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A complete rundown of the most important events across the music business.
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.
January 2026
- Jan. 15-Feb. 7 – Igloofest Montréal festival (Montreal)
- Jan. 27-31 – Mile 0 Fest (Key West, Fla.)
- Jan. 28-Feb. 1 – AO LIVE Presents at Australian Open (Melbourne, Australia)
- Jan. 30 – ASCAP Grammy Brunch in the Garden (Beverly Hills, Calif.)
- Jan. 30 – BMI’s How I Wrote That Song — Grammy Edition (West Hollywood, Calif.)
- Jan. 30 – Epic Records x Hennessy Grammy Party (West Hollywood, Calif.)
- Jan. 30 – EMPIRE 2026 Grammy Party (Los Angeles)
- Jan. 30 – FYI Visionaries With will.i.am, Natasha Lyonne & FKA Twigs Presented by MIC (Los Angeles)
- Jan. 30 – Influence Media Partners: The Toast (Beverly Hills, Calif.)
- Jan. 30 – MusiCares Person of the Year (Los Angeles)
- Jan. 30 – UnitedMasters: A Celebration of Independence concert (Los Angeles)
- Jan. 31 – Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Gala & Grammy Salute to Industry Icons (Beverly Hills, Calif.)
- Jan. 31 – DIMA Presents New Voices (West Hollywood, Calif.)
- Jan. 31 – jump.global’s NO EGO LA Awards Week Day Party (Los Angeles)
- Jan. 31 – Primary Wave Pre-Grammy Party Presented by VENU (Beverly Hills, Calif.)
- Jan. 31 – RIAA Industry Reception (West Hollywood, Calif.)
- Jan. 31 – Special Merit Awards Ceremony and 68th Annual Grammy Nominees Reception (Los Angeles)
- Jan. 31 – Universal Music Group 2025 Artist Showcase (Los Angeles)
- Jan. 31 – YouTube PAMOJA: Celebration of African Music and Culture (Los Angeles)
February 2026
- Feb. 1 – Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony (Los Angeles)
- Feb. 1 – Grammy Awards (Los Angeles)
- Feb. 1 – Jam for Janie Grammy Awards Viewing Party (Los Angeles)
- Feb. 1 – MusiCares Charity Relief Auction (Santa Monica, Calif. & virtual)
- Feb. 1 – Concord Grammy Afterparty (Los Angeles)
- Feb. 1 – Grammy Museum’s Grammy Awards After Party (Los Angeles)
- Feb. 1 – UMG Grammy Afterparty (Los Angeles)
- Feb. 5 – Warner Music Group earnings call
- Feb. 6-8 – Gem & Jam festival (Tucson, Ariz.)
- Feb. 7 – NAACP Image Awards Nominees Brunch (Los Angeles)
- Feb. 10 – Spotify Q4 earnings call
- Feb. 11-12 – Night Time Economy Summit (Liverpool, England)
- Feb. 12 – ASCAP Experience (Los Angeles)
- Feb. 14-16 – Bandland festival (Bengaluru, India)
- Feb. 17-19 – Music in Action Summit (Boulder, Colo.)
- Feb. 19-March 1 – Noise Pop Festival (San Francisco)
- Feb. 20-22 – Innings Festival (Tempe, Ariz.)
- Feb. 21 – Sweet Relief Musicians Fund benefit concert (San Francisco)
- Feb. 22-27 – Viña del Mar International Song Festival (Viña del Mar, Chile)
- Feb. 23-March 2 – Envision Festival (Uvita, Costa Rica)
- Feb. 24 – Green Events and Innovations: The Sound of Sustainability conference (London)
- Feb. 24 – A Greener Future International AGF Awards (London)
- Feb. 24-27 – International Live Music Conference (London)
- Feb. 25-March 1 – Montreux Jazz Festival Miami (Miami)
- Feb. 27 – ILMC Futures Forum (London)
- Feb. 27-March 1 – WinterWondergrass Festival (Steamboat Springs, Colo.)
- Feb. 28 – BRIT Awards (Manchester, U.K.)
- Feb. 28 – NAACP Image Awards (Pasadena, Calif.)
- Feb. 28 – PGA Awards (Los Angeles)
March 2026
- March 2-4 – Women in Music Global Summit (Toronto)
- March 2-22 – RodeoHouston (Houston)
- March 3 – Tibet House US Benefit Concert (New York)
- March 7-8 – Jazz in the Gardens Music Fest (Miami Gardens, Fla.)
