Billboard’s Music Industry Events Calendar
A complete rundown of the most important events across the music business.
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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 2026
- Sept. 10 – Billboard R&B Hip-Hop Live (New York)
- Sept. 11-12 – Goldrush: Midnight Riders festival (Chandler, Ariz.)
- Sept. 14 – Primetime Emmys (Los Angeles)
- Sept. 14-16 – International Festival Forum L.A. (West Hollywood, Calif.)
- Sept. 15 – T.J. Martell Foundation New York Honors Gala (New York)
- Sept. 15 – Trapital Summit (Los Angeles)
- Sept. 16 – Americana Honors & Awards (Nashville)
- Sept. 17-20 – Louder Than Life festival (Louisville, Ky.)
- Sept. 18-19 – iHeartRadio Music Festival (Las Vegas)
- Sept. 18-20 – Borderland Music and Arts Festival (East Aurora, N.Y.)
- Sept. 18-20 – Caribbean Music Awards (Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago)
- Sept. 18-20 – Cascade Equinox Festival (Redmond, Oreg.)
- Sept. 18-20 – Making Time ∞ festival (Philadelphia)
- Sept. 18-20 – Riot Fest (Chicago)
- Sept. 18-20 – Shaky Knees Music Festival (Atlanta)
- Sept. 19-20 – Experts Only festival (New York)
- Sept. 19-20 – Sea.Hear.Now Festival (Asbury Park, N.J.)
- Sept. 22 – Independent Music Awards (London)
- Sept. 22 – Nashville Songwriter Awards (Nashville)
- Sept. 22 – Polaris Concert & Award Ceremony (Toronto)
- Sept. 23 – ComposerCon (London)
- Sept. 23-27 – Pitchfork Music Festival CDMX (Mexico City)
- Sept. 24-27 – Bourbon & Beyond festival (Louisville, Ky.)
- Sept. 25 – Beatport Connect (Los Angeles)
- Sept. 25-26 – Somewhere Festival & Conference (Wichita, Kans.)
- Sept. 25-27 – All Things Go Music Festival (Columbia, Md.)
- Sept. 25-27 – All Things Go NYC (New York)
- Sept. 25-27 – Oceans Calling Festival (Ocean City, Md.)
- Sept. 25-27 – Ohana Festival (Dana Point, Calif.)
- Sept. 26 – Global Citizen Festival (New York)
- Sept. 26-27 – Portola festival (San Francisco)
- Sept. 27 – MTV Video Music Awards (Los Angeles)
- Sept. 28 – BMI London Awards (London)
- Sept. 29-30 – VenuesNow Conference (Seattle)
- Sept. 30-Oct. 2 – Making Vinyl Europe conference (Haarlem, Netherlands)
- Sept. 30-Oct. 4 – BreakOut West conference and festival (Victoria, B.C., Canada)
October 2026
- Oct. 1 – Day Zero Tulum festival (Tulum, Mexico)
- Oct. 1 – Rock the Ryman (Nashville)
- Oct. 1-4 – Aftershock festival (Sacramento, Calif.)
- Oct. 2 – The Living Legends Foundation Awards Gala (Atlanta)
- Oct. 2-3 – Country Calling festival (Ocean City, Md.)
- Oct. 2-4 – Austin City Limits Festival weekend 1 (Austin)
- Oct. 2-4 – Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival (San Francisco)
- Oct. 3 – Power to the People Festival (Columbia, Md.)
- Oct. 4-6 – IEBA conference (Nashville)
- Oct. 7-9 – Beyond The Music conference (Salford, England)
- Oct. 7-10 – Confluence conference (Charlotte, N.C.)
- Oct. 9-11 – Austin City Limits Festival weekend 2 (Austin)
- Oct. 9-11 – FORM Arcosanti festival (Arcosanti, Ariz.)
- Oct. 9-11 – West Coast Songwriters Conference (Pasadena, Calif.)
- Oct. 10 – Strummingbird festival Victoria (Ballarat, Australia)
- Oct. 10 – World Soundtrack Awards Ceremony & Concert (Ghent, Belgium)
- Oct. 10-11 – Head Trip festival (Indio, Calif.)
- Oct. 13 – Grassroots Networking Day (London)
- Oct. 13-16 – Mondo.NYC conference (New York)
- Oct. 14 – La Musa Awards (Miami)
- Oct. 15-18 – Vinyl Summit (Salina, Kans.)
- Oct. 16-18 – Mission Bayfest (San Diego)
- Oct. 17 – iHeartRadio Fiesta Latina (Miami)
- Oct. 17 – Strummingbird festival New South Wales (Newcastle, Australia)
- Oct. 18 – Strummingbird festival Queensland (Sunshine Coast, Australia)
- Oct. 19-22 – Billboard Latin Music Week (Miami)
- Oct. 20 – Marconi Awards Presented by NAB (New York)
- Oct. 20-22 – NAB Show New York (New York)
- Oct. 21-25 – Amsterdam Dance Event (Amsterdam)
- Oct. 22 – Billboard Latin Music Awards (Miami)
- Oct. 22 – IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
- Oct. 22 – Mercury Prize ceremony (Newcastle upon Tyne, England)
- Oct. 24 – Sick New World festival (Fort Worth, Tex.)
