SHORE FIRE MEDIA’S 2018/2019 BEST CALENDAR
MARCH 2019 1 - 3 - McDowell Mountain Music Festival - Phoenix, AZ 2 - 3 - Innings Festival - Tempe, AZ 5 - Mardi Gras - New Orleans, LA 5 - ASCAP Latin Music Awards - San Juan, Puerto Rico 5 - 8 - International Live Music Conference - London, UK 8 - 17 - South By Southwest - Austin, TX 9 - 10 - Jazz in the Gardens Music Festival - Miami, FL 13 - The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song - Washington, DC 13 - 16 - SUNDARA - Riviera Maya, Mexico 14 - The Ellies, National Magazine Awards Gala- New York, NY 14 - iHeartRadio Music Awards - Los Angeles, CA 15 - 24 - PaleyFest LA - Los Angeles, CA 17 - Juno Awards - Vancouver, BC Canada 17 - St. Patrick’s Day 19 - Academy of Country Music Awards final round ballot closes 20 - 24 - Treefort Music Fest - Boise, ID 21 - Michael Dorf Presents' “The Music Of Van Morrison” tribute show - New York, NY 21 - 24 - Big Ears Festival - Knoxville, TN 22 - 23 - Salute the Troops Music and Comedy Festival - Riverside, CA 22 - 24 - Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo - Chicago, IL 22 - 24 - LA Fashion Week - Los Angeles, CA 23 - Kids’ Choice Awards - Inglewood, CA 24 - 25 - In Bloom Music Festival - Houston, TX 24 - 27 - MUSEXPO Creative Summit - Burbank, CA 27 - 29 - Worldwide Radio Summit - Burbank, CA 28 - MLB Opening Day 28 - APR 13 - Savannah Music Festival - Savannah, GA 29 - Stellar Gospel Music Awards - Las Vegas, NV 29 - 31 - Ultra Music Festival - Miami, FL 29 - 31 - WonderCon - Anaheim, CA 29 - 31 - Lollapalooza Chile - Santiago, Chile 29 - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony - Brooklyn, NY 30 - NAACP Image Awards - Los Angeles, CA
PROJECTED TO TAKE PLACE IN MARCH BASED ON 2018 DATE: - Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees Announced - Nashville, TN Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival - not happening in 2019, will return in March 2020 Media Summit New York - returning in March 2020
APRIL 2019 1 - SHORE FIRE MEDIA Anniversary 2 - 5 - Musikmesse - Frankfurt, Germany 2 - 6 - Nashville Fashion Week - Nashville, TN 4 - 6 - The Human Gathering - Malibu, CA 5 - 7 - Lollapalooza Brasil - Sao Paolo, Brazil 5 - 7 - ACM Party for a Cause Festival - Las Vegas, NV 5 - 14 - Soundtrack of America - New York, NY 6 - 8 - NCAA Final Four - Minneapolis, MN 6 - NHL Regular Season ends 6 - Dreamville Festival - Raleigh, NC 6 - 11 - NAB Show - Las Vegas, NV 7 - Academy of Country Music Awards - Las Vegas, NV 8 - NCAA Championship Game - Minneapolis, MN 10 - NBA regular season ends 11 - National Barbershop Quartet Day 11 - 14 - Country Thunder Arizona - Florence, AZ 11 - 14 - French Quarter Festival - New Orleans, LA 11 - 14 - MoPOP Pop Conference - Seattle, WA 11 - 14 - Old Settler's Music Festival - Tilmon, TX 12 - 14 - Coachella, weekend 1 - Indio, CA 12 - 14 - Tortuga Music Festival - Fort Lauderdale, FL 13 - Juke Joint Festival - Clarksdale, MS 13 - Record Store Day 13 - Kristen Ann Carr Fund A Night To Remember - New York, NY 13 - 14 - Los Angeles Times Festival of Books - Los Angeles, CA 14 - GRAMMYs on the Hill - Washington D.C. 15 - 19 - TED2019 Conference - Vancouver, BC Canada 19 - Good Friday 19 - 21 - Coachella, weekend 2 - Indio, CA 19 - 27 - Passover 21 - Easter 22 - Earth Day 22 - 25 - Billboard Latin Music Week - Las Vegas, NV 24 - MAY 5 - Tribeca Film Festival - New York, NY 25 - 27 - NFL 2019 Draft - Nashville, TN 25 - 28 - MerleFest - Wilkesboro, NC 25 - 28 - Moogfest - Durham, NC 25 - 28 - LAUNCH Music Conference & Festival - Lancaster, PA 26 - 28 - Stagecoach Festival - Indio, CA
