Conference news: FOCUS Wales caps off bumper edition

IQ‘s latest update on international music conferences includes news from Wales, Germany, Iceland, Bulgaria, and Spain. Wales’ leading music conference and showcase, FOCUS Wales, closed its 16th edition by welcoming 250 acts and 434 delegates from across 26 countries.

IQ‘s latest update on international music conferences includes news from Wales, Germany, Iceland, Bulgaria, and Spain.

Wales’ leading music conference and showcase, FOCUS Wales, closed its 16th edition by welcoming 250 acts and 434 delegates from across 26 countries.

The 2026 edition ran from 7-9 May, with the Wrexham-based event digging into how artists, organisations, and communities can collaborate to create a more accessible, culturally diverse, and socially equitable music ecosystem.

Of the music lineup, 35% were Welsh acts, 23% were from abroad, and 58% identified as non-male, reflecting the breadth…

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