CAMP Vancouver 2026: 17 Cities, One Community, A Few Spots Left

Less than a week from now, people who have never met will walk into the same rooms in Vancouver. By the end of the weekend, some of them will have made music together. Some will exchange numbers and keep creating long after CAMP ends. Others will leave with the confidence to do something they have been putting off for months.

And the part that gets us every single year? We still have no idea which introduction will turn into something bigger.

17 Cities. One Reason to Show Up.

This year's CAMP Vancouver registration forms tell a story before the first session has even started. Creatives have registered from 17 distinct cities and communities, including Vancouver, Burnaby, Surrey, Toronto, Montréal, Calgary, Saskatoon, Yellowknife, Seattle, Portland, Long Beach and London, UK. We even have a registration from Italy.

That is what makes this so special to us. People are choosing to leave their usual circles, cross city and provincial lines, and in some cases cross borders, because they believe there is something worth finding in a room full of other music creatives.

Think about that for a second. Somewhere in this group might be the producer who finally understands your sound. The songwriter who knows how to finish a chorus you have been sitting on. The artist who introduces you to a whole new scene. You cannot plan that chemistry from a group chat.

You have to give it a place to happen.

Our Third Year in Vancouver, and We Still Feel It

When we first brought CAMP to Vancouver in 2024, we were building on the same idea that started Beatcave: talented people should not have to wait for permission to find one another. We wanted to create a space where people could make music together, learn from one another, and feel like they belonged in the same conversation.

In 2025, the Vancouver experience kept evolving. The rooms became bigger, the programming opened more doors, and the relationships started turning into things we could actually hear.

One of our favourite examples is “OMG (Oh My Gawd).” During CAMP Vancouver last November, Leo Lotus stepped into Ten Oh's room during a lunch break and got to work. Alongside Jack Hammond, Xay Dryz and Manni Lewd, they created a record that went beyond the walls of the studio and into an official release and music video.

A lunch break. A room full of talent. A real song.

That is the kind of moment you cannot put on a schedule.

Read the story behind “OMG (Oh My Gawd)” here.

What We Have Learned After Three Years

Every year, we see different faces, hear different sounds and watch people surprise themselves. Some arrive with years of experience. Some are walking into their first serious collaborative writing session. When they are willing to listen, contribute and leave their egos at the door, the gap between those two people can become much smaller.

That is why CAMP has never just been about getting a room full of talented people together. It is about what happens when those people start trusting each other enough to create.

We have watched strangers become collaborators, unfinished ideas turn into records, and introductions grow into relationships that outlive the weekend. Not every session becomes a release, and no event can promise somebody a breakthrough. But every year reminds us that careers are built with other people, not just on our own.

The songs are a huge part of it. The relationships are what keep it going.

The Most Expensive Thing Might Be Another Year of Waiting

We know travelling to an event, taking time away from work and putting yourself in a new environment is a real decision. We do not take that lightly. But if you have been telling yourself you need to meet more collaborators, become a stronger writer or get around people who take music as seriously as you do, it is worth asking what waiting another year will actually change.

There is a version of your next year that looks exactly like the last one: the same rooms, the same unfinished demos, the same people you already know.

And there is another version where you take a chance on meeting people you would never have crossed paths with otherwise.

We cannot tell you which song you will make or who you will connect with. That is the beautiful part.

October 15 to 18. A Few Spots Remain.

CAMP Vancouver returns October 15 to 18, 2026, bringing artists, songwriters, producers and engineers together for four days centred on real collaboration, creative growth and community.

Most of the preparation is already underway. The rooms are coming together and creatives from across cities and countries are preparing to show up. We do have a couple of spots left, and we want to offer them to people who are genuinely ready to contribute to the experience, not just attend it.

If you have already applied, watch your email for communication from Beatcave about your application. If you have been watching from the sidelines and thinking about it, this is your window. Submit an application through the CAMP Vancouver page. Applying does not guarantee acceptance, but waiting until the rooms are full guarantees you will miss this edition.

Three years in, the feeling has not changed: our favourite part of CAMP is watching people discover what they can create together. We cannot wait to see what comes out of Vancouver this time.