Updated August 13 2026.
Want to know the which industry events to attend in North America in 2026?
Then you came to the right place!
In this article, we list what we consider the 2026’s Top Cannabis Events in North America you wouldn’t want to miss, whether you sit on the medical, hemp, wellness, or commercial side of the industry.
North America runs the world’s densest cannabis event calendar, so this is a filtered list rather than an exhaustive one: the biggest, most internationally significant shows plus a handful of regional and adjacent events European operators, buyers, and recruiters actually travel for. Grouped by month.
Top Cannabis Events in North America at a glance
💡Pro Tip: Make planning for your trips easier by saving and sharing this 2025 Cannabis Events calendar to your team.
Map of 2026 Cannabis Events
• Grow Up Conference
& Expo – Vancouver
• Lift Expo Toronto
• Grow Up Conference
& Expo – Toronto
• Business of Cannabis:
Toronto Summit 2026
• PACK EXPO East 2026
• Cannabis Sciences
(LabRoots Virtual)
• MJ Unpacked
– Atlantic City
• CWCBExpo
• Business of Cannabis:
New York Summit
• NCIA Cannabis Industry
Lobby Days 2026
• NECANN New Jersey
(Atlantic City) 2026
• NECANN Providence
(Rhode Island) 2026
• Hall of Flowers
– New York City
• Natural Products Expo
West 2026
• Hall of Flowers
– Ventura
• Total Product Expo
• PsyCon Denver
• Cannabis Sciences
(LabRoots Virtual)
• CHAMPS Trade Show
– Las Vegas (Spring)
• Cannabis Equity Summit
• CannMed 26
• WICE
• CHAMPS Trade Show
– Las Vegas (Summer)
• National Cannabis
Research Conference
• SupplySide Global
• Hall of Flowers
– Sacramento
• MJBizCon 2026
• Cannabis Sciences
(LabRoots Virtual)
• Hemp Beverage Expo
• Lucky Leaf Expo
– Minneapolis
• Cannabis Sciences
(LabRoots Virtual)
• NECANN Minnesota
• CannaCon Midwest
– St. Paulz
• MJ Unpacked
– Kansas City
• PACK EXPO
International 2026
• CannaBev Summit 2026
• Alternative Products
Expo – Miami
• Cannabis Sciences
(LabRoots Virtual)
JANUARY 2026 • CANNABIS EVENTS
B2B Conference & Expo
• Where: Vancouver Convention Centre (East Building), BC, Canada
• When: 19-21 January 2026
• 90% B2B – 10% B2C
• 30% Medical – 70% Recreational
Canada’s largest B2B cannabis event, west-coast edition. Three days of cultivator, retailer, and executive programming, plus a trade floor covering cultivation tech, extraction, retail ops, and policy. Matters to European readers because Canadian Licensed Producers (Aurora, Tilray, Cronos) are among the largest EU-GMP flower suppliers into Germany and the UK – recruiters and buyers use Grow Up to meet the supply side upstream.
🎫 Tickets sold out (event already concluded).
FEBRUARY 2026 • CANNABIS EVENTS
Trade Show (Packaging & Processing, cannabis-adjacent)
• Where: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
• When: 17-19 February 2026
• 100% B2B
• Ancillary
East-coast edition of PMMI’s PACK EXPO. Not cannabis-only, but the child-resistant packaging, extraction equipment, and labelling ecosystem shows heavily here. Relevant for European medical cannabis packagers and anyone navigating EU-GMP secondary packaging.
🎫 Tickets sold out (event already concluded).
Executive Summit
• Where: Miami, FL, USA
• When: 26-27 February 2026
• 100% B2B
• 5% Medical – 95% Recreational
Executive-tier cannabis beverage summit, focused on strategy, formulation, and distribution for THC and hemp-derived drinks. Complements Hemp Beverage Expo later in the year, but earlier and more C-suite. A useful signal read for European CPG and drinks executives eyeing cannabis-adjacent product lines.
🎫 Tickets sold out (event already concluded).
Expo & Conference
• Where: Minneapolis Convention Center, MN, USA
• When: 27-28 February 2026
• 80% B2B – 20% B2C
• 40% Medical – 60% Recreational
Regional cannabis show serving Minnesota’s newly adult-use market. Useful as a snapshot of a launching state – the pattern-matching that European recruiters can apply to nascent EU markets like Czechia and Switzerland’s pilots. Public pricing tiers ran from USD $35 (Two-Day All Access early-bird / One-Day Expo Only) up to USD $499 for the Thursday Pre-Show Crash Course.
🎫 Tickets sold out (event already concluded).
