Key Worldwide Music Industry & Sync Events List 2019

written by Emma Griffiths October 16, 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 2018 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 2019
03/01/19 – 06/01/19	Music and Gaming Festival (MAGFest)	Maryland, USA	@MAGFest
04/01/19 – 08/01/19	APAP Conference	New York, USA	@APAP365
04/01/19 – 12/01/19	Winter Jazzfest NYC	New York, USA	@NYCWJF
08/01/19 – 11/01/19	CES 2019	Las Vegas, USA	@CES
13/01/19 – 20/01/19	Jackson Indie Music Week	Mississippi, USA	@Jxnindiemusic
16/01/19	NYC Copyright and Technology Conference	New York, USA	@copyright4u
16/01/19 – 19/01/19	Eurosonic Noorderslag	Groningen, The Netherlands	@ESNSnl
22/01/19	AIM Academy presents: How To Get Started In Sync	London, UK	@AIM_UK
22/01/19 – 23/01/19	NY:LON Conference	London, UK	@NYLONConnect
22/01/19 – 24/01/19	NATPE	Miami, USA	@NATPE
22/01/19 – 25/01/19	Dover Lane Music Conference	Kolkata, India
23/01/19 – 25/01/19	ABO Annual Conference	Cardiff, Wales	@aborchestras
24/01/19 – 26/01/19	Michigan Music Conference	Michigan, USA	@MichMusicConf
24/01/19 – 27/01/19	The 2019 NAMM Show	Anaheim, USA	@NAMM
24/01/19 – 27/01/19	January Music Meeting (JMM)	Manitoba, Canada	@manitobamusic
24/01/19 – 03/02/19	Sundance Film Festival	Utah, USA	@sundancefest
25/01/19 – 04/02/19	Göteborg Film Festival	Göteborg, Sweden	@gbgfilmfestival
28/01/19	AIM Sync 2019	London, UK	@AIM_UK
28/01/19 – 03/02/19	Independent Venue Week	Across the UK	@IVW_UK
29/01/19 – 31/01/19	AmericanaFest UK	London, UK	@AmericanaFest
30/01/19 – 31/01/19	Smart Waves Music Business Conference	Lisbon, Portugal
30/01/19 – 01/02/19	MENT Ljubljana	Ljubljana, Slovenia	@MENTLjubljana
31/01/19 – 01/02/19	Vegas Music Summit	Las Vegas, USA	@lvmusicsummit
31/01/19 – 02/02/19	Trondheim Calling	Trondheim, Norway	@TrdCalling
31/01/19 – 02/02/19	CSUSA Mid-Winter Meeting	Memphis, USA	@TheCSUSA
31/01/19 – 03/02/19	transmediale	Berlin, Germany	@transmediale
February 2019
01/02/19 – 04/02/19	Blues Summit Nine	Toronto, Canada	@TOBluesSociety
02/02/19	Georgetown Africa Business Conference 2019	Washington D.C, USA
04/02/19 – 05/02/19	Digital Entertainment World (DEW)	Los Angeles, USA	@dmwevents
06/02/19 – 09/02/19	Brasil Music Summit	São Paulo, Brazil	@BRMusicExchange
07/02/19 – 09/02/19	MEGAPHONO	Ottawa, Canada	@megaphono
08/02/19	Question Session	Glasgow, UK	@QuestionSession
08/02/19 – 09/02/19	Entertainment Management Conference	Montreal, Canada	@emcmtl
09/02/19 – 13/02/19	Avant Première – Music and Media Market	Berlin, Germany	@Avant__Premiere
10/02/19	Next Level Music Industry Conference	California, USA	@CreativeSonoma
11/02/19 – 13/02/19	Pollstar Live!	Los Angeles, USA	@pollstarlive
11/02/19 – 13/02/19	DICE Summit	Las Vegas, USA	@Official_AIAS
13/02/19	Guild of Music Supervisors Awards	Los Angeles, USA	@guildofmusic
13/02/19 – 14/02/19	STEP 2019	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	@stepconference
13/02/19 – 15/02/19	Country Radio Seminar	Nashville, Tennessee	@CRSOfficial
13/02/19 – 17/02/19	Folk Alliance International Conference	Montréal, Canada	@folkalliance
14/02/19 – 15/02/19	FastForward Amsterdam	Amsterdam, Netherlands	@fastforward_xyz
14/02/19 – 17/02/19	ONGEA! The Eastern African Music Summit	Nairobi, Kenya	@ONGEAEASummit
20/02/19 – 23/02/19	SoundOff Summit	Calgary, Canada	@Music_Calgary
21/02/19	Output Belfast	Belfast, Northern Ireland	@belfastcc
21/02/19 – 23/02/19	Millennium Music Conference & Showcase	Harrisburg, PA USA	@MillenniumConf
21/02/19 – 23/02/19	Durango Songwriters Expo	California, USA	@durangosong
23/02/19	IMSTA FESTA Miami	Miami, USA	@IMSTA_FESTA
23/02/19	Industry Take Over All Dayer 2019	London, UK	@urbandevelopmnt
24/02/19 – 27/02/19	Prolight + Sound Guangzhou	Guangzhou, China
25/02/19 – 01/03/19	New York City International Film Festival	New York, USA	@NYCIFF
26/02/19 – 27/02/19	The Event Production Show	London, UK	@EventProdShow
26/02/19 – 28/02/19	DISCOP Sharm El Sheikh	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	@DISCOPmarkets
