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Key Worldwide Music Industry & Sync Events List 2018 (Updated)

written by Synchblog April 3, 2018
Key Worldwide Music Industry & Sync Events List 2018 (Updated)

We’ve put together the most comprehensive list out there of key music industry events / conferences 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, please refer to our 2017 list to get an idea of what’s to come.

Whilst this list primarily focuses on music industry events, we’ve also added some key gaming, advertising, media and film events.

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Please feel free to add any events that we’ve missed in the comments section.

 

DATE EVENT LOCATION @
January
04/01/18 – 07/01/18 Music and Gaming Festival (MAGFest) Maryland, USA @MAGFest
06/01/18 – 07/01/18 Lahore Music Meet Lahore, Pakistan
07/01/18 – 14/01/18 Jackson Indie Music Week Mississippi, USA @Jxnindiemusic
09/01/18 – 12/01/18 CES 2018 Las Vegas, USA @CES
10/01/18 – 11/01/18 Jazz Connect Conference New York, USA @JazzConnectNYC
10/01/18 – 17/01/18 Winter Jazzfest NYC New York, USA @NYCWJF
12/01/18 – 16/01/18 APAP Conference New York, USA @APAP365
13/01/18 – 14/01/18 The 5th annual North American Conference on Video Game Music Michigan, USA @umichsmtd
16/01/18 NYC Copyright and Technology Conference New York, USA @copyright4u
16/01/18 – 18/01/18 NATPE Miami, USA @NATPE
17/01/18 AIM’s Women in Music Conference London, UK @AIM_UK
17/01/18 Lunch & Learn 04: Get in the Scene! Spotlight on Sync & Licensing Toronto, Canada @CIMAmusic75
17/01/18 – 20/01/18 Eurosonic Noorderslag   Groningen, The Netherlands  @ESNSnl  
 18/01/18 – 28/01/18 Sundance Film Festival   Utah, USA  @sundancefest 
22/01/18 When Sound Meets Image London, UK @MusicTank
22/01/18 – 23/01/18 Artists Rights Symposium Georgia, USA
22/01/18 – 25/01/18 The Dover Lane Music Conference Kolkata, India
23/01/18 – 24/01/18 NY:LON Conference New York, USA @MusicBizAssoc
24/01/18 – 26/01/18 ABO Annual Conference Cardiff, Wales @aborchestras
25/01/18 – 27/01/18 Michigan Music Conference Michigan, USA @MichMusicConf
25/01/18 – 27/01/18 DISCOP Dubai Dubai, United Arab Emirates @DISCOPmarkets
25/01/18 – 28/01/18 The 2018 NAMM Show  Anaheim, USA  @NAMM
25/01/18 – 28/01/18  January Music Meeting (JMM) Manitoba, Canada @manitobamusic
26/01/18

