We’ve put together the most comprehensive list out there of key music industry events worldwide. Bookmark it now.
We’re constantly updating the list to make sure you know about the latest music industry events in each city. For smaller and more frequent events, be sure to stay updated with trade organisations such as AIM, ASCAP, A2IM, BMI and MPA (see a full list here). As not all dates have been announced yet, you’ll see projected timings for some events.
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| DATE | EVENT | LOCATION | @ |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2017 | |||
| 05/01/17 – 06/01/17 | Jazz Connect Conference | New York, USA | @JazzConnectNYC |
| 05/01/17 – 08/01/17 | CES 2017 | Las Vegas, USA | @CES |
| 05/01/17 – 08/ 01/17 | Music and Gaming Festival (MAGFest) | Maryland, USA | @MAGFest |
| 05/01/17 – 10/01/17 | Winter Jazzfest NYC | New York, USA | @NYCWJF |
| 06/01/17 | Variety Entertainment Summit at CES | Las Vegas, USA | @Variety |
| 06/01/17 – 10/01/17 | APAP Conference | New York, USA | @APAP365 |
| 07/01/17 | AfroJam Music Conference (AMC) 2017 | New York, USA | @afrojamORG |
| 08/01/17 – 15/01/17 | Jackson Indie Music Week | Mississippi, USA | @Jxnindiemusic |
| 10/01/17 | Jason Blume Songwriters Workshop: Nashville | Nashville, USA | @bmi |
| 11/01/17 – 13/01/17 | Independent Music Industry Conference | Los Angeles, USA | |
| 11/01/17 – 14/01/17 | Eurosonic Noorderslag | Groningen, The Netherlands | @ESNSnl |
| 12/01/17 – 15/01/17 | 2017 Vibrations Music Festival and Conference | New York, USA | |
| 16/01/17 | Women in Music | London, UK | @AIM_UK |
| 17/01/17 – 19/01/17 | NATPE | Miami, USA | @NATPE |
| 19/01/17 – 29/01/17 | Sundance Film Festival | Utah, USA | @sundancefest |
| 19/01/17 – 21/01/17 | Michigan Music Conference | Michigan, USA | @MichMusicConf |
| 19/01/17 – 21/01/17 | Soundcheck Music Conference | Tel Aviv, Israel | |
| 19/01/17 – 22/01/17 | The 2017 NAMM Show | Anaheim, USA | @NAMM |
| 20/01/17 – 21/01/17 | Entertainment Management Conference | Montreal, Canada | @emcmtl |
| 20/01/17 – 23/01/17 | Blues Summit Eight | Toronto, Canada | @TOBluesSociety |
| 22/01/17 – 25/01/17 | The Dover Lane Music Conference | Kolkata, India | @IVW_UK |
| 23/01/17 – 29/01/17 | Independent Venue Week | Around the UK | |
| 24/01/17 | NYC Copyright and Technology Conference | New York, USA | @copyright4u |
| 24/01/17 – 25/01/17 | NY:LON Conference | London, UK | @MusicBizAssoc |
| 25/01/17 – 27/01/17 | ABO Annual Conference | Bournemouth, UK | @aborchestras |
| 26/01/17 – 29/01/17 | January Music Meeting (JMM) | Manitoba, Canada | @manitobamusic |
| 27/01/17 – 06/02/17 | Göteborg Film Festival | Göteborg, Sweden | @gbgfilmfestival |
| 31/01/17 – 02/02/17 | Pollstar Live! | San Francisco, USA | @pollstarlive |
| February 2017 | |||
| 01/02/17 | AIM Indie Con 2017 | London, UK | @AIM_UK |
| 01/02/17 – 02/02/17 | Digital Entertainment World (DEW) 2017 | Los Angeles, USA | @dmwevents |
| 01/02/17 – 02/02/17 | Americana Music Association UK Conference and Awards | London, UK | @AmericanaFest |
| 01/02/17 – 03/02/17 | MEGAPHONO 2017 | Ottawa, Canada | @megaphono |
| 02/02/17 | Music Cork | Cork, Ireland | |
| 02/02/17 | A2IM PACNW Chapter Event | Seattle, USA | @a2im |
| 02/02/17 – 03/02/17 | Vegas Music Summit | Las Vegas, USA | @lvmusicsummit |
| 02/02/17 – 04/02/17 | Where’s the Music? – Conference | Norrköping, Sweden | @wtmfestival |
| 06/02/17 | Oh Canada! | New York, USA | @AIMPorg |
| 06/02/17 – 10/02/17 | SA Indies Music Week 2017 | Johannesburg, South Africa | @IMEXSA_SA |
| 07/02/17 | The CCC Presents – Music Sync – Evolution Towards Internet TV | Los Angeles, USA | @cacopyright |
| 09/02/17 | Opportunities in Production Music for Film and Television Composers | Los Angeles, USA | @thePMAmusic |
| 09/02/17 | CSUSA Mid-Winter Meeting | Napa, California, USA | @TheCSUSA |
| 11/02/17 | Off The Record: Glasgow | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| 11/02/17 – 15/02/17 | Avant Première – Music and Media Market Berlin | Berlin, Germany | @Avant__Premiere |
| 11/02/17 – 19/02/17 | Roundhouse Rising Festival 2017 | London, UK | @RoundhouseLDN |
| 13/02/17 – 15/02/17 | Code/Media | California, USA | @Recode |
| 14/02/17 – 24/02/17 | Rio Music Conference | Brazil, South America | @RMC_Brasil |
| 15/02/17 – 19/02/17 | Folk Alliance International Conference | Missouri, USA | @folkalliance |
