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.
April 2026
May 2026
- May 1 – Hollywood & Mind Summit (Beverly Hills, Calif.)
- May 1-3 – Beachlife Festival (Redondo Beach, Calif.)
- May 2 – iHeartCountry Festival (Austin)
- May 3-6 – Milken Institute Global Conference (Beverly Hills, Calif.)
- May 4 – Met Gala (New York)
- May 6-7 – Secure Venues Summit (Seattle)
- May 7 – Music Will Benefit (New York)
- May 7 – Warner Music Group Q2 earnings call
- May 7-10 – Welcome to Rockville (Daytona Beach, Fla.)
- May 8 – Amplify Music Investment Summit (New York)
- May 8 – Grammy Hall of Fame Gala (Beverly Hills, Calif.)
- May 8-10 – Country Thunder Florida festival (St. Pete Beach, Fla.)
- May 8-10 – KCON Japan (Chiba, Japan)
- May 8-10 – Rolling Loud USA (Orlando, Fla.)
- May 11 – The Webby Awards (New York)
- May 12 – BMI Pop Awards (Los Angeles)
- May 13 – BMI Film, TV & Visual Media Awards (Los Angeles)
- May 13 – Universal Music Group annual general meeting of shareholders (Amsterdam)
- May 13-16 – The Great Escape festival (Brighton, England)
- May 14 – K-Entertainment Industry Summit (West Hollywood, Calif.)
- 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 15-17 – Sounds That Move festival (New York)
- May 16 – Zipangu Japanese Music Event (Pasadena, Calif.)
- May 17 – Academy of Country Music Awards (Las Vegas)
- May 19 – The Gordon Parks Foundation Annual Awards Dinner & Auction (New York)
- May 20-23 – Brighton Music Conference (Brighton, England)
- May 20-24 – Lightning in a Bottle festival (Buena Vista Lake, Calif.)
- May 21 – Ivor Novello Awards (London)
- May 22-23 – Africa Rising Music Conference (Johannesburg, South Africa)
- May 22-24 – BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend festival (Sunderland, England)
- May 22-24 – BottleRock Napa Valley festival (Napa, Calif.)
- May 22-24 – Dark Star Jubilee festival (Thornville, Ohio)
- May 23-24 – Sueños festival (Chicago)
- May 23-25 – Movement Festival (Detroit)
- May 24 – K-LOVE Fan Awards (Nashville)
- May 25 – American Music Awards (Las Vegas)
- May 25-June 2 – bamX — Black Music Week (Atlanta)
- May 27-29 – Bridge Conference (Umag, Croatia)
- May 28-30 – Dusty Vaquero Days festival (Gillette, Wyo.)
- May 30-31 – Roots Picnic (Philadelphia)
June 2026
- June 1-6 – SXSW London (London)
- June 1-July 1 – Blue Note Jazz Festival (New York)
- June 3 – New York Music Month Conference (New York)
- 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 – UJA Federation of New York Music Visionary of the Year gala (New York)
- June 8-11 – A2IM Indie Week (New York)
- June 9 – AIMP Global Music Publishing Summit (New York)
- June 9-11 – Hull Music Cities Convention (Kingston upon Hull, England)
- June 10-11 – NAMM NeXT Europe (Amsterdam)
- June 10-14 – Download Festival (Leicestershire, U.K.)
- June 11 – Songs in Stages: A Music Gala Brunch Benefitting The SONA Foundation/NYU Langone Health (New York)
- June 11-13 – Rock the South festival (Decatur, Ala.)
- June 11-14 – Bonnaroo (Manchester, Tenn.)
- June 11-21 – Meltdown festival (London)
- June 12-13 – 5 O’Clock Somewhere Fest (West Palm Beach, Fla.)
- June 12-14 – Summer Smash festival (Bridgeview, Ill.)
- June 13 – Braves Country Fest (Atlanta)
- June 13 – MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN (Tokyo)
- June 13-14 – All Good Now festival (Columbia, Md.)
- June 18 – Global Citizen Live: Tokyo (Tokyo)
- 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 18-21 – Tailgate N’ Tallboys festival (Bloomington, Ill.)
- June 19-21 – Green River Festival (Greenfield, Mass.)