27/02/19 – 01/03/19	Japan Live Entertainment & Event Expo	Tokyo, Japan
28/02/19 – 02/03/19	By:Larm	Oslo, Norway	@byLarm
28/02/19 – 10/03/19	Stockfish Film Festival	Reykjavík, Iceland	@StockfishFest
March 2019
05/03/19	City Music Forum	Leeds, UK	@_musicleeds
05/03/19	Green Events & Innovations Conference	London, UK	@AGreenerTweet
05/03/19 – 08/03/19	The International Live Music Conference (ILMC)	London, UK	@ILMC
06/03/19 – 09/03/19	MUTEK Barcelona	Barcelona, Spain	@MUTEK_ES
07/03/19 – 08/03/19	Media Summit New York	New York, USA	@dhollywood
07/03/19 – 10/03/19	Wired Music Week	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
08/03/19 – 17/03/19	SXSW	Austin, Texas, USA	@sxsw
11/03/19 – 17/03/19	JUNO Week	Ontario, Canada	@TheJUNOAwards
14/03/19 – 16/03/19	m4music	Zurich/Lausanne, Switzerland	@m4musicfestival
16/03/19	IMSTA FESTA Los Angeles	Los Angeles, USA	@IMSTA_FESTA
16/03/19 – 17/03/19	Dancefair	Utrecht, Netherlands	@Dancefair
18/03/19 – 19/03/19	Independent Games Summit	San Francisco, USA	@Official_GDC
20/03/19 – 22/03/19	Mastering the Music Business	Bucharest, Romania
20/03/19 – 23/03/19	146th AES Convention	Dublin, Ireland	@AESorg
22/03/19 – 23/03/19	World Metal Congress	London, UK	@metalcongress
22/03/19 – 24/03/19	Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo	Chicago, USA	@c2e2
23/03/19 – 26/03/19	Linux Audio Conference	California, USA
24/03/19 – 27/03/19	MUSEXPO’s California Entertainment Week	Hollywood, USA	@musexpo
25/03/19 – 28/03/19	Winter Music Conference	Miami, USA	@WMCtweets
25/03/19 – 31/03/19	Tallinn Music Week	Tallinn, Estonia	@TInMusicWeek
26/03/19 – 30/03/19	Tin Pan South Songwriter Festival	Nashville, USA	@TinPanSouth
27/03/19 – 29/03/19	AES International Conference on Immersive and Interactive Audio	York, UK	@AESorg
27/03/19 – 29/03/19	Worldwide Radio Summit	Hollywood, USA	@WWRadioSummit
27/03/19 – 29/03/19	MIL – Lisbon International Music Network	Lisbon, Portugal
27/03/19 – 30/03/19	AMP Conference	London, UK	@Amp
28/03/19	STEP 2019	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	@stepconference
28/03/19	HeartMedia 2019 Music Summit	Los Angeles, USA	@iHeartRadio
28/03/19	Ohio University Music Industry Summit	Ohio, USA	@ohiou
29/03/19 – 30/03/19	The 12th Annual SS Cape May	New Jersey, USA	@SSCapeMay
29/03/19 – 31/03/19	Miami Music Week	Miami, USA	@MiamiMusicWeek
30/03/19	Music Expo Miami	Miami, USA	@musicexposf
31/03/19 – 02/04/19	Radiodays Europe	Vienna, Austria	@RadiodaysEurope
April 2019
01/04/19 – 03/04/19	AIM Connected	London, UK	@AIM_UK
01/04/19 – 06/04/19	Oshawa Music Week	Oshawa, Canada	@oshawamusicweek
02/04/19 – 05/04/19	Musikmesse 2019	Frankfurt, Germany	@musikmesse
02/04/19 – 14/04/19	London Games Festival	London, UK	@londongamesfest
04/04/19 – 06/04/19	Palestine Music Expo	Palestine, Middle East	@palestinemusicx
04/04/19 – 06/04/19	Music Entrepreneur Conference	Massachusetts, USA
05/04/19 – 07/04/19	The Midwest Rhythm Summit	Ohio, USA	@MWRhythmSummit
05/04/19 – 07/04/19	Connect: Beyond the Page	North Carolina, USA	@cbtp_avl
06/04/19	Music Biz Day	Texas, USA
06/04/19	Music Business Summit 2019	Glendale, USA
06/04/19 – 07/04/19	European DIY Musician Conference	Valencia, Spain	@cdbaby
06/04/19 – 11/04/19	NAB Show	Las Vegas, USA	@NABShow
09/04/19 – 10/04/19	RightsTech Europe	Frankfurt, Germany	@dmwnews
10/04/19 – 11/04/19	Dublin Tech Summit	Dublin, Ireland	@DubTechSummit
10/04/19 – 14/04/19	MN Music Summit	Minnesota, USA	@mnmusicco
11/04/19	Sync Up Conference	New Orleans, USA	@Jazznheritage
11/04/19 – 12/04/19	Music Cities Chengdu	Chengdu, China	@MusicCitiesSD
11/04/19 – 12/04/19	FastForward Sydney	Sydney, Australia	@fastforward_xyz
11/04/19 – 13/04/19	Westway LAB’s Professional Music Conference	Guimarães, Portugal	@WestwayFestival
11/04/19 – 14/04/19	French Quarter Festival	New Orleans, USA	@FQFestNOLA
11/04/19 – 14/04/19	MoPOP Pop Con	Seattle, USA	@MoPOPSeattle
12/04/19	Karajan Music Tech Conference	Salzburg, Austria	@KarajanTech
12/04/19 – 13/04/19	Wide Days	Edinburgh, Scotland	@widedays
13/04/19	Sónar Hong Kong	Hong Kong, China	@SonarFestival
