The Podcast Show is back for its third year and once again, will be at The Business Design Centre in Islington, London.
Taking place across two days on 22 and 23 May, the festival will be bigger and more ambitious,with more global industry partners, more networking opportunities and parties, more content, and more big names in the industry.
Jason Carter, The Podcast Show Co-Founder said: “As The Podcast Show returns for its third year this coming May, it’s shaping up to be the best yet. We have been simply overwhelmed by the international interest in the show. With 6,500+ attendees expected at the day-time conference alone, it is truly set to be the ‘one-stop shop’ for the global podcast community.”
There will be over 130 in-person panels and sessions with industry leaders, creators and internationally renowned speakers. So far, the speaker line-up includes:
The Traitors: Uncloaked (including The Traitors winner Harry Clark), The News Agents, Fearne Cotton (Host, Happy Place), Hala Taha (CEO, YAP Media), The Sports Agents, Raphael Rowe (Host, Second Chance), Suruthi Bala and Hannah Maguire (Co-Founders & Hosts, RedHanded), Yasmin Evans (TV & Radio Presenter) Gemma Atkinson (Host, The Overshare), Nihal Arthanayake (Broadcaster, BBC 5 Live), Elizabeth Day (Host, How To Fail), Miranda Sawyer (Journalist, The Observer), Ross Adams (CEO, Acast), Tiffany Ashitey (Managing Director. The Americas, Acast ), Dan Fierman (Head of Audio, Higher Ground), Jenna Weiss-Berman (Co-Founder, Audacy and Pineapple Street Studios), Peter Mandelson (Co-founder and Chairman of Global Counsel), Grace Beverley (Host, Working Hard, Hardly Working), Remel London (Host, The Mainstream), GK Barry (Host, Saving Grace), Ray Paul (Creative Director, Playmaker Group), Fatima Zaidi (Founder & CEO, Quill Inc.), Corey Layton (Head of Digital Audio, ARN), Bernard P Achampong (Founder & Creative Director, Unedited), Callum Airey (CEO, The Fellas Studios), Elliot Hackney (COO, The Fellas Studios), Rosie Pye (Creative Director, Blanchard House), Rusty Quill, Will Malnati (CEO, At Will Media), James Cridland (Editor, Podnews), Arielle Nissenblatt (Founder & Head Curator, Earbuds Podcast Collective), Justine Benjamin (Senior Director Global Marketing, AdsWizz & Simplecast), Jennifer Litherland (Senior Global Advertising & Media Manager, TUI), Rory Sutherland (Deputy Chair, Ogilvy), Jake Warren (CEO & Founder, Message Heard) with more to be announced.
New for this year, The Creator Village in association with Spreaker, will be a space offering a ‘Pitch Your Podcast’ booth by Spreaker, a Tileyard pop-up podcast studio recording live throughout the two days, a business advice and feedback hub where independent creators can have one-to-one meetings with industry wide professionals and many more features.
Spreaker will also host a Creator Stage programmed with interactive masterclasses, ‘how to’ sessions and informative workshops.
BBC Sounds will have a dedicated stage on the main show floor for the first time, giving even more access to sessions with commissioners, top talent, and the key players behind some of their hit podcasts.
Global will present the Brand Works Stage in association with IAB UK in a brand new 250 capacity theatre space, with a programme reflecting the huge growth and high demand from brands and media agencies to engage with the podcast industry. This venue will also include daily ‘brands-meet-industry’ networking receptions and industry leadership get-togethers.
Acast returns to sponsor the Talking Podcasts series at the show focusing on the Podcast ‘Business’ track, as well as hosting networking drinks at the end of each show day in their ‘Acast Arms’ bar venue adjacent to the show’s main entrance.
Amazon Music and Wondery will rejoin as official ‘Welcome Partners’; they will be contributing to hosting creator meet ups, as well as meeting delegates within the conference in the main show hall.
Mike Newman, VP, UK Content and Partnerships at Audioboom, another of the show’s official partners, added: “The Podcast Show brings together the best and brightest of our industry, all under one roof and the energy in the room is infectious. It’s fast become a high point in the industry calendar and Audioboom is thrilled to once again be a partner.”
Further partners include Audible, The Telegraph, Sony Music Entertainment, Tortoise Media, Dolby, BetterHelp, Podnews, Insanity, Sounds Profitable, Adtonos, IAB UK, Audio UK, The Radio Academy. International partners and exhibitors include Triton Digital, Canon, Framedrop, Hindenburg Systems, Quill, YourPodcast, StreamYard, Audi-on, SoundCast, PodcastAI, DHD Audio and The Podcast Academy.
By night, The Podcast Show LIVE will host a week-long live podcast festival of live podcasts taking place around London from 20 – 26 May. The first shows will be announced very soon. The Show is also delivering a new venue, 21 Soho, to create opportunities for new and emerging podcasters to take their shows live as part of the evening LIVE festival.
‘First Release’ best rate Day Passes are now on sale, with rates now going up from 4 March. You can find out more on The Podcast Show London website.
