CEDIA Expo 2026

CEDIA Expo is the premier global trade event for residential technology professionals, showcasing smart home solutions, home theater and automation products.

CEDIA Expo 2026

CEDIA Expo 2026 runs 1–4 September 2026 in Denver, Colorado.

The residential technology integration show

CEDIA Expo serves the custom installation channel: the integrators who design and install home cinema, whole-home audio, lighting control, motorised shading, networking and home automation. It is a working show for a trade that buys on demonstration — a substantial part of the floor is given over to rooms and environments built specifically so that products can be heard and seen rather than described.

Training sits alongside the floor

CEDIA's education programme is a significant reason for attendance in its own right, covering both technical certification and business operations for integration firms.

Denver, not Dallas

The show has moved between host cities in recent years. The 2026 event is in Denver; listings citing a different city are referring to another year.

1–4 September 2026 in Denver, Colorado.

Serves the custom installation and residential integration channel.

Demonstration-led floor — home cinema and audio environments built for listening, not just display.

Substantial education and certification programme alongside the exhibition.

Host city changes from year to year — 2026 is Denver.

Custom installation integrators — owners, project managers and lead technicians.

Home cinema designers.

Lighting control and shading specialists.

Residential network and IT specialists.

Architects and interior designers working on technology-equipped homes.

Builders and developers in the custom and luxury residential market.

Distributors and manufacturer reps.

Audio and video manufacturers, particularly those whose products need to be demonstrated to sell.

Home automation and control system vendors.

Lighting control and motorised shading manufacturers.

Networking hardware suppliers for the residential market.

Racks, power and infrastructure suppliers.

Software and remote-monitoring platforms for integration businesses.

Distributors serving the custom channel.

Because the buying audience is installers rather than consumers, demonstration space and channel terms tend to matter more here than consumer-facing brand presence.