26 - 30 - Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival - Nashville, TN 26 - MAY 5 - New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival - New Orleans, LA 27 - White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner - Washington, DC 27 - 28 - Fortress Festival - Forth Worth, TX 27 - 28 - Trondossa - N Charleston, SC 29 - MAY 1 - Music Media Summit - Santa Barbara, CA
PROJECTED TO TAKE PLACE IN APRIL BASED ON 2018 DATE: - Vanity Fair’s Founders Fair - New York, NY - Florida Music Festival & Conference - Orlando, FL - SESAC Pop Music Awards - New York, NY
MAY 2019 1 - Billboard Music Awards - Las Vegas, NV 2 - 4 - ASCAP “I Create Music” EXPO - Hollywood, CA 3 - The Kentucky Oaks - Louisville, KY 3 - 5 - Shaky Knees Festival – Atlanta, GA 3 - 5 - Beale Street Music Festival - Memphis, TN 3 - 5 - Liverpool Sound City - Liverpool, UK 4 - The Kentucky Derby - Louisville, KY 5 - Daytime Emmy Awards - Los Angeles, CA 5 - First Day of Ramadan 5 - 8 - Music Biz 2019 Convention - Nashville, TN 6 - 12 - Canadian Music Week - Toronto, ON Canada 7 - LA Games Conference - Los Angeles, CA 8 - Gospel Music Association Honors & Hall of Fame Ceremony - Nashville, TN 8 - 12 - Key West Songwriters Festival - Key West, FL 9 - Blues Music Awards - Memphis, TN 9 - 11 - The Great Escape Festival - Brighton, UK 12 - Mother’s Day 12 - 17 - Musicfest Northwest - Spokane, WA 14 - 15 - Relix Live Music Conference - Brooklyn, NY 14 - 17 - NON-COMMvention - Philadelphia, PA 14 - 25 - Cannes Film Festival - Cannes, France 15 - ASCAP Screen Music Awards - Los Angeles, CA 16 - ASCAP Pop Music Awards - Los Angeles, CA 17 - 19 - Hangout Festival - Gulf Shores, AL 17 - 19 - Electric Daisy Carnival - Las Vegas, NV 16 - 18 - The Preakness Stakes & Infieldfest - Baltimore, MD 18 - 19 - Doheny Blues Festival - Dana Point, CA 20 - 23 - Wall Street Journal Future of Everything Festival - New York, NY 21 - Gracie Awards Gala - Beverly Hills, CA 21 - 23 - Digital Hollywood Spring - Los Angeles, CA 22 - 24 - International Music Summit Ibiza - Ibiza, Spain 23 - 26 - DelFest - Cumberland, MD
24 - 26 - Boston Calling Music Festival - Allston, MA 24 - 26 - BottleRock Napa Valley - Napa, CA 24 - JUN 9 - Spoleto Festival - Charleston, SC 25 - 27 - Movement Detroit - Detroit, MI 25 - 27 - Welcome Campers Music Festival - Otis, MA 27 - Memorial Day, SHORE FIRE MEDIA offices closed 29 - The Golden Trailer Awards - Beverly Hills, CA 29 - 31 - BookExpo America - New York, NY 30 - JUN 1 - Primavera Sound - Barcelona, Spain 30 - JUN 1 - Inc. GrowCo Conference - New Orleans, LA 31 - JUN 2 - K-LOVE Fan Awards - Nashville, TN 31 - JUN 2 - Michael Arnone’s Crawfish Fest - Augusta, NJ 31 - JUN 2 - Bunbury Music Festival - Cincinnati, OH 31 - JUN 3 - The Governors Ball Music Festival - New York, NY
PROJECTED TO TAKE PLACE IN MAY BASED ON 2018 DATE: - Variety’s Entertainment & Technology Summit - New York, NY - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony HBO broadcast - BMI Pop Awards - Los Angeles, CA - Euphoria Music Fest - Austin, TX - KROQ Weenie Roast - Carson, CA - The Webby Awards - New York, NY - Vulture Festival - New York, NY - Sasquatch! Music Festival - George, WA - not happening in 2019, unclear if it will return
