VidSummit heads to Texas for its 10th annual creator conference

VidSummit is about to hold its tenth annual creator conference, and instead of heading to its usual location in Los Angeles, it’s got new digs in Dallas that will double its attendee capacity.

Founded in 2014 by consultant Derral Eves, VidSummit brings together creators and other industry professionals for three days of programming focused on upping the ante across every aspect of content creation.

For the past five years, it’s sold out of all 1,500 spots at its old venue–a sign, Eves tells Tubefilter, that VidSummit has grown from “this hidden underground event” to something bigger, where “the top 1% of the people that are pushing the needle” can network and share strategies for growing their YouTube channels, TikTok accounts, and more.

This year, VidSummit is moving to Irving, a city just north of Dallas, to a venue that allows for 3,000 attendees. Eves expects it’ll sell out this year too (though tickets are pricey: going in person costs $995, and access to recorded footage of the event is $199).

Eves says VidSummit chose to move close to Dallas half because the event needs more space as the creator economy grows, and half because agencies like Night call Dallas home, along with a handful of well-known creators, like Preston and Mindy McKnight, both of whom are speaking at this year’s event.

As for the rest of 2023’s speaker roster, it’s got some big names: MrBeast (who became part owner of VidSummit in 2019), Michelle Khare, Zach King, Airrack, HopeScope, and Jenny Hoyos, just to name a few. They’ll be giving dozens of keynote speeches, presentations, and panels covering various aspects of creation, from “Everything I Wish I Knew When I Started my YouTube Channel” to “Mastering the Cut: YouTube Editors’ Roundtable” to “Creator Monetization: Supercharging Superfandom” to “Making Philanthropy Viral.”

Outside of panels, one central thing VidSummit is offering this year is a job fair, where a handful of “bigger” creators are going to have their own booths and are looking to hire people like editors, Eves says.

“For the last two years, it’s just been MrBeast saying, ‘Hey, come work with our team,'” he explains. VidSummit is expecting booths from seven creators this year, plus a booth from YT Jobs, YouTube’s jobs board for creators and creator-related positions.

Overall, though, despite the Dallas move and the upgrade in attendee spots, VidSummit isn’t aiming to change things, Eves says.

“Our formula is just, ‘Hey, you’re getting conversations you wouldn’t get anywhere else,'” he says. “We’ll have, you know, 400 or 500 people easy with well over a million subscribers walking the halls there. I just love it being surrounded by people that get it. I think that’s what VidSummit’s about, is giving people that true opportunity, where it’s not just about getting views and monetizing the views, but about the whole creator economy and the creator ecosystem.”

VidSummit takes place Oct. 3-5 at the Irving Convention Center. You can check out tickets here.