{"rewrite":{"id":"r_57e1d6975781c014cb48aab5","clusterId":"c_017981d5b4b191455fa23f5c","slug":"riot-music-sets-three-day-vrchat-festival-espera-for-november-2026","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"RIOT MUSIC Sets Three-Day VRChat Festival ESPERA for November 2026","summary":"RIOT MUSIC will hold \"ESPERA -AdHoc Live Festival 2026-\" in VRChat across Friday, November 20, Saturday, November 21, and Sunday, November 22, 2026, co-planned with Culture Entertainment. The first two days are free performances; the final day is ticketed. Performing artists, performance content, and ticket prices and sales methods will be announced from October 2026.","whyItMatters":"RIOT MUSIC is scaling its VRChat world AdHoc from recurring lives and talk events, which drew 50,000 cumulative visits and passed 3,700 group participants as of September 2026, into a three-day festival, with the paid final day the test of whether that audience converts to ticketed demand.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe event runs three days inside VRChat, splitting free access on November 20 and 21 from a paid performance on November 22. RIOT MUSIC produces and operates; Culture Entertainment co-plans; MIGIRI handles production cooperation. The festival frames itself around the intersection of VOCALOID-centered internet music, VRChat-rooted music culture, and expression by VTubers and virtual artists, with the name ESPERA drawn from the meaning \u0026#34;to hope.\u0026#34; RIOT MUSIC says it began full-scale work centered on VRChat in February 2026, and its group participants passed 3,700 as of September. Artist and ticket details arrive from October 2026.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"RIOT MUSIC's ESPERA splits its VRChat run: two free days then a paid third. The free tier is the funnel, so the ticketed Sunday will show whether the audience converts.","twitterPost":"ESPERA gates its VRChat finale behind tickets while the first two days stay free. The paid Sunday is the conversion test for RIOT MUSIC.","threadsPost":"RIOT MUSIC's ESPERA runs three days in VRChat, but only the third carries a ticket. Two free days built as a funnel make Sunday the conversion test, which is why ticket details slip to October 2026.","newsletterBlurb":"RIOT MUSIC has dated a three-day VRChat festival, ESPERA -AdHoc Live Festival 2026-, for November 20 to 22, 2026, co-planned with Culture Entertainment. The first two days are free and the final day is ticketed, with artists and pricing held for an October 2026 announcement. RIOT MUSIC says its VRChat activities have drawn 50,000 cumulative visits and over 3,700 group participants as of September 2026.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Brave group\",\"url\":\"https://bravegroup.co.jp/news/12171/\",\"title\":\"RIOT MUSIC to Hold \\\"ESPERA -AdHoc Live Festival 2026-\\\", Co-Planned with Culture Entertainment, Over Three Days in VRChat Starting Friday, November 20!\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4723,"outputTokens":709,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1790592262,"createdAt":"2026-09-28T10:38:38.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-28T10:43:20.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-28T10:43:20.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_017981d5b4b191455fa23f5c","canonicalTitle":"RIOT MUSIC、カルチュア・エンタテインメントと共同企画する「ESPERA -AdHoc Live Festival 2026-」を11月20日(金)よりVRChatで3日間にわたり開催！","representativeArticleId":"a_69b0fba6624fa0b28f18c7a3","sourceCount":3,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":false,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"ESPERA -AdHoc Live Festival 2026-\"],\"studios\":[\"RIOT MUSIC\",\"Culture Entertainment\",\"Brave group\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"event\",\"domain\":\"vtuber\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-28T08:00:43.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-28T09:11:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-28T12:24:36.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"KAI-YOU","url":"https://kai-you.net/article/96685","title":"VRChatで3日間の大型音楽フェス「ESPERA」開催　ボカロ、VRChat、VTuber文化が交わる"},{"source":"Brave group","url":"https://bravegroup.co.jp/news/12171/","title":"RIOT MUSIC、カルチュア・エンタテインメントと共同企画する「ESPERA -AdHoc Live Festival 2026-」を11月20日(金)よりVRChatで3日間にわたり開催！"},{"source":"PANORA","url":"https://panora.tokyo/archives/158200","title":"バーチャル音楽フェス「ESPERA -AdHoc Live Festival 2026-」がVRChatにて11/20より開催決定　2日間は無料開催、最終日は有料開催"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["ESPERA -AdHoc Live Festival 2026-"],"studios":["RIOT MUSIC","Culture Entertainment","Brave group"],"people":[],"type":"event","domain":"vtuber","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}