Appetite for Disruption Conference

 Brighton, UK @AFD_Conference
26/01/18 – 05/02/18 Göteborg Film Festival Göteborg, Sweden @gbgfilmfestival
29/01/18 – 04/02/18 Independent Venue Week Across the UK
30/01/18 Masterclass: Introduction to Music Supervision London, UK @GMS_UKEU
31/01/18 – 01/02/18 Americana Music Association UK Conference and Awards London, UK @AmericanaFest
31/01/18 – 02/02/18 MENT Ljubljana Ljubljana, Slovenia @MENTLjubljana
February
01/02/18 – 03/02/18 Trondheim Calling Trondheim, Norway @TrdCalling
01/02/18 – 07/02/18 British Music’s annual trade mission to India Mumbai, India @bpi_music
01/02/18 – 03/02/18 CSUSA Mid-Winter Meeting Georgia, USA @TheCSUSA
02/02/18 – 03/02/18 Entertainment Management Conference Montreal, Canada @emcmtl
05/02/18 – 06/02/18 Digital Entertainment World (DEW) Los Angeles, USA @dmwevents
05/02/18 – 07/02/18 Country Radio Seminar Nashville, Tennessee @CRSOfficial
05/02/18 – 09/03/18 SA Indies Music Week Johannesburg, South Africa @IMEXSA_SA
 06/02/18 BASCA presents: Meet the Music Supervisors London, UK  @BASCA_uk
06/02/18 – 08/02/18 Pollstar Live! Los Angeles, USA @pollstarlive
08/02/18 Output Belfast Belfast, Northern Ireland @belfastcc
08/02/18 AIM’s Indie-Con London, UK @AIM_UK
08/02/18 Guild of Music Supervisors Awards Los Angeles, USA @guildofmusicwe
 08/02/18 – 10/02/18 MEGAPHONO Ottawa, Canada @megaphono
09/02/18 – 10/02/18 Where’s the Music? – Conference Norrköping, Sweden @wtmfestival
09/02/18 – 10/02/18 Vibrations Music Conference New York, USA
12/02/18 – 13/02/18 Code/Media California, USA @Recode
12/02/18 – 15/02/18 Advertising Week Latin America Mexico City @advertisingweek
14/02/18 – 18/02/18 Folk Alliance International Conference Missouri, USA @folkalliance
15/02/18 – 16/02/18 Vegas Music Summit Las Vegas, USA @lvmusicsummit
15/02/18 – 16/02/18 FastForward Amsterdam, Netherlands @fastforward_xyz
15/02/18 – 18/02/18 ONGEA! The Eastern African Music Summit
16/02/18 – 26/02/18 Noise Pop Festival San Francisco, USA @noisepop
17/02/18 – 18/02/18 Dancefair Utrecht, Netherlands @Dancefair
17/02/18 – 21/02/18 Avant Première – Music and Media Market Berlin, Germany @Avant__Premiere
20/02/18 – 22/02/18 DICE Summit Las Vegas, USA @Official_AIAS
21/02/18 – 23/02/18 Japan Live Entertainment & Event Expo Chiba, Japan
22/02/18 – 23/02/18 Radio Days Ireland Dublin, Ireland @LearningWaves
22/02/18 – 24/02/18 Durango Songwriters Expo California, USA @durangosong
22/02/18 – 25/02/18 Millennium Music Conference & Showcase Harrisburg, PA USA @MillenniumConf
24/02/18 IMSTA FESTA Miami Miami, USA @IMSTA_FESTA
24/02/18 Women in Music Wellness Summit Los Angeles, USA @womeninmusicorg
27/02/18 Women in Music Atlanta Forum Atlanta, USA @womeninmusicorg
28/02/18 Music 4.5 Sync, the evolving deals London, UK  @music4point5
28/02/18 – 01/03/18 The Event Production Show London, UK @EventProdShow
28/02/18 – 04/03/18 Selina International Music Summit Medellín, Colombia
March
01/03/18 – 02/03/18 NODO Music Conference Mexico City, Mexico
01/03/18 – 03/03/18 By:Larm  Oslo, Norway @byLarm 
01/03/18 – 11/03/18 Stockfish Film Festival Reykjavík, Iceland @StockfishFest
05/03/18 – 09/03/18 New York City International Film Festival New York, USA @NYCIFF
06/03/18

Goldberg Conference

 Nigeria, Africa
06/03/18 Green Events & Innovations Conference London, UK @AGreenerTweet
06/03/18 – 09/03/18 The International Live Music Conference (ILMC) London, UK @ILMC
07/03/18 Women in Music Nottingham, UK
07/03/18 – 08/03/18 Media Summit New York New York, USA @dhollywood
07/03/18 – 09/03/18 Indonesian Music Conference (KAMI) Maluku, Indonesia
07/03/18 – 10/03/18 Brazil Music Conference Brazil, South America  @RMC_Brasil
07/03/18 – 11/03/18 MUTEK Barcelona Barcelona, Spain @MUTEK_ES
09/03/18 – 18/03/18 SXSW Austin, Texas, USA @sxsw
11/03/18 Needs x UN Women present HeForShe London, UK @residentadvisor
17/03/18 Sónar Hong Kong Hong Kong, China @SonarFestival ‏
17/03/18 – 18/03/18 ICNMC 2018 Treviso, Italy
18/03/18 – 20/03/18 Radiodays Europe Vienna, Austria @RadiodaysEurope
19/03/18 – 20/03/18 Independent Games Summit San Francisco, USA @Official_GDC
19/03/18 – 23/03/18 Games Development Conference San Francisco, USA @Official_GDC
19/03/18 – 22/03/18 Advertising Week Europe  London, UK  @advertisingweek
19/03/18 – 25/03/18 JUNO Week Vancouver, Canada @TheJUNOAwards
20/03/18 – 25/03/18 Miami Music Week Miami, USA @MiamiMusicWeek
20/03/18 – 22/03/18 AES International Conference on Immersive and Interactive Audio York, UK @AESorg
20/03/18 – 22/03/18 Mastering the Music Business Bucharest, Romania
20/03/18 – 22/03/18 Winter Music Conference Miami, USA @WMCtweets
22/03/18 Music Cities Forum Vancouver, Canada @MusicCitiesSD
22/03/18 – 24/03/18 m4music Zurich/Lausanne, Switzerland @m4musicfestival
22/03/18 – 24/03/18 SoundOff Alberta, Canada
22/03/18 – 25/03/18 The Southern Women in Film & Television Summit (SWIFT) Nashville, USA
23/03/18

