Dungeons & Dragons Fan Expo London adds new performers, panels for 2026 event

Wizards of the Coast is not treating London like a simple stop on a promo tour. The Dungeons & Dragons Fan Expo: London is being built as a two-day, live-entertainment event at The O2 on August 21-22, 2026, with a lineup that now stretches well beyond a single marquee show.

Friday night belongs to High Rollers at indigo at The O2, the 2,750-capacity club space inside the venue complex. Saturday shifts to The O2 Arena, where Jasmine Bhullar will lead the headline live actual-play show. That pairing tells you exactly what kind of fandom Wizards and AEG Presents are trying to cultivate: not just people who buy books and dice, but people who show up for the performance of D&D, the shared table energy, and the personalities that have turned actual play into a real live circuit.

The newly added names sharpen that picture. D&D Shorts brings the creator economy into the mix. Roll Britannia adds a UK actual-play voice with an audience already fluent in homegrown D&D culture. RPG Taverns folds in the local scene on the ground, while It’s Your Role and miniature painter Johnny Ghiodini widen the frame beyond streaming into venue culture and the craft side of the hobby. This is not a generic fan con roster. It looks like Wizards is building a D&D ecosystem where live play, local clubs, creators, and hobby artists all share the same stage.

That matters for UK and European fans deciding whether to make the trip. The official event description says the weekend will include panels, Q&As, gaming tables, traders, cosplay meetups, and more, with extra meet-and-greets and photo ops promised for early 2026. In other words, the expo is trying to be more than spectacle. It is selling access, and that is the difference between a one-off show and a convention people plan around.

The official pages also say High Rollers are marking their 10th year of playing live D&D, which gives Friday’s opening night a built-in anniversary hook. Saturday’s arena show is being positioned as the bigger statement, with The O2 saying it will feature some of the biggest names in D&D on stage. Put together, the weekend looks like a test case for whether official D&D events can be both a fan gathering and a polished live product.

Wizards is rolling the dice on a bigger idea here: that D&D in London can work as a full campaign setting, not just a single encounter.