2016 Entertainment and Sports Event Calendar

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2016 January 1 Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA www.bcsfootball.org January 1 Fie sta Bowl Glendale, AZ www.bcsfootball.org January 1 2016 Bridgestone NHL Winter Boston, MA www.nhl.com Classic January 1 Allstate Sugar Bowl New Orleans, LA www.bcsfootball.org January 6 People’s Choice Awards Los Angeles, CA www.pcavote.com January 9 NFL Playoffs begin N/A www.nfl.com January 10 Golden Gl obe Awards Los Angeles, CA www.goldenglobes.org January 11 College Football Playoff National Glendale, AZ www.bcsfootball.org Championship January 16 Academy Awards Nominations Los Angeles, CA www.oscars.org January 21 -31 Sundance Film Festival Park City, UT www.festival.sundance.org January 26 Grammy Awards Los Angeles, CA www.grammy.com January 28 -31 Winter X Games Aspen, CO www.espn.com January 30 SAG Awards Los Angeles, CA http:// http://www.sagawards.org/ January 31 Pro Bowl Honolulu, HI www.nfl.com February 7 Super Bowl 50 Santa Clara, CA www.nfl.com February 6 -13 New York Fashion Week New York, NY www.mbfashionweek.com February 15 Grammy A wards Los Angeles, CA www.grammy.com February 21 Daytona 500 Daytona Beach, FL www.daytonainternationalspeedway.com February 26 Academy Awards Los Angeles, CA www.oscars.org March 1 -20 Houston Livestock Show and Houston, TX http://www.rodeohouston.com Rodeo March 8 -12 ACC Tournament Atlanta, GA www.theacc.org March 9 -12 PAC -12 Tou rnament Las Vegas, NV http://championships.pac -12.com/mens -basketball/ March 9 -12 BIG EAST Tournament New York, NY www.bigeast.org March 9 -13 Big Ten Tournament Indianapolis, IN www.bigten .org March 9 -13 SEC Tournament New Orleans, LA www.secsports.com March 11 -20 South by Southwest Austin, TX sxsw.com March 12 Kids Choice Awards Los Angeles, CA http://www.nick.com/kids -choice -awards/ March 31 -Apr. 3 ANA Inspiration Rancho Mirage, CA http://www.lpga.com/tournaments/ana -inspiration/overview April 2 -4 NCAA Men’s Final Four Houston, TX www.ncaasports.com April 3 Academy of Country Musi c Las Vegas, NV http://www.acmcountry.com/ Awards April 4 -10 Masters Golf Tournament Augusta, GA www.masters.org April 3 -5 NCAA Women’s Final Four Indianapolis, IN http://www.ncaa.com/ticke ts/basketball -women/d1 April 10 MTV Movie Awards Los Angeles, CA http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/ April 13 -24 Tribeca Film Festival New York, NY www.tribecafilmfestival.org April 15 -17, 22 - Coachella Indio, CA Coachella.com 24 April 16 NBA Playoffs Open www.nba.com April 22 -May 1 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage New Orleans, LA www.nojazzfest.com Festival April 28 Billboard Latin Awards Miami, FL www.billboardevents.com April 28 -30 NFL Draft Chicago, IL http://www.nfl.com April 30 NHL Playoffs Various www.nhl.com May 1 Daytime Emmys Los Angeles, CA http:// www.emmyonline.tv/daytime/ May 5 Blues Music Awards Memphis, TN www.blues.org/bluesmusicawar ds/index.php4 May 6 -22 2016 IIHF (hockey) World Moscow & St. http://www.iihf.com/ Championship Petersburg, Russia May 7 Kentucky Derby Louisville, KY www.kentuckyderby. comq May 10 Sports Emmys New York, NY www.emmyonline.org/emmy/sports.html May 11 -22 Cannes Film Festival Cannes, France www.festival -cannes.fr Ma y 12 -15 THE PLAYERS Championship Ponte Vedra Beach, FL http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/the -players - championship.html May 14 WNBA regular season opener Indianapolis, IN www.wnba.com May 17 NBA Draft Lottery Brookly n, NY www.nba.com May 21 Preakness Stakes Baltimore, MD www.preakness.com May 22 Billboard Music Awards Las Vegas, NV http:// http://www.billboardevents.com http://abc.go.com/shows/the-2013-billboard-music-awards/ May 22 –June 5 French Open Paris, France www.fft.fr/rolandgarros/fr/Frame_RG.html May 28 UEFA Champions League Final Milan, Italy http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/ May 29 Indy 500 Indianapolis, IN www.indy500.com May 31 – July 2016 World Series of Poker Las Vegas, NV www.worldseriesofpoker.com 18 June 1 NHL Stanley Cup Final Begins N/A www.nhl.com June 2 NBA Finals Begin N/A www.nba.com Jun e 3 -25 Copa America -Centenario Various Sites www.concacaf.com June 9 -12 KPMG Women's PGA Sammamish, Washington www.lpga.com Championship June 9 -12 CMA Music Festival Nashville, TN www.cmaworld.com June 9 -10 MLB Draft N/A www.mlb.com June 11 Belmont Stakes New York, NY www.nyra.com/index_belmont.html June 11 -12 Playboy Jazz Festival Los Angeles, CA http:// www.playboyjazzfestival.com June 12 Tony Awards New York, NY www.tonyawards.com June 14 -16 Electronic Entertainment Expo Los Angeles, CA www.e3expo.com (E3) June 16 -19 US Open Golf Championship Oakmont, Pa. www.usopen.com June 18 -29 NCAA College World Series Omaha, NE www.ncaa.com June 23 NBA Draft Brooklyn, NY www.nba.com June 24 -25 NHL Draft Lottery Buffalo, NY https://www.nhl.com/ June 24 -26 USA Men's Gymnastics Olympic St. Louis https://usagym.org/ Trials June 26 - July 3 USA Swimming Olympic Trials Omaha, NE http://www.usaswimming.org/DesktopDefault.a spx?TabId=2124

