SHORE FIRE MEDIA’S 2016 BEST CALENDAR APRIL 2016 1 - SHORE FIRE MEDIA Anniversary 1 - Michael Dorf Presents' annual “Music Of” tribute show - New York, NY 1 - 3 - ACM Party for a Cause Festival - Las Vegas, NV 2 - NCAA Final Four - Houston, TX 3 - Academy of Country Music Awards - Arlington, TX 3 - iHeartRadio Music Awards 3 - Juno Awards - Calgary, AB Canada 3 - MLB Opening Day 4 - NCAA Championship Game - Houston, TX 5 - 9 - Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival - Nashville, TN 7 - 8 - ABA International Legal Symposium on the World of Music, Film, Television & Sports - Coral Gables, FL 7 - 10 - Country Thunder Music Festival - Florence, AZ 7 - 10 - French Quarter Festival - New Orleans, LA 7 - 10 - Musikmesse - Frankfurt, Germany 8 - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony - Brooklyn, NY 9 - Kristen Ann Carr Fund A Night To Remember - New York, NY 9 - 10 - Los Angeles Times Festival of Books - Los Angeles, CA 10 - MTV Movie Awards - Los Angeles, CA 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 - 17 - Southern Ground Music & Food Festival - Charleston, SC 16 - 21- NAB Show - Las Vegas, NV 17 - 20 - MUSEXPO - Hollywood, CA 18 - SESAC Pop Music Awards - New York, NY 18 - Laureus World Sports Awards - Berlin, Germany 19 - LA Games Conference - Los Angeles, CA 21 - 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 - 23 - Florida Music Festival & Conference - Orlando, FL 22 - 24 - Coachella, weekend 2 - Indio, CA 22 - 30 - Passover 22 - MAY 1 - New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival - New Orleans, LA 25 - 28 - Billboard Latin Music Conference and Awards - Miami, FL 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 30 - White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner - Washington, DC MAY 2016 1 - Daytime Emmy Awards - Los Angeles, CA 1 - American Country Countdown Awards - Nashville, TN 3 - 6 - Digital Hollywood Spring - Los Angeles, CA 4 - The Golden Trailer Awards - Beverly Hills, CA 4 - 7 - The Grid Music Initiative - New York, NY 4 - 8 - Key West Songwriter’s Festival - Key West, FL 4 - 14 - Canadian Music Week - Toronto, ON Canada 5 - Variety’s Entertainment & Technology Summit - New York, NY 5 - Blues Music Awards - Memphis, TN 6 - The Kentucky Oaks - Louisville, KY 7 - The Kentucky Derby - Louisville, KY 8 - Mother’s Day 8 - 13 - Musicfest Northwest - Spokane, WA 9 - 11 – TechCrunch Disrupt - New York, NY 10 - Gospel Music Association Honors - Nashville, TN 10 - GRAMMY Block Party - Nashville, TN 11 - 13 - Book Expo America - New York, NY 11 - 22 - Cannes Film Festival - Cannes, France 13 - 15 - Shaky Knees Festival – Atlanta, GA 14 - Sweetlife Festival - Columbia, MD 14 - 15 - Electric Daisy Carnival New York - Queens, NY 16 - WhyHunger Chapin Awards - New York, NY 16 - 18 - Music Biz 2016 Convention - Nashville, TN 16 - 22 - Internet Week New York - New York, NY 17 - The Webby Awards - New York, NY 17 - 19 - GROWCO Conference - Las Vegas, NV 18 - 20 - NON-COMMvention - Philadelphia, PA 19 - 21 - The Great Escape Festival - Brighton, UK 19 - 22 - Driven Music Conference - Austin, TX 20 - 22 - Hangout Festival - Gulf Shores, AL 21 - The Preakness Stakes - Baltimore, MD 21 - Infieldfest at The Preakness - Baltimore, MD 21 - 22 - Doheny Blues Festival - Dana Point, CA 22 - Billboard Music Awards - Las Vegas, NV 24 - Gracie Awards Gala - Beverly Hills, CA 25 - 27 - International Music Summit Ibiza - Ibiza, Spain 27 - 29 - Boston Calling Music Festival (Spring) - Boston, MA 27 - 30 - Sasquatch! Music Festival - George, WA 27 - JUN 12 - Spoleto Festival - Charleston, SC 28 - 29 - Liverpool Sound City - Liverpool, UK 30 - Memorial Day, SHORE FIRE MEDIA offices closed PROJECTED TO TAKE PLACE IN MAY BASED ON 2015 DATE: - Desert Daze - Joshua Tree, CA - BMI Pop Awards - Beverly Hills, CA - Skate and Surf Fest - Asbury Park, NJ - Americana’s Cross-County Lines Festival - Franklin, TN - Vulture Festival - New York, NY - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony HBO broadcast - Americana Honors & Awards