Session topics include: Beyond Concert Tees, Carbon Management, Designing Mega Events, Fan Travel, From Fan Engagement to Real Impact, Instruments and Materials, Offsets and Alternatives, Regulation and Reporting, Small Venues Solutions, Foodservice Sustainability, and Sports collaborations.

The event will feature mainstage sessions, an awards presentation for leadership in music industry sustainability, expert panels, facilitated networking, and a Music Sustainability Bootcamp to educate both newcomers and veterans on sustainability challenges and solutions.

The summit will mark its third annual edition in 2026 and is produced by the Music Sustainability Alliance, an organization dedicated to expanding sustainability projects across the music industry.

MSA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that also runs The Green Room webinar series on music sustainability, organizes Working Groups to address industry challenges, and provides online resources.

MSA describes MSS26 as a gathering of professionals to elevate impact and align the music industry with environmental, community, and planetary goals amid evolving climate and supply-chain challenges.

MSA co-founder and CEO Amy Morrison emphasizes the gathering as a place for professionals to elevate impact and align the music industry with environmental and community goals, highlighting growing solutions to climate-related challenges.

The theme for the summit is 'Turning Ideas Into Action,' focusing on translating sustainability ideas into scalable actions for venues, labels, vendors, promoters, production teams, artists, and their teams.

The summit theme centers on translating sustainability ideas into scalable actions for a wide range of stakeholders across the industry.

Speakers for the panel topics will be announced in the coming months, and registration is open with early-bird pricing ending January 14.

The Music Sustainability Alliance announced MSS26, the Music Sustainability Summit, which will take place in April at Solotech Studios in Los Angeles and will address how to scale sustainability initiatives within live and recorded music.

The Music Sustainability Alliance announced the 2026 Music Sustainability Summit program for April in Los Angeles at Solotech Studios.

The event will feature panels on merchandise and branding sustainability, carbon management, mega-event design for sustainability, fan travel emissions, materials and instruments, offsets and alternatives, regulation and reporting, small venues, and foodservice collaborations with sports.