SHORE FIRE MEDIA’S 2015/2016 Best Calendar
NOVEMBER 2015 1 – SESAC Nashville Music Awards – Nashville, TN 2 – ASCAP Country Music Awards – Nashville, TN 3 – BMI Country Awards – Nashville, TN 3 – 4 - GameSoundCon - Los Angeles, CA 4 - CMA Awards - Nashville, TN 4 - GRAMMY voting first ballot deadline 4 – 5 - Variety Big Data Summit – Los Angeles, CA 5 - 7 - College Music Society National Conference - Indianapolis, IN 5 – 12 - AFI Film Festival - Los Angeles, CA 6 – 7 - Electric Daisy Carnival - Orlando, FL 6 – 8 - Fun Fun Fun Fest - Austin, TX 6 – 8 – Fretboard Summit – Pescadaro, CA 7 - The Rock Hall’s Annual Music Masters Series - Cleveland, OH 10 - SF MusicTech Summit - San Francisco, CA 10 – 15 - New York Comedy Festival - New York, NY 11 - Veterans Day 11 - Hollywood Music in Media Awards - Los Angeles, CA 11 – 14 - San Diego Music Thing - San Diego, CA 11 – 15 – North American Law Summit: Entertainment, Sports & Intellectual Property – Cancun, Mexico 12 – 15 - Driven Music Conference - Atlanta, GA 12 – 19 – DOC NYC film festival – New York, NY 14 - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Governors Awards - Los Angeles, CA 15 – 17 - Bandwidth Music | Technology Conference - Palm Springs, CA 16 - A Hollywood Christmas at The Grove - Hollywood, CA 18 - National Book Awards Ceremony - New York, NY 18 - Latin GRAMMYs Person of the Year - Las Vegas, NV 18 – 19 - Billboard Touring Conference & Awards - New York, NY 19 - Latin GRAMMY Awards - Las Vegas, CA 20 - Mercury Prize ‘Albums of the Year’ – London, UK 20 – Shining a Light: A Concert for Progress on Race in America airs 22 - American Music Awards - Los Angeles, CA 22 - Miami Reggae Festival - Miami, FL 24 – WhyHunger’s 30th Hungerthon 26 - Thanksgiving, SHORE FIRE MEDIA offices closed 26 - NFL Thanksgiving Games 26 - Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade - New York, NY 27- Black Friday, SHORE FIRE MEDIA offices closed 29 - Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade - Hollywood, CA 30 - Gotham Independent Film Awards - New York, NY
DECEMBER 2015 2 - Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting - New York, NY 2 - Content Protection Summit – Marina Del Rey, CA 3 - CMA Country Christmas airs 3 - National Christmas tree lighting - Washington, DC 3 - 6 - Art Basel - Miami Beach, FL 4 – 5 – Electric Daisy Carnival Brasil – São Paulo, Brazil 6 - Kennedy Center Honors - Washington, DC 6 – CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute – New York, NY 6 - 14 - Chanukah 7 - GRAMMY Nominations Announced 7 – 8 – Lead Belly Fest – New York, NY 7 – 8 – TechCrunch Disrupt – London, UK 8 – Caucus for Producers, Writers and Directors Awards - Los Angeles, CA 9 – 10 – Boston Music Awards – Boston, MA 9 – 12 - Aspen Live Conference - Aspen, CO 9 – Academy of Country Music Awards nomination round ballot closes 10 - Golden Globe nominations announcement 10 - Nobel Prize Ceremony - Oslo, Norway & Stockholm, Sweden 11 - Nobel Peace Prize Concert - Oslo, Norway 13 – 15 - International Music Festival Conference – San Diego, CA 25 - Christmas, SHORE FIRE MEDIA offices closed 31 - New Year’s Eve
PROJECTED TO TAKE PLACE IN DECEMBER BASED ON 2014 DATE: - CMT Artists of the Year - Nashville, TN - Billboard Women in Music Luncheon - New York, NY - Variety Home Entertainment Hall of Fame Awards - Beverly Hills, CA - A Very GRAMMY Christmas - American Country Countdown Awards - Nashville, TN