JUNE 2019 1 - 2 - BookCon - New York, NY 1 - 2 - Rock The South Festival - Cullman, AL 1 - 3 - Newport Beach Jazz Festival - Culver City, CA 1 - 30 - New York Music Month - New York, NY 2- Drama Desk Awards - New York, NY 3 - 4 - Eid al-Fitr 3 - MLB 2019 Draft - Secaucus, NJ 4 - Last day of Ramadan 4 - 7 - MIDEM Digital Music Conference - Cannes, France 5 - 8 - Napa Valley Jazz Getaway - Napa, CA 6 - 8 - NOS Primavera Sound - Porto, Portugal 6 - 9 - CMA Music Festival - Nashville, TN 6 - 9 - Nelsonville Music Festival - Nelsonville, OH 7 - 8 - Huichica Music Festival - Sonoma, CA 7 - 9 - Taste of Country Fest - Hunter, NY 7 - 16 - NXNE - Toronto, ON Canada 8 - Belmont Stakes - Elmont, NY 8 - 9 - Playboy Jazz Festival - Hollywood, CA 8 - 9 - Producers Guild of America’s Produced By LA Conference - Los Angeles, CA
9 - The Tony Awards - New York, NY 10 - 12 - IMMERSE Conference - Nashville, TN 11 - 13 - Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) - Los Angeles, CA 12 - 13 - ProAthlete, The Lifestyle of Sports - New York, NY 13 - Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony - New York, NY 13 - 14 - SyncSummit New York - New York, NY 13 - 15 - Blue Ox Festival - Eau Claire, WI 13 - 16 - US Open (Golf) - Pebble Beach, CA 13 - 16 - Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival - Manchester, TN 13 - 16 - Mountain Jam - Hunter, NY 14 - Flag Day 14 - 16 - Country Summer - Santa Rosa, CA 15 - 16 - Clearwater’s Great Hudson River Revival - Croton-on-Hudson, NY 16 - Father’s Day 16 - Smokin’ Grooves - Long Beach, CA 17 - 20 - A2IM Indie Week - New York, NY 17 - MTV Movie & TV Awards - Los Angeles, CA 19 - Juneteenth 20 - A2IM’s LIBERA Awards - New York, NY 20 - Polaris Music Prize Long List Announcement 20 - ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards - Los Angeles, CA 20 - 23 - Firefly Music Festival - Dover, DE 20 - 23 - Telluride Bluegrass Festival - Telluride, CO 20 - 23 - BET Experience - Los Angeles, CA 20 - 29 - Aspen Ideas Festival - Aspen, CO 21 - 22 - NHL Draft - Vancouver, BC 21 - 22 - Independent Music Awards and Conference - New York, NY 21 - 23 - Country LakeShake - Chicago, IL 21 - 29 - Rochester International Jazz Festival - Rochester, NY 22 - The IMAs Present: The Independent Music Party - New York, NY 23 - 25 - Summer Fancy Food Show - New York, NY 24 - NBA Awards - Los Angeles, CA 24 - 25 - Arroyo Seco Weekend - Pasadena, CA 26 - 30 - Summerfest - Milwaukee, WI 26 - 30 - Smithsonian Folklife Festival - Washington, DC 27 - 30 - Electric Forest - Rothbury, MI 27 - 30 - Kate Wolf Music Festival - Laytonville, CA 28 - 29 - North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic - Waterford, MS 29 - 30 - Saratoga Jazz Festival - Saratoga, NY 30 - JULY 7 - Barbershop Harmony Society International Convention - Salt Lake city, UT
PROJECTED TO TAKE PLACE IN JUNE BASED ON 2018 DATE: - Roots Picnic - Philadelphia, PA - NASH Country KickOff Party - Nashville, TN - Celebrate Brooklyn! Opening Night Concert & Gala - Brooklyn, NY - CMT Music Awards - Nashville, TN
