Billboard’s Music Industry Events Calendar
A complete rundown of the most important events across the music business.
Events
Israel G. Vargas
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.
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September 2025
Sept. 9-11 – VenuesNow Conference (Las Vegas)
Sept. 9-13 – AMERICANAFEST (Nashville)
Sept. 10 – Americana Honors and Awards Show (Nashville)
Sept. 10 – Trapital Summit (Los Angeles)
Sept. 11-14 – Bourbon & Beyond festival (Louisville, Ky.)
Sept. 13-14 – Four Chord Music Festival (Washington, Pa.)
Sept. 14 – Emmy Awards (Los Angeles)
Sept. 16 – CNBC Sport x Boardroom: Game Plan (Santa Monica, Calif.)
Sept. 16-20 – IBMA World of Bluegrass (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
Sept. 17 – Music Tectonics preconference event (virtual)
Sept. 18 – AIMP Webinar: Music Licensing and AI in 2025 (virtual)
Sept. 18 – Black Music Action Coalition (BMAC) Gala (Beverly Hills, Calif.)
Sept. 18-19 – AIMP x MMF-US Atlanta Summit (Atlanta)
Sept. 18-21 – Louder Than Life festival (Louisville, Ky.)
Sept. 19-20 – iHeartRadio Music Festival (Las Vegas)
Sept. 19-20 – Riot Fest (Chicago)
Sept. 23 – Nashville Songwriter Awards (Nashville)
Sept. 25 – Premios Juventud (Panama City, Panama)
Sept. 25-26 – Volumes: The Music Business Student Summit (virtual)
Sept. 26 – Beatport Connect (Los Angeles)
Sept. 25-28 – Levitation festival (Austin)
Sept. 26-28 – All Things Go Festival (New York & Columbia, Md.)
Sept. 26-28 – Monterey Jazz Festival (Monterey, Calif.)
Sept. 26-28 – Ohana Festival (Dana Point, Calif.)
Sept. 27 – Global Citizen Festival (New York)
Sept. 27-28 – Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival (Franklin, Tenn.)
Sept. 29-30 – TEM: The Experience Economy Meeting (Madrid)
October 2025
Oct. 2-5 – Viva Acid (Chicago)
Oct. 3 – Living Legends Foundation Awards Show & Dinner (Atlanta)
Oct. 3-5 – Austin City Limits Music Festival weekend 1 (Austin)
Oct. 3-5 – Field & Stream Music Fest (Winnsboro, S.C.)
Oct. 3-5 – Hardly Strictly Bluegrass (San Francisco)
Oct. 5-7 – IEBA 2025 (Nashville)
Oct. 6 – Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Gala (Nashville)
Oct. 7 – GMA Dove Awards (Nashville)
Oct. 7-10 – IMPF Global Music Summit & Songwriting Camp (Palma, Mallorca, Spain)
Oct. 8 – Unplugged & Uncorked gala (New York)
Oct. 8-11 – Confluence music conference and festival (Charlotte, N.C.)
Oct. 10-12 – Austin City Limits Music Festival weekend 2 (Austin)
Oct. 11 – The Carousel Ball (Denver)
Oct. 14-16 – WSA Film Music Days (Ghent, Belgium)
Oct. 14-17 – Mondo.NYC (New York)
Oct. 15 – World Soundtrack Awards (Ghent, Belgium)
Oct. 16-18 – Soundtrax Film Music Festival (Rochester, N.Y.)
Oct. 17-18 – III Points festival (Miami)
Oct. 20-24 – Billboard Latin Music Week (Miami)
Oct. 22 – Personal Managers Hall of Fame (Las Vegas)
Oct. 22-23 – NAB Show New York (New York)
Oct. 22-25 – Music China (Shanghai)
Oct. 22-26 – Amsterdam Dance Event (Amsterdam)
Oct. 23 – Billboard Latin Music Awards (Miami)
Oct. 25 – iHeartRadio Fiesta Latina (Miami)
Oct. 25-26 – ComplexCon (Las Vegas)
Oct. 25-26 – ONE Musicfest (Atlanta)
November 2025
Nov. 1 – Global Citizen Festival: Amazonia (Belém, Brazil)
Nov. 3 – Billboard Live Music Summit (West Hollywood, Calif.)
Nov. 4-6 – Music Tectonics (Santa Monica, Calif.)
Nov. 7-16 – New York Comedy Festival (New York)
Nov. 9-11 – jump.global Annual Summit (Los Angeles)
Nov. 11 – Save the Music’s Hometown to Hometown Event (Nashville)
Nov. 13 – Latin Grammy Awards (Las Vegas)
Nov. 13-14 – International Music Summit (Dubai)
Nov. 14-16 – Corona Capital festival (Mexico City)
Nov. 18-21 – European Festival Conference (Évora, Portugal)
Nov. 19 – CMA Awards (Nashville)
Nov. 22-23 – Rolling Loud India (Navi Mumbai, India)
December 2025
Dec. 10 – LIVE Awards (London)
January 2026
Jan. 11 – Golden Globes (Beverly Hills, Calif.)
Jan. 14-17 – Eurosonic Noorderslag (Groningen, The Netherlands)
Jan. 20-24 – The NAMM Show (Anaheim, Calif.)
Jan. 21-25 – Folk Alliance International Conference (New Orleans)
February 2026
Feb. 1 – Grammy Awards (Los Angeles)
Feb. 28 – PGA Awards
March 2026
March 12-18 – SXSW (Austin)
March 13-15 – Lollapalooza Argentina (San Isidro, Argentina)
March 13-15 – Lollapalooza Chile (Santiago, Chile)
March 18-20 – Country Radio Seminar (Nashville)
March 20-22 – Lollapalooza Brasil (São Paulo)
March 22-25 – MUSEXPO (Burbank, Calif.)
March 25-29 – Treefort Music Fest (Boise, Idaho)
March 26-29 – Big Ears Festival (Knoxville, Tenn.)
April 2026
April 10-12 – Coachella weekend 1 (Indio, Calif.)
April 15 – Music Sustainability Summit (Los Angeles)
April 17-19 – Coachella weekend 2 (Indio, Calif.)
April 24-26 – Stagecoach (Indio, Calif.)
June 2026
June 4-7 – CMA Fest (Nashville)
June 11-14 – Bonnaroo (Manchester, Tenn.)
June 18-20 – Summerfest weekend 1 (Milwaukee)
June 25-27 – Summerfest weekend 2 (Milwaukee)
July 2026
July 2-4 – Summerfest weekend 3 (Milwaukee)
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