| 16/02/17 | AIMP LA Chapter Luncheon Panel | Los Angeles, USA | @AIMPorg |
| 16/02/17 | Guild of Music Supervisors Awards | Los Angeles, USA | @guildofmusic |
| 16/02/17 | Output Belfast Music Conference | Belfast, Northern Ireland | @belfastcc |
| 16/02/17 – 17/02/17 | Music Tourism Convention | Liverpool, UK | @SoundDiplomacy |
| 16/02/17 – 18/02/17 | Durango Songwriters Expo | California, USA | @durangosong |
| 16/02/17 – 19/02/17 | Boomtown Film and Music Festival | Texas, USA | @boomtownfes |
| 17/02/17 – 27/02/17 | Noise Pop Festival | San Francisco, USA | @noisepop |
| 21/02/17 – 23/02/17 | DICE Summit | Las Vegas, USA | @Official_AIAS |
| 22/02/17 – 24/02/17 | Country Radio Seminar | Nashville, Tennessee | @CRSOfficial |
| 22/02/17 – 25/02/17 | Prolight + Sound Guangzhou 2017 | Guangzhou, China | @pls_frankfurt |
| 23/02/17 – 05/03/17 | Stockfish Film Festival | Reykjavík, Iceland | @StockfishFest |
| 23/02/17 – 24/02/17 | FastForward | Amsterdam, Netherlands | @fastforward_xyz |
| 23/02/17 – 26/02/17 | Millennium Music Conference & Showcase | Harrisburg, PA USA | @MillenniumConf |
| 25/02/17 | Off The Record Inverness | Inverness, Scotland | |
| 25/02/17 | IMSTA FESTA Miami | Miami, USA | @IMSTA_FESTA |
| 27/02/17 | ALL ABOUT: SYNC & BRANDS | London, UK | @FeaturedArtists |
| 27/02/17 – 03/03/17 | Game Developers Conference | San Francisco, USA | @Official_GDC |
| 27/02/17 – 28/02/17 | Independent Games Summit | San Francisco, USA | @Official_GDC |
| March 2017 | |||
| 02/03/17 – 04/03/17 | By:Larm | Oslo, Norway | @byLarm |
| 03/03/17 | Future Choices: The Music Edition | London, UK | |
| 07/03/17 – 08/03/17 | Media Summit New York | New York, USA | @dhollywood |
| 08/03/17 | AIMP Creative Panel Sessions | New York, USA | @AIMPorg |
| 08/03/17 – 10/03/17 | The International Live Music Conference (ILMC) | London, UK | @ILMC |
| 09/03/17 – 11/03/17 | MUTEX Barcelona | Barcelona, Spain | @MUTEK_ES |
| 10/03/17 – 19/03/17 | SXSW | Austin, Texas, USA | @sxsw |
| 17/03/17 – 26/03/17 | PaleyFest LA | Los Angeles, USA | @paleycenter |
| 20/03/17 – 24/03/17 | Advertising Week Europe | London, UK | @advertisingweek |
| 21/03/17 – 24/03/17 | Winter Music Conference | Miami, USA | @WMCtweets |
| 21/03/17 – 25/03/17 | Convergence: Music + Art + Technology | London, UK | @ConvergenceLDN |
| 22/03/17 | Variety’s MASSIVE Entertainment Marketing Conference | Beverly Hills, USA | @Variety |
| 24/03/17 – 25/03/17 | The 10th Annual SS Cape May | New Jersey, USA | @SSCapeMay |
| 27/03/17 – 01/04/17 | BPI/AIM/DIT Trade Mission to India | Mumbai, India | @bpi_music |
| 27/03/17 – 02/04/17 | Tallinn Music Week | Tallinn, Estonia | @TInMusicWeek |
| 28/03/17 | The Exchange X AVA Electronic Music Conference | Mumbai, India | @TheExchangeIn |
| 28/03/17 – 01/04/17 | Tin Pan South Songwriter Festival | Nashville, USA | @TinPanSouth |
| 30/03/17 | Sound Industry | Bristol, UK | @SoundIndustry_ |
| 30/03/17 | Ottawa Music Summit | Ottawa, Canada | @TheJUNOAwards |
| 30/03/17 – 01/04/17 | m4music | Zurich/Lausanne, Switzerland | @m4musicfestival |
| 30/03/17 – 09/04/17 | London Games Festival | London, UK | @londongamesfest |
| April 2017 | |||
| 03/04/17 – 05/04/17 | Music Media Summit | Santa Barbara, USA | |
| 03/04/17 – 06/04/17 | Hispanicize 2017 | Miami, Florida | @Hispanicize |
| 03/04/17 – 07/04/17 | New York City International Film Festival | New York, USA | @NYCIFF |
| 04/04/17 | Music Cities Convention | Berlin, Germany | @MusicCitiesSD |
| 05/04/17 – 07/04/17 | Palestine Music Expo | Palestine, Middle East | |
| 05/04/17 – 07/04/17 | STEP2017 | Dubai | |
| 05/04/17 – 08/04/17 | Westway LAB’s Professional Music Conference | Guimarães, Portugal | @WestwayFestival |
| 05/04/17 – 08/04/17 | Musikmesse 2017 | Frankfurt, Germany | @musikmesse |
| 06/04/17 – 09/04/17 | French Quarter Festival | New Orleans, USA | @FQFestNOLA |
| 08/04/17 – 09/04/17 | DICE Girls Music Day 2017 | London, UK | @dicefm |
| 10/04/17 – 11/04/17 | SyncSummit Prague | Prague, Czech Republic | @SyncSummit |
| 13/04/17 – 15/04/17 | ASCAP I Create Music Expo | Los Angeles, USA | @ascapexpo |
| 13/04/17 – 16/04/17 | LAUNCH Music Conference | Pennsylvania, USA | @LaunchMusicConf |
| 18/04/17 | AIMP Creative Panel Sessions | New York, USA | @AIMPorg |
| 18/04/17 – 22/04/17 | Canadian Music Week | Toronto, Canada | @CMW_Week |
| 19/04/17 – 30/04/17 | Tribeca Film Festival | New York, USA | @Tribeca |
