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.
July
- Jul. 4-7 – Essence Music Festival (New Orleans)
- Jul. 9–13 – Latin Alternative Music Conference (New York)
- Jul. 19–21, 26–28 – Tomorrowland (Boom, Belgium)
- Jul. 27–28 – Project Pabst (Portland, OR)
- Jul. 28–31 – IAVM VenueConnect (Portland, OR)
August
- Aug. 1-4 – Lollapalooza (Chicago)
- Aug. 9–11 – Elements Festival (Long Pond, Penn.)
- Aug. 21 – ACM Honors (Nashville)
- Aug. 27 – SOURCE Hall of Fame Awards (Nashville)
September
- Sep. 13-14 – RUMBAZO festival (Las Vegas)
- Sep. 17-21 – AmericanaFest (Nashville)
- Sep. 18 – Americana Honors & Awards (Nashville)
- Sep. 24-28 – IBMA World of Bluegrass (Raleigh, N.C.)
- Sep. 26 – Nashville Songwriter Awards (Nashville)
- 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)
October
- Oct. 6–8 – International Entertainment Buyers Association (Nashville, Tenn.)
- Oct. 9-12 – Beyond the Music Global Music Conference and New Music Festival (Manchester, U.K.)
- Oct. 19 – When We Were Young Festival (Las Vegas)
- Oct. 22–24 – Music Tectonics Conference (Santa Monica, Calif.)
November
- Nov. 17–20 – jump.global Annual Summit (Los Angeles)
December
- Dec. 4–10 – XLive (Las Vegas)
February 2025
- Feb. 2 – 67th Annual Grammy Awards (Los Angeles)
- Feb. 19-21 Country Radio Seminar (Nashville)
March 2025
- March 25-29 – Tin Pan South (Nashville)
May 2025
- May 12-15 – Music Biz 2025 (Atlanta)
June 2025
- June 5-8 – CMA Fest (Nashville)
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