Billboard Music Industry Events Calendar

This is a compilation of music festivals, conferences, awards, and related events listed across various dates, spanning from October 2026 to March 2028.

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October 2026

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. 10: Strummingbird festival Victoria (Ballarat, Australia)
Oct. 10: World Soundtrack Awards Ceremony & Concert (Ghent, Belgium)
Oct. 10-11: Head Trip festival (Indio, Calif.)
Oct. 13-16: Mondo.NYC conference (New York)
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.)

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November 2026

Nov. 2-8: Pitchfork Music Festival London (London)
Nov. 2-8: Pitchfork Music Festival Paris (Paris)
Nov. 5: HEAT Latin Music Awards (Puerto Vallarta, Mexico)
Nov. 6-7: Momentous Music & Arts Festival (Bentonville, Ark.)
Nov. 7-8: Ultra Mexico (Mexico City)
Nov. 8-10: jump.global Summit (Los Angeles)
Nov. 9: Latin Recording Academy Special Awards ceremony (Las Vegas)
Nov. 9: Music Industry Trusts (MITS) Award ceremony (London)
Nov. 10: Billboard Live Music Summit and Awards (West Hollywood, Calif.)
Nov. 11: Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year ceremony (Las Vegas)
Nov. 12: Latin Grammy Awards (Las Vegas)
Nov. 14: Darker Waves festival (Huntington Beach, Calif.)
Nov. 14: Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards (Los Angeles)
Nov. 14: Ultra Taiwan (Taipei City, Taiwan)
Nov. 14-15: For You Fest (Irvine, Calif.)
Nov. 18: CMA Awards (Nashville)
Nov. 19: Music Tech 20/20 Summit (Toronto)
Nov. 19: Resonate Music Conference (Glasgow, Scotland)
Nov. 20-22: Corona Capital festival (Mexico City)
Nov. 26-28: XP Music Futures conference (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
Nov. 28-29: Coca-Cola Flow Fest (Mexico City)
Nov. 28-29: Primavera Sound Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

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December 2026

Dec. 5-6: Primavera Sound São Paulo (São Paulo)
Dec. 7-8: Live Summit Middle East (Abu Dhabi)
Dec. 11-13: Tomorrowland Thailand (Pattaya, Thailand)
Dec. 18-30: Detty December Festival (Lagos, Nigeria)
Dec. 28-Jan. 1: Beyond the Valley festival (Hesse, Australia)
Dec. 30: Temper Festival (San Diego)

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January 2027

Jan. 7-10: Out of the Blue Festival (Cancún, Mexico)
Jan. 13-16: ESNS conference and festival (Groningen, Netherlands)
Jan. 17: globalFEST winter festival (New York)

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February 2027

Feb. 7: Grammy Awards (Los Angeles)

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March 2027

March 12-14: C2C (Country to Country) Festival (London, Glasgow & Manchester, United Kingdom)
March 14: 99th Annual Oscar ceremony (Los Angeles)
March 17-19: Country Radio Seminar (Nashville)
March 21-24: MUSEXPO (Burbank, Calif.)
March 26-28: Ultra Music Festival (Miami)

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April 2027

April 9-11: Coachella weekend 1 (Indio, Calif.)
April 16-18: Coachella weekend 2 (Indio, Calif.)
April 23-25: Stagecoach festival (Indio, Calif.)
April 18-20: HITS Home conference (Nashville)

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May 2027

May 13-24: EDC (Las Vegas)
May 16: Academy of Country Music Awards (Las Vegas)

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July 2027

July 30-Aug. 1: Hinterland Music Festival (Saint Charles, Iowa)

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December 2027

Dec. 2-12: FANOMENON (Seoul)