Billboard’s Music Industry Events Calendar
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.
April 2025
- April 21 – Caron’s New York Gala (New York)
- April 23-25 – IMS Ibiza (Cala Llonga, Ibiza, Spain)
- April 24 – The Beatport Awards (Cala Llonga, Ibiza, Spain)
- April 24 – Billboard Latin Women in Music (Miami)
- April 24 – Variety Entertainment Marketing Summit (Los Angeles)
- April 24-May 4 – New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (New Orleans)
- April 24-25 – UNSIN Music Conference & Festival (Miami)
- April 25-27 – Stagecoach (Indio, Calif.)
- April 29 – ASCAP El Premio (Los Angeles)
- April 29 – Spotify Q1 earnings call
- April 30 – ASCAP Celebrates Top 2025 Screen Music Composers (Los Angeles)
- April 30 – Global Citizen NOW (New York)
- April 30 – International Jazz Day (Abu Dhabi)
May 2025
- May 1 – ASCAP Celebrates 2025 Pop Music Songwriters
- May 1 – SiriusXM Q1 2025 earnings call
- May 1 – Variety Power of Women: Nashville (Nashville)
- May 2-4 – Beachlife Festival (Redondo Beach, Calif.)
- May 2-4 – Pitchfork Music Festival CDMX (Mexico City)
- May 5 – Met Gala (New York)
- May 6-9 – NON-COMMvention (Philadelphia)
- May 6-11 – Departure Festival + Conference (Toronto)
- May 8 – Academy of Country Music Awards (Frisco, Tex.)
- May 8 – Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation New York Dinner (New York)
- May 8 – Warner Music Group Q2 earnings call
- May 8-11 – Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival (Columbus, Ohio)
- May 9-11 – KCON JAPAN (Chiba, Japan)
- May 11 – SMTOWN LIVE (Los Angeles)
- May 12-15 – Music Biz 2025 (Atlanta)
- May 13 – BMI Pop Awards (Beverly Hills)
- May 13 – Tencent Music Entertainment earnings call
- May 14 – Universal Music Group annual shareholder meeting (Amsterdam)
- May 14-17 – The Great Escape (Brighton, England)
- May 16 – GRAMMY Hall of Fame Gala (Beverly Hills)
- May 16-17 – FreshGrass | Bentonville (Bentonville, Ark.)
- May 16-18 – Electric Daisy Carnival (Las Vegas)
- May 16-18 – Sand in My Boots Festival (Gulf Shores, Ala.)
- May 20 – The Gordon Parks Foundation Awards Dinner and Auction (New York)
- May 21-22 – Music Awards Japan (Kyoto, Japan)
- May 21-24 – Brighton Music Conference (Brighton, England)
- May 22 – The Ivors (London)
- May 22 – MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN (Kyoto, Japan)
- May 23-25 – BottleRock (Napa, Calif.)
- May 23-25 – Boston Calling Festival (Boston)
- May 24-25 – Sueños Music Festival (Chicago)
- May 25 – K-LOVE Fan Awards (Nashville)
- May 26 – American Music Awards (Las Vegas)
- May 27-July 2 – Blue Note Jazz Festival (New York)
- May 31-June 1 – Head in the Clouds Los Angeles (Pasadena, Calif.)
- May 31-June 1 – Outside Festival (Denver)
- May 31-June 1 – Railbird Music Festival (Lexington, Ky.)
- May 31-June 1 – Roots Picnic (Philadelphia)
June 2025
- June 2-7 – SXSW London (London)
- June 4-8 – Primavera Sound Barcelona (Barcelona)
- June 5-8 – BET Experience (Los Angeles)
- June 5-8 – CMA Fest (Nashville)
- June 6-8 – Governors Ball (New York)
- June 8 – ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Songwriter Celebration Brunch (Los Angeles)
- June 8 – Tony Awards (New York)
- June 9 – BET Awards (Los Angeles)
- June 9-12 – A2IM Indie Week (New York)
- June 10 – AIMP Global Music Publishing Summit (New York)
- June 11-15 – NXNE (Toronto)
- June 12 – Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction & Awards Gala (New York)
- June 12-14 – Sónar+D (Barcelona)
- June 12-15 – Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival (Manchester, Tenn.)