NYU Royalty Conference

 New York, USA
23/03/18

Question Session

 Glasgow, UK @QuestionSession
23/03/18

Karajan Music Tech Conference

 Salzburg, Austria @KarajanTech
23/03/18 – 24/03/18 The 11th Annual SS Cape May New Jersey, USA @SSCapeMay
24/03/18 Music Expo Miami 2018 Miami, USA @musicexposf
24/03/18 – 25/03/18 Convergence: Music + Art + Technology London, UK @ConvergenceLDN
25/03/18 Mastering Music Mastering Life Mental Health Summit Melbourne, Australia
28/03/18 – 29/03/18 STEP 2018 Dubai, United Arab Emirates @stepconference
29/03/18 #BreakYourBoundaries: A Conversation with Leading Women in Music New York, USA @womeninmusicorg
29/03/18 Music Masters: Record Labels Newcastle, UK
April
02/04/18 – 08/04/18 Tallinn Music Week Tallinn, Estonia @TInMusicWeek
03/04/18 – 07/04/18 Tin Pan South Songwriter Festival Nashville, USA @TinPanSouth
04/04/18 Sound Development London, UK @MusicCitiesSD
04/04/18 – 06/04/18 MIL – Lisbon International Music Network Lisbon, Portugal
05/04/18 – 15/04/18 London Games Festival London, UK @londongamesfest
06/04/18 – 08/04/18 Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo Chicago, USA @c2e2
06/04/18 – 08/04/18 Emerge Music + Impact Conference Las Vegas, USA @EmergeLV
07/04/18 Music Biz Day Texas, USA
07/04/18 Music Business Summit Arizona, USA
07/04/18 – 08/04/18 First Annual Music Entrepreneur Conference  Massachusetts, USA
07/04/18 – 12/04/18 NAB Show Las Vegas, USA @NABShow
10/04/18 Latin Music Explosion in America: The Multi-Cultural Confluence Los Angeles, USA @cacopyright
10/04/18 – 13/04/18 Prolight + Sound Frankfurt Frankfurt, Germany
11/04/18 – 13/04/18 Palestine Music Expo Palestine, Middle East
11/04/18 – 14/04/18 Westway LAB’s Professional Music Conference Guimarães, Portugal @WestwayFestival
11/04/18 – 14/04/18 Musikmesse 2018 Frankfurt, Germany @musikmesse
11/04/18 – 14/04/18 Westway LAB Guimarães, Portugal @WestwayFestival
12/04/18 – 13/04/18 FastForward: Sydney Sydney, Australia @fastforward_xyz
12/04/18 – 14/04/18 Florida Music Festival & Conference Florida, USA @2016FMF
12/04/18 – 14/04/18 Minnesota Music Conference Minnesota, USA @mnmusicco
12/04/18 – 15/04/18 French Quarter Festival New Orleans, USA @FQFestNOLA
12/04/18 – 15/04/18 LAUNCH Music Conference Pennsylvania, USA @LaunchMusicConf
14/04/18 – 15/04/18 DIY Musician Conference Europe 2018 Valencia, Spain @cdbaby
17/04/18 – 19/04/18 Hispanicize 2018 Miami, USA @Hispanicize
18/04/18 – 21/04/18 Resonate Belgrade, Serbia @resonate_io
18/04/18 – 29/04/18 Tribeca Film Festival New York, USA @Tribeca
18/04/18 – 19/04/18 Dublin Tech Summit Dublin, Ireland @DubTechSummit
19/04/18 – 20/04/18 Music Cities Convention Melbourne, Australia @MusicCitiesSD
19/04/18 – 21/04/18 Spring Break Poznań, Poland
19/04/18 – 21/04/18 Boomtown Film and Music Festival Texas, USA @boomtownfes
19/04/18 – 22/04/18 jazzahead Bremen, Germany @jazzahead
20/04/18 Music Connected 2018 London, UK @AIM_UK
20/04/18