MARCH 2026 • CANNABIS EVENTS
Trade Show (Natural products, hemp & CBD track)
• Where: Anaheim Convention Center, CA, USA
• When: 10-13 March 2026
• 100% B2B
• Hemp / CBD wellness
The world’s largest natural, organic, and healthy products trade show, with 66,000+ attendees and 3,000+ exhibitors. A major hemp, CBD, and functional-beverage footprint. Important for European CBD wellness brands and hemp ingredient suppliers scouting US retail and formulation partners.
🎫 Tickets sold out (event already concluded). Next edition: 2-5 March 2027.
B2B Trade Show
• Where: MANA Wynwood Convention Center, Miami, FL, USA
• When: 12-14 March 2026
• 90% B2B – 10% B2C
• 10% Medical – 90% Recreational
Southeast hub for hemp-derived cannabinoids (Delta-8, Delta-9, THCA), vape, and the smoke-shop channel. Interesting for European operators tracking the US intoxicating-hemp arbitrage – a canary for what the EU’s HHC and semi-synthetic cannabinoid debate could produce.
🎫 Tickets sold out (event already concluded).
B2B Trade Show (Day 1) + Public Festival (Day 2)
• Where: Ventura County Fairgrounds, CA, USA
• When: 18-19 March 2026
• 100% B2B (Day 1)
• 5% Medical – 95% Recreational
The premier invite-only, badge-controlled California B2B show – brands meet buyers on the trade floor with live product. Day 1 (18 Mar) is B2B-only for licensed retailers, distributors, and manufacturers; Day 2 (19 Mar) is a public consumer festival. Widely regarded as the best signal of where premium flower and consumption trends are heading. European brand and product teams use it as market intelligence. The B2B day is free with licence verification.
🎫 Tickets sold out (event already concluded).
B2B Trade Show (Tobacco, vape, cannabis-lite)
• Where: Las Vegas Convention Center, NV, USA
• When: 31 March – 2 April 2026
• 100% B2B
• 10% Medical – 90% Recreational
Major North American convenience, tobacco, and vape channel show with 500+ exhibitors and a large and growing cannabis-lite (Delta-8, Delta-9, HHC, CBD) footprint. Useful for European brands watching hemp-derived cannabinoid distribution models.
🎫 Tickets sold out (event already concluded).
APRIL 2026 • CANNABIS EVENTS
Conference & Trade Show (Psychedelics, cannabis-adjacent)
• Where: Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO, USA
• When: 10-11 April 2026 (pre-symposium 9 April)
• 70% B2B – 30% B2C
• 90% Medical – 10% Recreational
The main US psychedelics business event in a year when MAPS’s Psychedelic Science is dark (PS27 is in 2027). Draws cannabis operators diversifying into psychedelics – a live conversation in the UK and the Netherlands too. Public 2026 pricing: 1-Day USD $69, 2-Day USD $45, 3-Day (incl. Thursday Symposium) USD $399 (before fees).
🎫 Tickets sold out (event already concluded).
Virtual Scientific Event
• Where: Online
• When: 15 April 2026
• 100% B2B
• 95% Medical / Scientific
Ninth annual free virtual event covering cannabis analytical science, cultivation, extraction, and clinical research. A useful accessible entry point for European scientific-affairs hires who can’t travel to the US in Q2.
🎫 Recording available (event already concluded). Free registration.
MAY 2026 • CANNABIS EVENTS
Executive Retail & Brand Summit
• Where: Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City, NJ, USA
• When: 5-7 May 2026
• 100% B2B
• 10% Medical – 90% Recreational
Invite-only, vetted event pairing retailers with brands for wholesale ordering, plus executive programming. Very high signal-to-noise for anyone building a US brand strategy. European brands eyeing licensing partners or US-EU brand crossover talk deals here.
🎫 Tickets sold out (event already concluded).
B2B Trade Show (Counterculture, smoke-shop, hemp)
• Where: Las Vegas Convention Center, NV, USA
• When: 6-9 May 2026
• 100% B2B
• 5% Medical – 95% Recreational
Largest US B2B counterculture trade show – accessories, glass, vape, and hemp-derived cannabinoids. Where smoke-shop and dispensary buyers stock up. Relevant for European accessory and hardware brands looking at US distribution.
🎫 Tickets sold out (event already concluded).
Policy Summit
• Where: Washington, DC, USA
• When: 12-14 May 2026
• 100% B2B
• 40% Medical – 60% Recreational
14th annual, and the industry’s coordinated push on Capitol Hill (SAFE Banking, 280E, rescheduling, interstate commerce). Key intelligence event for European policy watchers and anyone tracking US federal reform, which reshapes global capital flows into cannabis. Public 2026 pricing: NCIA-member tickets USD $50 through 31 January; non-member Summit passes USD $50 through the same date.
