Industry Events

May 18

  • Poets and Prophets: Legendary Country Songswriters series with Tom Douglas, beginning at 1:30 p.m. in the museum’s Ford Theater
  • Green Hills Music Group one-day seminar to help songwriters navigate the industry. 10 a.m.–1 p.m. at The Actor’s School in Franklin
  • ‘That A Fly Digital’ workshop at the Timothy Demonbreun House in Nashville, from 10 a.m.- 5:30 p.m. Cost is $125.

May 19

  • 2013 Billboard Music Awards, 7 p.m. CT on ABC from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas
  • Tim McGraw’s two-hour ACM Presents: Tim McGraw’s Superstar Summer Night on CBS

May 19-20
Grand opening for Nashville’s Music City Center

May 29
Brad Paisley premieres 90-minute concert special, Brad Paisley Spins the Wheelhouse: Live in Vegas, at 10 p.m. ET on GAC

May 30-June 2

  • 11th Annual Nashville SongWriters Festival
  • The 15th Annual Nashville Screenwriters Conference at the Union Station Hotel

June 1

  • K-LOVE Fan Awards at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium
  • The Americana Music Association fundraiser at Liberty Hall at The Factory in Franklin at 8 p.m. for “Cross County Lines,” one-day festival in the summer of 2014

June 4
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s Hot Nights with Ashley Monroe

June 5

  • 6th annual GAC Kick-off Breakfast at 7 a.m. at the Country Music Hall of Fame
  • CMT Music Awards air live from Nashville
  • R.O.P.E. Breakfast/Show with Mel Tillis

June 6
Music Row SunTrust Hot Dog Day 11:30-2

June 6-9
CMA Music Festival

June 4-8
Country Music Yard Sale each day through CMA Music Fest at Music City Bar & Grill

June 10 
T.J. Martell Foundation’s Sports & Entertainment Celebrity Golf Classic at Brookhaven Country Club in Dallas

June 13
Nashville Dancin’

June 13-16
The Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn.

June 16
2013 Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony will take place in Beverly Hills, Calif., airing on the cable network HLN

June 19-20
Country Radio Seminar Agenda Committee meeting in Nashville

June 20
Nashville Dancin’

June 25
MusicRow Awards

June 27
Nashville Dancin’

July 4

  • Music City July 4th: Let Freedom Sing! at The Lawn at Riverfront Park with The Band Perry, Keb’ Mo’ and the Nashville Symphony Orchestra
  • Nashville Dancin’

July 18
Nashville Dancin’

July 19
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s Hot Nights with Sarah Darling

July 22
First round CMA ballot closes at 5:00 p.m. CT

August 1
Nashville Dancin’

August 9
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s Hot Nights with Craig Campbell

August 30
Second round CMA ballot closes at 5:00 p.m. CT

September 18
Americana Music Honors & Awards live from the Ryman Auditorium, broadcast live on AXS TV

September 18-22
Americana Music Festival, Nashville

September 21-22
First Annual Music City Eats: Nashville Food, Wine and Spirits Festival

September 27-28

  • Zac Brown Band’s Southern Ground Music & Food Festival; Nashville’s The Lawn at Riverfront Park
  • IBMA’s Wide Open Bluegrass festival, held at the Raleigh, N.C. Convention Center and Amphitheater

October 4-6
Austin City Limits Music Festival

October 5-8
5th Annual Country on the Beach at the Reach Resort (Waldorf-Astoria Collection) in Key West

October 11-13
Austin City Limits Music Festival

October 15
Dove Awards at Lipscomb University’s Allen Arena

October 19-22
43rd annual IEBA Conference at Nashville’s Omni Hotel

October 27
Medallion Ceremony at the Country Music Hall of Fame

October 28
Final CMA ballot closes at 5:00 p.m. CT

November 22
George Jones Tribute Concert at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena

2014

January 26
56th Annual Grammy Awards

February 19-21

  • CRS 2014
  • Pollstar Live conference at the Omni Nashville Hotel

February 21
25th annual PollStar Live awards show at the Ryman Auditorium

2015

February 8, 2015
57th Annual Grammy awards