BAICON season is back! And this 2026, the country’s biggest creator festival is turning up the heat for an epic summer celebration. Happening on May 30–31, 2026, at Mactan Newtown, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, BAICON 2026 returns bigger, better, and hotter than ever.

For the second year in a row, the festival remains completely free and open to the public, inviting longtime Baecons, creator fans, community members, and anyone looking for a fun summer experience to come together and celebrate. This year’s theme, “Your Feed IRL,” brings the online world into real life.

BAICON 2026 transforms every scroll, tap, comment, and share into two days of real conversations, real connections, and real experiences with creators, communities, brands, and fans in one shared space. Festival-goers can look forward to a full summer experience featuring food stalls, brand booths, interactive activations, freebies, creator meet-and-greets, community showcases, and high-energy performances. From discovering local finds to meeting favorite online personalities, BAICON 2026 is designed to make the digital experience feel more personal, exciting, and unforgettable. This year also introduces two new major festival segments: BAICON Pop and BAICON: The Pocket.

BAICON Pop is a music festival celebrating Bisaya voices, sound, and culture. The segment will spotlight homegrown music and artists who continue to shape the Visayas and Mindanao creative scene, including Midnasty, Oh! Caraga, Zeke Abella, Julia Q, Jacky Chang, and The Bisaya Conyo Gang, composed of Bisaya Conyo Girl and Flo.

Meanwhile, BAICON: The Pocket is a dance competition built to showcase the creativity, passion, and high-intensity talent of local dance crews. Judged by internationally acclaimed names in the dance scene, including Jobert Lachica, Francis Del Mundo, and Mavy Marquez, the competition will award Php 50,000 to the winning crew, along with the honorary title of becoming the first-ever BAICON: The Pocket champion. Beyond entertainment, BAICON 2026 continues its mission of creating an accessible platform for growth, collaboration, and creative opportunity. Its free admission reflects the festival’s core belief in making the content creation scene more open and inclusive, especially for creators and communities across Cebu, Visayas, and Mindanao.

This vision is shared by partners such as the Cebu Chamber of Commerce, who support BAICON’s commitment to providing more avenues for creative and community growth. Launched in 2019 by the Republiq Group of Companies (RGC), BAICON has grown into the largest creator festival in the Philippines. Last year’s edition at Plaza Independencia marked several major milestones: it became the first free BAICON, the first to formally partner with local and homegrown communities, and the festival’s biggest turnout yet, gathering around 10,000 Baecons.

This 2026, BAICON is ready to take the online experience offline once again. Your favorite creators, communities, music, dance, food, brands, and summer moments are stepping into the real world. Get ready to experience your feed IRL