Why does a synth fair need a bigger room?
Roma Modulare has outgrown Forte Trionfale, the fortified military complex on Rome's western edge that hosted the 2024 edition. For 2026, the fair moves into L'Opificio Italiacamp, a converted industrial building in the Ostiense-Marconi district, closer to the city center and built for exactly the kind of two-day expo Roma Modulare has become. The footprint stays roughly the same, about 900 square metres, but a fortress is being swapped for a warehouse with a garden designed to host live sets running until midnight.
The move matters because this isn't a startup event chasing relevance. The 2024 edition at Forte Trionfale already pulled more than 80 exhibitor stands, and organizers list this year's confirmed lineup at around 50 exhibitors representing 80 brands, evidence Roma Modulare has become a fixture on the European synth-fair calendar rather than a one-off with a good press release.
Who's actually on the floor?
The exhibitor list leans hard into the modular and desktop synth majors: Moog Music, Sequential, Oberheim, Korg, Elektron, Arturia, Teenage Engineering and Waldorf Music are all confirmed, next to Eurorack specialists SOMA Laboratory and Xaoc Devices. The pro-audio side pulls real studio weight too, with Genelec, Rupert Neve Designs, Solid State Logic and RME all on the floor, positioning the fair as a stop for working engineers as much as for modular hobbyists.
That mix, big synth brands next to boutique Eurorack builders next to studio-monitor manufacturers, is the bet the organizers are making: a room where a producer can demo a Moog, then walk ten feet to a hand-built module from a two-person Eastern European shop, then A/B monitors from Genelec against PMC.
What's happening beyond the show floor?
Roma Modulare schedules more than 15 seminars and product presentations across the two days, plus a live program running past 20 hours: confirmed performers include Motja, Mepoe, Gianfranco Marongiu, Sonobe and Neuroloop, playing modular sets in the venue's garden from early afternoon until midnight both days. A single-day ticket is 18 euros, a two-day pass is 27 euros, and anyone under 16 gets in free.
