convention will conclude on Sunday, October 4, with a final headlining appearance by Playboi Carti, who will perform alongside frequent collaborators F1lthy and Destroy Lonely.
In addition to his musical performance, Playboi Carti has been appointed to serve as an artistic director for the 2026 iteration, working alongside Hiroshi Fujiwara and his design firm, Fragment Design. Together, the collaborative team will oversee the general creative layout of the festival, influencing the onsite programming, exclusive merchandise offerings, and physical installations. Organizers noted that the partnership aims to design a cohesive aesthetic vision that addresses “the past, present and future of ComplexCon.”
Public admission passes for the two-day Los Angeles convention have officially been made available to consumers through the organization’s primary digital ticketing portal. The upcoming domestic gathering follows the brand’s ongoing global footprint expansion, which notably featured the recent international introduction of ComplexCon Hong Kong.
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