Missed Opportunity with BlizzCon 2026

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Why is Blizzard having the 20th Anniversary of Warcraft Music concert on 9/10/2026 in Inglewood but not at BlizzCon? Do you have any idea how many people want to see this but can’t?

If we are to attend this, we have to travel earlier to make that show, be stuck there for a day on the 11th and then do the convention.

If anything, you should’ve done both! The music has been random and unrelated to WoW for the most part. It’s just some group paid too much to sing some songs. But a show of YOUR music? Omg that’s amazing.

There should be a concert for us, too. Please make this happen. We do not need some random band from wherever. We need something themed to the convention.

The tour isn’t even that big or long. It could have gone big like the Zelda Symphony. We deserve a quality concert!

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Personally I’d be grateful, I wouldn’t want a ton of my actual convention time taken up by a singular event.

You can’t think of anything else to do in LA for a day?

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LA is at least an hour to the north. Disneyland, California Adventure, and Knotts Berry Farm would be close though. A lot of other things to do in Buena Park and Anahaim as well.

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Probably not as many as you think.

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Because it’s an entirely separate event and tour schedules for concerts are different.

The concert is created by Helvepic and it’s a touring concert band. Blizzcon is Blizzard and not a tour.

Do you have any idea how many people don’t want to pay for Blizzcon, but might want to go to the concert?

Concert tickets: $80.

Blizzcon tickets: $300.

Oh no! A whole day in Cali to go do something fun?! :scream:

You don’t speak for others and please learn the difference between a concert tour created by a different company and a convention that’s solely Blizzard’s.

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LA’s a small town, you know? Not much going on there.

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You don’t have to go to this part, and it can be a shortened version of it, the length of the actual concerts which are 30m to 1h. Some people prefer quality music.

Been there, done the tourist areas. LA isn’t like NYC. I’ve done enough Disney.

Easy fix: Passes that only allow people to enter in the last 2 to 3 hours. Most is over by then, and they have to enter at a certain entrance and not allowed to go to the rest of the center.

YOU actually do not speak for others. I am in agreeance with many friends who don’t care to waste time with childish internet trolls. At the end of the day it’s BLIZZARD’S music, there for it makes sense to be at BLIZZARD’S convention. Oh wait, that’s right, BlizzCon, and it’s about the same time.

I do one prominent WoW player who would LOVE this: WoWGrandma78. She is a musician and loves quality & classical music.

You can all go stand in lines and try to get special pins or do events or whatever. The only concert there that I enjoyed was the Weird Al concert, and I already saw that exact show in Northern California 2 months prior. The only difference between the 2 was Al saying “What’s Up BlizzCon” instead of “What’s Up Arcata”.

But logic says that a concert featuring Blizzard’s AMAZING music should be featured at the ONE Blizzard Convention. Oh, and I know people who would return to BlizzCon as the main point being the concert, and casually explore the con to get their money’s worth, but still see the show.

I’ve been going to BlizzCon for over 10 years now. I am also a musician. I would love to see something at the convention I go to that reflects the wonders of Blizzard’s music other than a soundtrack on loop playing around different areas of the center.

So, thanks for pretending you speak for others, and I also appreciate you assuming I wanted your opinion here when you assume that I don’t know about LA or what California has to offer. Blizzard has not once featured their music at their own major convention. The tour run by the company they partnered with could easily have a show at BlizzCon. Do you think they couldn’t get staffing for it? Most professional performers are working side jobs and going gig to gig to make rent. Blizzard could have also had an option of adding a $40 ticket add-on to current con-goers and limit those who enter as they have done with other shows including the opening ceremony.

The other funny thing, is you act like because another company that is running the tour is unable to do the show @ the Convention. It’s literally another gig and honestly would have been a killer show with the visuals that the various stages offer.

My point stands; missed opportunity.

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I dont wanna see it lol

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This went so unhinged right out the gate that the gate itself is lying on the ground.

“My point stands” lol. “Missed opportunity.” Who missed the opportunity? Blizzard? They don’t have control over the concert. They could have made “perform at our con” a condition of the licensing, sure, but why? So they can give up a stage and half their audience for 2-3 hours? They’ve got more important stuff to do during that time.

