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RIOT MUSIC Sets Three-Day VRChat Festival ESPERA for November 2026

RIOT MUSIC is scaling its VRChat world AdHoc from recurring lives and talk events, which drew 50,000 cumulative visits and passed 3,700 group participants as of September 2026, into a three-day festival, with the paid final day the test of whether that audience converts to ticketed demand.

Reporting from 1 source: Brave group.

RIOT MUSIC Sets Three-Day VRChat Festival ESPERA for November 2026

RIOT MUSIC will hold "ESPERA -AdHoc Live Festival 2026-" in VRChat across Friday, November 20, Saturday, November 21, and Sunday, November 22, 2026, co-planned with Culture Entertainment. The first two days are free performances; the final day is ticketed. Performing artists, performance content, and ticket prices and sales methods will be announced from October 2026.

The event runs three days inside VRChat, splitting free access on November 20 and 21 from a paid performance on November 22. RIOT MUSIC produces and operates; Culture Entertainment co-plans; MIGIRI handles production cooperation. The festival frames itself around the intersection of VOCALOID-centered internet music, VRChat-rooted music culture, and expression by VTubers and virtual artists, with the name ESPERA drawn from the meaning "to hope." RIOT MUSIC says it began full-scale work centered on VRChat in February 2026, and its group participants passed 3,700 as of September. Artist and ticket details arrive from October 2026.

Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.

ESPERA -AdHoc Live Festival 2026- RIOT MUSIC Culture Entertainment Brave group

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