- March 7-8- Rolling Loud Australia (Sydney and Melbourne, Australia)
- March 12-18 – SXSW (Austin)
- March 13-14 – Coca-Cola’s Sips & Sounds Music Festival (Austin)
- March 13-15 – C2C: Country to Country (London; Belfast, N. Ireland; Glasgow, Scotland)
- March 13-15 – Lollapalooza Argentina (San Isidro, Argentina)
- March 13-15 – Lollapalooza Chile (Santiago, Chile)
- March 14 – Hello, Melbourne festival (Melbourne, Australia)
- March 14-15 – La Cura Fest (Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico)
- March 14-15 – Vive Latino festival (Mexico City)
- March 18 – IFPI Global Music Report Launch Event (virtual)
- March 18-20 – Country Radio Seminar (Nashville)
- March 19-21 – Wavelength Music Festival + Conference (Toronto)
- March 19-22 – Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival (Okeechobee, Fla.)
- March 20-22 – Lollapalooza Brasil (São Paulo)
- March 22 – Susan G. Komen Band As One Nashville Concert for the Cure (Nashville)
- March 22-25 – MUSEXPO (Burbank, Calif.)
- March 24-26 – Winter Music Conference (Miami)
- March 25 – Fun Business Days Miami (Miami)
- March 25-29 – Treefort Music Fest (Boise, Idaho)
- March 26 – HBCU AWAREFEST (Atlanta)
- March 26 – MOBO Awards (Manchester, England)
- March 26-29 – Big Ears Festival (Knoxville, Tenn.)
- March 27-29 – Pa’l Norte festival (Monterrey, Mexico)
- March 27-29 – Ultra Music Festival (Miami)
April 2026
- April 2-5 – Byron Bay Bluesfest (Byron Bay, Australia)
- April 9-12 – The Canadian Folk Music Awards (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
- April 9-12 – Country Thunder Arizona festival (Florence, Ariz.)
- April 10 – Ultra New Zealand festival (Wellington, New Zealand)
- April 10-12 – Coachella weekend 1 (Indio, Calif.)
- April 10-12 – Tortuga Music Festival (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.)
- April 11 – Ultra Australia festival (Melbourne, Australia)
- April 12 – Ultra Beach Gold Coast festival (Southport, Australia)
- April 13-14 – Fun Business Days Valencia (Valencia, Spain)
- April 14 – Music Sustainability Summit (Los Angeles)
- April 14 – North American Concert Promoters Association annual meeting (Beverly Hills, Calif.)
- April 14-16 – Pollstar Live! (Los Angeles)
- April 15 – Pollstar Awards (Los Angeles)
- April 17 – Day Zero Bali festival (Bali)
- April 17-19 – Coachella weekend 2 (Indio, Calif.)
- April 18 – Syndicate Smokedown & Music Festival (Fort Worth, Tex.)
- April 18-19 – High Water Festival (Charleston, S.C.)
- April 19-21 – HITS HOME conference (Nashville)
- April 22-24 – IMS Ibiza (Cala Llonga, Ibiza, Spain)
- April 23-May 3 – New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (New Orleans)
- April 24-25 – Ubbi Dubbi festival (Fort Worth, Tex.)
- April 24-26 – Liberation Weekend II festival & fundraiser (Washington, D.C.)
- April 24-26 – Stagecoach (Indio, Calif.)
- April 25 – Sick New World festival (Las Vegas)
- April 27-May 2 – Soundscape Northwest festival and conference (Portland, Oreg.)
- April 29 – APRA Music Awards (Sydney)
- April 29-May 2 – Festival de la Leyenda Vallenata (Valledupar, Colombia)
May 2026
- May 1-3 – Beachlife Festival (Redondo Beach, Calif.)
- May 2 – iHeartCountry Festival (Austin)
- May 6-7 – Secure Venues Summit (Seattle)
- May 7-10 – Welcome to Rockville (Daytona Beach, Fla.)
- May 8-10 – Country Thunder Florida festival (St. Pete Beach, Fla.)
- May 8-10 – Rolling Loud USA (Orlando, Fla.)
- May 13-16 – The Great Escape festival (Brighton, England)
- May 14-16 – Chrysalis festival (San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico)
- May 14-17 – Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival (Columbus, Ohio)
- May 15-17 – Kilby Block Party festival (Salt Lake City)
- May 19 – The Gordon Parks Foundation Annual Awards Dinner & Auction (New York)
- May 20-24 – Lightning in a Bottle festival (Buena Vista Lake, Calif.)
- May 22-23 – Africa Rising Music Conference (Johannesburg, South Africa)
- May 22-24 – BottleRock Napa Valley festival (Napa, Calif.)