13/04/19 – 14/04/19	ICNMC 2018	Treviso, Italy
15/04/19 – 22/04/19	Lagos Music Week	Lagos, Africa	@lagmusicweek
18/04/19 – 20/04/19	Boomtown Film and Music Festival	Texas, USA	@boomtownfes
22/04/19 – 25/04/19	Billboard Latin Music Week and Awards	Las Vegas, USA	@billboard
23/04/19 – 28/04/19	Richmond International Film & Music Festival	Virginia, USA	@RVAFilmFest
24/04/19	NECLive7	Lagos, Nigeria
24/04/19 – 05/05/19	Tribeca Film Festival	New York, USA	@Tribeca
24/04/19 – 27/04/19	Brighton Music Conference	Brighton, UK	@BrightonMusicCo
25/04/19 – 27/04/19	Enea Spring Break	Poznań, Poland
25/04/19 – 28/04/19	LAUNCH Music Conference	Pennsylvania, USA	@LaunchMusicConf
25/04/19 – 28/04/19	jazzahead	Bremen, Germany	@jazzahead
25/04/19 – 28/04/19	Ashbury Park Music in Film Festival	New Jersey, USA	@apmff
25/04/19 – 28/04/19	Moogfest	North Carolina, USA	@Moogfest
26/04/19	TEXAS SOUNDS & CITIES CONFERENCE	Texas, USA
27/04/19	The 2019 Girl Power! Conference	Berkeley, CA	@FFgirlpower
May 2019
01/05/19 – 03/05/19	Music Cork	Cork, Ireland	@MusicCork_
01/05/19 – 05/05/19	East Coast Music Awards	Prince Edward Island, Canada	@EastCoastMusic
02/05/19 – 03/05/19	c/o pop Convention	Cologne, Germany	@copopconvention
02/05/19 – 04/05/19	ASCAP I Create Music Expo	Los Angeles, USA	@ascapexpo
02/05/19 – 04/05/19	SPOT + Conference	Århus, Denmark	@spotfestival
02/05/19 – 05/05/19	MUTEK San Francisco	San Francisco, USA	@MUTEKSF
02/05/19 – 10/05/19	ISCM World Music Days Festival	Tallinn, Estonia	@ISCM_WMD
03/05/19	Unconference Leeds	Leeds, UK	@unconferencelds
03/05/19	Making Vinyl	Berlin, Germany	@MakingVinyl
03/05/19 – 04/05/19	Midwest Music Expo	Illinois, USA	@MidwestMusicX
03/05/19 – 05/05/19	Sound City	Liverpool, UK	@SoundCity
05/05/19 – 07/05/19	Music Inside Rimini	Rimini, Italy
05/05/19 – 08/05/19	Music Biz 2019	Nashville, USA	@MusicBizAssoc
05/05/19 – 10/05/19	Game Audio Retreat	West Virginia, USA
06/05/19 – 08/05/19	FestForums San Francisco 2019	San Francisco, USA	@FestForums
06/05/19 – 12/05/19	Canadian Music Week	Toronto, Canada	@CMW_Week
08/05/19 – 10/05/19	Nordic Media Festival	Bergen, Norway	@Mediedager
08/05/19	LA Games Conference	Los Angeles, USA	@dmwevents
09/05/19	Music Week Awards 2019	London, UK	@MusicWeek
09/05/19 – 10/05/19	TNW Europe Conference 2019	Amsterdam, The Netherlands	@TNWconference
09/05/19 – 11/05/19	The Great Escape	Brighton, UK	@thegreatescape
09/05/19 – 12/05/19	East Coast Music Conference	Virginia, USA	@ECMusicCon
09/05/19 – 13/05/19	Brazil Music Conference	Sao Paulo, Brazil
10/05/19 – 11/05/19	Vinyl World Congress	Brighton, UK	@Vinylworldcon
11/05/19	Music Cities Summit	Toronto, Canada
13/05/19 – 17/05/19	Mountain Songwriting Retreat	West Virginia, USA
14/05/19 – 15/05/19	Relix Live Music Conference	New York, USA	@RelixMusicConf
14/05/19 – 21/05/19	Krakow Film Music Festival	Krakow, Poland
14/05/19 – 25/05/19	Cannes Film Festival	Cannes, France	@FdC_officiel
15/05/19 – 18/05/19	Classical:NEXT	Rotterdam, The Netherlands	@ClassicalNEXT
15/05/19 – 19/05/19	SERFA	Tennessee, USA	@SERFAfolk
15/05/19 – 19/05/19	Krakow Film Music Festival	Krakow, Poland
16/05/19 – 17/05/19	Future Music Camp 2019	Mannheim, Germany
16/05/19 – 17/05/19	Indigenous Music Conference 2019	Manitoba, Canada	@manitoahbee
16/05/19 – 18/05/19	Selina International Music Summit (SIMS)	Medellin, Colombia
16/05/19 – 18/05/19	Festival Marvin	Mexico City, Mexico	@FestivalMarvin
16/05/19 – 18/05/19	FOCUS Wales 2019	Wrexham, Wales	@FocusWales
17/05/19 – 19/05/19	New Skool Rules	Rotterdam, The Netherlands	@NEWSKOOLRULES
19/05/19 – 24/05/19	Mountain Recording Retreat	West Virginia, USA
20/05/19 – 23/05/19	Collision Conference	Toronto, Canada	@CollisionHQ
20/05/19 – 21/05/19	AEDEM Convention	Barcelona, Spain
21/05/19 – 22/05/19	Buma Music in Motion	Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam	@Buma_MiM
21/05/19 – 23/05/19	Digital Hollywood	Hollywood, USA	@dhollywood
22/05/19 – 23/05/19	Smart Waves Berlin	Berlin, Germany
22/05/19 – 24/05/19	IMS Ibiza	Ibiza, Spain	@IMSibiza