| 20/04/17 – 22/04/17 | Florida Music Festival & Conference | Florida, USA | @2016FMF |
| 20/04/17 – 22/04/17 | Minnesota Music Conference | Minnesota, USA | @mnmusicco |
| 20/04/17 – 23/04/17 | Ashbury Park Music in Film Festival | New Jersey, USA | @apmff |
| 20/04/17 – 23/04/17 | CIMMcon – Film, Music & Tech Conference | Chicago, USA | @CIMMFest |
| 20/04/17 – 23/04/17 | CIMMfest 2017 | Chicago, USA | @CIMMFest |
| 20/04/17 – 23/04/17 | EMP Pop Conference | Seattle, USA | @EMPmuseum |
| 20/04/17 – 29/04/17 | Nashville Film Festival | Nashville, USA | @nashfilmfest |
| 21/04/17 – 22/04/17 | Wide Days | Edinburgh, Scotland | @widedays |
| 21/04/17 – 23/04/17 | Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo | Chicago, USA | @c2e2 |
| 22/04/17 – 27/04/17 | NAB Show | Las Vegas, USA | @NABShow |
| 24/04/17 – 27/04/17 | Billboard Latin Music Conference | Miami, USA | @billboardlatin |
| 24/04/17 – 01/05/17 | DIT/AIM/BPI Trade Mission to China | Beijing, China | @bpi_music |
| 26/04/17 | AIM’s Music Connected | London, UK | @AIM_UK |
| 26/04/17 | LARC16 (Latin America Regional Music Publishers Conference) | South America | @_ICMP |
| 26/04/17 | NECLive | Nigeria, Africa | @NECLive4 |
| 26/04/17 – 27/04/17 | IMPACT Music Conference | Ghana, Africa | |
| 26/04/17 – 28/04/17 | Sound of the Xity (SOTX) | Beijing, China | @SoundoftheXity |
| 26/04/17 – 30/04/17 | East Coast Music Week | New Brunswick, Canada | @EastCoastMusic |
| 27/04/17 – 28/04/17 | Brighton Music Conference | Brighton, UK | @BrightonMusicCo |
| 27/04/17 – 30/04/17 | jazzahead | Bremen, Germany | @jazzahead |
| 28/04/17 – 06/05/17 | Sync Up Conference | New Orleans, USA | @Jazznheritage |
| 30/04/17 – 02/05/17 | MUSEXPO | Hollywood, USA | @musexpo |
| May 2017 | |||
| 03/05/17 – 05/05/17 | Worldwide Radio Summit | Hollywood, USA | @WWRadioSummit |
| 04/05/17 – 06/05/17 | Middle of the Map | Kansas, USA | @motmfest |
| 04/05/17 – 07/05/17 | SPOT + Conference | Århus, Denmark | @spotfestival |
| 05/05/17 – 07/05/17 | Decibel Entertainment Conference + Expo | Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago | @DecibelExpo |
| 06/05/17 | SheTek Conference | New York, USA | @SheTekk |
| 06/05/17 – 07/05/17 | Next Level Showcase and Conference | Sonoma County, USA | @CreativeSonoma |
| 07/05/17 | U.S. Nordic Music Trade Mission 2017 | Los Angeles, USA | @musicfinland |
| 10/05/17 – 12/05/17 | Music Cork | Cork, Ireland | @MusicCork_ |
| 19/05/17 | Variety Entertainment & Technology Summit | New York, USA | @Variety |
| 10/05/17 | LA Games Conference | Los Angeles, USA | @dmwevents |
| 10/05/17 – 12/05/17 | Music Cork Conference | Cork, Ireland | @MusicCork_ |
| 10/05/17 – 12/05/17 | Nordic Media Festival | Bergen, Norway | @Mediedager |
| 10/05/17 – 13/05/17 | Bell Aliant Canadian Song Conference | Prince Edward Island, Canada | |
| 11/05/17 – 12/05/17 | FestForum | New York, USA | @FestForums |
| 11/05/17 – 13/05/17 | Upstream Music Fest + Summit | Seattle, USA | @UpstreamFest |
| 11/05/17 – 13/05/17 | FOCUS Wales 2017 | Wrexham, Wales | @FocusWales |
| 12/05/17 – 14/05/17 | Shredmonton | Alberta, Canada | facebook.com/Shredmonton |
| 12/05/17 – 15/05/17 | Roundhouse Festival / OneFest | London, UK | @OneFestUK |
| 13/05/17 | IMSTA FESTA Los Angeles | Los Angeles, USA | @IMSTA_FESTA |
| 13/05/17 | MUSIC EXPO MIAMI | Miami, USA | @musicexposf |
| 15/05/17 – 17/05/17 | TechCrunch Disrupt NY | New York, USA | @TechCrunch |
| 15/05/17 – 18/05/17 | Music Biz 2017 | Nashville, USA | @MusicBizAssoc |
| 15/05/17 – 20/05/17 | Belize Music Week | Belize | @mybelize |
| 17/05/17 – 20/05/17 | Classical:NEXT | Rotterdam, The Netherlands | @ClassicalNEXT |
| 17/05/17 – 21/05/17 | SERFA | North Carolina, USA | @SERFAfolk |
| 17/05/17 – 23/05/17 | Krakow Film Music Festival | Krakow, Poland | |
| 17/05/17 – 28/05/17 | Cannes Film Festival | Cannes, France | @FdC_officiel |
| 18/05/17 | Indigenous Music Conference | Manitoba, Canada | @manitoahbee |
| 18/05/17 – 20/05/17 | The Great Escape | Brighton, UK | @thegreatescape |
| 18/05/17 – 21/05/17 | Moogfest 2017 | North Carolina, USA | @Moogfest |
| 19/05/17 | Music Summit @ TNW Conference 2017 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | @TNWconference |
| 19/05/17 | The Music Industry Summit | Brisbane, Australia | |
| 19/05/17 – 20/05/17 | SyncSummit Nashville | Nashville, USA | @SyncSummit |
| 20/05/17 – 21/05/17 | Lagos Music Conference | Lagos, Nigeria | @lagosmusiccon |