Media Composer Conference

 London, UK @BASCA_uk
20/04/18 – 21/04/18 Wide Days Edinburgh, Scotland @widedays
20/04/18 – 22/04/18 Connect: Beyond the Page North Carolina, USA @cbtp_avl
23/04/18 – 26/04/18 Billboard Latin Music Week Las Vegas, USA @billboard
23/04/18 – 29/04/18 Richmond International Film & Music Festival Virginia, USA @RVAFilmFest
25/04/18 Sandbox Summit New York, USA @Sandbox_Summit
25/04/18 Nigerian Entertainment Conference Nigeria, Africa
25/04/18 – 27/04/18 Music Cork Cork, Ireland
26/04/18 – 29/04/18 MoPOP Pop Con Seattle, USA @MoPOPSeattle
26/04/18 – 27/04/18 Brighton Music Conference Brighton, UK @BrightonMusicCo
27/04/18 – 29/04/18 Ashbury Park Music in Film Festival New Jersey, USA @apmff
 27/04/18 – 05/05/18 Sync Up Conference New Orleans, USA @Jazznheritage 
29/04/18 – 01/05/18 Music Media Summit Santa Barbara, USA
29/04/18 – 02/05/18 MUSEXPO Hollywood, USA @musexpo
May
02/05/18 Ditto X London, UK @Dittomusic
02/05/18 – 04/05/18 Worldwide Radio Summit Hollywood, USA @WWRadioSummit
02/05/18 – 04/05/18 Nordic Media Festival Bergen, Norway @Mediedager
02/05/18 – 06/05/18 East Coast Music Awards Nova Scotia, Canada @EastCoastMusic
03/05/18 Decibel Entertainment Conference + Expo Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago @DecibelExpo
03/05/18 – 04/05/18 FestForums NYC New York, USA
04/05/18 Variety Entertainment & Technology Summit New York, USA @Variety
03/05/18 – 05/05/18 MUTEK San Francisco San Francisco, USA @MUTEKSF
05/05/18 – 06/05/18 Sound City Liverpool, UK @SoundCity
06/05/18 – 11/05/18 Game Audio Retreat West Virginia, USA
06/05/18 – 11/05/18 Mountain Recording Retreat West Virginia, USA
07/05/18 – 09/05/18 ASCAP I Create Music Expo Los Angeles, USA @ascapexpo
07/05/18 – 13/05/18 Canadian Music Week Toronto, Canada @CMW_Week
08/05/18 LA Games Conference Los Angeles, USA @dmwevents
08/05/18 – 09/05/18 Relix Live Music Conference New York, USA
09/05/18 – 13/05/18 SPOT + Conference Århus, Denmark @spotfestival
09/05/18 – 20/05/18 Cannes Film Festival Cannes, France @FdC_officiel
10/05/18 – 12/05/18 FOCUS Wales 2018 Wrexham, Wales @FocusWales
10/05/18 – 13/05/18 Prolight + Sound Guangzhou Guangzhou, China
10/05/18 – 15/05/18 UK Trade Mission to China Beijing, China @bpi_music
10/05/18 – 19/05/18 Nashville Film Festival Nashville, USA @nashfilmfest
14/05/18 – 17/05/18 Music Biz 2018 Nashville, USA @MusicBizAssoc
14/05/18 – 17/05/18 Advertising Week Asia Tokyo, Japan @advertisingweek
15/05/18 Creators of Film and Television Music Los Angeles, USA @cacopyright
15/05/18 – 16/05/18 Vinyl World Congress Brighton, UK @Vinylworldcon
15/05/18 – 18/05/18 Mountain Songwriting Retreat West Virginia, USA
16/05/18 – 19/05/18 Classical:NEXT Rotterdam, The Netherlands  @ClassicalNEXT
16/05/18 – 20/05/18 SERFA North Carolina, USA @SERFAfolk
17/05/18 – 18/05/18 Indigenous Music Conference Manitoba, Canada @manitoahbee
17/05/18 – 19/05/18  The Great Escape Brighton, UK @thegreatescape 
17/05/18 – 20/05/18 Moogfest North Carolina, USA @Moogfest
18/05/18 – 19/05/18 SyncSummit Nashville Nashville, USA @SyncSummit
18/05/18 – 20/05/18 New Skool Rules Rotterdam, The Netherlands @NEWSKOOLRULES
19/05/18 IMSTA FESTA Los Angeles Los Angeles, USA @IMSTA_FESTA
19/05/18 – 26/05/18 ISCM World Music Days Festival Beijing, China @ISCM_WMD
21/05/18 – 25/05/18 Song Castle Helsinki, Finland @musicfinland
22/05/18 – 24/05/18 Digital Hollywood Hollywood, USA @dhollywood
22/05/18 – 24/05/18 Licensing Expo Las Vegas, USA @licensingexpo
23/05/18 Buma Music in Motion Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam @Buma_MiM
23/05/18 – 25/05/18 IMS Ibiza Ibiza, Spain @IMSibiza
23/05/18 – 26/05/18 Bell Aliant Canadian Song Conference Prince Edward Island, Canada
24/05/18 – 25/05/18 TNW Europe Conference 2018 Amsterdam, The Netherlands @TNWconference
24/05/18 – 26/05/18 AES Milan Milan, Italy @AESorg
24/05/18 – 28/05/18 Conference: Music & The Moving Image New York, USA @nyusteinhardt
29/05/18 – 31/05/18 DISCOP Abidjan Abidjan, West Africa @DISCOPmarkets
29/05/18 – 05/06/18 Krakow Film Music Festival Krakow, Poland
30/05/18 – 03/06/18 PRIMAVERAPRO 2018 Barcelona, Spain @PrimaveraPro
30/05/18 – 04/06/18 youbloom Dublin Dublin, Ireland @youbloom
June
01/06/18 – 02/06/18 Buma ROCKS! Nijmegen, Netherlands @BumaROCKS
01/06/18 – 02/06/18 Berklee Onsite Boston, USA @BerkleeCollege
01/06/18 – 02/06/18 AVA Conference Belfast, Northern Ireland @AVAFestivalNI
01/06/18 – 03/06/18 Upstream Music Fest + Summit Seattle, USA @UpstreamFest
 03/06/18