- June 19-21 – Sónar Week (Barcelona)
- June 19-20 – Zootown Music Festival (Missoula, Mont.)
- June 19-21 – We Belong Here Brooklyn festival (New York)
- June 25-27 – Summerfest weekend 2 (Milwaukee)
- June 25-28 – Electric Forest festival (Rothbury, Mich.)
- June 25-July 4 – Festival International de Jazz de Montréal (Montreal)
- 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 3-5 – ESSENCE Festival of Culture (New Orleans)
- July 3-18 – Montreux Jazz Festival (Montreux, Switzerland)
- July 8-11 – Mad Cool festival (Madrid)
- July 8-12 – Windy City Smokeout festival (Chicago)
- July 9 – O2 Silver Clef Awards (London)
- July 9-19 – Festival D’été de Québec (Quebec City, Quebec, Canada)
- July 10 – BST Hyde Park festival (London)
- July 10-11 – Minnesota Country Club Festival (St. Paul, Minn.)
- July 10-12 – Wireless Festival (London)
- July 16-18 – 4848 Festival (Snowshoe, W. Va.)
- July 16-19 – Country Thunder Wisconsin (Twin Lakes, Wis.)
- July 17-19 – Inkcarceration festival (Mansfield, Ohio)
- July 17-19 – MATI Festival and Conference (St. Louis)
- 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 24-25 – Eaux Claires festival (Eau Claire, Wis.)
- July 24-26 – Newport Folk Festival (Newport, R.I.)
- July 28-Aug. 1 – Latin Alternative Music Conference (New York)
- July 30 – AIR Awards (Adelaide, Australia)
- July 30-Aug. 1 – Hinterland Music Festival (St. Charles, Iowa)
- July 30-Aug. 2 – Lollapalooza (Chicago)
- July 30-Aug. 2 – Y Not Festival (Pikehall, England)
- July 31-Aug. 2 – OSHEAGA Music and Arts Festival (Montreal)
August 2026
- Aug. 2-4 – Musikfest Music Industry Conference (Bethlehem, Pa.)
- Aug. 3 – Country Radio Hall of Fame Induction and Dinner (Nashville)
- Aug. 5-9 – Boardmasters festival (Newquay, England)
- Aug. 7-8 – Up in the Sky Music Festival (Aspen, Colo.)
- Aug. 7-9 – Baja Beach Fest (Rosarito Beach, Mexico)
- Aug. 7-9 – Outside Lands (San Francisco)
- Aug. 8 – Head in the Clouds Music & Arts Festival (Pasadena, Calif.)
- 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. 14-16 – KCON LA (Los Angeles)
- Aug. 20-22 – Las Vegas Songwriters Festival (Las Vegas)
- Aug. 20-23 – Green Man Festival (Bannau Brycheiniog National Park, Wales)
- Aug. 22 – Just Like Heaven festival (Pasadena, Calif.)
- Aug. 25 – SOURCE Hall of Fame Awards (Nashville)
- Aug. 26-30 – Rock en Seine festival (Domaine national de Saint-Cloud, France)
- Aug. 27-30 – Creamfields festival (Daresbury, England)
- Aug. 27-30 – Reading & Leeds Festival (Reading & Leeds, 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. 4-6 – Country Splash festival (San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico)
- Sept. 4-5 – Vive Latino España (Zaragoza, Spain)
- Sept. 4-6 – Velocity at Field of Dreams festival (Dyersville, Iowa)
- Sept. 4-7 – ARC Music Festival (Chicago)
- Sept. 5-6 – Bumbershoot Arts & Music Festival (Seattle)
- Sept. 14 – Primetime Emmys (Los Angeles)
- Sept. 17-20 – Louder Than Life festival (Louisville, Ky.)
- Sept. 18-20 – Borderland Music and Arts Festival (East Aurora, N.Y.)
- Sept. 18-20 – Cascade Equinox Festival (Redmond, Oreg.)
- 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. 24-27 – Bourbon & Beyond festival (Louisville, Ky.)
- Sept. 25-26 – Somewhere Festival & Conference (Wichita, Kans.)
- Sept. 25-27 – Oceans Calling Festival (Ocean City, Md.)
- Sept. 27 – MTV Video Music Awards (Los Angeles)
October 2026
November 2026
December 2026
January 2027
March 2027
March 2028
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