Rachael Trask Wins Pollstar Live! 2026 Poster Contest

The votes are in for Pollstar Live!’s 37th annual Poster Contest and first place goes to Rachael Trask’s design for Blink-182’s “Missionary Impossible Tour” stop on Sept. 22 at The Orion Amphitheater in Huntsville, Alabama.

The show, which also featured Alkaline Trio and Scowl, sold 6,152 tickets (94% capacity) and grossed $752,034

Blink-182 is booked by CAA and managed by Opera Ghost Management’s James Throgmorton.

Last year The Orion Amphitheater also snagged the Judges Choice win in Pollstar’s Poster Contest for a Lainey Wilson poster designed by artist Van Berkemeyer.

Submissions for the Pollstar Live! Poster Contest were judged by content, creativity and originality, with the contest open to legal U.S. residents who are, or are a representative of, a promoter, venue, manager, or similar position of a live event and/or show in the 2025 calendar year.

Following a preliminary screening of all entries for compliance with the rules and adherence to the judging criteria, 60 finalists advanced to the public round at the Pollstar Live! Conference, which took place April 14-16 at Loews Hollywood in Los Angeles. Each attendee at Pollstar Live! were able to cast one vote for their favorite.

Second place in the 2026 contest was awarded to a poster designed by EMEK for a Wet Leg show at McMenamins Crystal Ballroom in Portland, Oregon, on Dec. 11, 2025, featuring The Stupid Girls.

The Judges Choice Award went to a Cake poster designed by Julia Fletcher for two nights of shows at The Factory in St. Louis, Missouri, June 24-25.

The winner of the Pollstar Live! Poster Contest will receive a full-page color advertisement in Pollstar magazine (approximate retail value $5,500), with second and third place getting half-page (approximate retail value $3,555) and third-page advertisements (approximate retail value $2,515), respectively.

_Originally reported by [Pollstar](https://news.pollstar.com/2026/05/08/pollstar-live-announces-2026-poster-contest-winners/)._