2018 Girl Power! Women Working In The Music Industry Conference

 California, USA
03/06/18 – 06/06/18 New Interfaces for Musical Expression Virginia, USA
04/06/18 – 10/06/18 Albuquerque Film & Music Experience (AFME) Albuquerque, New Mexico @ABQFilmX
05/06/18 – 06/06/18 53 Degrees North Hull, UK @53DegreesMusic
05/06/18 – 08/06/18 Midem Cannes, France @midem
06/06/18 – 10/06/18 Northside Festival Brooklyn, USA @NorthsideFest
06/06/18 – 16/06/18 Symposium Stockholm Stockholm, Sweden @SymposiumSthlm
07/06/18 – 11/06/18 Australian Songwriter Conference New South Wales, Australia
08/06/18 – 17/06/18 NXNE Toronto, Canada @nxne
09/06/18 Music Expo Boston 2018 Boston, USA @musicexposf
09/06/18 Evolution Emerging Newcastle, UK @GeneratorNE
09/06/18 – 10/06/18 Producers Guild of America’s Produced By LA Conference Los Angeles, USA @Produced_By
10/06/18 – 14/06/18 Latin Alternative Music Conference New York, USA @theLAMC
11/06/18 – 13/06/18 Gospel Music Association’s IMMERSE Conference Nashville, USA @GMAimmerse
12/06/18