23/05/19	Sandbox Summit 2019	New York, USA	@MusicAlly
23/05/19 – 25/05/19	Selina International Music Summit (SIMS)	Mexico City, Mexico
23/05/19 – 26/05/19	AES Milan	Milan, Italy	@AESorg
25/05/19	IMSTA FESTA London	London, UK	@IMSTA_FESTA
25/05/19	NZ Music Month Summit	Auckland, New Zealand	@nzmusicmonth
28/05/19 – 31/05/19	FIMPRO	Guadalajara, Mexico	@FIMProGDL
28/05/19 – 31/05/19	The 16th Sound & Music Computing Conference	Malaga, Spain	@smcnetorg
29/05/19	The Golden Trailer Awards	Los Angeles, USA	@goldentrailer
29/05/19 – 31/05/19	DISCOP Abidjan	Abidjan, Africa	@DISCOPmarkets
29/05/19 – 02/06/19	PRIMAVERAPRO 2019	Barcelona, Spain	@PrimaveraPro
30/05/19 – 01/06/19	European Lab Forum	Lyon, France	@European_Lab
30/05/19 – 03/06/19	youbloomDublin 2019	Dublin, Ireland	@youbloom
31/05/19 – 01/06/19	EMERGE	Las Vegas, USA	@EmergeLV
31/05/19 – 01/06/19	Marahaba Music Expo	Burundi, Africa
31/05/19 – 01/06/19	AVA Conference	Belfast, Northern Ireland	@AVAFestivalNI
31/05/19 – 01/06/19	Berklee Onsite	Boston, USA	@BerkleeCollege
June 2019
01/06/19	HipHopEd Conference	New York, USA
03/06/19 – 06/06/19	The Indian Ocean Music Market (IOMMA)	Réunion Island, Indian Ocean	@IOMusicMArket
03/06/19 – 06/06/19	The International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression	Porto Alegre, Brazil
04/06/19	NY Music Month Conference	New York, USA	@nymusicmonth
04/06/19 – 07/06/19	Midem	Cannes, France	@midem
04/06/19 – 09/06/19	Albuquerque Film & Music Experience (AFME)	Albuquerque, New Mexico	@ABQFilmX
05/06/19 – 08/06/19	EAR HUB 2019	Hong Kong, China
06/06/19	Music Cities Forum	Cannes, France	@MusicCitiesSD
07/06/19 – 09/06/19	Between The Waves Madison Music Festival & Conference	Wisconsin, USA	@BTWMadisonWI
07/06/19 – 16/06/19	NXNE	Toronto, Canada	@nxne
08/06/19 – 09/06/19	Producers Guild of America’s Produced By LA Conference	Los Angeles, USA	@Produced_By
10/06/19 – 12/06/19	Gospel Music Association’s IMMERSE Conference	Nashville, USA	@GMAimmerse
10/06/19 – 14/06/19	15th Sync Licensing Mission to LA	Los Angeles, USA	@bpi_music
11/06/19	AIMP Indie Music Publishing Summit 2019	New York, USA	@AIMPorg
11/06/19 – 13/06/19	E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo	Los Angeles, USA	@E3
12/06/19	Reebot Conference	London, UK
13/06/19 – 14/06/19	SyncSummit NYC	New York, USA	@SyncSummit
16/06/19 – 23/06/19	International Computer Music Conference	New York, USA
17/06/19 – 20/06/19	Big Omaha Conference	Nebraska, USA	@BigOmaha
17/06/19 – 20/06/19	A2IM Indie Week	New York, USA	@A2IM
17/06/19 – 21/06/19	The Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival	Cannes, France	@Cannes_Lions
19/06/19 – 30/06/19	Edinburgh International Film Festival	Edinburgh, UK	@edfilmfest
20/06/19 – 23/06/19	Annual Music Entrepreneur Conference	Los Angeles, USA
21/06/19 – 22/06/19	Tipping Point Live	Newcastle, UK	@GeneratorNE
21/06/19 – 22/06/19	Music Inc.	Mumbai, India	@MusicInc8
26/06/19 – 29/06/19	Golden Melody Awards and Festival	Taipei, Taiwan	@GoldenMelody
29/06/19	IMSTA FESTA Seoul	Seoul, South Korea	@IMSTA_FESTA
July 2019
02/07/19 – 07/07/19	Wallifornia MusicTech	Liège, Belgium	@MusicTechBE
03/07/19 – 04/07/19	XpoNorth	Inverness, Scotland	@XpoNorth
03/07/19 – 04/07/19	CHANGES Music Summit	Melbourne, Australia	@CHANGESFESTIVAL
03/07/19 – 05/07/19	NAB Show Shanghai	Shanghai, China	@NABShow
09/07/19 – 11/07/19	Develop Conference	Brighton, UK	@developconf
09/07/19 – 13/07/19	The LAMC (Latin Alternative Music Conference)	New York, USA	@theLAMC
11/07/19 – 13/07/19	Independent Gospel Artist Alliance Conference	Maryland, USA	@indiegospelally
18/07/19 – 20/07/19	Sónar+D	Barcelona, Spain	@SonarFestival
18/07/19 – 20/07/19	Summer NAMM	Nashville, USA	@NAMM
18/07/19 – 21/07/19	Latitude Festival: Film and Music Arena	Suffolk, UK	@LatitudeFest
25/07/19 – 26/07/19	Indie-Con Australia	Adelaide, Australia	@ausindies
25/07/19 – 27/07/19	Revolt Hip Hop Summit	Atlanta, USA	@RevoltTV
27/07/19	IMSTA FESTA Atlanta	Atlanta, USA	@IMSTA_FESTA
27/07/19 – 28/07/19	Mix Con	New York, USA	@SonicScoop