🎫 Tickets sold out (event already concluded).
Expo & Conference
• Where: Minneapolis Convention Center, MN, USA
• When: 14-15 May 2026
• 70% B2B – 30% B2C
• 40% Medical – 60% Recreational
NECANN’s Minnesota stop – the second Minneapolis cannabis event of 2026 (after Lucky Leaf) and a strong barometer of a newly adult-use market. Public 2026 door price: USD $35, cash only.
🎫 Tickets sold out (event already concluded).
Equity / DEI Summit
• Where: Denver, CO, USA
• When: 14 May 2026
• 100% B2B – 0% B2C
• 30% Medical – 70% Recreational
Culminating showcase for the BIPOCann Spring Mentorship Program founder cohort. Small, targeted, and one of the sharpest reads on social-equity operator progress in the US market.
🎫 Tickets sold out (event already concluded).
JUNE 2026 • CANNABIS EVENTS
B2B Conference & Expo
• Where: Metro Toronto Convention Centre, ON, Canada
• When: 1-3 June 2026 (Awards Gala at Westin Harbour Castle, 1 Jun)
• 90% B2B – 10% B2C
• 30% Medical – 70% Recreational
Cultivation and operations-heavy sister event to Lift, drawing the executive, CEA, and tech crowd. 3,500+ attendees, 150+ exhibitors, 120+ speakers. Concentrated Canadian LP presence and the natural companion to a Lift trip.
🎫 Tickets sold out (event already concluded).
B2B Congress & Expo
• Where: Javits Center, New York, NY, USA
• When: 3-4 June 2026 (pre-show 2 June)
• 85% B2B – 15% B2C
• 40% Medical – 60% Recreational
The east-coast professional expo, aligned with a broader Cannabis Week in New York. Draws multi-state operators, investors, and international delegations. A practical stop for European operators combining a New York investor swing with the show.
🎫 Tickets sold out (event already concluded).
Medical & Scientific Summit
• Where: Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe Resort, Spa & Casino, NV, USA
• When: 15-18 June 2026
• 100% B2B
• 95% Medical – 5% Recreational
Peer-reviewed medical cannabis science summit – clinicians, researchers, and labs. Directly relevant to European medical cannabis clinics, pharma-track producers, and Contract Research Organisations (CROs) building the evidence base that BfArM and the MHRA want.
🎫 Tickets sold out (event already concluded).
Executive B2B Expo (Delta-9 hemp beverages)
• Where: Palmer Event Center, Austin, TX, USA
• When: 17-18 June 2026
• 100% B2B
• 5% Medical – 95% Recreational
1,000-2,000 operators, distributors, and suppliers focused on THC-beverage – the fastest-growing segment reshaping US ancillary hiring. European CPG and beverage crossovers pivoting into cannabis have made this the one show mapping the audience.
🎫 Tickets sold out (event already concluded).
Expo & Conference
• Where: Saint Paul RiverCentre, MN, USA
• When: 26-27 June 2026
• 80% B2B – 20% B2C
• 40% Medical – 60% Recreational
Regional midwest B2B show and a third 2026 data point on the Minnesota launch. Modest, but useful for anyone benchmarking a state going from medical to adult-use.
🎫 Tickets sold out (event already concluded).
AUGUST 2026 • CANNABIS EVENTS
Expo & Networking
• Where: Reno-Sparks Convention Center, NV, USA
• When: 18-19 August 2026
• 70% B2B – 30% B2C
• 30% Medical – 70% Recreational
Seventh edition of the leading women-in-cannabis event in the US. Relevant for European operators tracking leadership pipeline and DEI benchmarks, given comparatively stronger female executive representation in EU medical operators.
B2B Trade Show
• Where: Las Vegas Convention Center (South Hall), NV, USA
• When: 26-28 August 2026 (Wed-Fri, 11am-6pm)
• 100% B2B
• 5% Medical – 95% Recreational
The bigger of CHAMPS’s Vegas dates – roughly 2,000 buyers and 400 exhibitors. Same accessories, hemp, and smoke-shop remit as the May edition, at scale.
SEPTEMBER 2026 • CANNABIS EVENTS
Executive Summit
• Where: New York, NY, USA (venue TBA)
• When: 17 September 2026 (single day)
• 100% B2B
• 40% Medical – 60% Recreational
Executive-tier summit for investors, operators, and policymakers, produced by the UK-founded Business of Cannabis (a Prohibition Partners spin-out). Direct EU-US bridge event, and one European operators are already reading the newsletter for – being in the room is credibility with pan-Atlantic operators.