AIMP Indie Publisher Summit 2018

 New York @AIMP_NYC
12/06/18 – 14/06/18 E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo Los Angeles, USA @E3
13/06/18 – 16/06/18 Sónar+D Barcelona, Spain @SonarFestival
13/06/18 – 17/06/18 We Love Music Conference South Africa @INBlackExpoInc
14/06/18 – 17/06/18 Between The Waves Madison Music Festival &Conference Wisconsin, USA @BTWMadison2017
15/06/18 – 17/06/18 NAB Show Shanghai Shanghai, China @NABShow
16/06/18 – 19/06/18 LA Sync Mission Los Angeles, USA @SyncMission
18/06/18 – 21/06/18 A2IM Indie Week New York, USA @A2IM
18/06/18 – 22/06/18 The Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival Cannes, France @Cannes_Lions
20/06/18 – 01/07/18 Edinburgh International Film Festival Edinburgh, UK @edfilmfest
20/06/18 – 22/06/18 AES International Conference on
Music Induced Hearing Disorders		 Chicago, IL, USA @AESorg
22/06/18 – 23/06/18 SyncSummit New York New York, USA @SyncSummit
23/06/18 IMSTA FESTA Seoul Seoul, South Korea  @IMSTA_FESTA
25/06/18 – 26/06/18 MIRA Conference Los Angeles, USA @MusicTechBE
27/06/18 – 08/07/18 Wallifornia MusicTech Liège, Belgium
27/06/18 – 28/06/18 XpoNorth Inverness, Scotland @XpoNorth
28/06/18 – 30/06/18 Summer NAMM Nashville, USA @NAMM
28/06/18 – 30/06/18 AES International Conference on Audio Archiving, Preservation & Restoration Culpeper, VA, USA @AESorg
29/06/18 – 30/06/18 Middle of the Map Kansas, USA @motmfest
July 2018
09/07/18 – 15/07/18 Independent Music Week TBA @IVW_UK
10/07/18 – 12/07/18 Develop Conference Brighton, UK @developconf
11/07/18 – 13/07/18 DISCOP Zanzibar Zanzibar, Africa @DISCOPmarkets
12/07/18 – 14/07/18 Independent Gospel Artist Alliance Conference Maryland, USA @indiegospelally
12/07/18 – 15/07/18 Latitude Festival: Film and Music Arena Suffolk, UK @LatitudeFest
14/07/18 – 15/07/18 We Love Music Conference Baltimore, MD, USA @INBlackExpoInc
20/07/17 Comic-Con San Francisco San Francisco, USA @Comic_Con
21/07/18 IMSTA FESTA Chicago Chicago, USA @IMSTA_FESTA
26/07/18 – 27/07/18 Indie Con Australia Adelaide, Australia @ausindies
30/07/18 – 02/08/18 Advertising Week Sydney Sydney, Australia @advertisingweek
August
01/08/18 – 05/08/18 Dekmantel Festival Opening Conference Amstelveen, Netherlands @dkmntl
03/08/18 – 05/08/18 Satchmo Summerfest New Orleans, USA @FQFestNOLA
03/08/18 – 27/08/18 Edinburgh International Festival Edinburgh, UK @edintfest
05/08/18 – 08/08/18 44th International Computer Music Conference Daegu, South Korea
07/08/18 – 09/08/18 AES International Conference on Spatial Reproduction Tokyo, Japan @AESorg
08/08/18 – 11/08/18 Triple A Conference Colorado, USA @FMQB
09/08/18 – 12/08/18 Indie Entertainment Conference Los Angeles, USA @IESfest
10/08/18 – 12/08/18 Summer in the City London, UK @SummerInTheCity
10/08/18 – 12/08/18 Indie Entertainment Conference Los Angeles, USA @IESfest
11/08/18 The Breakthrough Music Summit Boston, USA
13/08/18 – 16/08/18 DJ Expo Atlantic City, USA @DJExpo_
15/08/18 – 17/08/18 Pop-Kultur Berlin, Germany @popkulturberlin