31/07/19 – 04/08/19	Dekmantel Festival Opening Conference	Amstelveen, Netherlands	@dkmntl
28/07/19 – 11/08/19	Classical Bridge	New York, USA
August 2019
02/08/19 – 04/08/19	Satchmo Summerfest	New Orleans, USA	@FQFestNOLA
02/08/19 – 26/08/19	Edinburgh International Festival	Edinburgh, UK	@edintfest
07/08/19 – 10/08/19	Triple A Conference	Colorado, USA	@FMQB
08/08/19 – 10/08/19	The Pride Summit	Los Angeles, USA	@billboard
09/08/19	Hudson Valley Music Summit	New York, USA	@HVMusicSummit
09/08/19 – 11/08/19	Summer in the City	London, UK	@SummerInTheCity
09/08/19 – 11/08/19	Indie Entertainment Conference	Los Angeles, USA	@IESfest
12/08/19 – 15/08/19	DJ Expo	Atlantic City, USA	@DJExpo_
16/08/19 – 18/08/19	The DIY Musician Conference	Austin, Texas, USA	@cdbaby
17/08/19	FM2U Glasgow 2019	Glasgow, Scotland	@FM2UMusic
20/08/19 – 24/08/19	gamescom	Cologne, Germany	@gamescom
20/08/19 – 25/08/19	MUTEK Montréal	Montréal, Canada	@MUTEK_Montreal
21/08/19 – 23/08/19	Edinburgh International Television Festival	Edinburgh, UK	@EdinburghTVFest
21/08/19 – 23/08/19	Pop-Kultur	Berlin, Germany	@popkulturberlin
21/08/19 – 24/08/19	Cutting Edge CE Conference	New Orleans, USA	@CuttingEdgeNOLA
24/08/19	FEEDBACK	NSW, Australia	@MusicNSW
27/08/19 – 28/08/19	All About Music	Mumbai, India	@allaboutmusicin
28/08/19 – 31/08/19	KZN Music Imbizo	Durban, South Africa	@kznmusicimbizo
28/08/19 – 01/09/19	Soundtrack Cologne	Cologne, Germany	@SoundTrack_C
28/08/19 – 01/09/19	Long Beach Indie – Film, Media, and Music Festival	California, USA	@LongBeachIndie
30/08/19 – 31/08/19	Going Global Music Summit	Auckland, New Zealand	@IndiesNZ
31/08/19 – 01/09/19	Coast 2 Coast Music Conference	Miami, USA	@coast2coastmag
September 2019
02/09/19 – 06/09/19	DAFx	Birmingham, UK
03/09/19 – 06/09/19	BIGSOUND	Brisbane, Australia	@BIGSOUNDtweets
04/09/19 – 07/09/19	Moshito Music Conference	Johannesburg, South Africa
04/09/19 – 07/09/19	Live at Heart	Örebro, Sweden	@LiveatHeart
05/09/19 – 06/09/19	Music Tourism Convention	Liverpool, UK	@MusicCitiesSD
05/09/19 – 15/09/19	Toronto International Film Festival	Toronto, Canada	@TIFF_NET
06/09/19 – 07/09/19	RIDE Conference	Atlanta, USA	@RIDECon
07/09/19	IMSTA FESTA New York	New York, USA	@IMSTA_FESTA
08/09/19 – 10/09/19	DICE Europe	Dubrovnik, Croatia	@Official_AIAS
09/09/19 – 10/09/19	Rights Tech Europe	Frankfurt, Germany	@dmwevents
10/09/19 – 11/09/19	VenuesNow Conference	New York, USA
10/09/19 – 13/09/19	Bogotá Music Market (BOmm)	Bogotá, Colombia	@BOmm_Bogota
10/09/19 – 15/09/19	Americana Music Festival & Conference	Nashville, USA	@AmericanaFest
11/09/19 – 13/09/19	Future Music Forum	Barcelona, Spain	@FmFBarcelona
12/09/19	Music Finance Forum	Los Angeles, USA
12/09/19 – 14/09/19	Electric City Music Conference	Pennsylvania, USA	@ElectricCityMC
12/09/19 – 15/09/19	European Jazz Conference	Piedmont, Italy	@europejazznet
13/09/19 – 14/09/19	IMS College	Malta	@IMSibiza
13/09/19 – 15/09/19	Music Business Empowerment Conference	Atlanta, USA	@MBEconference
14/09/19	The Phoenix Summit	Auckland, New Zealand	@PhoenixSummitNZ
14/09/19	Guild of Music Supervisors Conference	Los Angeles, USA	@guildofmusic
16/09/19 – 18/09/19	All That Matters	Singapore, Asia	@musicmatters
18/09/19 – 20/09/19	audio mostly	Wrexham, UK	@AudioMostly
18/09/19 – 21/09/19	Reeperbahn Festival	Hamburg, Germany	@Reeperbahn_Fest
18/09/19 – 21/09/19	Kinsale Shark Awards	Kinsale, Ireland	@SharkAwards
19/09/19 – 20/09/19	NEXT19	Hamburg, Germany	@nextconf
19/09/19 – 20/09/19	Blast	Rome, Italy	@Blast_conf
20/09/19 – 22/09/19	Kansai Music Conference	Osaka, Japan	@KMC__
20/09/19 – 22/09/19	Asia Pacific Music Meeting	Ulsan, South Korea
21/09/19	Music Expo Nashville	Nashville, USA	@musicexposf
21/09/19 – 22/09/19	West Coast Songwriters Conference	San Francisco, USA	@WCSong
22/09/19 – 23/09/19	SyncSummit Nashville	Nashville, USA	@SyncSummit
23/09/19 – 26/09/19	Production Music Conference	Los Angeles, USA	@thePMAmusic
24/09/19 – 26/09/19	International Festival Forum (IFF)	London, UK	@FestForum
24/09/19 – 27/09/19	Radio Show	Dallas, USA	@RadioShowWeb
