Billboard’s Music Industry Events Calendar
A complete rundown of the most important events across the music business.
As part of our continuing efforts to serve the music industry and its creators, Billboard Pro now features a music industry events calendar for readers.
The calendar will act as music’s most complete summary major national and international industry events, from conferences to festivals to networking mixers and more. Just as Billboard is music’s must-read source for news, charts and analysis, now it also is the go-to for business happenings.
September
- Sep. 19 – BMAC Gala (Los Angeles)
- Sep. 19-22 – Bourbon & Beyond (Louisville, Ky.)
- Sep. 20-21 – iHeartRadio Festival (Las Vegas)
- Sep. 20-22 – Riot Fest (Chicago)
- Sep. 21 – Farm Aid (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.)
- Sep. 23-24 – WINCON (Belgrade, Serbia)
- Sep. 24-26 – International Festival Forum (London)
- Sep. 24-28 – IBMA World of Bluegrass (Raleigh, N.C.)
- Sep. 25-26 AIMP Atlanta Creative Entrepreneurship Summit (Atlanta)
- Sep. 26 – Nashville Songwriter Awards (Nashville)
- Sep. 26 – People’s Choice Country Awards (Nashville)
- Sep. 27 – MusiCares + Amazon Music Showcase Live on the Lawn (Culver City, Calif.)
- Sep. 27-29 – Ohana Festival (San Diego, Calif.)
- Sep. 28 – Global Citizen Festival (New York)
- Sep. 28 – People’s Choice Country Awards (Nashville)
- Sep. 28-29 – All Things Go Music Festival (Columbia, Md.)
- Sep. 28-29 – All Things Go NYC (New York)
- Sep. 28-29 – Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival (Franklin, Tenn.)
- Sep. 28-29 – Soundside Music Festival (Bridgeport, Conn.)
- Sep. 28–29 – VenuesNow Conference (TBD)
- Sep. 28–29 – Evolution Festival (St. Louis)
- Sep. 28-Oct. 1 – A3C Conference (Atlanta)
- Sep. 30-Oct. 2 – Making Vinyl Europe (Haarlem, Netherlands)
October
- Oct. 2 – Book Launch: It Starts With One by Jason Lipshutz (New York)
- Oct. 2 – DJ Awards (Ibiza)
- Oct. 4-6 – Hardly Strictly Bluegrass (San Francisco)
- Oct. 4-13 – Austin City Limits (Austin)
- Oct. 5 – Carousel of Hope Ball (Beverly Hills, Calif.)
- Oct. 5-6 – Palm Tree Music Festival (Dana Point, Calif.)
- Oct. 6 – American Music Awards (Los Angeles)
- Oct. 6–8 – International Entertainment Buyers Association (Nashville)
- Oct. 9-12 – Beyond the Music Global Music Conference and New Music Festival (Manchester, U.K.)
- Oct. 14-18 – Billboard Latin Music Week (Miami)
- Oct. 14-20 – SXSW Sydney (Sydney)
- Oct. 15-18 – Mondo.NYC (New York)
- Oct. 16 – Musicians on Call Anthems of Healing (New York)
- Oct. 16 – World Soundtrack Awards (Ghent, Belgium)
- Oct. 16-20 – Amsterdam Dance Event (Amsterdam)
- Oct. 17 – AIM Independent Music Awards (London)
- Oct. 17-20 – New York Comic-Con (New York)
- Oct. 18-19 – Digilogue Days (New York)
- Oct. 19 – When We Were Young Festival (Las Vegas)
- Oct. 22 – City of Hope Spirit of Life Gala (Los Angeles)
- Oct. 22–24 – Music Tectonics Conference (Santa Monica, Calif.)
- Oct. 23 – Believe Q3 2024 earnings call
- Oct. 25-26 – Escape Halloween (San Bernardino, Calif.)
- Oct. 26-27 – ONE Musicfest (Atlanta)
November
- Nov. 1-3 – Heavy Chicago (Chicago)
- Nov. 8 – SEMA Fest (Las Vegas)
- Nov. 8-10 – Electric Daisy Carnival Orlando (Orlando, Fla.)
- Nov. 9 – Music Expo San Francisco (San Francisco)
- Nov. 14-16 ADCOLOR Awards and Conference (Los Angeles)
- Nov. 16-17 – Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival (Los Angeles)
- Nov. 17 – SESAC Nashville Music Awards (Nashville)
- Nov. 17–20 – jump.global Annual Summit (Los Angeles)
- Nov. 18-20 – European Festival Summit (Karlsruhe, Germany)
- Nov. 18-23 – Linecheck Music Meeting & Festival (Milan)
- Nov. 20 – Artist Rights Symposium (Washington, D.C.)
- Nov. 20 – CMA Awards (Nashville)
- Nov. 20-23 – M for Montreal (Montreal)
- Nov. 22-24 – Neon City Festival (Las Vegas)
- Nov. 23 – Music Industry + Music Education Conference (Manchester, U.K.)
December
- Dec. 4–10 – XLive (Las Vegas)
- Dec. 5-7 – Aspen Live (Aspen, Colo.)
- Dec. 6 – iHeartRadio Jingle Ball (Los Angeles)
- Dec. 7 – Melon Music Awards (Incheon, South Korea)
- Dec. 7 – Raised By Sound Fest (Memphis)
- Dec. 11 – Billboard Arabia Music Awards (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
- Dec. 13-15 – Rolling Loud Miami (Miami)
January 2025
- Jan. 8-12 – The BPM Festival (Costa Rica)
- Jan. 9-11 – Live Production Summit (Palm Springs, Calif.)
- Jan. 10-14 – APAP Conference (New York)
- Jan. 19-22 – Oceans Calling Second Wave Festival (Cancún, Mexico)
- Jan. 21-25 – The NAMM Show (Anaheim, Calif.)
- Jan. 27-30 – INTIX (New York)
February 2025
- Feb. 2 – 67th Annual Grammy Awards (Los Angeles)
- Feb. 3 – Music Sustainability Summit (Los Angeles)
- Feb. 12-14 – FestForums (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
- Feb. 19-21 – Country Radio Seminar (Nashville)
- Feb. 19-23 – Folk Alliance International (Montreal)
- Feb. 25 – Green Events and Innovations (London)
- Feb. 25-28 – International Live Music Conference (London)
- Feb. 28 – Futures Forum (London)
March 2025
- March 8-9 – Lollapalooza India (Mumbai, India)
- March 16-19 – MUSEXPO (Burbank, Calif.)
- March 25-29 – Tin Pan South (Nashville)
April 2025
- April 30 – International Jazz Day (Abu Dhabi)
May 2025
- May 8 – Academy of Country Music Awards (Frisco, Tex.)
- May 12-15 – Music Biz 2025 (Atlanta)
June 2025
- June 5-8 – CMA Fest (Nashville)
- June 9-12 – A2IM Indie Week (New York)
- June 23-25 – NIVA ’25 Conference (Milwaukee)
September 2025
- Sep. 16-20 – IBMA World of Bluegrass (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
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