16/08/18 – 17/08/18 Big Omaha Conference Nebraska, USA @BigOmaha
17/08/18 – 18/08/18 Assembly Arboretum Conference of Music + Culture Ottawa, Canada @ArboretumFest
20/08/18 – 22/08/18 Computer Simulation of Musical Creativity Dublin, Ireland
20/08/18 – 22/08/18 AES International Conference on Audio for Virtual and Augmented Reality Redmond, WA, USA
22/08/18 – 24/08/18 Edinburgh International Television Festival Edinburgh, UK @EdinburghTVFest
22/08/18 – 25/08/18 Soundtrack Cologne Cologne, Germany @SoundTrack_C
22/08/18 – 25/08/18 Cutting Edge CE Conference New Orleans, USA @CuttingEdgeNOLA
22/08/18 – 26/08/18 MUTEK Montreal Montreal, Canada @MUTEK_Montreal
23/08/18 – 25/08/18 KZN Music Imbizo Durban, South Africa @kznmusicimbizo
25/08/18 Music Expo Nashville 2018 Nashville, USA @musicexposf
24/08/18 – 26/08/18 DIY Musician Conference Nashville, USA @cdbaby
29/08/18 Music Tourism Convention Cologne, Germany @MusicCitiesSD
29/08/18 – 02/09/18 Long Beach Indie – Film, Media, and Music Festival California, USA @LongBeachIndie
30/08/18 – 31/08/18 c/o pop Convention Cologne, Germany @copopconvention
30/08/18 – 02/09/18 Charleston Music Confab Charleston, USA @NewMusicConfab
31/08/18 – 03/09/18 Coast 2 Coast Music Conference Miami, USA @coast2coastmag
September
02/09/18 – 08/09/18 Live at Heart Örebro, Sweden @LiveatHeart
04/09/18 – 06/09/18 me Convention Stockholm, Sweden @sxsw
04/09/18 – 07/09/18 BIGSOUND 2018 Brisbane, Australia @BIGSOUNDtweets
05/09/18 – 07/09/18 TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco, USA @TechCrunch
06/09/18 – 09/09/18 Country Music Week Saskatchewan, Canada @CCMAofficial
06/09/18 – 17/09/18 Toronto International Film Festival Toronto, Canada @TIFF_NET
08/09/18 – 09/09/18 West Coast Songwriters Conference San Francisco, USA @WCSong
08/09/18 – 11/09/18 Music Matters Singapore, Asia @musicmatters
10/09/18 – 12/09/18 All That Matters Singapore, Asia @musicmatters
11/09/18 – 16/09/18 Americana Music Festival & Conference Nashville, USA @AmericanaFest
12/09/18 – 14/09/18 Future Music Forum Barcelona, Spain @FmFBarcelona
13/09/18 – 16/09/18 European Jazz Conference Lisbon, Portugal @europejazznet
14/09/18 – 16/09/18 Kansai Music Conference Osaka, Japan @KMC__
14/09/18 – 16/09/18 Electric City Music Conference Pennsylvania, USA @ElectricCityMC
19/09/18 – 22/09/18 Reeperbahn Festival Hamburg, Germany @Reeperbahn_Fest
 20/09/18 CEEMPC18 (Central and Eastern Music Publishers Congress) Bucharest, Romania @_ICMP
20/09/18 – 22/09/18 youbloom LA Los Angeles, USA @youbloom
20/09/18 – 28/09/18 LA Film Fest Los Angeles, USA @filmindependent
22/09/18 IMSTA FESTA New York New York, USA @IMSTA_FESTA
23/09/18 – 27/09/18 The 18th International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference Paris, France @ismir2018
25/09/18 – 28/09/18 Radio Show Orlando, USA @RadioShowWeb
25/09/18 – 29/09/18 IBMA’s World of Bluegrass Week North Carolina, USA @IntlBluegrass@SpikesAsia
26/09/18 – 28/09/18 Spikes Asia Singapore, Asia
26/09/18 – 01/10/18 PopMid

