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TikTok’s next global LIVE Fest gala will take place in Tokyo in 2027. The company named the city in a November 11 announcement about LIVE Fest 2026, whose in-app competition began two days earlier. Creators can compete through the end of December before the campaign moves into its regional events.
Source: Solen Feyissa / Unsplash, Unsplash License. Cropped July 2020 archive photograph of the TikTok app icon on a phone. It does not show LIVE Fest or its competition interface.
Those events begin in January 2027 across Southeast Asia, Latin America, Europe and the United States. The new campaign announcement gives the broad sequence, although it leaves Tokyo’s exact date and venue to a later update. For a creator following the programme, the immediate stage is still inside TikTok.
A campaign that crosses the new year
The year in the LIVE Fest name follows the online campaign. The previous competition was LIVE Fest 2025, and its global celebration took place on February 12, 2026. TikTok’s account of that event places it at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, with Keke Palmer hosting and Demi Lovato closing the show. The company said more than 800 creators attended.
That final had seven winning tracks, including music, dancing and gaming categories. It also brought three remote creators into a singing contest. These details show how the last campaign reached people both at the venue and through a livestream. They also explain why a November competition and a February stage celebration can carry different years in the same campaign’s history.
What creators can use now
TikTok is bringing back Creator Academy in participating markets across the United States, Vietnam, Indonesia and Latin America. Its creator-led LIVE sessions will share advice on making broadcasts and developing an audience. Someone preparing a regular music stream, for example, can use that training to think through the broadcast itself while checking the local competition information separately. The public release does not give a complete entry or advancement formula.
That distinction has a practical effect on planning. Setting aside time for an Academy broadcast is one commitment. Entering a competition involves the rules shown for that campaign and account. Planning a trip requires an invitation or other confirmed access, as well as the event details. The November release supplies a destination for the global celebration, but it cannot settle all three decisions for an individual creator.
TikTok has used LIVE for several kinds of music programming. Our earlier coverage followed its Tomorrowland 2025 broadcast and the Next Up: Live Music competition with iHeartRadio. Those were separate programmes, with their own formats. LIVE Fest’s current release connects app activity with later regional celebrations and a global gala. For now, the Academy sessions and the competition information in TikTok are the parts creators can investigate while the in-person events remain ahead.
