AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2026

The 2026 AVN Adult Entertainment Expo ran from Wednesday 21 to Saturday 24 January 2026 at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, 4455 Paradise Road — a new host property for the show, which has moved several times across its history from the Sands Expo to the Hard Rock and later Resorts World. Four days of trading, launches, and fan access made it, as in every January since 1998, the opening date of the adult industry's year.

The 2026 edition followed the format that distinguishes AEE from every other adult trade show: part of each day reserved for industry-only business, where studios, distributors, retailers, pleasure product manufacturers, content platforms, and technology vendors met to set the year's distribution and supply arrangements, and the remaining hours opened to the public, turning the same floor into a fan convention with autograph queues, photo sessions, and performer appearances running alongside the trade stands.

The week closed on Saturday 24 January with the 43rd AVN Awards, presented from 8:00pm and routinely described in mainstream coverage as the adult industry's Oscars. As always, the ceremony anchored a wider calendar of parties and launch events across the host property and the surrounding Las Vegas resorts, with the expo effectively taking over the hotel for the duration.

This edition has already taken place and is listed here as a record. For the next edition, see the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo producer page — and check the host property each year rather than assuming it, as the venue has changed repeatedly.

The 43rd AVN Awards were presented on the closing night, Saturday 24 January 2026. As at every edition, the show floor programme ran autograph and photo sessions with adult performers throughout the public hours, alongside product launches and industry panels during the trade-only hours.