Schedule at a glance
Thursday, February 12: Show Seminars 1-5 p.m.; Exhibit Hall 1-5 p.m.
Friday, February 13: CPO, Show Seminars 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Exhibit Hall 2-6 p.m.
Saturday, February 14: Show Seminars 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Exhibit Hall 1-5 p.m.
Everyone will be at the Western Pool and Spa Show, February 12-14, 2026 at the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center, in sunny southern California. With more than 45 years of history, this show is widely considered the west coast anchor for pool and spa professionals.
It’s a distinguished event for service professionals. Here’s why:
• West coast focus: The California and Pacific Asia markets often lead in regulatory changes (energy, water use), technology launches, and high end pool builds. Attending this show gives you early insight into what may migrate eastward.
• Education + prizes + experience: The show emphasizes a large seminar schedule (English & Spanish), hands on training and even prize giveaways — making it lively and motivating.
• Networking with major players: With attendance numbers topping 10,000 and hundreds of exhibitors, you’ll meet a broad array of vendors, service suppliers, and potential partners.
• Timing that allows post show momentum: February also gives you time to process early season insights, come back, train your team and integrate changes before the high usage period ramps up.
The Western Show is the go to for west coast service business relevance: whether you’re based in California, service high end pools, or simply want to access leading edge product launches, this show delivers.
With a large exhibit floor and strong education component, service techs and owners alike gain value. There are seminars covering a broad range of topics, from water chemistry, energy efficient equipment, and smart automation to marketing techniques and business software and apps.
But because of its sheer size, success depends on pre planning. Choose 2 3 vendor booths to visit each day, attend at least one advanced seminar, and schedule post show team time to implement findings.
And considering the high caliber of the show, it may justify sending two team members (e.g., one senior tech, one service business manager) to maximize both technical and business take aways.
If your service business has any west of the Mississippi presence (or aspires to), the Western Pool & Spa Show is the premier west coast event for 2026.
With its long heritage, strong education content and large vendor presence, it’s well worth earmarking February 12-14, 2026, now on your calendar.
Seminars
The full line-up of seminar offerings will be available at the show’s website soon.
Hotels
Queen Mary Hotel – $220. 1126 Queens Hwy, Long Beach, CA 90802.
Hilton Long Beach – $256.96. 701 West Ocean Boulevard, Long Beach, CA 90831.
Marriott Long Beach (Airport) $225. 4700 Airport Plaza Drive Long Beach, California, 90815.
Register
Register for the show and learn more and click this link to visit
http://www.westernshow.com westernshow.com.
https://www.westernshow.com/expo_reg1.php