Expo & Conference (with NECANN CUP)
• Where: Atlantic City Convention Center, NJ, USA
• When: 18-19 September 2026
• 70% B2B – 30% B2C
• 20% Medical – 80% Recreational
NECANN’s largest regional event outside Boston. 5,000+ pros, 200 exhibitors, four educational tracks, plus the NECANN CUP awards. New Jersey is the largest East Coast adult-use market, making this the practical east-coast alternative to MJBizCon for a first US trip.
Expo & Conference
• Where: Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, RI, USA
• When: 25-26 September 2026
• 70% B2B – 30% B2C
• 30% Medical – 70% Recreational
The New England cluster’s third 2026 stop. Complements the Boston and NJ NECANN cadence with a smaller Rhode Island market that punches above its weight on operator hiring.
OCTOBER 2026 • CANNABIS EVENTS
Executive Retail & Brand Summit
• Where: Sheraton Crown Center, Kansas City, MO, USA
• When: 14-15 October 2026 (Oaksterdam pre-conference 13 October)
• 100% B2B
• 15% Medical – 85% Recreational
Second US MJ Unpacked of the year, tilted midwest. Same executive-retail-buyer model as Atlantic City, with the Oaksterdam University pre-conference on 13 October for operators wanting a deeper cultivation and business fundamentals track.
Trade Show (Packaging & Processing, cannabis-adjacent)
• Where: McCormick Place, Chicago, IL, USA
• When: 18-21 October 2026 (verify with organiser)
• 100% B2B
• Ancillary
The largest packaging and processing trade show in the Americas (45,000+ attendees), with cannabis a named vertical. Any European medical cannabis operator dealing with pharma-grade secondary packaging, serialisation, or extraction hardware benchmarks vendors here.
Academic Conference
• Where: DoubleTree by Hilton, Mission Valley, San Diego, CA, USA
• When: 19-21 October 2026
• 100% B2B
• 90% Medical – 10% Recreational
10th annual, bringing together academic, government, and industry researchers on cannabis policy, health outcomes, and clinical work. CLE credits available. Feeds directly into the evidence base European regulators cite.
B2B Trade Show
• Where: New York, NY, USA
• When: 21-22 October 2026
• 100% B2B
• 20% Medical – 80% Recreational
East Coast edition of Hall of Flowers, badge-controlled and buyer-brand focused, timed as a natural add-on for European visitors landing at JFK. Especially useful for anyone doing MJBizCon prep in November or December.
Trade Show (Supplements, functional food, hemp & CBD)
• Where: Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV, USA
• When: 26-30 October 2026
• 100% B2B
• Hemp / CBD ingredient sourcing
Rebranded from SupplySide West. 1,600+ exhibitors and 20,000+ attendees. The global sourcing floor for supplement, functional food, and beverage ingredients – hemp-derived cannabinoids and CBD isolates have a growing presence. Relevant for European ingredient suppliers and CBD brands.
Executive Summit
• Where: Toronto, ON, Canada
• When: 29-30 October 2026
• 100% B2B
• 40% Medical – 60% Recreational
The Toronto edition of Business of Cannabis’s global summit series. Follows the New York summit six weeks earlier and pairs naturally with the Canadian LP touchpoint calendar.
NOVEMBER 2026 • CANNABIS EVENTS
B2B Trade Show
• Where: Sacramento, CA, USA
• When: 4-5 November 2026
• 100% B2B
• 5% Medical – 95% Recreational
Northern California edition of Hall of Flowers – first year in Sacramento after eight years in Santa Rosa. Same badge-controlled buyer-brand format as Ventura, with a NorCal craft-grower bias. Where the emerging brands surface before they scale.
DECEMBER 2026 • CANNABIS EVENTS
B2B Conference & Expo (Flagship)
• Where: Las Vegas Convention Center, NV, USA
• When: 1-4 December 2026
• 100% B2B
• 30% Medical – 70% Recreational
The world’s largest B2B cannabis event. Around 30,000 professionals, 1,000+ exhibitors, and 250,000+ sq ft of trade floor. 2026 tracks: Cultivation Operations, Retail & Marketing, Policy/Regulations/Compliance, Drug Development & Clinical Research, and Innovations, plus the Investor Intelligence Conference running within MJBizCon Week. The single most important annual gathering for European operators, LPs, and recruiters doing an annual North America trip.
🎫 Get tickets here — Expo Only from USD $299 early bird (through 25 June 2026), USD $399 after 1 November 2026; Full Conference passes historically USD $800-$1,500+.
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