- Northside Music & Innovation Festival - Brooklyn, NY - New York Music Month "Innovation" Conference - New York, NY - City of Hope Celebrity Softball Game - Nashville, TN - UJA-Federation of New York Music Visionary of the Year Award - New York, NY - Variety’s Tune In! TV Summit - Beverly Hills, CA - Indie Music Publishing Summit - New York, NY - Field Trip Festival - Toronto, ON Canada - off for 2019
JULY 2019 2 - 7 - Summerfest - Milwaukee, WI 3 - 7 - Smithsonian Folklife Festival - Washington, DC 4 - Independence Day, SHORE FIRE MEDIA offices closed 4 - 6 - Vida Festival - Barcelona, Spain 4 - 7 - High Sierra Music Festival - Quincy, CA 4 - 7 - Essence Music Festival - New Orleans, LA 8 - 10 - Ticket Summit - Las Vegas, NV 9 - MLB All-Star Game - Cleveland, OH 11 - 13 - Independent Gospel Artist Alliance Conference - Beltsville, MD 11 - 14 - Country Thunder Music Festival Saskatchewan - Craven, SK Canada 11 - 15 - Woody Guthrie Folk Festival - Okemah, OK 12 - 13 - Tall City Blues Fest - Midland, TX 12 - 14 - Red Wing Roots Music Festival - Mt. Solon, VA 12 - 14 - Windy City Smokeout - Chicago, IL 12 - 14 - Forecastle Festival - Louisville, KY 12 - 14 - Green River Festival - Greenfield, MA 15 - 17 - Fortune Brainstorm TECH - Aspen, CO 16 - Polaris Music Prize Short List Announcement 17 - The ESPY Awards - Los Angeles, CA 18 - 20 - Sonar Festival - Barcelona, Spain 18 - 20 - Summer NAMM - Nashville, TN 18 - 21 - Country Thunder Music Festival Wisconsin - Twin Lakes, WI 18 - 21 - Northwest String Summit - North Plains, OR 18 - 21 - Comic-Con International - San Diego, CA 19 - 20 - Lollapalooza Paris - Paris, France 19 - 21 - Pitchfork Music Festival - Chicago, IL 19 - 21 - Faster Horses Festival - Brooklyn, MI 20 - 21 - OZY Fest - New York, NY 21 - 24 - VenueConnect - Chicago, IL 21 - 28 - Barbershop Harmony Society Harmony University - Nashville, TN 24 - 28 - FloydFest Music Festival - Floyd, VA 25 - 28 - Bestival - East Lulworth, UK 26 - 28 - Newport Folk Festival - Newport, RI 26 - 28 - XPoNetial Music Fest - Camden, NJ
PROJECTED TO TAKE PLACE IN JULY BASED ON 2018 DATE: - Lincoln Center Mostly Mozart Festival - New York, NY - Mercury Prize 'Albums of the Year' Shortlist Announcement - Louis Armstrong’s Wonderful World Festival - Queens, NY - Eaux Claires Festival - Eau Claire, WI - returning in 2020 - Panorama Festival - New York, NY - returning in 2020
AUGUST 2019 1 - 4 - Lollapalooza - Chicago, IL 2 - 4 - Satchmo Summerfest - New Orleans, LA 2 - 4 - Pickathon - Happy Valley, OR 2 - 4 - Newport Jazz Festival - Newport, RI 2 - 4 - Osheaga Festival – Montreal, QC Canada 2 - 4 - Watershed Music Festival - George, WA 2 - 11 - Sturgis Buffalo Chip Rally Concert Series - Sturgis, SD 2 - 26 - The Edinburgh International Festival – Edinburgh, Scotland 3 - 4 - HARD Summer Festival - Fontana, CA 7 - 10 - FMQB Triple A Conference - Boulder, CO 9 - 10 - Bellwether Music Festival - Waynesville, OH 9 - 11 - Outside Lands Festival - San Francisco, CA 9 -11 - Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival - Clarksdale, MS 12 - 15 - DJ Expo - Atlantic City, NJ 15 - 18 - Green Man Festival - Crickhowell, UK 15 - 18 - Philadelphia Folk Festival - Upper Salford Township, PA 15 - 18 - Green Mountain Bluegrass & Roots - Manchester, VA 16 - 18 - Country Thunder Music Festival Alberta - Calgary, AB Canada 16 - 18 - DIY Musician Conference - Austin, TX 16 - 18 - Woodstock 50 - Watkins Glen, NY 17 - 18 - Billboard Hot 100 Festival – Wantagh, NY 19 - MTV Video Music Awards - New York, NY 22 - 25 - Fayetteville Roots Festival - Fayetteville, AR 22 - 25 - Lockn’ Music Festival - Arrington, VA 23 - 25 - Reading and Leeds Festivals - UK 24 - 25 - Afropunk Fest Brooklyn - Brooklyn, NY 25 - SEP 2 - Burning Man - Black Rock Desert, NV 26 - 29 - Western Arts Alliance Annual Conference - Los Angeles, CA 26 - SEP 8 - US Open (Tennis) - Queens, NY 28 - SEP 2 - Telluride Film Festival - Telluride, CO 29 - SEP 1 - Coast 2 Coast Convention - Miami, FL 30 - SEP 1 - Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival - Seattle, WA 30 - SEP 1 - Electric Zoo - New York, NY 30 - SEP 1 - Gulf Coast Jam - Panama City Beach, FL 30 - SEP 2 - Detroit Jazz Festival - Detroit, MI 31 - National Book Festival - Washington, DC 31 - SEP 1 - Made In America Festival - Philadelphia, PA
PROJECTED TO TAKE PLACE IN AUGUST BASED ON 2018 DATE: - Big Sky Classical Music Festival - Big Sky, MT - AmericanaFest NYC at Lincoln Center Out of Doors - New York, NY - Teen Choice Awards - Los Angeles, CA - Beach Goth Festival - Los Angeles, CA - GRAMMY online entry process closes - ACM Honors Ceremony - Nashville, TN - Shadow of the City Festival - Asbury Park, NJ - Charleston Music Confab - Charleston, SC - North Coast Music Festival - Chicago, IL - Los Angeles Times’ The Taste - Los Angeles, CA - MusicfestNW - Portland, OR [Based on 2017 date] - Travelers’ Rest Festival - Missoula, MT - taking a break in 2019
SEPTEMBER 2019 2 - Labor Day, SHORE FIRE MEDIA offices closed 3 - AIM Independent Music Awards - London, UK 3 - 6 - BIGSOUND Conference - Brisbane, Australia 5 - NFL Season Kickoff Game (tentatively scheduled) 4 - 7 - Arts Midwest Conference - Indianapolis, IN 5 - 7 - Hopscotch Music Festival - Raleigh, NC 5 - 8 - Big Blues Bender - Las Vegas, NV 5 - 13 - New York Fashion Week (Spring/Summer 2020) - New York, NY 5 - 15 - Toronto International Film Festival - Toronto, Canada 6 - Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2019 Enshrinement Ceremony - Springfield, MA 7 - 8 - Moon River Music Festival - Chattanooga, TN 10 - 15 - Americana Music Festival and Conference - Nashville, TN 11 - Americana Honors & Awards - Nashville, TN 11 - 13 - Future Music Forum - Barcelona, Spain 13 - 15 - KAABOO Del Mar - Del Mar, CA 13 - 15 - Riot Fest - Chicago, IL 14 - Creative Arts Emmy Awards - Los Angeles, CA 16 - Polaris Music Prize Gala - Toronto, ON 16 - ASCAP Christian Music Awards - Nashville, TN 16 - 23 - Brooklyn Book Festival - Brooklyn, NY 18 - 21 - Reeperbahn Festival - Hamburg, Germany 20 - 22 - Bourbon & Beyond Festival - Louisville, KY 20 - 22 - Imagine Music Festival - Atlanta, GA 20 - 22 - Life Is Beautiful Festival - Las Vegas, NV 20 - 22 - Bristol Rhythm and Roots Reunion - Bristol, TN/VA 21 - Fromm Petfest - Milwaukee, WI 21 - 22 - West Coast Songwriters Conference - San Francisco, CA 21 - 22 - Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival - Franklin, TN 22 - Primetime Emmy Awards - Los Angeles, CA