24/09/19 – 28/09/19	IBMA’s World of Bluegrass Week	North Carolina, USA	@IntlBluegrass
24/09/19 – 29/09/19	Albuquerque Film & Music Experience (AFME)	Albuquerque, New Mexico	@ABQFilmX
25/09/19	RightsTech Summit	New York, USA	@dmwnews
25/09/19 – 27/09/19	Spikes Asia	Singapore, Asia	@SpikesAsia
25/09/19 – 29/09/19	Paris Electronic Music Week	Paris, France	@PEW_France
25/09/19 – 29/09/19	Southwest Regional Folk Alliance Conference	Texas, USA	@SWFolk
25/09/19 – 29/09/19	POP Montréal	Montréal, Canada	@popmontreal
25/09/19 – 30/09/19	PopMid	Quarteira, Portugal	@PopMid_eu
26/09/19	Music Biz’s Entertainment & Technology Law Conference	New York, USA	@MusicBizAssoc
26/09/19	FastForward: London	London, UK	@fastforward_xyz
26/09/19 – 28/09/19	Music-preneur Mindset Summit	Long Beach, New York, USA	@RockStarAdvo
26/09/19 – 28/09/19	Waves Music Conference	Vienna, Austria	@Waves_Vienna
26/09/19 – 29/09/19	Zandari Festa	Seoul South Korea	@ZandariFesta
27/09/19	Pivotal Music Conference	Birmingham, UK	@pivotalmusicuk
27/09/19 – 05/10/19	Sensoria: The UK’s Festival of Film and Music	Sheffield, UK	@SensoriaFest
30/09/19 – 03/10/19	MU:CON SEOUL 2019	Seoul, South Korea
October 2019
01/10/19 – 05/10/19	Ireland Music Week	Dublin, Ireland	@IrlMusicWeek
02/10/19 – 06/10/19	BreakOut West	Kelowna, Canada	@BreakOutWest
03/10/19 – 04/10/19	Music & Media Finland	Tampere, Finland	@musiikkimedia
03/10/19 – 05/10/19	Durango Songwriters Expo	Colorado, USA	@durangosong
03/10/19 – 05/10/19	Shibuya Showcase Fest	Tokyo, Japan	@SSFTOKYO
03/10/19 – 06/10/19	MEETSSS	Portimão, Portugal	@shesaid_so
03/10/19 – 12/10/19	Nashville Film Festival	Nashville, USA	@nashfilmfest
04/10/19 – 06/10/19	India Music Summit	Jaipur, India	@IndMusicSummit
05/10/19	Soundcheck Independent Music Conference	Tel Aviv, Israel
05/10/19	IMSTA FESTA Toronto	Toronto, Canada	@IMSTA_FESTA
08/10/19	Event Safety & Security Summit (E3S)	London, UK	@E3Sworld
08/10/19	Music Week Tech Summit 2019	London, UK	@MusicWeek
08/10/19 – 10/10/19	Latino Show Conference and Awards	Colombia, USA
09/10/19	Venues Day 2019	London, UK	@musicvenuetrust
08/10/19 – 13/10/19	A3C	Atlanta, USA	@A3C
10/10/19 – 13/10/19	Music China	Shanghai, China	@musikmesse
11/10/19 – 12/10/19	Music x Tech Experience	Dublin, Ireland	@beatvyne
11/10/19 – 12/10/19	Montana Music Summit	Montana, USA
11/10/19 – 13/10/19	Music Producer Convention	Paris, France	@MPconvention
14/10/19 – 15/10/19	Making Vinyl Hollywood	Los Angeles, USA	@MakingVinyl
14/10/19 – 17/10/19	MIPCOM	Cannes, France	@mip
15/10/19	Billboard's Latin AMA Summit	Los Angeles, USa	@billboard
15/10/19 – 18/10/19	Mondo NYC	New York, USA	@MondoNewYork
16/10/19 – 17/10/19	NAB Show New York	New York, USA	@NABShow
16/10/19 – 18/10/19	MaMa	Paris, France	@MaMAevent
16/10/19 – 19/10/19	AES New York	New York, USA	@AESorg
16/10/19 – 20/10/19	Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE)	Amsterdam, Netherlands	@ADE_NL
17/10/19	Yorkshire Music Forum	Yorkshire, UK	@yorkshire_forum
17/10/19	CEEMPC19 (Central and Eastern Music Publishers Congress)	Ljubljana, Slovenia	@_ICMP
17/10/19 – 18/10/19	TurnUp! Music Conference	Queensland, Australia	@turnupevent
17/10/19 – 18/10/19	The World Soundtrack Awards	Gent, Belgium	@WSAwards
17/10/19 – 19/10/19	Simple Things	Bristol, UK	@simplethingsuk
23/10/19 – 25/10/19	Music Trends Brasil International Conference 2019	Brazil, South America	@musictrendsbras
23/10/19 – 26/10/19	Halifax Pop Explosion	Nova Scotia, Canada	@HalifaxPopX
23/10/19 – 27/10/19	WOMEX	Tampere, Finland	@womex
24/10/19 – 25/10/19	Australian Festival Industry Conference	NSW, Australia
24/10/19 – 26/10/19	Revolt Hip Hop Summit	Los Angeles, USA	@RevoltTV
26/10/19	IMSTA FESTA Berlin	Berlin, Germany	@IMSTA_FESTA
27/10/19 – 29/10/19	IEBA2019	Nashville, USA	@IEBAConference
28/10/19 – 30/10/19	Tokyo International Music Market	Tokyo, Japan
29/10/19	Music for Screens Summit	Los Angeles, USA	@Variety
29/10/19	Music Tectonics Conference	Los Angeles, USA	@MusicTectonics
29/10/19 – 30/10/19	GameSoundCon	Los Angeles, USA	@GameSound
