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The ACM - Academy of Country Music Awards just announced their Fair/Rodeo of the Year nominees… and we’re proud to support 2 of the 5:
• Florida Strawberry Festival
• San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo
Both of these events use Grandstand to power their mobile app experience, helping attendees navigate schedules, explore maps, discover vendors, and stay connected throughout the event.
It’s always rewarding to see the events we work with recognized at this level. These are two incredibly well-run organizations that put on amazing experiences year after year.
Grateful to be a small part of it.

Over the past month, we’ve welcomed an incredible group of events to the Grandstand platform

Music & Cultural Festivals
Stars of Texas, Flagstaff Folk Festival, and Peoria Irish Fest are making it easier for fans to explore lineups, build personalized schedules, and navigate performances seamlessly all in one place.

County & Community Fairs
Little State Fair (Brown County Ohio), Manitowoc County Fair - Wisconsin, Armada Fair, and Meigs 4-H are enhancing their events with easy-to-use schedules, interactive maps, and real-time alerts to keep attendees connected throughout the fair.

Excited to get these live and help create great experiences for attendees across the country

Event schedules should not be displayed only one way. Different events need different ways for attendees to explore what is happening. Grandstand apps include multiple schedule formats so organizers can match the experience to their event. One of the most powerful options is the Timetable view, which now includes new enhancements for readability and layout control.

The improved timetable supports smoother diagonal scanning across stages, flexible time axis layouts, and adjustable controls for headers, spacing, and time column width so each event can tune the schedule to its exact content mix.

Your detail pages just got a major style upgrade.
Detail pages are the screens your attendees see when they tap into a specific event, vendor, performer, speaker, or location. It’s where they read the description, see the photo, and decide what to do next.
You can now choose from four layout vibes for those pages: Editorial, Modern, Layered, and Immersive. Whether you want something clean and structured or bold and atmospheric, you now have more control over how your content feels inside the app.
Available in Gold and above for apps submitted after February 25, 2026.

Our app platform just keeps getting better year after year and this latest release proves it.
Even if you stay in the same package, your app continues to evolve as new features roll out. Gold clients still get new capabilities. Silver clients still get improvements. The platform grows with you.
Here are just a few highlights from the February 2026 release:
✅ City or Location Selector during onboarding for multi-city events
✅ Alert group opt-in built directly into onboarding
✅ Dynamic home page tickers and embedded search
✅ Three new detail page layout options
✅ Month-at-a-view calendar selector
✅ Major timetable usability enhancements
✅ Global button shape control across the entire app
From smarter onboarding to stronger schedule tools, this release is all about clarity, usability, and brand consistency.
If you’re curious which features are available in your package or thinking about upgrading, let’s talk.
Your app should keep getting better every year. And now it does.

2026 is already off to an incredible start.
We’re excited to kick off the year by welcoming a new group of events joining Grandstand for the 2026 season:
🎸 Beyond the Pale
🎶 HeritageLive Sandringham
☘️ Peoria Irish Festival
⚽ The Soccer Tournament
🎡 East Texas State Fair
🎠 Waller County Fair
🌽 Newton County Fair
🎟️ Ionia County Fair
⛪ Wesleyan Church 15th Assembly
From global sports and major fairs to music festivals and milestone celebrations, we’re proud to support this diverse lineup of new 2026 events. We’re just getting started.

As we look back on the end of 2025, we’re excited to share one more batch of new partners that joined the Grandstand family during what became our best year yet.
Cowboys Music Festival (Canada)
A large scale, high energy music festival using their app to keep fans connected to artists, schedules, maps, and real time updates throughout the event.
Oakland County Fair
A community focused fair leveraging mobile tools to organize schedules, exhibits, food, entertainment, and important guest information all in one place.
CAVE - Colorado Association for Viticulture & Enology – Colorado Winefest
A multi day wine experience using its app to highlight wineries, tasting schedules, maps, and festival programming for attendees.
FlavorBLVD St. Louis
A citywide food experience bringing restaurants, specials, locations, and check ins together in a single mobile hub for diners.
St Augustine Songwriters Festival
A destination music festival using its app to showcase intimate performances, venues, artist lineups, and daily schedules.
Blissfest (Blissfest Music Organization)
A beloved music and arts festival focused on community, discovery, and storytelling through a mobile experience built for exploration and connection.
Rochester Music Series (Rochester Public Media)
A public media driven concert series using mobile tools to promote performances, venues, schedules, and audience engagement.
Wildwood Parks, MO Scavenger Hunts
An interactive parks experience using scavenger hunts and maps to encourage exploration, learning, and family friendly fun.
Tynkertopia, Inc.
A hands on creative space using its app to share programs, workshops, events, and resources for makers of all ages.
Summary:
From major fairs and music festivals to wine events, food experiences, scavenger hunts, and creative spaces, this group highlights the wide range of experiences powered by Grandstand. Closing out 2025 as our strongest year to date would not have been possible without partners like these, and we’re excited to keep that momentum going into 2026.

We’re thrilled to welcome a new group of events and organizations to the Grandstand platform — each bringing their own creativity and community to life through our tools:
New York Transit Museum – 50th Anniversary – celebrating five decades of transit history with interactive exhibits and tours, event info, and museum highlights.
North Dakota State Fair – showcasing concerts, livestock shows, and family fun while helping fairgoers plan their visit with schedules, maps, and attractions.
Hamilton Adventure Expo – inspiring outdoor enthusiasts with exhibitor listings, maps, and schedules for an action-packed weekend of adventure.
Deep Ellum Block Party (Texas) – helping guests navigate music stages, art installations, and food vendors across this vibrant Dallas neighborhood celebration.
AICF – Association of Irish and Celtic Festivals – connecting festival organizers and performers from across North America through a dedicated conference app.
Stanislaus County Fair (California) – guiding fairgoers to entertainment, food, and attractions across one of the state’s top summer events.
PRGXChange Conference – providing attendees with speaker info, schedules, and networking tools for PRGX’s annual industry event.
From outdoor expos to major fairs, community festivals to world-class museums, we’re proud to power experiences of every kind.

Excited to be at IAFE 2025! Come see us in booth 836!