SHORE FIRE MEDIA’S 2019/2020 BEST CALENDAR JUNE 2019 MAY 30 - JUN 1 - Primavera Sound - Barcelona, Spain MAY 30 - JUN 1 - Inc. GrowCo Conference - New Orleans, LA MAY 31 - JUN 1 - Rock The South Festival - Cullman, AL MAY 31 - JUN 2 - K-LOVE Fan Awards - Nashville, TN MAY 31 - JUN 2 - Michael Arnone’s Crawfish Fest - Augusta, NJ MAY 31 - JUN 2 - Bunbury Music Festival - Cincinnati, OH MAY 31 - JUN 2 - The Governors Ball Music Festival - New York, NY MAY 31 - JUN 2 - Hyatt Regency Newport Beach Jazz Festival - Culver City, CA 1 - Roots Picnic - Philadelphia, PA 1 - Celebrate Brooklyn! Opening Night Concert & Gala - Brooklyn, NY 1 - 2 - BookCon - New York, NY 1 - 30 - New York Music Month - New York, NY 2- Drama Desk Awards - New York, NY 3 - 4 - Eid al-Fitr 3 - 5 - FlyCon - Denver, CO 3 - 5 - MLB 2019 Draft - Secaucus, NJ 4 - New York Music Month "Innovation" Conference - New York, NY 4 - Last day of Ramadan 4 - Bentil Bash 2019 - Nashville, TN 4 - 7 - MIDEM Digital Music Conference - Cannes, France 5 - WhyHunger ASCAP Harry Chapin Humanitarian Awards - New York, NY 5 - CMT Music Awards - Nashville, TN 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 Mountain, NY 7 - 9 - Napa Valley Jazz Getaway - Napa, CA 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 - UJA-Federation of New York Music Visionary of the Year Award - New York, NY 11 - Indie Music Publishing Summit - New York, NY 11 - 13 - Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) - Los Angeles, CA 12 - Variety’s Tune In! TV Summit - Los Angeles, CA 12 - 13 - ProAthlete, The Lifestyle of Sports - New York, NY 13 - Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony - New York, NY 13 - New York Public Radio LIVE - 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 - Smokin’ Grooves - Long Beach, CA 15 - 16 - Clearwater’s Great Hudson River Revival - Croton-on-Hudson, NY 16 - Father’s Day 17 - 20 - A2IM Indie Week - New York, NY 17 - MTV Movie & TV Awards - Los Angeles, CA 18 - Little Kids Rock NYC - New York, NY 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 - 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 - Firefly Music Festival - Dover, DE 21 - 23 - Country LakeShake - Chicago, IL 21 -23 - Clusterfest - San Francisco, CA 21 - 29 - Rochester International Jazz Festival - Rochester, NY 23 - 25 - Summer Fancy Food Show - New York, NY 24 - NBA Awards - Los Angeles, CA 26 - 30 - Summerfest - Milwaukee, WI 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 29 - 30 - Smithsonian Folklife Festival - Washington, DC 30 - JULY 7 - Barbershop Harmony Society International Convention - Salt Lake city, UT PROJECTED TO TAKE PLACE IN JUNE BASED ON 2018 DATE: - City of Hope Celebrity Softball Game - Nashville, TN - on hiatus - Field Trip Festival - Toronto, ON Canada - off for 2019 - Arroyo Seco Weekend - Pasadena, CA - off for 2019 JULY 2019 1 - 14 - Wimbledon Championships - London, UK 2 - 7 - Summerfest - Milwaukee, WI 4 - Independence Day, SHORE FIRE MEDIA offices closed 4 - 6 - Vida Festival - Barcelona, Spain 4 - 7 - High Sierra Music Festival - Quincy, CA 5 - 7 - Essence Music Festival - New Orleans, LA 6 - 28 - Tour De France - Brussels, Belgium 8 - 10 - Ticket Summit - Las Vegas, NV 9 - MLB All-Star Game - Cleveland, OH 10 - The ESPY Awards - Los Angeles, CA 10 - 13 - Lincoln Center Mostly Mozart Festival - New York, NY 10 -13 - VidCon - Los Angeles, CA 10 - 14 - Woody Guthrie Folk Festival - Okemah, OK 11 - 13 - Independent Gospel Artist Alliance Conference - Chesapeake, VA 11 - 14 - Country Thunder Music Festival Saskatchewan - Craven, SK Canada 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 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 - 21 - Pitchfork Music Festival - Chicago, IL 19 - 21 - Faster Horses Festival - Brooklyn, MI 20 - 21 - Lollapalooza Paris - Paris, France 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 24 - AUG 9 - 2020 Summer Olympics - Tokyo, Japan 25 - Mercury Prize 'Albums of the Year' Shortlist Announcement 25 - 28 - Calgary Folk Fest - Calgary, AB, Canada 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: - Eaux Claires Festival - Eau Claire, WI - returning in 2020 - Panorama Festival - New York, NY - returning in 2020 AUGUST 2019 1 - 4 - Lollapalooza - Chicago, IL 1 - 4 - Pickathon - Happy Valley, OR 2 - GRAMMY online entry process closes 2 - 4 - Satchmo Summerfest - New Orleans, LA 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 - 10 - Huichica Music Festival - Hudson Valley, NY 9 - 11 - Outside Lands Festival - San Francisco, CA 9 -11 - Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival - Clarksdale, MS 9 - 11 - Big Sky Classical Music Festival - Big Sky, MT 10 - 11 - Railbird Fest - Lexington, KY 11 - AmericanaFest NYC at Lincoln Center Out of Doors - New York, NY 11 - Teen Choice Awards - Los Angeles, CA 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 21 - ACM Honors Ceremony - Nashville, TN 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 24 - 25 - THING Festival - Fort Worden, WA 25 - SEP 2 - Burning Man - Black Rock Desert, NV 26 - MTV Video Music Awards - Newark, NJ 26 - 29 - Western Arts Alliance Annual Conference - Los Angeles, CA 26 - SEP 8 - US Open (Tennis) - Queens, NY 29 - College Football Season Begins 30 - 31 - North Coast Music Festival - Chicago, IL 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 30 - SEP 2 - Telluride Film Festival - Telluride, CO 31 - National Book Festival - Washington, DC 31 - Last day for album release to be eligible for 2019 GRAMMY Awards 31 - SEP 1 - Made In America Festival - Philadelphia, PA 31 - SEP 1 - Coast 2 Coast Convention - Miami, FL PROJECTED TO TAKE PLACE IN AUGUST BASED ON 2018 DATE: - Billboard Hot 100 Festival - Jones Beach, NY - Shadow of the City Festival - Asbury Park, NJ - Charleston Music Confab - Charleston, SC - Los Angeles Times’ The Taste - Los Angeles, CA - 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 - Chicago, IL 4 - 7 - Arts Midwest Conference - Minneapolis, MN 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 12 - Intelligence Squared U.S. Fall Season NYC Opening Debate - New York, NY 13 - 14 - Huichica Music Festival