22 - 23 - SyncSummit Nashville - Nashville, TN 23 - 26 - Production Music Conference - Hollywood, CA 23 - 26 - South Arts Performing Arts Exchange - Orlando, FL 24 - 27 - Radio Show - Dallas, TX 24 - 28 - IBMA’s World of Bluegrass - Raleigh, NC 25 - 29 - POP Montreal International Music Festival - Montreal, QC 26 - International Bluegrass Music Awards - Raleigh, NC 28 - OCT 14 New York Film Festival - New York, NY 29 - MLB regular season ends 29 - OCT 1 - Rosh Hashanah
PROJECTED TO TAKE PLACE IN SEPTEMBER BASED ON 2018 DATE: - Big Gig BBQ - Milwaukee, WI - Variety’s Entertainment & Technology Summit - Los Angeles, CA - Music Matters - Singapore - LouFest - St. Louis, MO (2018 was canceled) - Music Midtown - Atlanta, GA - Mercury Prize ‘Albums of the Year’ - London, UK - Intelligence Squared U.S. Fall Season NYC Opening Debate - New York, NY - Tribeca TV Festival - New York, NY - Farm Aid - Hartford, CT - Modern Sky Festival NYC - New York, NY - Ohana Music Festival - Dana Point, CA - Last day for album release to be eligible for 2019 GRAMMY Awards - National Book Awards Longlist Announcement - The Meadows Music and Arts Festival - Queens, NY (off in 2018) - IFP Conference: Screen Forward - Brooklyn, NY - Dewey Beach Music Conference - Dewey Beach, DE - Alternative Press Expo - San Jose, CA - Midpoint Music Festival - Cincinnati, OH - Global Citizen Festival - New York, NY - Inc. Women’s Summit - New York, NY
OCTOBER 2019 2 - 4 - TechCrunch Disrupt - San Francisco, CA 2 - 6 - BreakOut West Conference - Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada 3 - 6 - New York Comic Con - New York, NY 3 - 12 - Nashville Film Festival - Nashville, TN 4 - 6 - Austin City Limits Music Festival, weekend 1 - Austin, TX 4 - 6 - Hardly Strictly Bluegrass - San Francisco, CA 8 - 9 - Yom Kippur 8 - 13 - A3C Hip Hop Festival - Atlanta, GA 10 - 12 - Inc. 5000 Conference & Gala - San Antonio, TX 10 - 13 - NYC Food & Wine Festival - New York NY 10 - 13 - Desert Daze - Lake Perris, CA
11 - 12 - Bukka White Blues Festival - Aberdeen, MS 11 - 13 - Austin City Limits Music Festival, weekend 2 - Austin, TX 11 - 13 - Las Cruces Country Music Festival - Las Cruces, NM 12 - 13 - Afropunk Fest Atlanta - Atlanta, GA 14 - Columbus Day, SHORE FIRE MEDIA offices closed 14 - Man Booker Prize announcement 15 - Gospel Music Association Dove Awards - Nashville, TN 15 - 18 - Mondo.NYC - New York, NY 16 - 19 - International AES Convention - New York, NY 16 - 20 - Amsterdam Dance Event - Amsterdam, Netherlands 17 - 18 - World Soundtrack Awards & Concert - Ghent, Belgium 23 - 27 - WOMEX, The World Music Expo - Tampere, Finland 24 - 26 - College Music Society National Conference – Louisville, KY 25 -27 - Voodoo Music + Arts Experience - New Orleans, LA 25 - 29 - Southwest Regional Folk Alliance Conference - Austin, TX 27 - 29 - IEBA Annual Conference - Nashville, TN 29 - 31 - GameSoundCon - Los Angeles, CA 31 - Halloween
PROJECTED TO TAKE PLACE IN OCTOBER BASED ON 2018 DATE: - News & Documentary Emmy Awards - New York, NY - NHL Regular Season begins - NBA Season Tip Off - New York Media Festival - New York, NY - The New Yorker Festival - New York, NY - MEMPHO Festival - Memphis, TN - American Music Awards - Los Angeles, CA - National Book Awards Finalists Announcement - Chicago Ideas Week - Chicago, IL - TJ Martell Foundation’s New York Honors Gala - New York, NY - Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor - Washington D.C. - Fast Company Innovation Festival - New York, NY - MLB World Series begins - CMA Awards Final Ballot Closes - GRAMMY Awards First Round Ballot Closes - Clio Music Awards - Ponderosa Stomp - New Orleans, LA [bi-annual - RETURNING 2019] - SF MusicTech Summit - San Francisco, CA - Little Kids Rock Benefit Concert - New York, NY - Producers Guild of America’s Produced By NY Conference - New York, NY - CMT Artists of the Year - Nashville, TN - Variety’s Power of Women - Beverly Hills, CA - Country Music Hall of Fame Medallion Ceremony - Nashville, TN
