RIOT MUSIC to hold a 3

From November 20th to 22nd, 2026, the virtual music festival “ESPERA -AdHoc Live Festival 2026-” will be held on VRChat. This is a joint project by Culture Entertainment and the music agency RIOT MUSIC.

This festival aims to create a space where internet music centered around VOCALOID, the music culture rooted in VRChat, and the expressions of VTubers and virtual artists intersect. The name ESPERA embodies the meaning of “hope.”

Of the three days, November 20th and 21st will be free performances. The final day, the 22nd, will be a ticketed performance. Details regarding performing artists, performance content, ticket prices, and sales methods will be announced sequentially starting in October 2026.

RIOT MUSIC, which is responsible for production and operation, began its full-scale efforts in VRChat in February 2026. As a result of holding music live performances and talk events in the world “AdHoc,” the cumulative number of visitors has reached 50,000. The number of participants in the VRChat group has also exceeded 3,700 as of September of the same year.

Building on this track record, this time the event will be expanded into a large-scale festival spanning three days. XR creative studio MIGIRI will be joining the production team. In addition to producing AdHoc events, the studio has worked on virtual live performances set in VRChat, such as “META=KNOT 2024 in AKASAKA Blitz”.

“ESPERA -AdHoc Live Festival 2026-” Event Overview

This article is an English translation of an original Japanese article, translated by the Mogura VR editorial team.

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