2026 Excellence in Live Design Award Winners Announced, Led by Shan Yi Chun Tour Lighting Design
On November 13, Forge's LDI and Live Design announced the winners of the 2026 Excellence in Live Design Awards through GlobeNewswire.
The winners were selected by public vote across categories spanning architainment, concerts, corporate events, live broadcast, theatre production and venue experiences.
In the concert arena and theater category for venues under 20,000 capacity, the 2026 Shan Yi Chun "Lil" Sis 2.0 Concert Tour won, with lighting design by Hsiang-Lin Wu. The stadium tour category for venues over 20,000 went to the 2026 "AUT NIHILO" Sun Yanzi in Concert tour.
The architainment and immersive award went to Empire at Sea, created, directed and produced by Peter Flaherty. The corporate event award went to the Production 360 team behind the All In Podcast Summit.
The live-for-broadcast award went to The Wonderwall at Crossroads Church Oakley. The theatre production award went to Les Années 60, staged at the Theatre de la Tour Eiffel in Paris.
The venue experiential award went to Spellbound by Magic Castle, featuring talent including Neil Patrick Harris. This year's winners will be recognized during LDI 2026, held December 2-8 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, with the expo hall open December 6-8.
Source: LDI and Live Design
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：Las Vegas Convention Center 外景（2012年 CES 布展期间）。作者：The Conmunity - Pop Culture Geek，CC BY 2.0，维基共享资源。 / Photo: Outside the Las Vegas Convention Center during CES 2012 setup. Credit: The Conmunity - Pop Culture Geek, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