| 21/05/17 | A-Pop Castle 2017 | Helsinki, Finland | @musicfinland |
| 22/05/17 | K-Music Conference & Showcase | London, UK | |
| 23/05/17 – 25/05/17 | Licensing Expo | Las Vegas, USA | @licensingexpo |
| 23/05/17 – 25/05/17 | Digital Hollywood | Hollywood, USA | @dhollywood |
| 23/05/17 | Buma Music in Motion | Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam | @Buma_MiM |
| 24/05/17 – 26/05/17 | International Music Summit | Ibiza, Spain | @IMSibiza |
| 26/05/17 – 28/05/17 | Conference: Music & The Moving Image | New York, USA | @nyusteinhardt |
| 27/05/17 | Buma ROCKS! | Nijmegen, Netherlands | @BumaROCKS |
| 27/05/17 – 28/05/17 | Sound City | Liverpool, UK | @SoundCity |
| 29/05/17 – 01/06/17 | Advertising Week Asia | Tokyo, Japan | @advweekasia |
| 31/05/17 – 02/06/17 | Japan Live Entertainment & Event Expo | Makuhari Messe, Japan | |
| 31/05/17 – 04/06/17 | PRIMAVERAPRO 2017 | Barcelona, Spain | @PrimaveraPro |
| June 2017 | |||
| 01/06/17 | Sound Development | New York, USA | @MusicCitiesSD |
| 01/06/17 – 05/06/17 | youbloom Dublin 2017 | Dublin, Ireland | @youbloom |
| 02/06/17 – 03/06/17 | AVA Conference | Belfast, Northern Ireland | @AVAFestivalNI |
| 02/06/17 – 03/06/17 | Berklee Onsite | Boston, USA | @BerkleeCollege |
| 05/06/17 – 09/06/17 | A2IM Indie Week | New York, USA | @A2IM |
| 06/06/17 – 09/06/17 | Midem | Cannes, France | @midem |
| 06/06/17 – 11/06/17 | Albuquerque Film & Music Experience (AFME) | Albuquerque, New Mexico | @ABQFilmX |
| 07/06/17 – 08/06/17 | XpoNorth | Inverness, Scotland | @XpoNorth |
| 07/06/17 – 11/06/17 | Northside Festival | Brooklyn, USA | @NorthsideFest |
| 08/06/17 – 09/06/17 | Symposium Stockholm | Stockholm, Sweden | @SymposiumSthlm |
| 08/06/17 – 10/06/17 | The Music-Entertainment Conference | Los Angeles, USA | @urbannetwork15 |
| 08/06/17 – 11/06/17 | Manifesto Festival of Community & Culture | Toronto, Canada | @Manifesto_TO |
| 09/06/17 – 10/06/17 | SeaZone Music & Conference | Sopot, Poland | |
| 10/06/17 | MUSIC EXPO BOSTON | Boston, USA | @musicexposf |
| 10/06/17 – 11/06/17 | Producers Guild of America’s Produced By LA Conference | Los Angeles, USA | @Produced_By |
| 12/06/17 | FEEDBACK: A Music Conference for Young People | Sydney, Australia | @VividSydney |
| 12/06/17 – 13/06/17 | SyncSummit New York | New York, USA | @SyncSummit |
| 13/06/17 | Variety’s Tune In: TV Summit | Los Angeles, USA | @Variety |
| 13/06/17 | Indie Music Publishing Summit | New York, USA | @AIMPorg |
| 13/06/17 – 15/06/17 | E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo | Los Angeles, USA | @E3 |
| 13/06/17 – 15/06/17 | NAB Show Shanghai | Shanghai, China | @NABShow |
| 14/06/17 – 17/06/17 | Sónar+D | Barcelona, Spain | @SonarFestival |
| 14/06/17 – 22/06/17 | LA Film Fest | Los Angeles, USA | @filmindependent |
| 15/06/17 – 18/06/17 | Between The Waves Madison Music Festival & Conference | Wisconsin, USA | @BTWMadison2017 |
| 16/06/17 – 25/06/17 | NXNE | Toronto, Canada | @nxne |
| 17/06/17 – 24/06/17 | The Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival | Cannes, France | @Cannes_Lions |
| 19/06/17 – 23/06/17 | BPI, MPA & DIT Sync Licensing Mission to Los Angeles | Los Angeles, USA | @bpi_music |
| 21/06/17 – 24/06/17 | Golden Melody Awards and Conference | Taipei, Taiwan | @GoldenMelody |
| 21/06/17 – 25/06/17 | South Bay Film and Music Festival | California, USA | @southbayfest |
| 21/06/17 – 02/07/17 | Edinburgh International Film Festival | Edinburgh, UK | @edfilmfest |
| 23/06/17 – 24/06/17 | KCON 2017 – NEW YORK | New York, USA | @kconusa |
| 26/06/17 – 28/06/17 | Anti-Piracy and Content Protection Summit | Los Angeles, USA | @BrandDefense |
| 28/06/17 | SONA 3rd Annual Songwriters Summit | Los Angeles, USA | @wearesonaLA |
| July 2017 | |||
| 06/07/17 – 10/07/17 | Wallifornia MusicTech | Liège, Belgium | @MusicTechBE |
| 06/07/17 – 11/07/17 | Independent Gospel Artist Alliance Conference | Maryland, USA | @indiegospelally |
| 07/07/17 – 09/07/17 | IMS College – Malta | Malta | @IMSibiza |
| 11/07/17 – 15/07/17 | Latin Alternative Music Conference | New York, USA | @theLAMC |
| 11/07/17 – 13/07/17 | Develop Conference | Brighton, UK | @developconf |
| 13/07/17 – 15/07/17 | Summer NAMM | Nashville, USA | @NAMM |
| 13/07/17 – 16/07/17 | Latitude Festival: Film and Music Arena | Suffolk, UK | @LatitudeFest |
| 14/07/17 – 15/07/17 | We Love Music Conference | Indiana, USA | @INBlackExpoInc |
| 20/07/17 | Comic-Con San Francisco | San Francisco, USA | @Comic_Con |