- May 22-24 – Dark Star Jubilee festival (Thornville, Ohio)
- May 23-23 – Movement Festival (Detroit)
June 2026
- June 1-6 – SXSW London (London)
- June 3-5 – AIMS: AI Music Summit (Boston)
- June 4-6 – HIGH END Vienna (Vienna)
- June 4-6 – Primavera Sound Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain)
- June 4-7 – Carolina Country Music Fest (Myrtle Beach, S.C.)
- June 4-7 – CMA Fest (Nashville)
- June 5-7 – Governors Ball Festival (New York)
- June 5-7 – Rock am Ring (Nürburg, Germany)
- June 5-7- Rock im Park (Nuremberg, Germany)
- June 6-7 – All Things Go Toronto festival (Toronto)
- June 6-7 – Railbird Music Festival (Lexington, Ky.)
- June 7 – Tony Awards (New York)
- June 8 – Libera Awards (New York)
- June 8-11 – A2IM Indie Week (New York)
- June 10-14 – Download Festival (Leicestershire, U.K.)
- June 11-13 – Rock the South festival (Decatur, Ala.)
- June 11-14 – Bonnaroo (Manchester, Tenn.)
- June 13 – Braves Country Fest (Atlanta)
- June 13 – MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN (Tokyo)
- June 13-14 – All Good Now festival (Columbia, Md.)
- June 18-20 – Sónar Festival (Barcelona, Spain)
- June 18-20 – Summerfest weekend 1 (Milwaukee)
- June 18-21 – Barefoot Country Music Fest (Wildwood, N.J.)
- June 18-21 – Hellfest (Clisson, France)
- June 18-21 – The Isle of Wight Festival (Newport, England)
- June 19-20 – Zootown Music Festival (Missoula, Mont.)
- June 25-27 – Summerfest weekend 2 (Milwaukee)
- June 25-28 – Electric Forest festival (Rothbury, Mich.)
- June 26-28 – Wilco’s Solid Sound festival (North Adams, Mass.)
July 2026
- July 2-4 – Summerfest weekend 3 (Milwaukee)
- July 2-5 – Rock Werchter festival (Rotselaar, Belgium)
- July 3 – Roundhay Festival (Leeds, England)
- July 8-11 – Mad Cool festival (Madrid)
- July 8-12 – Windy City Smokeout festival (Chicago)
- July 10 – BST Hyde Park festival (London)
- July 10-11 – Minnesota Country Club Festival (St. Paul, Minn.)
- July 16-18 – 4848 Festival (Snowshoe, W. Va.)
- July 17-19 – Inkcarceration festival (Mansfield, Ohio)
- July 17-19 – Minnesota Yacht Club Festival (St. Paul, Minn.)
- July 17-19 – Under the Big Sky festival (Whitefish, Mont.)
- July 18-19 – Summer of ’99 and Beyond Festival (Tinley Park, Ill.)
- July 23-25 – Headwaters Country Jam (Three Forks, Mont.
- July 24-26 – Newport Folk Festival (Newport, R.I.)
- July 28-Aug. 1 – Latin Alternative Music Conference (New York)
- July 30-Aug. 1 – Hinterland Music Festival (St. Charles, Iowa)
- July 30-Aug. 2 – Y Not Festival (Pikehall, England)
August 2026
- Aug. 2-4 – Musikfest Music Industry Conference (Bethlehem, Pa.)
- Aug. 5-9 – Boardmasters festival (Newquay, England)
- Aug. 7-9 – Outside Lands (San Francisco)
- Aug. 12-15 – Iceland Eclipse festival (Snæfellsnes Peninsula, Iceland)
- Aug. 12-16 – Boomtown Festival (South Downs National Park, England)
- Aug. 14-16 – Flow Festival (Helsinki, Finland)
- Aug. 26-30 – Rock en Seine festival (Domaine national de Saint-Cloud, France)
- Aug. 27-30 – Creamfields festival (Daresbury, England)
- Aug. 28-29 – All Points East festival (London)
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 – Velocity at Field of Dreams festival (Dyersville, Iowa)
- Sept. 14 – Primetime Emmys (Los Angeles)
- Sept. 17-20 – Louder Than Life festival (Louisville, Ky.)
- Sept. 18-20 – Cascade Equinox Festival (Redmond, Oreg.)
- Sept. 19-20 – Experts Only festival (New York)
- Sept. 25-26 – Somewhere Festival & Conference (Wichita, Kans.)
October 2026
- Oct. 1 – Day Zero Tulum festival (Tulum, Mexico)
- Oct. 13-16 – Mondo.NYC conference (New York)
- Oct. 21-25 – Amsterdam Dance Event (Amsterdam)
- Oct. 24 – Sick New World festival (Fort Worth, Tex.)
November 2026
- Nov. 8-10 – jump.global Summit (Los Angeles)
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