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.

Related Dates Announced for SXSW London Debut Tory Lanez Sues California Prison System for $100M Over Stabbing by Inmate D4vd Arrested for Alleged Murder of Celeste Rivas, Months After Body Found in Singer's Car April 2026 April 19-21 – HITS HOME conference (Nashville) April 20-May 6 – La Linea – The London Latin Music Festival (London) April 21-23 – Grammys on the Hill (Washington, D.C.) April 22-24 – IMS Ibiza (Cala Llonga, Ibiza, Spain) April 22-29 – Stockholm Music Week (Stockholm) April 23 – Billboard Latin Women in Music (Miami) 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 28 – Spotify Q1 earnings call April 29 – APRA Music Awards (Sydney) April 29 – Association of Artist Managers (AAM) Awards (Sydney) April 29 – Billboard Women in Music (Los Angeles) April 29 – Universal Music Group Q1 earnings call April 29-May 2 – Festival de la Leyenda Vallenata (Valledupar, Colombia) 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 (N