Square Enix Reveals Stage Schedule for Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival 2026 in Tokyo
The convention schedule doubling as the venue for the next expansion reveal means Square Enix is treating a fan gathering, not a dedicated stream, as the main stage for Final Fantasy XIV news.
Key Facts
- Square Enix announced the stage schedule for Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival 2026 in Tokyo on October 5, 2026.
- Fan Festival 2026 in Tokyo runs for two days, October 31 to November 1, 2026.
- Naoki Yoshida, producer and director of Final Fantasy XIV, gives the keynote on day one.
- The keynote is expected to bring news on the Final Fantasy XIV expansion The White Silver Wanderer.
- Live viewings of the keynote and THE PRIMALS special live will be held at Aeon Cinema locations, while the music stage streams are paid.
Reporting from 2 sources: 4Gamer.net, Game Spark.
Square Enix announced the stage lineup for Fan Festival 2026 in Tokyo, the Final Fantasy XIV fan event running October 31 to November 1, 2026. Producer and director Naoki Yoshida gives the keynote on day one and is expected to bring news on the expansion The White Silver Wanderer. Day one also includes the Crystalline Conflict Regional Championship 2026 Japan final, a rapid-fire Q&A, and a paid-stream piano concert with Keiko and guest Amanda Achen. Day two adds a development panel on BGM production with Takafumi Imamura, Daiki Ishikawa and Masayoshi Soken, a LIVE Q&A, the Glamour Collection fashion show, and Naoki's Room with guests including Tatsuomi Hamada, k4sen, SHAKA and Karubi Akami. THE PRIMALS close the event with a paid special live. Most programs outside the music stages stream free, and live viewings of the keynote and THE PRIMALS concert go to Aeon Cinema locations.
The main stage schedule runs across two days, with the keynote pencilled in for 11:00 to 13:00 on October 31 and the Crystalline Conflict final taking the 17:00 to 18:30 slot.
The semifinal precedes it from 15:00 to 16:30, with four qualifying teams competing. Toui Okawa handles MC duties, so5u calls play-by-play, SeraV and Naoki Yoshida provide commentary. Yoshida also fronts a rapid-fire Q&A with Toshio Murouchi from 16:30 to 17:00, while the piano concert with Keiko and guest Amanda Achen runs 19:30 to 20:30.
Day two opens with the BGM development panel from 10:30 to 12:00, followed by the LIVE Q&A from 12:30 to 13:30 and the Glamour Collection from 13:50 to 15:00, hosted by Yui P of Okazu Club and Toshio Murouchi.
Naoki's Room fills 15:30 to 17:30 with guests Tatsuomi Hamada, k4sen, SHAKA, Karubi Akami, Clutch_Fi, Tororo Nekomugi, Obo, Uruka, Tonakaito and Sasatikk. THE PRIMALS close from 19:30 to 20:30 with guests AKINO and Yuma Ito.
Okazu Club's Yui P and Nishimura Baby host a venue broadcast on both days. Aeon Cinema live viewings of the keynote and THE PRIMALS concert allow vocal support and penlights.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.