| 22/07/17 | IMSTA FESTIVAL Chicago | Chicago, USA | @IMSTA_FESTA |
| 27/07/17 – 28/07/17 | Indie Con Australia | Adelaide, Australia | @ausindies |
| August 2017 | |||
| 01/08/17 – 03/08/17 | National Contemporary Music Industry Conference | Sydney, Australia | @Music_Aust |
| 02/08/17 – 06/08/17 | Dekmantel Festival Opening Conference | Amstelveen, Netherlands | @dkmntl |
| 03/08/17 – 04/08/17 | 53° North – Music Industry Conference | Hull, UK | |
| 03/08/17 – 06/08/17 | Satchmo Summerfest | New Orleans, USA | @FQFestNOLA |
| 04/08/17 – 06/08/17 | Summer in the City | London, UK | @SummerInTheCity |
| 04/08/17 – 28/08/17 | Edinburgh International Festival | Edinburgh, UK | @edintfest |
| 09/08/17 – 12/08/17 | Triple A Conference | Colorado, USA | @FMQB |
| 09/08/17 – 12/08/17 | Indie Entertainment Conference | Los Angeles, USA | @IESfest |
| 10/08/17 – 11/08/17 | MIRA Conference | Los Angeles, USA | |
| 10/08/17 – 13/08/17 | Sundance NEXTFEST | Los Angeles, USA | @sundancefest |
| 11/08/17 | The Breakthrough Music Summit | Boston, USA | |
| 14/08/17 – 17/08/17 | DJ Expo | Atlantic City, USA | @DJExpo_ |
| 17/08/17 – 18/08/17 | c/o pop Convention | Cologne, Germany | @copopconvention |
| 18/08/17 – 20/08/17 | KCON 2017 – LA | Los Angeles, USA | @kconusa |
| 18/08/17 – 20/08/17 | Assembly Arboretum Conference of Music + Culture | Ottawa, Canada | @ArboretumFest |
| 22/08/17 – 27/08/17 | MUTEK Montréal | Montréal, Canada | @MUTEK_Montreal |
| 23/08/17 – 25/08/17 | Pop-Kultur | Berlin, Germany | @popkulturberlin |
| 23/08/17 – 25/08/17 | Edinburgh International Television Festival | Edinburgh, UK | @EdinburghTVFest |
| 23/08/17 – 26/08/17 | Cutting Edge CE Conference | New Orleans, USA | @CuttingEdgeNOLA |
| 23/08/17 – 27/08/17 | Soundtrack Cologne | Cologne, Germany | @SoundTrack_C |
| 25/08/17 – 27/08/17 | CD Baby’s DIY Musician Conference | Nashville, USA | @cdbaby |
| 30/08/17 – 03/09/17 | Long Beach Indie – Film, Media, and Music Festival | California, USA | @LongBeachIndie |
| 30/08/17 – 03/09/17 | New Music Confab | Charleston, USA | @NewMusicConfab |
| 31/08/17 – 02/09/17 | KZN Music Imbizo 2017 | Durban, South Africa | @kznmusicimbizo |
| September 2017 | |||
| 01/09/17 – 02/09/17 | Going Global Music Summit | Auckland, New Zealand | @IndiesNZ |
| 01/09/17 – 04/09/17 | Coast 2 Coast Convention | Miami, USA | @coast2coastmag |
| 04/09/17 – 07/09/17 | The First International Conference on Women’s Work in Music | Bangor, Wales | @BangorUni |
| 06/09/17 | InMusic 17: Innovation in Music Conference 2017 | London, UK | @uw_mad |
| 06/09/17 – 08/09/17 | BIGSOUND 2017 | Brisbane, Australia | @BIGSOUNDtweets |
| 06/09/17 – 08/09/17 | Radio Show | Nashville, USA | @RadioShowWeb |
| 06/09/17 – 09/09/17 | Moshito Music Conference & Exhibition | Johannesburg, South Afric | @MusicInAfrica |
| 07/09/17 | Perth Music Expo | Perth, Scotland | |
| 07/09/17 | Variety Entertainment & Technology Summit | Los Angeles, USA | @Variety |
| 07/09/17 – 10/09/17 | Country Music Week 2017 | Saskatchewan, Canada | @CCMAofficial |
| 07/09/17 – 17/09/17 | Toronto International Film Festival | Toronto, Canada | @TIFF_NET |
| 09/09/17 – 10/09/17 | West Coast Songwriters Conference | San Francisco, USA | @WCSong |
| 09/09/17 – 13/09/17 | Music Matters | Singapore, Asia | @musicmatters |
| 10/09/17 – 14/09/17 | All That Matters | Singapore | @musicmatters |
| 10/09/17 – 12/09/17 | DICE Europe | Cascais, Portugal | Official_AIAS |
| 11/09/17 – 13/09/17 | Song Hotel | Järvenpää, Finland | @musicfinland |
| 12/09/17 – 15/09/17 | Bogotá Music Market (BOmm) | Bogotá, Colombia | @BOmm_Bogota |
| 12/09/17 – 17/09/17 | Americana Music Festival & Conference | Nashville, USA | @AmericanaFest |
| 13/09/17 – 15/09/17 | Future Music Forum | Barcelona, Spain | @FmFBarcelona |
| 13/09/17 – 15/09/17 | London Sync Sessions @ Future Music Forum | Barcelona, Spain | @FmFBarcelona |
| 13/09/17 – 17/09/17 | POP Montréal | Montréal, Canada | @popmontreal |
| 13/09/17 – 17/09/17 | BreakOut West | Saskatchewan, Canada | @BreakOutWest |
| 14/09/17 – 16/09/17 | Electric City Music Conference | Pennsylvania, USA | @ElectricCityMC |
| 14/09/17 – 15/09/17 | Shibuya Showcase Fest Tokyo | Tokyo, Japan | @GIGINJAPANdotJP |
| 15/09/17 | FastForward: London | London, UK | @fastforward_xyz |
| 15/09/17 – 17/09/17 | Kansai Music Conference | Osaka, Japan | @KMC__ |
| 15/09/17 – 17/09/17 | me convention | Frankfurt, Germany | @sxsw |