30/10/19	LIVE UK Summit	London, UK	@LiveUKMagazine
30/10/19	A2IM SynchUp	Santa Monica, USA	@A2IM
30/10/19	Sandbox Summit	London, UK	@MusicAlly
30/10/19 – 01/11/19	BIME PRO	Bilbao, Spain	@BIMEnet
31/10/19 – 01/11/19	Sync Summit Tokyo	Tokyo, Japan	@SyncSummit
31/10/19 – 02/11/19	BBC Music Introducing Live	London, UK	@Introducing19
November 2019
01/11/19	Sørveiv Music Conference 2019	Kristiansand, Norway	@Sorveiv
01/11/19 – 02/11/19	WAMCon	Perth, Australia
01/11/19 – 10/11/19	Sound of Belfast	Belfast, Northern Ireland	@SoundOfBelfast
03/11/19 – 08/11/19	Song Castle	Helsinki, Finland	@musicfinland
04/11/19 – 07/11/19	Web Summit	Lisbon, Portugal	@WebSummit
04/11/19 – 08/11/19	ISMIR 2019	Delft, The Netherlands	@ismir2019
05/11/19 – 06/11/19	2019 Billboard Live Music Summit and Awards	Beverly Hills, USA	@billboard
06/11/19 – 07/11/19	Festival Congress	Sheffield, UK	@FestCongress
06/11/19 – 07/11/19	Most Wanted Music	Berlin, Germany	@BMC_Berlin
06/11/19 – 09/11/19	Festival Congress	Sheffield, UK	@FestCongress
06/11/19 – 09/11/19	Iceland Airwaves	Reykjavík, Iceland	@IcelandMusic
06/11/19 – 09/11/19	Australian Music Week	Sydney, Australia	@AustMusicWeek
06/11/19 – 10/11/19	2019 NAfME National Conference	Florida, USA	@NAfME
07/11/19	Futuresource Audio Collaborative	London, UK	@Futuresourcer
07/11/19 – 10/11/19	Molson Canadian Nova Scotia Music Week	Nova Scotia, Canada	@nsmwfest
07/11/19 – 10/11/19	Femme Wave	Alberta, Canada	@FemmeWave
07/11/19 – 10/11/19	Taxi Road Rally	Los Angeles, USA	@TAXIMusic
08/11/19 – 10/11/19	New York Audio Show	New York, USA	@NYAudioShow
09/11/19 – 10/11/19	Music Expo San Francisco	San Francisco, USA	@musicexposf
12/11/19 – 13/11/19	Classical Music Industry Conference (CMIC)	London, UK
13/11/19 – 17/11/19	Electronic Music Conference	Sydney, Australia	@EMCAustralia
13/11/19 – 17/11/19	Alberta Electronic Music Conference	Calgary, Canada	@aemcon
13/11/19 – 17/11/19	Indie Week Canada	Toronto, Canada	@indieweek
13/11/19 – 17/11/19	Nordic Music Days	Helsinki, Finland	@NordicMusicDays
14/11/19	Resonate	Glasgow, UK	@ResonateScot
14/11/19 – 15/11/19	Oklahoma Film + Music Conference	Oklahoma, USA	@OKFilmMusic
14/11/19 – 18/11/19	Acces Music in Africa Conference	Kenya, Africa	@MusicInAfrica
14/11/19 – 23/11/19	Melbourne Music Week	Melbourne, Australia	@melbmusicweek
15/11/19	Event Production Forum East	Budapest, Hungary
15/11/19 – 16/11/19	Sonic Visions	Luxembourg	@SonicVisions
15/11/19 – 17/11/19	Capitol Royale	Hollywood, USA	@capitol360
17/11/19 – 20/11/19	XLIVE 2019	Las Vegas, USA	@XLIVECON
19/11/19 – 20/11/19	Audio Developer Conference	London, UK	@JUCElibrary
19/11/19 – 22/11/19	Mundial Montréal	Montréal, Canada	@mundialmontreal
20/11/19	Hollywood Music In Media Awards	Hollywood, USA	@HMMAwards
20/11/19 – 23/11/19	Monkey Week	Seville, Spain	@Monkeyweek
21/11/19 – 22/11/19	Slush	Helsinki, Finland	@SlushHQ
20/11/19	Visa For Music	Morocco, North Africa	@VisaForMusic
20/11/19 – 22/11/19	FestForums Santa Barbara 2019	California, USA	@FestForums
20/11/19 – 22/11/19	DISCOP Johannesburg	Johannesburg, South Africa	@DISCOPmarkets
20/11/19 – 23/11/19	M for Montréal	Montréal, Canada	@MFORMONTREAL
22/11/19	Africa Music Business Summit	Nigeria, Africa	@AFRIMAWARDS
23/11/19	Indonesian Music Conference	West Java, Indonesia
23/11/19	The Ultimate Seminar	London, UK	@UltimateSeminar
27/11/19 – 29/11/19	Botswana International Music Conference	Botswana, South Africa	@bimc4life
December 2019
02/12/19 – 03/12/19	SyncSummit LA 2019	Los Angeles, USA	@SyncSummit
04/12/19 – 06/12/19	Web Audio Conference 2019	Trondheim, Norway
04/12/19 – 08/12/19	SIM São Paulo	São Paulo, Brazil	@simsaopaulo
04/12/19 – 08/12/19	Rencontres Trans Musicales	Rennes, France	@TransMusicales
05/12/19	UK Festival Awards & Conference	London, UK	@festival_awards
05/12/19 – 07/12/19	Aspen Live Conference	Aspen, Colorado	@AspenLive
06/12/19 – 08/12/19	SYNC CON Hollywood	Hollywood, USA
11/12/19 – 15/12/19	MUTEK JP	Tokyo, Japan	@MUTEK_JP
13/12/19 – 15/12/19	Music Entrepreneur Conference	New York, USA