JANUARY 2016 1 - New Year's Day, SHORE FIRE MEDIA offices closed 1 - NHL Winter Classic – Foxboro, MA 6 - People's Choice Awards - Los Angeles, CA 6 - 9 - International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) - Las Vegas, NV 7 - Variety Entertainment Summit at CES - Las Vegas, NV 8- AFI Awards Luncheon - Los Angeles, CA 10 - Golden Globe Awards 13 - 16 - Eurosonic Festival - Groningen, Netherlands 13 - 17 - Winter Jazzfest NYC - New York, NY 13 - 17 - Crested Butte Songwriters Festival - Crested Butte, CO 14 - Academy Awards nominations announcement 14 - 15 - Jazz Connect Conference - New York, NY 15 - GRAMMY voting final ballot deadline 15 - 19 - APAP conference - New York, NY 17 - 19 - Winter Fancy Food Show - San Francisco, CA 18 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day, SHORE FIRE MEDIA offices closed 19 – Academy of Country Music Awards second round ballot closes 19 - 21 - NATPE - Miami Beach, FL 21 - 23 - Michigan Music Conference - Grand Rapids, MI 21 - 24 - National Association of Music Merchandise (NAMM) Show - Anaheim, CA 21 - 31 - Sundance Film Festival - Park City, UT 23 - Producers Guild Awards - Los Angeles, CA 26 - 30 - International Blues Challenge - Memphis, TN 30 - Screen Actors Guild Awards - Los Angeles, CA 31 - NFL Pro Bowl – Honolulu, HI 31 - NHL All-Star Game – Nashville, TN
PROJECTED TO TAKE PLACE IN JANUARY BASED ON 2015 DATE: - National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Awards Gala - New York, NY - Guild of Music Supervisors Awards - Hollywood, CA - Nielsen TV Sweeps Period - Ann Arbor Folk Festival - Ann Arbor, MI
FEBRUARY 2016 1 – National Magazine Awards Gala- New York, NY 3 - 7 - Sphinx Competition - Detroit, MI 5 – Billboard Power 100 – Los Angeles, CA 5 - NAACP Image Awards - Los Angeles, CA 6 - Directors Guild Awards - Los Angeles, CA 7 - NFL Super Bowl – Santa Clara, CA 8 - Lunar New Year 8 - 10 - Country Radio Seminar - Nashville, TN 9 - Mardi Gras 10 - 12 - Pollstar Live – San Francisco, CA 11 - 18 - New York Fashion Week (Fall/Winter 2016) - New York, NY 13 - MusiCares Person Of The Year Tribute - Santa Monica, CA 13 – The Writers Guild Awards - Los Angeles, CA 14 - Valentine's Day 14 - BAFTA Awards - London, UK 14 - NBA All-Star Game – Toronto, ON Canada 14 - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Scientific and Technical Awards 15 - President's Day, SHORE FIRE MEDIA offices closed 15 - GRAMMY Awards - Los Angeles, CA 17 - 21 - Folk Alliance Conference - Kansas City, MO 19 - 21 - Millennium Music Conference & Showcase - Harrisburg, PA 19 – 27 - Noise Pop Festival - San Francisco, CA 21 - Daytona 500 (NASCAR Season Opener) - Daytona Beach, FL 23 - Academy Awards final ballot closes 24 - BRIT Awards - London, UK 25 – 27 - Durango Songwriters Expo - Santa Ynez, CA 27 - 28 - Electric Daisy Carnival Mexico - Mexico City, Mexico 28 - Academy Awards - Hollywood, CA 29 - T.J. Martell Foundation Nashville Honors Gala - Nashville, TN
PROJECTED TO TAKE PLACE IN FEBRUARY BASED ON 2015 DATE: – Caribbean Music Summit - Barbados - NME Awards - London, UK – Film Independent Spirit Awards - Los Angeles, CA - Electric Daisy Carnival Puerto Rico - San Juan, PR
MARCH 2016 1 - 2 - Media Summit New York - New York, NY 2 - 5 - By:Larm - Oslo, Norway 3 - 6 - International Live Music Conference - London, UK 4 - 5 - The National Day Of Unplugging 11 - 13 - McDowell Mountain Music Festival- Phoenix, AZ 11 - 15 - South By Southwest (Interactive) - Austin, TX 11 - 19 - South By Southwest (Film) - Austin, TX 12 - 13 - Lollapalooza Brazil - Sao Paolo, Brazil 14 – Academy of Country Music Awards final round ballot closes 15 - 19 - TED2016 Conference - Vancouver, BC Canada 15 - 20 - South By Southwest (Music) - Austin, TX 17 - St. Patrick’s Day 18 - 20 - Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo - Chicago, IL 18 - 20 - Jazz in the Gardens Music Festival - Miami, FL 18 - 20 - Ultra Music Festival - Miami, FL 19 - 20 - Lollapalooza Chile - Santiago, Chile 20 - Stellar Gospel Music Awards - Las Vegas, NV 25 - Good Friday 27 - Easter