NOVEMBER 2019
4 - ASCAP Country Music Awards - Nashville, TN 4 - 10 - New York Comedy Festival - New York, NY 5 - U.S. Election Day 6 - 9 - Iceland Airwaves Festival - Reykjavik, Iceland 6 - 10 - NAfME National In-Service Conference - Dallas, TX 7 - 14 - DOC NYC Film Festival - New York, NY 8 - 11 - Summit LA19 - Los Angeles, CA 11- Veteran’s Day 12 - 14 - Digital Hollywood Fall - Los Angeles, CA 28 - Thanksgiving, SHORE FIRE MEDIA offices closed 28 - NFL Thanksgiving Games 28 - Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade - New York, NY 29 - Black Friday, SHORE FIRE MEDIA offices closed
PROJECTED TO TAKE PLACE IN NOVEMBER BASED ON 2018 DATE: - Pitchfork Music Festival Paris - Paris, France - Camp Flog Gnaw - Los Angeles, CA - North American Law Summit: Entertainment | Sports | IP - Seven Mile Beach, Cayman Islands - The Electronic Music Awards - Los Angeles, CA - AFI FEST - Los Angeles, CA - Electric Daisy Carnival Orlando - Orlando, FL - People's Choice Awards - Los Angeles, CA - National Book Awards Ceremony - New York, NY - CMA Awards - Nashville, TN - Hollywood Music in Media Awards - Los Angeles, CA - Latin GRAMMY Awards - Las Vegas, NV - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Governors Awards - Los Angeles, CA - Gotham Independent Film Awards - New York, NY - CMA Country Christmas airs - Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting - New York, NY - Variety’s Inclusion Summit - Beverly Hills, CA - SESAC Nashville Music Awards - Nashville, TN - ASCAP Country Music Awards - Nashville, TN - BMI Country Awards - Nashville, TN - Billboard Touring Conference & Awards - Beverly Hills, CA - Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year Gala - Las Vegas, NV - Vulture Festival LA - Los Angeles, CA - WhyHunger’s Hungerthon - Variety’s Innovate: AI, Analytics & VR - Beverly Hills, CA - Billboard Women in Music - Los Angeles, CA - National Christmas Tree Lighting - Washington, DC - Caucus for Producers, Writers and Directors Awards - Los Angeles, CA - Louis Armstrong House Museum Gala - New York, NY
December 2019
1 - The Hollywood Christmas Parade 5 - 8 - Art Basel - Miami Beach, FL 11 - ASCAP Foundation Honors - New York, NY 22 -30 - Chanukah 25 - Christmas, SHORE FIRE MEDIA offices closed 31 - New Year’s Eve
PROJECTED TO TAKE PLACE IN DECEMBER BASED ON 2018 DATE: - Content Protection Summit - Marina Del Rey, CA - Golden Globe nominations announcement - Billboard Women in Music dinner - New York, NY - Aspen Live Conference - Aspen, CO - GRAMMY Awards Nominations Announced - Heisman Trophy Announcement Ceremony - New York, NY - CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute - New York, NY - XLIVE - Las Vegas, NV - Nobel Prize Ceremony - Oslo, Norway & Stockholm, Sweden - Nobel Peace Prize Concert - Oslo, Norway - Boston Music Awards - Boston, MA - Snowglobe Festival - South Lake Tahoe, CA