- Oct. 24-25 – Bamba Festival (Santiago, Chile)
- Oct. 26 – Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony (Nashville)
- Oct. 27 – City of Hope Spirit of Life Gala (West Hollywood, Calif.)
- Oct. 27-29 – Music Tectonics conference (Santa Monica, Calif.)
- Oct. 28 – Screen Music Awards (Brisbane, Australia)
November 2026
- Nov. 2-8 – Pitchfork Music Festival London (London)
- Nov. 2-8 – Pitchfork Music Festival Paris (Paris)
- Nov. 5 – HEAT Latin Music Awards (Puerto Vallarta, Mexico)
- Nov. 6-7 – Momentous Music & Arts Festival (Bentonville, Ark.)
- Nov. 7-8- Ultra Mexico (Mexico City)
- Nov. 8-10 – jump.global Summit (Los Angeles)
- Nov. 9 – Latin Recording Academy Special Awards ceremony (Las Vegas)
- Nov. 9 – Music Industry Trusts (MITS) Award ceremony (London)
- Nov. 9 – SEMA Fest (Las Vegas)
- Nov. 10 – Billboard Live Music Summit and Awards (West Hollywood, Calif.)
- Nov. 11 – Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year ceremony (Las Vegas)
- Nov. 12 – Latin Grammy Awards (Las Vegas)
- Nov. 14 – Darker Waves festival (Huntington Beach, Calif.)
- Nov. 14 – Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards (Los Angeles)
- Nov. 14 – Ultra Taiwan (Taipei City, Taiwan)
- Nov. 14-15 – Camp Flog Gnaw (Los Angeles)
- Nov. 14-15 – For You Fest (Irvine, Calif.)
- Nov. 18 – ARIA Awards (Sydney)
- Nov. 18 – CMA Awards (Nashville)
- Nov. 19 – Music Tech 20/20 Summit (Toronto)
- Nov. 19 – Resonate Music Conference (Glasgow, Scotland)
- Nov. 20-22 – Corona Capital festival (Mexico City)
- Nov. 26-28 – XP Music Futures conference (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
- Nov. 28-29 – Coca-Cola Flow Fest (Mexico City)
- Nov. 28-29 – Primavera Sound Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
December 2026
- Dec. 5-6 – Primavera Sound São Paulo (São Paulo)
- Dec. 7-8 – Live Summit Middle East (Abu Dhabi)
- Dec. 11-13 – Tomorrowland Thailand (Pattaya, Thailand)
- Dec. 18-30 – Detty December Festival (Lagos, Nigeria)
- Dec. 28-Jan. 1 – Beyond the Valley festival (Hesse, Australia)
- Dec. 30 – Temper Festival (San Diego)
January 2027
- Jan. 7-10 – Out of the Blue Festival (Cancún, Mexico)
- Jan. 13-16 – ESNS conference and festival (Groningen, Netherlands)
- Jan. 17 – globalFEST winter festival (New York)
- Jan. 23-24 – Lollapalooza India (Mumbai, India)
- Jan. 26-30 – NAMM Show (Anaheim, Calif.)
- Jan. 30 – She Rocks Awards (Anaheim, Calif.)
February 2027
- Feb. 7 – Grammy Awards (Los Angeles)
March 2027
- March 12-14 C2C (Country to Country) Festival (London, Glasgow & Manchester, United Kingdom)
- March 14 – 99th Annual Oscars (Los Angeles)
- March 15-21 – SXSW (Austin)
- March 17-19 – Country Radio Seminar (Nashville)
- March 21-24 – MUSEXPO (Burbank, Calif.)
- March 26-28 – Ultra Music Festival (Miami)
April 2027
- April 9-11 – Coachella weekend 1 (Indio, Calif.)
- April 16-18 – Coachella weekend 2 (Indio, Calif.)
- April 23-25 – Stagecoach festival (Indio, Calif.)
- April 18-20 – HITS Home conference (Nashville)
May 2027
- May 13-24 – EDC (Las Vegas)
- May 14-16 – Boots in the Park festival (Albuquerque, N. Mex.)
- May 16 – Academy of Country Music Awards (Las Vegas)
June 2027
- June 23-27 – Glastonbury Festival (Pilton, England)
July 2027
- July 30-Aug. 1 – Hinterland Music Festival (Saint Charles, Iowa)
December 2027
- Dec. 2-12 – FANOMENON (Seoul)
March 2028
- March 5 – 100th Annual Oscars (Los Angeles)
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