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.
August
September
- Sep. 5 – BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards (Los Angeles)
- Sep. 5-6 – Scottish Music Industry Association (SMIA) Summit (online)
- Sep. 10 – All Access Fest: Virtual
- Sep. 12 – L.A. Symphonic Social (Los Angeles)
- Sep. 13-14 – RUMBAZO festival (Las Vegas)
- Sep. 17 – Jimmy Carter 100: A Celebration in Song (Atlanta)
- Sep. 17-21 – AmericanaFest (Nashville)
- Sep. 18 – Americana Honors & Awards (Nashville)
- Sep. 18-21 – Reeperbahn Festival (Hamburg, Germany)
- 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. 24-26 – International Festival Forum (London)
- Sep. 24-28 – IBMA World of Bluegrass (Raleigh, N.C.)
- Sep. 26 – Nashville Songwriter 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 – People’s Choice Country Awards (Nashville)
- Sep. 28-29 – Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival (Franklin, Tenn.)
- Sep. 28–29 – VenuesNow Conference (TBD)
- Sep. 28–29 – Evolution Festival (St. Louis)
- Sep. 28-Oct. 1 – A3C Conference (Atlanta)
October
- 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. 6–8 – International Entertainment Buyers Association (Nashville)
- Oct. 9-12 – Beyond the Music Global Music Conference and New Music Festival (Manchester, U.K.)
- Oct. 10-13 – Desert Daze (Lake Perris, Calif.)
- Oct. 15-18 – Mondo.NYC (New York)
- Oct. 16 – World Soundtrack Awards (Ghent, Belgium)
- Oct. 16-20 – Amsterdam Dance Event (Amsterdam)
- 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. 22–24 – 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. 8-10 – Electric Daisy Carnival Orlando (Orlando, Fla.)
- Nov. 14-16 ADCOLOR Awards and Conference (Los Angeles)
- Nov. 16-17 – Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival (Los Angeles)
- 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. 20-23 – M for Montreal (Montreal)
December
- Dec. 4–10 – XLive (Las Vegas)
- Dec. 5-7 – Aspen Live (Aspen, Colo.)
- 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. 25-28 – International Live Music Conference (London)
- Feb. 28 – Futures Forum (London)
March 2025
- 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)
September 2025
- Sep. 16-20 – IBMA World of Bluegrass (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
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