| 18/09/17 – 19/09/17 | All About Music | Mumbai, India | @OfficialTMTM |
| 18/09/17 – 20/09/17 | TechCrunch Disrupt SF | San Francisco, USA | @TechCrunch |
| 20/09/17 – 23/09/17 | Reeperbahn Festival | Hamburg, Germany | @Reeperbahn_Fest |
| 20/09/17 – 23/09/17 | Paris Electronic Week | Paris, France | @PEW_France |
| 21/09/17 – 22/09/17 | IMS Asia-Pacific | Shanghai, China | @IMSibiza |
| 21/09/17 – 22/09/17 | Music Tourism Convention | Tennessee, USA | @MusicCitiesSD |
| 21/09/17 – 23/09/17 | youbloom Los Angeles | Los Angeles, USA | @youbloom |
| 21/09/17 – 24/09/17 | Dewey Beach Music Conference | Delaware, USA | @DeweyBeachMC |
| 21/09/17 – 24/09/17 | Colorado Music Summit | Colorado, USA | |
| 22/09/17 – 23/09/17 | RIDE Conference | Atlanta, USA | |
| 22/09/17 – 23/09/17 | 2017 Hamilton Music & Film Festival | Ontario, Canada | @HMFFEST |
| 22/09/17 – 24/09/17 | MUTEX Buenos Aires | Buenos Aires, Argentina | @MUTEK_AR |
| 23/09/17 | The Music Expo | Toronto, Canada | @SaugaMusic |
| 23/09/17 | IMSTA FEST New York | New York, USA | @IMSTA_FESTA |
| 23/09/17 – 24/09/17 | MidPoint Music Festival | Cincinnati, USA | @MidPointMusic |
| 25/09/17 – 29/09/17 | Advertising Week NYC | New York, USA | @advertisingweek |
| 25/09/17 – 28/09/17 | NYME – New York Media Festival | New York, USA | @NYMEFest |
| 25/10/17 – 29/10/17 | UK Trade Mission to South Korea | South Korea | @bpi_music |
| 26/09/17 | Digital Music Forum @ NYME | New York, USA | @NYMEFest |
| 26/09/17 – 28/09/17 | International Festival Forum | London, UK | @FestForum |
| 26/09/17 – 28/09/17 | MU:CON 2017 | South Korea | |
| 26/09/17 – 30/09/17 | IBMA’s World of Bluegrass Week | North Carolina, USA | @IntlBluegrass |
| 27/09/17 | NY Games Conference @ NYME | New York, USA | @NYMEFest |
| 27/09/17 | Rights Tech Summit | New York, USA | @NYMEFest |
| 27/09/17 – 29/09/17 | Spikes Asia | Singapore, Asia | @SpikesAsia |
| 27/09/17 – 01/10/17 | Southwest Regional Folk Alliance Conference | Texas, USA | @SWFolk |
| 28/09/17 | Future of Television @ NYME | New York, USA | @NYMEFest |
| 28/09/17 | CEEMPC17 (Central and Eastern Music Publishers Congress) | Prague, Czech Republic | @_ICMP |
| 28/09/17 – 30/09/17 | NUNAVUT MUSIC WEEK | Nunavut, Canada | |
| 28/09/17 – 30/09/17 | Hard Working Class Heroes | Dublin, Ireland | @hwchfestival |
| 28/09/17 – 30/09/17 | Waves Music Conference | Vienna, Austria | @Waves_Vienna |
| 28/09/17 – 30/09/17 | Nordic Music Days | London, UK | @NordicMusicDays |
| 28/09/17 – 30/09/17 |
The Music-preneur Mindset Summit |
New York, USA | @RockStarAdvo |
| 28/09/17 – 15/10/17 | New York Film Festival | New York, USA | @TheNYFF |
| 29/09/17 | Zandari Festa | Seoul, South Korea | @ZandariFesta |
| 30/09/17 – 07/10/17 | Sensoria: The UK’s Festival of Film and Music | Sheffield, UK | @SensoriaFest |
| October 2017 | |||
| 04/10/17 – 06/10/17 | Production Music Conference | Santa Monica, USA | @thePMAmusic |
| 04/10/17 – 08/10/17 | Mondo.NYC | New York, USA | @MondoNewYork |
| 04/10/17 – 08/10/17 | A3C Festival and Conference | Atlanta, USA | @A3C |
| 05/10/17 – 07/10/17 | Music & Media Finland | Tampere, Finland | @musicfinland |
| 05/10/17 – 08/10/17 | New York Comic Con | New York, USA | @NY_Comic_Con |
| 06/10/17 – 08/10/17 | Amplify | London, UK | @BBCAmplify |
| 09/10/17 – 14/10/17 | Monkey Week | Seville, Spain | @Monkeyweek |
| 10/10/17 | The Event Safety & Security Summit (E3S) | London, UK | @E3Sworld |
| 10/10/17 – 12/10/17 | Brand Licensing Europe | London, UK | @bleurope |
| 10/10/17 – 12/10/17 | Digital Hollywood | Hollywood, USA | |
| 11/10/17 – 15/10/17 | MUTEK Mexico City | Mexico City | @MUTEK_MX |
| 11/10/17 – 20/10/17 | Film Fest Gent | Gent, Belgium | @FilmfestGent |
| 11/10/17 | Sandbox Summit 2017 | London, UK | @MusicAlly |
| 11/10/17 – 13/10/17 | Women in Music Canada Conference and Music | Toronto, Canada | @WomenInMusicCA |
| 12/10/17 | 3rd Annual GMS State Of Music in Media Conference | Los Angeles, USA | @guildofmusic |
| 11/10/17 – 14/10/17 | Music China | Shanghai, China | musikmesse |
| 11/10/17 – 15/10/17 | Indie Week UK | London | @indieweek |
| 11/10/17 – 15/10/17 | MusicNL Week | St. John’s, Canada | @_MusicNL_ |
| 12/10/17 | Norwich Sound & Vision | Norwich, UK | @nsoundandvision |
| 12/10/17 | LIVE UK Summit | London, UK | |
| 12/10/17 – 14/10/17 | Tomorrow Comes Today | Porto, Portugal | |
| 12/10/17 – 15/10/17 | Revolt Music Conference | Miami, USA | @RevoltTV |
