In 2025, the annual Music Biz conference will be held May 12-15 at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly Hotel.
The convention attracts more than 2,300 music industry executives each year and has been held in Nashville for nearly a decade. The 2024 conference kicks off this week in Nashville, May 13-16.
President of the Music Business Association Portia Sabin announced the new dates and venue during her talk during the Music Biz Brunch at the Music Biz conference on Tuesday morning (May 14), held at the JW Marriott Nashville.
Sabine said earlier Advertising sign that the convention's move from Nashville to Atlanta was inspired by the launch of the Music Biz Roadshow in September 2022, which has previously traveled to cities such as Atlanta, Dallas and Miami.
“With the Music Biz Roadshow, we bring our members to different cities across the US for free educational programs for artists and musicians,” said Sabin. Advertising sign. “We were inspired to do this because there are so many great music cities out there in the US”
Starting in 2025, the Music Biz event will return to the way the convention was scheduled when it was then called NARM, when the convention often moved to a new city.
“We'll probably be on a two-year program, staying in one city for two years before going to another city,” Sabin said. Sabin noted that the conference could potentially be hosted in cities like Miami and San Diego in the future.
The Music Biz conference panel lineup for Tuesday (May 14) covers a wide range of topics currently affecting the industry, including neighboring rights, metadata, catalog sales and the growing popularity of Latin music in sync.
In 2013, the organization formerly known as the National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM) was renamed the Music Business Association. The convention spent four years in Los Angeles before moving the convention to Nashville in 2015. The Music Business Association's headquarters continue to be located in Nashville.
