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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DATE | EVENT | LOCATION | @ |
January 2018 | |||
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 | 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 |
31/01/18 – 04/02/18 | transmediale | Berlin, Germany | @transmediale |
February 2018 | |||
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 |
03/02/18 – 06/02/18 | The Exchange X AVA Electronic Music Conference | Mumbai, India | @TheExchangeIn |
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 | @guildofmusic |
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 | Nairobi, Kenya | |
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 – 24/02/18 | Soundcheck Music Conference | Tel Aviv, Israel | |
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 | London, UK | @EventProdShow | |
28/02/18 – 04/03/18 | Selina International Music Summit | Medellín, Colombia | |
March 2018 | |||
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 | 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 |
21/03/18 | Variety’s MASSIVE Entertainment Marketing Conference | Beverly Hills, USA | @Variety |
22/03/18 | Music Cities Forumc | 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 | New York, USA | ||
23/03/18 | Glasgow, UK | @QuestionSession | |
23/03/18 | 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 2018 | |||
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 – 12/04/18 | Oshawa Music Week | Oshawa, Canada | @oshawamusicweek |
05/04/18 – 15/04/18 | London Games Festival | London, UK | @londongamesfest |
06/04/18 – 08/04/18 | WIM Festival | California, USA | @wimbayarea |
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 | Sound of the Xity (SOTX) | Beijing, China | |
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 | New York, USA | @afrojamORG | |
14/04/18 – 15/04/18 | 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 |
20/04/18 – 22/04/18 | The Midwest Rhythm Summit | Ohio, USA | |
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 | ICMP’s Latin America Regional Music Publishers Conference (LARC18) | Guatemala City, Guatemala | @_ICMP |
26/04/18 – 29/04/18 | MoPOP Pop Con | Seattle, USA | @MoPOPSeattle |
26/04/18 – 27/04/18 | Brighton Music Conference | Brighton, UK | @BrightonMusicCo |
26/04/18 – 27/04/18 | Mannheim, Germany | ||
27/04/18 – 28/04/18 | The Music Symposium for Singers and Musicians | St. Lucia, Caribbean | |
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 |
28/04/18 | Girls Music Day | London, UK | @dicefm |
29/04/18 – 01/05/18 | Music Media Summit | Santa Barbara, USA | |
29/04/18 – 02/05/18 | MUSEXPO | Hollywood, USA | @musexpo |
30/04/18 – 03/05/18 | Collision 2018 | New Orleans (USA) | @CollisionHQ |
May 2018 | |||
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 – 04/05/18 | Digital Strategies for Musicians | Manitoba, Canada | |
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 | Unconference Leeds | Leeds, UK | @unconferencelds |
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 – 08/05/18 | Music Inside Rimini | Rimini, Italy | |
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 – 09/05/18 | European Lab | Forum 8th edition | Lyon, France | @European_Lab |
07/05/18 – 09/05/18 | AEDEM Convention | Barcelona, Spain | |
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 | Music Cities Forum | Indianapolis, USA | @MusicCitiesSD |
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 – 13/05/18 | East Coast Music Conference | Virginia, USA | |
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 |
12/05/18 | The 1st Annual Canadian Sync Awards | Toronto, Canada | @CMW_Week |
11/05/18 – 13/05/18 | Wired Music Week | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | |
14/05/18 – 17/05/18 | Music Biz 2018 | Nashville, USA | @MusicBizAssoc |
14/05/18 – 17/05/18 | Advertising Week Asia | Tokyo, Japan | @advertisingweek |
14/05/18 – 19/05/18 | Belize Music Week | Belize, USA | |
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 | @mybelize |
16/05/18 | AMPED SUMMIT | New York, USA | @Amped_Summit |
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 | iHeart Urban Music Summit | New York, USA | @iHeartRadio |
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 |
20/05/18 | High Desert Music Conference | Oregon, USA | |
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 | 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 – 26/05/18 | FIMPRO | Guadalajara, Mexico | @FIMProGDL |
24/05/18 – 28/05/18 | Conference: Music & The Moving Image | New York, USA | @nyusteinhardt |
28/05/18 – 31/05/18 | The Indian Ocean Music Market (IOMMA) | Réunion Island | @IOMusicMArket |
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 | @ |