| 14/10/17 | Indie 101 – UK | UK | @Indie_101 |
| 15/10/17 | IMSTA FEST Toronto | Toronto, Canada | @IMSTA_FESTA |
| 15/10/17 – 17/10/17 | IEBA’s 47th Annual Conference | Nashville, USA | @IEBAConference |
| 16/10/17 – 19/10/17 | MIPCOM | Cannes, France | @mip |
| 16/10/17 – 20/10/17 | 43rd International Computer Music Conference + 6th Electronic Music Week | Shanghai, China | |
| 17/10/17 | SF MusicTech Summit | San Francisco, USA | @SFMusicTech |
| 17/10/17 | Venues Day 2017 | London, UK | @musicvenuetrust |
| 17/10/17 | Film Fest Gent’s Film Music Seminar | Gent, Belgium | @FilmfestGent |
| 17/10/17 – 19/10/17 | The World Soundtrack Awards | Gent, Belgium | @WSAwards |
| 18/10/17 – 19/10/17 | NAB Show New York | New York, USA | @NABShow |
| 18/10/17 – 19/10/17 | Segue Radio and Audio expo | Leeds, UK | @radioacademy |
| 18/10/17 – 20/10/17 | MaMa | Paris, France | @MaMAevent |
| 18/10/17 – 21/10/17 | HalifaxPopExplosion | Nova Scotia, Canada | @HalifaxPopX |
| 18/10/17 – 21/10/17 | AES New York 2017 | New York, USA | @AESorg |
| 18/10/17 – 22/10/17 | Amsterdam Dance Event | Amsterdam, The Netherlands | @ADE_NL |
| 19/10/17 | Turn Up Sunshine Coast Music Industry Conference | Queensland, Australia | |
| 19/10/17 | Music Week Sync Awards | London, UK | @MusicWeek |
| 21/10/17 | Simple Things EXT. | Bristol, UK | @simplethingsuk |
| 23/10/17 – 25/10/17 | Tokyo International Music Market | Tokyo, Japan | |
| 24/10/17 – 26/10/17 | Japan Content Showcase | Tokyo, Japan | |
| 24/10/17 – 27/10/17 | The 18th International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference | Suzhou, China | @ISMIR2017 |
| 25/10/17 – 27/10/17 | BIME Conference and Festival | Bilbao, Spain | @BIMEnet |
| 25/10/17 – 29/10/17 | WOMEX | Katowice, Poland | @womex |
| 25/10/17 – 27/10/17 | Music Cities Convention | Memphis, USA | @MusicCitiesSD |
| 26/10/17 – 28/10/17 | Association for Technology in Music Instruction Annual National Conference | Texas, USA | |
| 26/10/17 – 28/10/17 | College Music Society National Conference | Texas, USA | @CollegeMusicSoc |
| 27/10/17 – 29/10/17 | ATLARGE Film Festival | Georgia, USA | @ATLARGEFEST |
| 28/10/17 | IMSTA FESTA BERLIN | Berlin, Germany | @IMSTA_FESTA |
| 28/10/17 | Producers Guild of America’s Produced By NY Conference | New York, USA | @Produced_By |
| 30/10/17 – 31/10/17 | Festival Congress | Cardiff, UK | @FestCongress |
| 31/10/17 – 01/11/17 | Future Games Summit | London, UK | @FutureGamesSMT |
| November 2017 | |||
| 01/11/17 | AIM ACADEMY: SYNC LICENSING | London, UK | @AIM_UK |
| 01/11/17 – 03/11/17 | Australian Music Week | Sydney, Australia | @AustMusicWeek |
| 01/11/17 – 05/11/17 | Iceland Airwaves Nonference | Reykjavík, Iceland | @IcelandMusic |
| 02/11/17 | We Are Robots Conference | London, UK | @dicefm |
| 02/11/17 | A2IM LA SynchUp | New York, USA | @a2im |
| 02/11/17 – 03/11/17 | WIRED 2017 | London, UK | @WiredUK |
| 02/11/17 – 05/11/17 | We Are Robots | London, UK | @WEAREROBOTSOTB |
| 02/11/17 – 05/11/17 | Molson Canadian Nova Scotia Music Week | Nova Scotia, Canada | @nsmwfest |
| 02/11/17 – 11/11/17 | Sound of Belfast | Belfast, Northern Ireland | @SoundOfBelfast |
| 03/11/17 – 04/11/17 | WAMCon | Perth, Australia | @musicwa |
| 03/11/17 – 04/11/17 | WAMCon | Boston, USA | @womensaudio |
| 03/11/17 – 05/11/17 | MUTEK.JP | Tokyo, Japan | @MUTEK_JP |
| 05/11/17 | Oklahoma Hip Hop Festival | Oklahoma, USA | @OKHHFest |
| 06/11/17 – 07/11/17 | Making Vinyl | Detroit, USA | @MakingVinyl |
| 07/11/17 | Indie 101 Canada | Toronto, Canada | @Indie_101 |
| 07/11/17 | Event and Concert Promotion: German American Business Opportunities | New York, USA | @GACCNewYork |
| 07/11/17 – 08/11/17 | GameSoundCon | Los Angeles, USA | @GameSound |
| 07/11/17 – 11/11/17 | Hokuo Music Fest 2017 – trade mission to Tokyo | Tokyo, Japan | @musicfinland |
| 07/11/17 – 12/11/17 | Indie Week Canada | Toronto, Canada | @indieweek |
| 09/11/17 | Futuresource Audio Collaborative | London, UK | @Futuresourcer |
| 09/11/17 – 11/11/17 | We Make Waves Festival + Conference | Berlin, Germany | @wemakewavesbln |
| 09/11/17 – 11/11/17 | Urban East Music Conference | Saint John, Canada | |
| 09/11/17 – 12/11/17 | CIMMfest | Chicago, USA | @CIMMFest |
| 09/11/17 – 12/11/17 | Jamaica Music Conference | Kingston, Jamaica | @JMCVoice |
| 09/11/17 – 16/11/17 | DOC NYC | New York, USA | @DOCNYCfest |
| 09/11/17 – 16/11/17 | AFI FEST | Los Angeles, USA | @AFIFEST |
