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Fall Axpona Event Scrapped Due to COVID-19; Rescheduled for April

The Audio Expo North America (Axpona) show, scheduled for Oct. 28-30 in Schaumburg, Illinois, was canceled and rescheduled for April 22-24 at the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel and Convention Center. “Throughout this spring and early summer, enthusiasm for AXPONA in October…

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was sky high,” said Event Director Liz Smith and Sales Vice President Mark Freed in a letter to the Axpona community. They cited spiking COVID-19 cases, “concerns over personal health, the unpredictability of international travel restrictions and reinstated companywide travel bans.” Audio & Loudspeaker Technologies International didn’t comment, meanwhile, on reports that its ALTI Expo, slated for Oct. 24-25 in Orlando, was canceled. The website showed registration still taking place Monday with fees of $499 for members, $699 for nonmembers.