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How do concert tours work? They do gigs to make money. More gigs = more money. Blizzard owns the music and could cancel the contract. It’s BLIZZARD’S music.

Nintendo ran the Zelda Symphony for years. They had full control over what footage was shown during each concert. They didn’t manage each venue, but they had control. At any moment they could have pulled the plug. Oh, they did in 2017 when the final concert was, I believe December 9th, 2017.

Blizzard has the final say in this tour. If they want it to happen at BlizzCon, they can. They’re not running the tour, but they have the final say in everything.

It doesn’t have to be half the audience and even then, you would be surprise at how many folks like good quality music. You clearly do not care for good music as such or you would have remembered the Zelda Symphony.

That toured from 2012 to 2017 with a gap in 2014 due to conflicts of managers. Ultimately, Nintendo did not renew it because the one running it was not paying people. But Nintendo had the say and they did.

A less known story, National Geographic had a tour, Symphony for Our World, which was on tour from 2018 to 2019. It was run by the same guy who lost the Zelda Symphony. NatGeo cut it short due to similar reasons.

So Blizzard does have control as it’s their trademark and if they say “we want you to put our show at this place” they will do it. Why else do you think there is a concert at Inglewood, CA, 40 minutes from Anaheim, 2 days before BlizzCon? Yes, they put it there to be close to it (I’d rather it have been on the Friday instead but 9/11 reasons I guess), and that was intentional. Do you realize how big the Intuit Dome is?

The Arena in the Anaheim Convention center only holds ~7,500 seats. The Intuit Dome has ~18,000. Kind of a big deal. Mind you, with the projection screen showing game footage to accompany the music means that certain seats will not be sold, but it’s still a huge venue. If any show is going to sell out, it’s the one 2 days before BlizzCon.

Zelda had some pretty big stages around the world. I only saw some of the shows around San Francisco. Nintendo has had events where they had their own music, the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra performed, and that was just part of the entire event. That was just for Zelda while Blizzard has 4 major games with amazing music.

You don’t have to go. While you are standing in line hoping to get some item out of the Darkmoon Faire, I would gladly be enjoying quality music that Blizzard has created for 20 years.

Yes, I play with the music on in the background. Why hide such wonderful talent? That music is part of the full experience.

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Stay inside cuz it smells?

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To take my post and twist it to claim that I don’t enjoy music is crazy work, chief.

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Didn’t care for your reply that I for got about it.

You don’t speak for anyone but yourself. The fact that these shows will close to selling out shows that people want this. The people that go to these shows are players who also may or may not go to BlizzCon. So they would go. But thanks for playing.

Oh, and people with class enjoy music; and also do not play Dwarves. The ONLY acceptable race for Alliance Paladins are Man’ari Draenie.

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You need a therapist.

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You need to consider if that is an appropriate or bigoted/ableist comment. Are you a mental health professional? Likely not; you play a dwarf. But you come on to random posts to give your toxic response and disagree with anything anyone says, because you think we actually care about your opinion.

Your entire roll here is to troll and be rude/disrespectful, with no actual concern nor thoughts put into what is actually said.

Your opinion(s) do not matter to me, and the fact you are now attacking someone because you think you are a mental health expert, is enough for you to be reported/banned. You never know who may be autistic, may have different learning skills, and behavior like yours is no different than someone coming on here say “you are the r-word”.

That is exactly what “you need a therapist” means. So I will be glad to report your bigotry to Blizzard.

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Okay, sure. I’ll temper my language.

I suggest you seek therapy, because I am concerned for your health.

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I suggest you read the ToS, because what you are saying is just as bad as saying something racist or homophobic. Hate is hate, and you seem to have a lot of it. The forums and Blizzard are no place for hatred against any type of person. You are not a professional, and you do not have the right to say things as such, which makes what you say extremely offensive.

You derailed a thread because of your dislike of music, because you are a sad miserable, ableist person. Go somewhere else, where your type of intolerance & bigotry is tolerated.