Quarteira, Portugal

 @PopMid_eu
26/09/18 – 28/09/18 Production Music Conference Los Angeles, USA @thePMAmusic
26/09/18 – 30/09/18 POP Montréal Montréal, Canada @popmontreal
26/09/18 – 30/09/18 Southwest Regional Folk Alliance Conference Texas, USA @SWFolk
27/09/18 – 29/09/18 Shibuya Showcase Fest Tokyo Tokyo, Japan @GIGINJAPANdotJP
28/09/18 – 30/09/18 Waves Music Conference Vienna, Austria @Waves_Vienna
27/09/18 – 06/10/18 Sensoria: The UK’s Festival of Film and Music Sheffield, UK @SensoriaFest
30/09/18 – 01/10/18 Breathe Sunshine African Music Conference Cape Town, South Africa @BSunshineAfrica
30/09/18 – 02/10/18 IEBA2018 Nashville, USA @IEBAConference
30/09/18 – 16/10/18 New York Film Festival New York, USA @TheNYFF
October
01/10/18 – 02/10/18 Making Vinyl Detroit, USA @MakingVinyl
01/10/18 – 04/10/18 Advertising Week NYC New York, USA @advertisingweek
03/10/18 – 07/10/18 A3C Festival and Conference Atlanta, USA @A3C
04/10/18 – 05/10/18 New York Media Festival New York, USA @NYMEFest
04/10/18 – 06/10/18 Music & Media Finland Tampere, Finland @musiikkimedia
04/10/18 – 07/10/18 New York Comic Con New York, USA @NY_Comic_Con
05/10/18 Rights Tech Summit New York, USA @NYMEFest
09/10/18 – 10/10/18 GameSoundCon Los Angeles, USA @GameSound
09/10/18 – 11/10/18 Brand Licensing Europe London, UK @bleurope
10/10/18 – 13/10/18 Music China Shanghai, China @musikmesse
10/10/18 – 14/10/18 Indie Week UK Manchester, UK @indieweek
10/10/18 – 14/10/18 BreakOut West Kelowna, Canada @BreakOutWest
11/10/18 – 12/10/18 Music Cities Convention Louisiana, USA @MusicCitiesSD
11/10/18 – 13/10/18 College Music Society National Conference Vancouver, Canada @CollegeMusicSoc
11/10/18 – 13/10/18 Association for Technology in Music Instruction Annual National Conference Vancouver, Canada
11/10/18 – 14/10/18 Bogotá Music Market (BOmm) Bogotá, Colombia @BOmm_Bogota
13/10/18 Indie101 Conference Manchester, UK @indieweek
13/10/18 IMSTA FESTA Toronto Toronto, Canada  @IMSTA_FESTA
15/10/18 – 18/10/18 MIPCOM Cannes, France @mip
17/10/18 – 18/10/18 NAB Show New York New York, USA @NABShow
17/10/18 – 18/10/18 The World Soundtrack Awards Gent, Belgium @WSAwards
17/10/18 – 19/10/18 MaMa Paris, France @MaMAevent
17/10/18 – 19/10/18 AES New York New York, USA @AESorg
17/10/18 – 20/10/18 Halifax Pop Explosion Nova Scotia, Canada @HalifaxPopX
17/10/18 – 21/10/18 Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) Amsterdam, Netherlands @ADE_NL
18/10/18 Turn Up Conference Queensland, Australia @turnupevent
18/10/18 – 19/10/18 Tomorrow Comes Today Porto, Portugal
19/10/18 – 21/10/18 Amplify London, UK @BBCAmplify
22/10/18 – 28/10/18 MUTEK Mexico Mexico, USA @MUTEK_MX
24/10/18 – 26/10/18 BIME PRO Bilbao, Spain @BIMEnet
24/10/18 – 28/10/18 WOMEX Katowice, Poland @womex
27/10/18 IMSTA FESTA Berlin Berlin, Germany @IMSTA_FESTA
November
01/11/18 – 04/11/18 Molson Canadian Nova Scotia Music Week Nova Scotia, Canada @nsmwfest
05/11/18 – 08/11/18 MusicNotes Lisbon, Portugal @WebSummit
06/11/18 – 11/11/18 Indie Week Canada Toronto, Canada @indieweek
07/11/18 – 10/11/18 Iceland Airwaves Reykjavík, Iceland @IcelandMusic
07/11/18 – 10/11/18 Nordic Music Days Helsinki, Finland @NordicMusicDays
08/11/18 Futuresource Audio Collaborative London, UK @Futuresourcer
08/11/18 – 15/11/18 AFI FEST Los Angeles, USA @AFIFEST
08/11/18 – 15/11/18 DOC NYC New York, USA @DOCNYCfest
09/11/18 – 11/11/18 New York Audio Show New York, USA @NYAudioShow
10/11/18 Music Expo San Francisco San Francisco, USA @musicexposf
10/11/18 – 14/11/18 NAfME National In-Service Conference Texas, USA @NAfME
13/11/18 – 16/11/18 Mundial Montreal Montréal, Canada @mundialmontreal
14/11/18 – 16/11/18 DISCOP Johannesburg Johannesburg, South Africa @DISCOPmarkets
14/11/18 – 17/11/18 M for Montréal Montréal, Canada @MFORMONTREAL
14/11/18 – 18/11/18 Et Cultura: Interactive + Music + Film + Art Florida, USA @EtCultura
15/11/18 – 18/11/18 Jamaica Music Conference Kingston, Jamaica @JMCVoice
16/11/18 – 17/11/18 Sonic Visions Luxembourg @SonicVisions
16/11/18 – 17/11/18 Acces Music in Africa Conference Kenya, Africa @MusicInAfrica
15/11/18 – 18/11/18 Alberta Electronic Music Conference Alberta, Canada @aemcon
14/11/18 – 18/11/18 Et Cultura: Interactive + Music + Film + Art Florida, USA @EtCultura
21/11/18 – 24/11/18 Visa For Music Morocco, North Africa @VisaForMusic
28/11/18 – 01/12/18 Botswana International Music Conference Bostwana, Africa
December 
03/12/18 SyncSummit LA Los Angeles, USA @SyncSummit
04/12/18 – 05/12/18 Slush Helsinki, Finland @SlushHQ
05/12/18 – 09/12/18 Trans Musicales Rennes, France @TransMusicales
09/12/18 – 12/12/18 XLIVE 2018 Las Vegas, USA @IntlMusicFest

 

**PLEASE NOTE, ALL DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE**

Head here for 2017 dates.

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 events calendar.

24 Best Music Tech Conferences: FREE Ebook from PR firm Rock Paper Scissors.

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