- June 12-15 – Primavera Sound Porto (Porto, Portugal)
- June 20 – Hot 97 Summer Jam (Newark, N.J.)
- June 20-22 – Summer Smash festival (Chicago)
- June 23-25 – NIVA ’25 Conference (Milwaukee)
- June 25-29 – Glastonbury Festival (Pilton, England)
- June 16-July 5 – Festival International de Jazz de Montréal (Montreal)
- June 29-July 1 – NAMM NeXT (Nashville)
July 2025
- July 3-6 – Essence Festival of Culture (New Orleans)
- July 3-13 – Festival d’été de Québec (Québec City, Canada)
- July 4-19 – Montreux Jazz Festival (Montreux, Switzerland)
- July 8-12 – Latin Alternative Music Conference (New York)
- July 18-20 – Tomorrowland Weekend 1 (Boom, Belgium)
- July 19-20 – Create & Cultivate Festival (Los Angeles)
- July 19-20 – Michelada Fest (Chicago)
- July 25-27 – Tomorrowland Weekend 2 (Boom, Belgium)
- July 28-Aug. 1 – Record Store Day’s Summer Camp Conference (New Orleans)
- July 30 – A2IM Indie Week Australian Edition (Adelaide, Australia)
- July 31-Aug. 1 – Indie-Con Australia (Adelaide, Australia)
- July 31-Aug. 3 – Lollapalooza (Chicago)
August 2025
- Aug. 1-3 – KCON LA (Los Angeles)
- Aug. 1-3 – Newport Jazz Festival (Newport, R.I.)
- Aug. 1-3 – Osheaga Festival (Montreal)
- Aug. 8-10 – Baja Beach Fest (Rosarito Beach, Mexico)
- Aug. 8-10 – Outside Lands (San Francisco)
- Aug. 14-16 – Park City Song Summit (Park City, Utah)
- Aug. 21-24 – Reading & Leeds Festival (Reading and Leeds, England)
- Aug. 28 – Caribbean Music Awards (New York)
September 2025
- Sept. 7 – MTV Video Music Awards (Elmont, N.Y.)
- Sept. 9-13 – AMERICANAFEST (Nashville)
- Sept. 10 – Americana Honors and Awards Show (Nashville)
- Sept. 13-14 – Four Chord Music Festival (Washington, Pa.)
- Sept. 14 – Emmy Awards (Los Angeles)
- Sept. 16-20 – IBMA World of Bluegrass (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
- Sept. 18 – Black Music Action Coalition (BMAC) Gala (Beverly Hills)
- Sept. 26-28 – All Things Go Festival (New York & Columbia, Md.)
- Sept. 27 – Global Citizen Festival (New York)
- Sept. 27-28 – Soundside Music Festival (Bridgeport, Conn.)
October 2025
- Oct. 3-5 – Field & Stream Music Fest (Winnsboro, S.C.)
- Oct. 5-7 – IEBA 2025 (Nashville)
- Oct. 7 – GMA Dove Awards (Nashville)
- Oct. 7-10 – IMPF Global Music Summit & Songwriting Camp (Palma, Mallorca, Spain)
- Oct. 14-17 – Mondo.NYC (New York)
- Oct. 15-18 – Billboard Latin Music Week (Miami)
- Oct. 22-23 – NAB Show New York (New York)
- Oct. 22-26 – Amsterdam Dance Event (Amsterdam)
November 2025
- Nov. 4-6 – Music Tectonics (Santa Monica, Calif.)
- Nov. 9-11 – jump.global Annual Summit (Los Angeles)
January 2026
- Jan. 21-25 – Folk Alliance International Conference (New Orleans)
March 2026
- March 12-18 – SXSW (Austin)
- March 18-20 – Country Radio Seminar (Nashville)
Want your event listed? For more information contact joe.maimone@billboard.com.
Colin Stutz
Billboard