PROJECTED TO TAKE PLACE IN MARCH BASED ON 2015 DATE: - ASCAP Film & TV Awards - Los Angeles, CA - mtvU Woodie Awards - Austin, TX - Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival - Nashville, TN - Winter Music Conference - Miami Beach, FL - Laureus World Sports Awards - Shanghai, China – TJ Martell Foundation Nashville Honors Gala – Nashville, TN
APRIL 2016 1 - SHORE FIRE MEDIA Anniversary 1 - 3 - ACM Party for a Cause Festival – Las Vegas, NV 2 - NCAA Final Four – Houston, TX 3 – iHeartRadio Music Awards 3 - Juno Awards – Calgary, AB Canada 4 - NCAA Championship Game – Houston, TX 4 - MLB Opening Day 7 - 10 - Country Thunder Music Festival - Florence, AZ 7 - 10 - French Quarter Festival - New Orleans, LA 7 - 10 - Musikmesse – Frankfurt, Germany 9 - 10 - Los Angeles Times Festival of Books - Los Angeles, CA 13 – 14 - GRAMMYs on the Hill Awards - Washington, DC 13 - 15 - Worldwide Radio Summit - Hollywood, CA 13 - 24 - Tribeca Film Festival - New York, NY 14 - 23 - Nashville Film Festival - Nashville, TN 15 - 16 - Global Rock Summit - Hollywood, CA 15 - 17 - Coachella, weekend 1 - Indio, CA 15 - 17 - Tortuga Music Festival - Fort Lauderdale, FL 16 - 21 - NAB Show - Las Vegas, NV 17 - 20 - MUSEXPO - Hollywood, CA 18 – SESAC Pop Music Awards – New York, NY 20 - International Music Summit: IMS Engage – Los Angeles, CA 21 - 24 - Launch Music Conference & Festival - Lancaster, PA 21 - 28 - New York City International Film Festival - New York, NY 22 - Earth Day 22 - 24 - Coachella, weekend 2 - Indio, CA 22 - 30 – Passover 22 - MAY 1- New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival - New Orleans, LA 28 – 30 - ASCAP “I Create Music” EXPO - Los Angeles, CA 28 - 30 - NFL 2016 Draft - Chicago, IL 28 – MAY 1 - MerleFest - Wilkesboro, NC 29 – MAY 1 - Stagecoach Festival - Indio, CA 29 - MAY 1 - Levitation Fest - Austin, TX 29 – MAY 1 - Beale Street Music Festival - Memphis, TN
PROJECTED TO TAKE PLACE IN APRIL BASED ON 2015 DATE: - SyncSummit London - London, UK - MTV Movie Awards - Los Angeles, CA - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony - Cleveland, OH - Academy of Country Music Awards - Arlington, TX - ABA Annual International Legal Symposium on the World of Music, Film, Television & Sports - Miami Beach, FL - Nielsen TV Sweeps Period - White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner - Washington, DC - Daytime Emmy Awards Telecast - Los Angeles, CA - Variety Entertainment & Technology Summit - Marina Del Rey, CA - Billboard Latin Music Conference and Awards - Miami, FL - Sunset Sessions – Tulum, Mexico - Florida Music Festival & Conference - Orlando, FL
MAY 2016 3 - 6 - Digital Hollywood Spring – Los Angeles, CA 4 - 14 - Canadian Music Week - Toronto, ON 5 - Blues Music Awards - Memphis, TN 6 – The Kentucky Oaks - Louisville, KY 7 - The Kentucky Derby - Louisville, KY 8 - Mother’s Day 11 - 13 - Book Expo America - New York, NY 11 - 22 - Cannes Film Festival - Cannes, France 13 – 15 – Shaky Knees Festival – Atlanta, GA 16 - 18 - Music Biz 2016 Convention - Nashville, TN 18 – 24 - Internet Week New York - New York, NY 19 - 21 - The Great Escape Festival - Brighton, UK 19 – 22 - Driven Music Conference – Austin, TX 20 - 22 - Hangout Festival - Gulf Shores, AL 25 - 27 - International Music Summit Ibiza - Ibiza, Spain 27 - 29 - Liverpool Sound City - Liverpool, UK 27 - 29 - Boston Calling Music Festival (Spring)- Boston, MA 27 - JUN 12 - Spoleto Festival - Charleston, SC 30 - Memorial Day, SHORE FIRE MEDIA offices closed