June 27 - July Wimbledon London, England www.wimbledon.org 10 June 27 Canadian Football League starts Winnipeg, Canada http://www.cfl.ca/ June 29 -July 21 Tour de France France www.letour.fr/indexus.html June 30 NHL Entry Draft Newark, NJ www.nhl.com July 1 -10 USA Track & Field Olympic Trials Eugene, OR http://www.usatf.org/Events --- Calendar/2016/U -S-- Olympic - Team-Trials---Track---Field.aspx

July 4 -10 US Women’s Open Golf San Martin, CA www.lpga.com July 8 -10 USA Women's Gymnastics San Jose, CA https://usagym.org/ Olympic Trials July 11 MLB Home Run Derby San Diego, CA www.mlb.com Jul y 12 MLB All -Star Game San Diego, CA www.mlb.com Ju ly 13 ESPY Awards Los Angeles, CA www.espn.com July 14 Primetime Emmys Nominations Los Angeles, CA www.emmyonline.org July 14 -17 British Open Ayrshire, Scotland www.opengolf.com July 28 MLS All -Star Game San Jose, California http://www.mls.com August 5 -21 Summer Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil http://www.olympic.org/rio -2016 -summer -olympics Date TBD CMT Music Awards Nashville, TN http://www.cmt.com/cmt -music -awards/ July 30 - August Women’s British Open South Ayrshire (Scotland), www.lpga.com 2 United Kingdom August 13 -16 PGA Championship Kohler, WI www.pga.com August 16 Teen Choice Awards Los Angeles, CA https://www.facebook.com/pages/Teen -choice -awards - 2013/222854757837926 August 30 MTV Video Music Awards Los Angeles, CA http:// http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/ Aug. 31 -Sept. US Open (Tennis) Flushing, NY www.usopen .org 13 Sept. 3 NCAA Division 1 -A Football kicks N/A http://www.ncaa.com/sports/football off Sept. 10 NFL regular season opens New England www.nfl.com Sept. 10 New York Fashion Week New York, NY www.mbfashionweek.com Sept. 10 -13 The Evian Championship Evian -les -Bains, France www.lpga.com Sept. 20 Primetime Emmy Awards Los Angeles, CA http:// http://www.emmys.com/ October 6 MLB playoffs start N/A www.mlb.com October 7 NHL 2015 -16 season opens N/A www.nhl.com October 23 -30 WTA Finals Singapore, PH http://www.wtatennis.com/ October 27 World Series begins TBD www.mlb.com November 8 -10 PRSA International Conference Atlanta, GA www.prsa.org November 13 - ATP World Tour Finals London, EN http://www.atpworldtour.com/ 20

November 22 American Music Awards Los Angeles, CA www.abc.go.com November 19 Latin Grammys Las Vegas, NV http:// http://www.latingrammy.com/ November TBD NBA 2015 -16 regular season tips N/A www.nba.com off TBD MLS Cup TBD www.mlsnet.com December 10 Golden Globes Nominations Los Angeles, CA www.hfpa.org December TBD Grammy Awards Nominations Los Angeles, CA www.grammy.com December 31 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl Phoenix, AZ collegefootballplayoff.com December 31 Chik -Fil -A Peach Bowl Atlanta, GA collegefootballplayoff.com