JANUARY 2020 1 - New Year's Day, SHORE FIRE MEDIA offices closed 7 - 10 - International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) - Las Vegas, NV 7 - 12 - Barbershop Harmony Society Midwinter Convention - Jacksonville, FL 10 - 14 - APAP Conference - New York, NY 15 - 18 - Eurosonic Festival - Groningen, Netherlands 16 -18 - Michigan Music Conference - Grand Rapids, MI 16 - 19 - National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Show - Anaheim, CA 17 - 20 - 30A Songwriters Festival - South Walton, FL 18 - Producers Guild Awards - Los Angeles, CA 20 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day, SHORE FIRE MEDIA offices closed 22 - 26 - Folk Alliance Conference - New Orleans, LA 25 - Lunar New Year 25 - Directors Guild Awards - Los Angeles, CA 26 - Screen Actors Guild Awards - Los Angeles, CA 26 - NHL All-Star Game - St. Louis, MO 26 - GRAMMY Awards - Los Angeles, CA 26 - NFL Pro Bowl 28 - FEB 1 - International Blues Challenge - Memphis, TN
PROJECTED TO TAKE PLACE IN JANUARY BASED ON 2019 DATE - NHL Winter Classic - AFI Awards Luncheon - Los Angeles, CA - Winter Jazzfest NYC - New York, NY
- Golden Globe Awards - Los Angeles, CA - CFP National Championship Game - Santa Clara, CA - National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Awards Gala - New York, NY - Variety Entertainment Summit at CES - Las Vegas, NV - GRAMMY Awards Final Ballot Closes - Winter Fancy Food Show - San Francisco, CA - NAACP Image Awards - Los Angeles, CA - FlyCon - New Orleans, LA - Jam Cruise - Miami, FL - Mountain High Music Festival - Crested Butte, CO - Oscar nominations announcement - NY:LON Connect Summit - London, UK - NATPE Market & Conference - Miami, FL - Sundance Film Festival - Park City, UT - Ann Arbor Folk Festival - Ann Arbor, MI - Intelligence Squared U.S. Spring Season Opening Debate - New York, NY
FEBRUARY 2020 2 - NFL Super Bowl LIV - Miami, FL 2 - BAFTA Awards - London, UK 5 - 8 - Sphinx Competition - Detroit, MI 8 - Film Independent Spirit Awards – Los Angeles, CA 9 - The Oscars - Hollywood, CA 14 - Valentine's Day 16 - NBA All-Star Game - Chicago, IL 16 - Daytona 500 - Daytona Beach, FL 17 - Presidents’ Day, SHORE FIRE MEDIA offices closed
PROJECTED TO TAKE PLACE IN FEBRUARY BASED ON 2019 DATE: - NME Awards - London, UK - The Oscars Concert - Los Angeles, CA - Red Bull Music Festival - New York, NY - Super Bowl Music Fest - Miami, FL - Super Bowl Gospel Celebration - Miami, FL - NFL Honors - Miami, FL - MusiCares Person Of The Year Tribute - Los Angeles, CA - Guild of Music Supervisors Awards - Los Angeles, CA - New York Fashion Week (Fall/Winter 2020) - New York, NY - Clive Davis’ and the Recording Academy’s Pre-GRAMMY Gala - Los Angeles, CA - Oscars Sci-Tech Awards - Los Angeles, CA - Pollstar Live! - Beverly Hills, CA - Country Radio Seminar - Nashville, TN - The Writers Guild Awards - Los Angeles, CA - Laureus World Sports Awards - Monaco - The Oscars final ballot closes
- BRIT Awards - London, UK - Millennium Music Conference & Showcase - Harrisburg, PA - Durango Songwriters Expo - Ventura, CA - Electric Daisy Carnival Mexico - Mexico City, Mexico - T.J. Martell Foundation Nashville Honors Gala - Nashville, TN - Noise Pop Festival - San Francisco, CA - by:Larm - Oslo, Norway