PROJECTED TO TAKE PLACE IN MAY BASED ON 2015 DATE: - Desert Daze - Mecca, CA – TechCrunch Disrupt - New York, NY – Gospel Music Association Honors – Nashville, TN - LA Games Conference - Los Angeles, CA - GRAMMY Block Party - Nashville, TN - The Golden Trailer Awards - Beverly Hills, CA - Key West Songwriter’s Festival - Key West, FL - Musicfest Northwest - Spokane, WA - BMI Pop Awards - Beverly Hills, CA - NON-COMMvention - Philadelphia, PA - Kristen Ann Carr Fund A Night To Remember - New York, NY - The Preakness Stakes - Baltimore, MD - Infieldfest at The Preakness - Baltimore, MD - Doheny Blues Festival - Dana Point, CA - Skate and Surf Fest - Asbury Park, NJ - Billboard Music Awards - Las Vegas, NV - The Webby Awards - New York, NY - Gracie Awards Gala - Los Angeles, CA - Music Matters - Singapore - Sasquatch! Music Festival- George, WA - Mysteryland - Bethel Woods, NY - Electric Daisy Carnival New York - East Rutherford, NJ - Newport Beach Jazz Festival - Newport Beach, CA - Producers Guild of America’s Produced By LA Conference - Hollywood, CA - Americana’s Cross-County Lines Festival - Franklin, TN - Roots Picnic - Philadelphia, PA - Sweetlife Festival - Columbia, MD - Vulture Festival - New York, NY - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony HBO broadcast - Drama Desk Awards - New York, NY - Americana Honors & Awards Nomination Ceremony - Nashville, TN
JUNE 2016 2 - 4 - Primavera Sound - Barcelona, Spain 2 - 5 - Mountain Jam - Hunter, NY 3 - 5 - The Governors Ball Music Festival - New York, NY 3 - 5 - Bunbury Music Festival - Cincinnati, OH 3 - 5 - K-LOVE Fan Awards - Nashville, TN 3 - 5 - Michael Arnone’s Crawfish Fest - Augusta, NJ 6 - JUL 5 - Ramadan 7 – The Tony Awards - New York, NY 7 - 10 - MIDEM Digital Music Conference - Cannes, France 9 - Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony - New York, NY 9 - MLB Draft begins 9 - 12 - Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival - Manchester, TN 9 - 12 - CMA Music Festival - Nashville, TN 10 – JUL 10 – UEFA European Championships (soccer) - France 11 - Belmont Stakes - Elmont, NY 13 - 15 - IMMERSE Conference - Nashville, TN 13 - 17 - A2IM Indie Week - New York, NY 13 - 19 - US Open (Golf) – Oakmont, PA 14 - Flag Day 14 – 16 – SyncSummit New York – New York, NY 14 - 16 - Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) - Los Angeles, CA 15 - 19 - NXNE - Toronto, ON Canada 16 - 18 - Sonar Festival - Barcelona, Spain 16 - 19 - Firefly Music Festival - Dover, DE 16 - 19 - Telluride Bluegrass Festival - Telluride, CO 17 - 19 - Electric Daisy Carnival - Las Vegas, NV 18 - 19 - Clearwater’s Great Hudson River Revival - Croton-on-Hudson, NY 19 - Father’s Day 22 - 26 - Glastonbury Festival - Glastonbury, UK 23 – 26 - BET Experience at LA Live - Los Angeles, CA 24 - 26 - North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic - Waterford, MS 24 – JUL 2 - Rochester International Jazz Festival - Rochester, NY 26 - 28 - Summer Fancy Food Show - New York, NY 29 – JUL 3 - Summerfest - Milwaukee, WI
PROJECTED TO TAKE PLACE IN JUNE BASED ON 2015 DATE: - Celebrate Brooklyn! Opening Night Gala & Concert - Brooklyn, NY - Stanley Cup Finals begin – Tampa Bay, FL - Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival - Ozark, AR - Northside Festival - Brooklyn, NY - CMT Music Awards - Nashville, TN - Playboy Jazz Festival - Hollywood, CA - Polaris Music Prize Long List Announcement – Louis Armstrong’s Wonderful World festival – Queens, NY - New Music Seminar - New York, NY - WhyHunger Chapin Awards - New York, NY - Smithsonian Folklife Festival - Washington, DC - A2IM’s LIBBY Awards - New York, NY - FarmBorough Festival - New York, NY - Saratoga Jazz Festival - Saratoga, NY - UJA-Federation of New York Gala – New York, NY