| 10/11/17 | Music Week Women in Music 2017 | London, UK | @MusicWeek |
| 10/11/17 | Off The Record | Manchester, UK | @OTRMCR |
| 10/11/17 – 11/11/17 | Sørveiv Conference | Kristiansand, Norway | @Sorveiv |
| 10/11/17 – 12/11/17 | Loop – A Summit for Music Makers | Berlin, Germany | @Ableton |
| 10/11/17 – 12/11/17 | New York Audio Show | New York, USA | @NYAudioShow |
| 11/11/17 | MUSIC EXPO SF | San Francisco, USA | @musicexposf |
| 12/11/17 – 15/11/17 | NAfME National In-Service Conference | Texas, USA | @NAfME |
| 14/11/17 – 15/11/17 | Billboard Touring Conference & Awards | Beverly Hills, USA | @billboard |
| 14/11/17 – 17/11/17 | Mundial Montreal | Montréal, Canada | @mundialmontreal |
| 15/11/17 – 18/11/17 | M for Montreal | Montréal, Canada | @MFORMONTREAL |
| 15/11/17 – 19/11/17 | Et Cultura: Interactive + Music + Film + Art | Florida, USA | @EtCultura |
| 16/11/17 – 17/11/17 | Sonic Visions | Luxembourg | @SonicVisions |
| 16/11/17 – 18/11/17 | Emerge Music + Impact Conference | Las Vegas, USA | @EmergeLV |
| 16/11/17 – 19/11/17 | Femme Wave Calgary | Alberta, Canada | @FemmeWave |
| 16/11/17 – 19/11/17 | Alberta, Canada | @aemcon | |
| 16/11/17 | Resonate | Glasbow, Scotland | @ResonateScot |
| 16/11/17 – 17/11/17 | MICRO MUTEK Dubai | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | @MUTEKAE |
| 17/11/17 | Event Production Forum East | Budapest, Hungary | |
| 17/11/17 – 28/11/17 | acces – Music in Africa Conference | Senegal, Africa | @MusicInAfrica |
| 17/11/17 – 25/11/17 | Melbourne Music Week | Melbourne, Australia | @melbmusicweek |
| 18/11/17 | The Ultimate Seminar | London, UK | @UltimateSeminar |
| 20/11/17 | AIM’s Sync Licensing to TV, Ads, Film & Games Conference | London, UK | @AIM_UK |
| 22/11/17 – 25/11/17 | Visa For Music | Morocco, North Africa | @VisaForMusic |
| 22/11/17 – 25/11/17 | 2nd European Festival Conference | Larvik, Norway | |
| 22/11/17 – 26/11/17 | MUTEK.MX | Mexico, USA | @MUTEK_MX |
| 23/11/17 – 24/11/17 | Face the Music | Melbourne, Australia | |
| 24/11/17 | Production Music Awards | London, UK | @ProdMusAwards |
| 24/11/17 10/12/17 | CAB – Music Trade Mission Tour | Chile/Argentina/Brazil | |
| 26/11/17 | #FM2U | London, UK | @FM2UMusic |
| 27/11/17 – 01/12/17 | Botswana International Music Conference | Bostwana, Africa | @FaceTheMusicAus |
| 29/11/17 | Music:Leeds | Leeds, UK | @_musicleeds |
| 29/11/17 – 30/11/17 | ad:tech | London, UK | @comexposiumuk |
| 29/11/17 – 30/11/17 | Electronic Music Conference | Sydney, Australia | @EMCAustralia |
| 30/11/17 | Entertainment Marketing Summit | Sydney, Australia | @mumbrella |
| 30/11/17 | UK Festival Awards & Conference | London, UK | @festival_awards |
| 30/11/17 – 01/12/17 | Slush | Helsinki, Finland | @SlushHQ |
| 30/11/17 – 02/12/17 | TDME (Tokyo Dance Music Event) | Tokyo, Japan | @TDME_JP |
| December 2017 | |||
| 01/12/17 – 03/12/17 | Donegal, Northern Ireland | ||
| 02/12/17 | Trinidad & Tobago | ||
| 04/12/17 – 05/12/17 | TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin | Berlin, Germany | @TechCrunch |
| 04/12/17 – 05/12/17 | SyncSummit Hollywood | Hollywood, USA | @SyncSummit |
| 06/12/17 – 10/12/17 | SIM São Paulo | São Paulo, Brazil | @simsaopaulo |
| 06/12/17 – 10/12/17 | Rennes, France | @TransMusicales | |
| 07/12/17 | Content Protection Summit | Los Angeles, USA | @mandedaily |
| 07/12/17 – 09/12/17 | Aspen Live Conference | Colorado, USA | @AspenLive |
| 09/12/17 | Off The Record | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| 10/12/17 – 13/12/17 | XLIVE 2017 | Las Vegas, USA | @IntlMusicFest |
| 16/12/17 | Alaska, USA | ||
| Projected for December based on 2016 date: | |||
| December 2017 | Music Week Africa | Lagos, Nigeria | @musicweekafrica |
| December 2017 | Bloomington Music Summit | Indiana, USA | @MINC_IUB |
| December 2017 | Colorado Music Industry Conference | Colorado, USA | |
| December 2017 | TechCrunch Disrupt London | London, UK | @TechCrunch |
**PLEASE NOTE, ALL DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE**
Additional resources:
For a full list of video game conferences worldwide head here.
For a full list of film festivals worldwide head here.
For a full list of advertising events worldwide head here.
For a full list of broadcast and media industry events worldwide head here.
BMI’s comprehensive music industry calendar.
24 Best Music Tech Conferences: FREE Ebook from PR firm Rock Paper Scissors.