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

Head here for 2018 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.

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12 comments

Stephen Grybowski 24th October 2018 at 4:39 pm

Relix Live Music Conference should be added to this once they announce their dates, will be their third event.

Vox 10th January 2019 at 5:35 pm

Wow! This is quite a seemingly comprehensive list! Thanks for sharing. ?

Elif 25th March 2019 at 2:56 pm

Thanks for the list!

Music & Media from Tampere, Finland on October 3-4 should be on this list. It is one of the oldest music industry conferences, celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2019. M&M has quite strong live presence as well as great international sync content and workshops.

5 year old MENT Ljubljana is a must for this list, it is the key event for Eastern Europe.

Taylor 30th April 2019 at 4:03 am

Here’s one from Perth, Western Australia – WAMCon
https://wam.org.au/what-we-do/wamcon/

David 8th May 2019 at 11:24 pm

Terrific list. Is it available for subscription from Google Calendar, etc.?

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Marc 10th August 2019 at 6:32 pm

I would also add the annual Toronto Music Expo that happens every January. It’s a one day show and a great way to connect with other musicians, music fans, stroll through an amazing trade show, win prizes, get autographs with musicians and so much more! Check out wwww.MusicExpo.ca for information and tickets.

Mark Frieser 1st October 2019 at 8:28 am

For those interested, we’re also holding out Tokyo Sync Summit on October 31 – November 1 – you can find out more here: https://syncsummit.com/tokyo/

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