JULY 2016 1 - 3 - All Tomorrow’s Parties Iceland - Keflavik, Iceland 4 - Independence Day, SHORE FIRE MEDIA offices closed 5 - 6 - Eid al-Fitr 5 - 10 - Summerfest - Milwaukee, WI 9 - Electric Daisy Carnival United Kingdom - Milton Keynes, UK 12 - MLB All-Star Game – San Diego, CA 12 - 14 - Ticket Summit - Las Vegas, NV 13 - 17 - Woody Guthrie Folk Festival - Okemah, OK 21 - 24 - Country Thunder Music Festival - Twin Lakes, WI 21 - 24 - Comic-Con International - San Diego, CA 22 – 24 - Newport Folk Festival - Newport, RI 23 - 25 - Summer NAMM - Nashville, TN 23 – 26 - VenueConnect – Minneapolis, MN 29 - 31 - Lollapalooza - Chicago, IL 29 - 31- Newport Jazz Festival - Newport, RI
PROJECTED TO TAKE PLACE IN JULY BASED ON 2015 DATE: - Smithsonian Folklife Festival - Washington, DC - Essence Music Festival - New Orleans, LA - Nielsen TV Sweeps Period - Tall City Blues Fest - Midland, TX - The ESPY Awards - Los Angeles, CA - Polaris Music Prize Short List Announcement - Pitchfork Music Festival - Chicago, IL - Forecastle Festival - Louisville, KY - Anti-Piracy and Content Protection Summit - Los Angeles, CA - FloydFest Music Festival - Floyd, VA – Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival - New York, NY - Gathering of the Vibes - Bridgeport, CT
AUGUST 2016 4 - 7 - Satchmo Summerfest - New Orleans, LA 5 – 21 – The Olympic Games – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 5 – 29 – The Edinburgh International Festival – Edinburgh, Scotland 10 – Summerfest Rock ‘N Sole Run – Milwaukee, WI 10 - 13 - FMQB Triple A Conference - Boulder, CO 12 - 14 - Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival - Clarksdale, MS 25 – 28 - Driven Music Conference – Fort Lauderdale, FL 26 - 28 - Reading and Leeds Festivals - UK 28 - SEP 5 - Burning Man - Black Rock Desert, NV 29 - SEP 11 - US Open (Tennis) - Queens, NY
PROJECTED TO TAKE PLACE IN AUGUST BASED ON 2015 DATE: - AmericanaFest NYC - New York, NY - Big Sky Classical Music Festival - Big Sky, MT - Outside Lands Festival - San Francisco, CA - Sundance NEXT Festival - Los Angeles, CA - DJ Expo - Atlantic City, NJ - Teen Choice Awards - Los Angeles, CA - MusicfestNW - Portland, OR - FYF Fest - Los Angeles, CA – Billboard Hot 100 Festival – Jones Beach, NY - Fayetteville Roots Festival - Fayetteville, AR – Fromm Petfest – Milwaukee, WI - MTV Video Music Awards
SEPTEMBER 2016 2 - 4 - Rosh Hashanah 2 - 5 - Coast 2 Coast Convention - Miami, FL 5 - Labor Day, SHORE FIRE MEDIA offices closed 6 - AIM Independent Music Awards - London, UK 8 - 11 - Lockn’ Music Festival - Arrington, VA 8 - 11 - Yellow Phone Music Conference - Milwaukee, WI 8 - 11 - Bestival - Isle of Wight, UK 11 - 12 - Yom Kippur 16 - 18 - Bristol Rhythm and Roots Reunion - Bristol, TN/VA 20 - 25 - Americana Music Festival and Conference - Nashville, TN 21 - Americana Honors & Awards - Nashville, TN 21 - 23 - Radio Show – Nashville, TN 21 - 24 - Reeperbahn Festival - Hamburg, Germany 21 - 25 - POP Montreal International Music Festival - Montreal, QC 27 - 30 - IdeaFestival - Louisville, KY 28 – OCT 2 - Southwest Regional Folk Alliance Conference - Austin, TX 30 – OCT 2 - Austin City Limits Music Festival, weekend 1 - Austin, TX
