Music Biz Conference Moves to Atlanta in 2025

The annual Music Biz convention will move from its current home in Nashville to Atlanta in 2025.

The specific dates and venues for Music Biz 2025 will be announced at a later date. The conference will continue on its usual May schedule.

Music Biz, which attracts more than 2,300 music industry professionals each year, has been held in Music City for nearly a decade and returns this year, May 13-16.

“We had a great 10 years in Nashville. We love Nashville,” president of the Music Business Association Portia Sabin says Advertising sign. “It's been a great place to grow and we're so grateful and look forward to this year's conference in Nashville.”

The move was inspired by the launch of the Music Biz Roadshow in September 2022, which has traveled to cities including 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,” says Sabin. “We were inspired to do this because there are so many great music cities out there in the US”

Atlanta felt like a natural progression for Music Biz. “When we first brought the convention to Nashville, it was a smaller version of what it is now. We feel Atlanta has that potential for growth,” adds Sabin, noting that music industry professionals from more than 30 countries attend Music Biz each year. “Atlanta has this great international airport, which will make it easier for people from overseas to get [the conference]. We're excited to showcase another great American music city.”

In 2013, the organization formerly known as the National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM) was renamed the Music Business Association. After a four-year stint in Los Angeles from 2011-2014, the Music Biz conference has been in Nashville since 2015. The Music Business Association's headquarters continue to be in Nashville.

Beginning in 2025, the Music Biz event will return to the way it was scheduled in the NARM days, when the convention often moved to a new city.

“We'll probably be on a two-year schedule, staying in one city for two years before going to another city,” Sabin says, noting that the conference could potentially be hosted in cities like Miami and San Diego in future years. .

“And I'm sure we'll be back in Nashville at some point,” Sabin adds. “Nashville is a great city and we are so grateful to have been here for 10 years. We look forward to this year's conference in Nashville. Atlanta has so much going on in terms of the music industry there, and I think it's kind of overlooked in general. It's a great place to have the conference and to have this important group of people show up to be active there.”