music cities events: Creating vibrant and sustainable global cities
Music Cities Events is a global series of conferences focused on all all aspects of music and cities, including how music impacts and influences; policy, city planning, economic development, tourism, health, education, the night-time economy and more. So far we've organised 23 events spanning Europe, North America, South America, Asia and Australasia.
our HEADLINE events
MUSIC CITIES CONVENTION is the largest and most extensive global gathering on the topic of music cities. We’ve had 2000+ delegates attend our 8 events in 5 continents. Topics range from music & economic development, city planning, health, education, tourism, the night time economy and more. Attendees range from government to the music and creative industries to brands to academia to real estate and more.
Click here for our next event in Denver, Colorado, USA on Sept 23-25 2020
MUSIC TOURISM CONVENTION is the first and largest global conference discussing the use of music as a tool for destination marketing. We’ve had 550+ attendees attend 3 events in 2 continents. Topics focus on the value and use of music as a tool for destination marketing and attendees range from government to the music and events industries to brands to tour operators to destination marketers and more.
Click here for our next event in Liverpool, UK on Sept 6 2019
our OTHER events
Sound Development is an event for real estate developers, landowners and authorities to pioneer music and culture led urbanism and place-making. Topics focus on the value of music in real estate, and the relationship between music and the built environment.
Click here for our next event in Leeds on June 13 2019
Music Cities Forum is a smaller one-day version of our Music Cities Convention. Usually more regionally focused, we’ve held this event in Vancouver, Canada and Indianapolis, USA.
Click here for our next event in Norrkoping, Sweden on Sept 27 2019
Nocturnal Cities is an event that’s focused on the night-time economy. We have a Latin American version of the event, as well as a smaller forum version that is held around the world.
Info on the next event is coming soon.
UPCOMING AND PAST events
Our Confirmed 2019 Events
Music Cities Forum, MIDEM Cannes, France – June 6 2019
Sound Development, Leeds, UK – June 13 2019
Music Tourism Convention, Liverpool, UK – Sept 6 2019
Sound Development, London, UK – Sept 11 2019
Music Cities Forum, Norrkoping, Sweden – Sept 27 2019
Our Confirmed 2020 Events
Music Cities Convention, Denver, Colorado, USA – Sept 23-25 2020
Our Past Events
MUSIC CITIES CONVENTION
Chengdu, China – April 11-12 2019
Lafayette, Louisiana, USA – Oct 10-12 2018
Melbourne, Australia – Apr 18-20 2018
Memphis, Tennessee, USA – Oct 25-27 2017
Berlin, Germany – Apr 4 2017
Brighton, UK – May 18 2016
Washington, USA – Oct 25 2015
Brighton, UK – May 13 2015
MUSIC TOURISM CONVENTION
Cologne, Germany – Aug 29-30 2018
Franklin, Tennessee, USA – Sep 21-22 2017
Liverpool, UK – Feb 17 2017
MUSIC CITIES FORUM
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA – May 8 2018
Vancouver, BC, Canada – Mar 22 2018
SOUND DEVELOPMENT
London, UK – May 21 2019
London, UK – Feb 5 2019
London, UK – Apr 4 2018
London, UK – Jan 23 2018
New York, USA – Jun 1 2017
London, UK – Sep 6 2016
NOCTURNAL CITIES
Conference, Bogota, Colombia – Nov 22 2018
Forum, Nova Scotia, Canada – Nov 3 2018
MUSIC CITIES HACKATHON
Vancouver, BC, Canada – May 13-14 2018
Berlin, Germany – Mar 31-Apr 1 2017