PROJECTED TO TAKE PLACE IN SEPTEMBER BASED ON 2015 DATE: - ACM Honors Ceremony - Nashville, TN - Los Angeles Times The Taste - Los Angeles, CA - Electric Zoo - New York, NY - North Coast Music Festival - Chicago, IL - Telluride Film Festival - Telluride, CO - Detroit Jazz Festival - Detroit, MI - National Book Festival - Washington, DC - Made In America Festival - Philadelphia, PA - Bumbershoot Seattle Music & Arts Festival - Seattle, WA - Production Music Conference - Los Angeles, CA - CMA Award nomination announcement - BIGSOUND Conference - Brisbane, Australia - NFL Kickoff game - Hopscotch Music Festival - Raleigh, NC - New York Fashion Week (Spring/Summer 2017) - New York, NY - Toronto International Film Festival - Toronto, Canada – Creative Arts Emmy Awards – Los Angeles, CA - LouFest - St. Louis, MO – Rio Music Buzz – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Game Music Connect - London, UK - Intelligence Squared US Fall Season Launch - New York, NY - Variety Entertainment & Technology Summit – Los Angeles, CA - Future Music Forum - Barcelona, Spain - BreakOut West Conference – Victoria, BC Canada - Music Midtown - Atlanta, GA - Farm Aid – Guild of Music Supervisors State of Music in Media Conference – Hollywood, CA - Primetime Emmy Awards - Los Angeles, CA - Brooklyn Book Festival - Brooklyn, NY - Arena Management Conference - St. Louis, MO - IFP Independent Filmmaker Conference - New York, NY - Polaris Music Prize Gala - Toronto, ON – TechCrunch Disrupt – San Francisco, CA - Midpoint Music Festival - Cincinnati, OH - Dewey Beach Music Conference - Dewey Beach, DE – Boston Calling Music Festival (Fall) – Boston, MA - West Coast Songwriters Conference - Los Altos Hills, CA - New York Film Festival - New York, NY - News & Documentary Emmy Awards - IBMA’s World of Bluegrass Week - Raleigh, NC - Last day for album release to be eligible for 58th GRAMMY Awards - National Book Awards Longlist Announcement
OCTOBER 2016 2 - Last Day of MLB regular season 6 - 9 - New York Comic Con - New York, NY 7 - 9 - Austin City Limits Music Festival, weekend 2 - Austin, TX 8 – 9 - Alternative Press Expo - San Jose, CA 8 – 11 - IEBA Annual Conference - Nashville, TN 10 - Columbus Day, SHORE FIRE MEDIA offices closed 20 - 22 - Independent Gospel Artist Alliance Conference - Chesapeake, VA 31 - Halloween
PROJECTED TO TAKE PLACE IN OCTOBER BASED ON 2015 DATE: – Live Nation Music Awards - International Bluegrass Music Awards - Raleigh, NC - Durango Songwriters Expo - Denver/Boulder/Bromfield, CO - The Ponderosa Stomp - New Orleans, LA - Bear Creek Music Festival - Live Oak, FL - The New Yorker Festival - New York, NY - Hardly Strictly Bluegrass - San Francisco, CA - Midatlantic Music Conference - Charlotte, NC - Culture Collide San Francisco - San Francisco, CA - The LA Bluegrass Situation - Los Angeles, CA - Modern Sky Festival NYC - New York, NY - SXSW Eco - Austin, TX – New York Media Festival – New York, NY - NHL Season begins - A3C Hip Hop Festival - Atlanta, GA - Culture Collide Los Angeles - Los Angeles, CA – Variety Power of Women - Beverly Hills, CA – Festival Supreme – Los Angeles, CA - Modern Sky Festival Seattle – Seattle, WA - Man Booker Prize announcement - Gospel Music Association Dove Awards - Nashville, TN - CMJ Music Marathon - New York, NY - National Book Awards Finalists Announcement - Amsterdam Dance Event - Amsterdam, Netherlands – TJ Martell Foundation’s New York Honors Gala – New York, NY - NYC Food & Wine Festival - New York NY - Mercury Prize 'Albums of the Year' Shortlist Announcement - Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor - Washington D.C. - Digital Hollywood Fall - Marina Del Rey, CA - World Music Expo (WOMEX) - Budapest, Hungary - World Soundtrack Awards & Concert - Ghent, Belgium - Producers Guild of America’s Produced By NY Conference - New York, NY - Life Is Beautiful Festival - Las Vegas, NV - NAfME In-Service Conference - Nashville, TN - MLB World Series begins - CMA Awards Final Ballot due - Pitchfork Music Festival Paris - Paris, France - International AES Convention - New York, NY - Nielsen TV Sweeps Period - Bukka White Blues Festival - Aberdeen, MS - NBA Season Tip Off - Little Kids Rock Gala – New York, NY