Nomination Ceremony - Nashville, TN JUNE 2016 1 - 5 - 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 3 - 5 - Newport Beach Jazz Festival - Culver City, CA 3 - 6 - MIDEM Digital Music Conference - Cannes, France 4 - Roots Picnic - Philadelphia, PA 4 - 5 - Producers Guild of America’s Produced By LA Conference - Hollywood, CA 5 - Drama Desk Awards - New York, NY 6 - 12 - Northside Festival - Brooklyn, NY 6 - JUL 5 - Ramadan 8 - CMT Music Awards - Nashville, TN 8 - Celebrate Brooklyn! Opening Night Concert & Gala Honoring Peter Shapiro - Brooklyn, NY 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 - 13 - Mysteryland - Bethel Woods, NY 10 - JUL 10 - UEFA European Championships (soccer) - France 11 - Belmont Stakes - Elmont, NY 11 - 12 - Playboy Jazz Festival - Hollywood, CA 12 - The Tony Awards - New York, 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 - Variety’s Tune In! TV Summit - Beverly Hills, CA 14 - 15 - SyncSummit New York – New York, NY 14 - 16 - Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) - Los Angeles, CA 15 - Polaris Music Prize Long List Announcement 15 - 19 - NXNE - Toronto, ON Canada 16 - A2IM’s LIBERA Awards - New York, NY 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 - Shadow of the City Festival - Seaside Heights, NJ 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 27 - 29 - Anti-Piracy and Content Protection Summit - Los Angeles, CA 29 - JUL 3 - Summerfest - Milwaukee, WI 29 - JUL 4 - Smithsonian Folklife Festival - Washington, DC 30 - JUL 3 - Essence Music Festival - New Orleans, LA PROJECTED TO TAKE PLACE IN JUNE BASED ON 2015 DATE: - Stanley Cup Finals begin – Tampa Bay, FL - Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival - Ozark, AR - Louis Armstrong’s Wonderful World Festival – Queens, 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 7 - 10 - Smithsonian Folklife Festival - Washington, DC 8 - 9 - Tall City Blues Fest - Midland, TX 9 - Electric Daisy Carnival United Kingdom - Milton Keynes, UK 11 - 13 - Fortune Brainstorm TECH - Aspen, CO 12 - MLB All-Star Game – San Diego, CA 12 - 14 - Ticket Summit - Las Vegas, NV 13 - 17 - Woody Guthrie Folk Festival - Okemah, OK 14 - Polaris Music Prize Short List Announcement 14 - Variety’s Purpose: Family Entertainment + Faith-Based Summit - Beverly Hills, CA 15 - 17 - Pitchfork Music Festival - Chicago, IL 15 - 17 - Forecastle Festival - Louisville, KY 18 - 21 - Republican National Convention - Columbus, OH 21 - 24 - Country Thunder Music Festival - Twin Lakes, WI 21 - 24 - Comic-Con International - San Diego, CA 22 - 24 - Panorama Festival - New York, NY 22 - 24 - Newport Folk Festival - Newport, RI 22 - 24 - WayHome Festival - Oro-Medonte, ON, Canada 22 - AUG 27 - Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival - New York, NY 23 - 25 - Summer NAMM - Nashville, TN 23 - 26 - VenueConnect – Minneapolis, MN 25 - 28 - Democratic National Convention - Philadelphia, PA 27 - 31 - FloydFest Music Festival - Floyd, VA 28 - 31 - Lollapalooza - Chicago, IL 29 - 31- Newport Jazz Festival - Newport, RI 29 - 31 – Osheaga Festival – Montreal, Canada PROJECTED TO TAKE PLACE IN JULY BASED ON 2015 DATE: - The ESPY Awards - Los Angeles, CA AUGUST 2016 4 - 7 - Satchmo Summerfest - New Orleans, LA 5 - 7 - Outside Lands Festival - San Francisco, CA 5 - 21 – The Olympic Games – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 5 - 29 – The Edinburgh International Festival – Edinburgh, Scotland 11 - Summerfest Rock ‘N Sole Run – Milwaukee, WI 10 - 13 - FMQB Triple A Conference - Boulder, CO 12 - 14 - Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival - Clarksdale, MS 12 - 14 - Big Sky Classical Music Festival - Big Sky, MT 15 - 18 - DJ Expo - Atlantic City, NJ 25 - 28 - Lockn’ Music Festival - Arrington, VA 25 - 28 - Driven Music Conference – Fort Lauderdale, FL 25 - 28 – New Music Confab – Charelston, SC 25 - 28 - Fayetteville Roots Festival - Fayetteville, AR 26 - 28 - Reading and Leeds Festivals - UK 28 - MTV Video Music Awards 28 - SEP 5 - Burning Man - Black Rock Desert,