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As part of our continuing efforts to serve the music industry and its creators, Billboard Pro now features a music industry events calendar for readers.
The calendar will act as music’s most complete summary major national and international industry events, from conferences to festivals to networking mixers and more. Just as Billboard is music’s must-read source for news, charts and analysis, now it also is the go-to for business happenings.
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September 2026
- Sept. 1-4 – BIGSOUND (Brisbane, Australia)
- Sept. 3-6 – End of the Road festival (Dorset, England)
- Sept. 4-5 – Vive Latino España (Zaragoza, Spain)
- Sept. 4-6 – Country Splash festival (San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico)
- Sept. 4-6 – Afro Plus Fest (Landover, Md.)
- Sept. 4-6 – Velocity at Field of Dreams festival (Dyersville, Iowa)
- Sept. 4-7 – ARC Music Festival (Chicago)
- Sept. 5-6 – Primetime Emmys pre-telecast ceremonies (Los Angeles)
- Sept. 5-6 – Arre festival (Mexico City)
- Sept. 5-6 – Bumbershoot Arts & Music Festival (Seattle)
- Sept. 10 – Billboard R&B Hip-Hop Live (New York)
- Sept. 11-12 – Goldrush: Midnight Riders festival (Chandler, Ariz.)
- Sept. 14 – Primetime Emmys (Los Angeles)
- Sept. 14-16 – International Festival Forum L.A. (West Hollywood, Calif.)
- Sept. 15 – T.J. Martell Foundation New York Honors Gala (New York)
- Sept. 15 – Trapital Summit (Los Angeles)
- Sept. 16 – Americana Honors & Awards (Nashville)
- Sept. 17-20 – Louder Than Life festival (Louisville, Ky.)
- Sept. 18-19 – iHeartRadio Music Festival (Las Vegas)
- Sept. 18-20 – Borderland Music and Arts Festival (East Aurora, N.Y.)
- Sept. 18-20 – Caribbean Music Awards (Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago)
- Sept. 18-20 – Cascade Equinox Festival (Redmond, Oreg.)
- Sept. 18-20 – Making Time ∞ festival (Philadelphia)
- Sept. 18-20 – Riot Fest (Chicago)
- Sept. 18-20 – Shaky Knees Music Festival (Atlanta)
- Sept. 19-20 – Experts Only festival (New York)
- Sept. 19-20 – Sea.Hear.Now Festival (Asbury Park, N.J.)
- Sept. 22 – Independent Music Awards (London)
- Sept. 22 – Nashville Songwriter Awards (Nashville)
- Sept. 22 – Polaris Concert & Award Ceremony (Toronto)
- Sept. 23 – ComposerCon (London)
- Sept. 23-27 – Pitchfork Music Festival CDMX (Mexico City)
- Sept. 24-27 – Bourbon & Beyond festival (Louisville, Ky.)
- Sept. 25 – Beatport Connect (Los Angeles)
- Sept. 25-26 – Somewhere Festival & Conference (Wichita, Kans.)
- Sept. 25-27 – All Things Go Music Festival (Columbia, Md.)
- Sept. 25-27 – All Things Go NYC (New York)
- Sept. 25-27 – Oceans Calling Festival (Ocean City, Md.)
- Sept. 25-27 – Ohana Festival (Dana Point, Calif.)
- Sept. 26 – Global Citizen Festival (New York)
- Sept. 26-27 – Portola festival (San Francisco)
- Sept. 27 – MTV Video Music Awards (Los Angeles)
- Sept. 28 – BMI London Awards (London)
- Sept. 29-30 – VenuesNow Conference (Seattle)
- Sept. 30-Oct. 2 – Making Vinyl Europe conference (Haarlem, Netherlands)
- Sept. 30-Oct. 4 – BreakOut West conference and festival (Victoria, B.C., Canada)
October 2026
- Oct. 1 – Day Zero Tulum festival (Tulum, Mexico)
- Oct. 1 – Rock the Ryman (Nashville)
- Oct. 1-4 – Aftershock festival (Sacramento, Calif.)
- Oct. 2 – The Living Legends Foundation Awards Gala (Atlanta)
- Oct. 2-3 – Country Calling festival (Ocean City, Md.)
- Oct. 2-4 – Austin City Limits Festival weekend 1 (Austin)
- Oct. 2-4 – Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival (San Francisco)
- Oct. 3 – Power to the People Festival (Columbia, Md.)
- Oct. 4-6 – IEBA conference (Nashville)
- Oct. 7-9 – Beyond The Music conference (Salford, England)
- Oct. 7-10 – Confluence conference (Charlotte, N.C.)
- Oct. 9-11 – Austin City Limits Festival weekend 2 (Austin)
- Oct. 9-11 – FORM Arcosanti festival (Arcosanti, Ariz.)
- Oct. 9-11 – West Coast Songwriters Conference (Pasadena, Calif.)
- Oct. 10 – Strummingbird festival Victoria (Ballarat, Australia)
- Oct. 10 – World Soundtrack Awards Ceremony & Concert (Ghent, Belgium)
- Oct. 10-11 – Head Trip festival (Indio, Calif.)
- Oct. 13 – Grassroots Networking Day (London)
- Oct. 13-16 – Mondo.NYC conference (New York)
- Oct. 14 – La Musa Awards (Miami)
- Oct. 15-18 – Vinyl Summit (Salina, Kans.)
- Oct. 16-18 – Mission Bayfest (San Diego)
- Oct. 17 – iHeartRadio Fiesta Latina (Miami)
- Oct. 17 – Strummingbird festival New South Wales (Newcastle, Australia)
- Oct. 18 – Strummingbird festival Queensland (Sunshine Coast, Australia)
- Oct. 19-22 – Billboard Latin Music Week (Miami)
- Oct. 20 – Marconi Awards Presented by NAB (New York)
- Oct. 20-22 – NAB Show New York (New York)
- Oct. 21-25 – Amsterdam Dance Event (Amsterdam)
- Oct. 22 – Billboard Latin Music Awards (Miami)
- Oct. 22 – IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
- Oct. 22 – Mercury Prize ceremony (Newcastle upon Tyne, England)
- Oct. 24 – Sick New World festival (Fort Worth, Tex.)
- Oct. 24-25 – Bamba Festival (Santiago, Chile)
- Oct. 27 – City of Hope Spirit of Life Gala (West Hollywood, Calif.)
- Oct. 27-29 – Music Tectonics conference (Santa Monica, Calif.)
- Oct. 28 – Screen Music Awards (Brisbane, Australia)
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July 2027
December 2027
- Dec. 2-12 – FANOMENON (Seoul)
March 2028
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