MCON 2026 Presents: The Military & Veteran Creator Experience — Presented by MV Awards & Powered by VetStreamTV
Your story is the platform.
At MCON 2026, the military and veteran creator community gets its own stage. For 2½ days at the World Market Center Las Vegas, the MV Awards Creator Zone becomes the beating heart of MCON — a live, always-on destination where creators, brands, and the community that follows them come together in one room.
The Experience
More Than a Booth. A Media Destination.
Step into the Creator Zone and something is always happening – live podcast recordings, creator interviews, film screenings, meet & greets, workshops, and award presentations, all unfolding in real time in front of the entire MCON community. This is the home base for the storytellers who’ve been documenting military and veteran life all along – now with the production, the platform, and the audience to match the work.
MV Awards and VetStreamTV will serve as the Official Live Streaming Partner of MCON, carrying the energy of the Creator Zone – red carpet coverage, creator and speaker interviews, sponsor spotlights, daily recap shows – to a national audience live and on demand. And this year marks the launch of the MV Creator Awards, the first step toward an annual celebration of excellence in military and veteran content creation.
This is what MCON does best: turn a shared experience into a community. This is the creator economy doing the same thing, live.
Live Podcasts
Film & Trailer Wall
Red Carpet & Interviews
Meet & Greets
New for 2026
The Launch of the MV Creator Awards.
The first step toward an annual celebration of excellence in military and veteran content creation.
Why It Matters
A Fast-Growing Audience Meets a Fast-Growing Industry.
The global creator economy is on track to top $250 billion in 2026 and approach $480 billion by 2027, with more than 200 million creators now building audiences worldwide. At the same time, the military and veteran community represents one of the most brand-loyal, highest-spending audiences in the country – commanding an estimated $471.5 billion in combined purchasing power. Military and veteran creators sit at the exact center of both – the trusted voices who already speak this audience’s language. The Creator Zone is where that overlap becomes real, in one room, for three days.
For Creators & Brands
Growth on Both Sides of the Camera.
For creators, the Creator Zone is a launchpad: a platform, production support, and a national streaming audience through VetStreamTV, plus direct access to the brands, sponsors, and fellow creators shaping this industry. For brands, it’s a direct line into a loyal, high-spending community through the voices it already trusts – a chance to build long-term partnerships with creators rather than one-off placements. Whether you’re building an audience or building a brand, the Creator Zone is where that growth starts.
Presented by MV Awards
National Entertainment Awards Academy for Military & Veterans (NEAAMV).
Led by
Joe Ramirez
Chairman & CEO, MV Awards
The Details
World Market Center, Las Vegas · October 23–25, 2026 · Presented by MV Awards | Powered by VetStreamTV
Whether you’re behind the camera or in the crowd, you’re part of it. This is community. This is creation. This is MCON.
About MCON
MCON was created by veterans to bring the military community together for an epic celebration. It’s the only annual event celebrating what we love and miss about military culture. MCON brings together service members, veterans, military families, healthcare professionals, employers, advocates, and policymakers under one roof to advance the cause of those who serve and have served.