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

written by Emma Griffiths April 3, 2018

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	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
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	The Event Production Show	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	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
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	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 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	AfroJam Music Conference	New York, USA	@afrojamORG
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
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	Future Music Camp 2018	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 1^st 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	@