NAMM (The Nationwide Affiliation of Music Retailers), the biggest international not-for-profit music commerce group, has introduced at the moment its preliminary itemizing of occasions for The 2025 NAMM Present, going down on the Anaheim Conference Heart January 21–25, with occasions and schooling starting on Tuesday, January 21. Reveals and the present ground open January 23, creating an action-packed week with full power by late Saturday night, January 25, 2025.
“The NAMM Present unites the whole international music business for one spectacular week of displays, schooling and networking in January,” stated John Mlynczak, president and CEO of NAMM. “The growth to 5 days of occasions is important to offer extra time for schooling and networking that our international members rely upon to develop their companies, business {and professional} group.”
The NAMM Present, with 5 days of occasions, will provide prolonged teaching programs for each NAMM member group, together with retail, manufacturers, professional audio, leisure know-how, music schooling and music know-how professionals, in addition to tracks for artists and school music enterprise college students.
“Tuesday opens the week with our Day of Service and giving again to the area people with help from our members, adopted by networking and schooling panels specifically designed for retailers and types on the present” stated Mlynczak. “Wednesday’s sturdy schedule gives extra schooling, in addition to the extremely anticipated NAMM International Media Day, the place a number of iconic manufacturers introduce onstage brand-new, cutting-edge merchandise.”
The primary two days of the schedule will be discovered right here (https://www.namm.org/thenammshow/preexhibitsessions), which can embrace extra long-form, workshop-style alternatives for attendees to dig deep into new methods to assist develop their companies and professions.
This consists of the brand-new TEC Tracks Studio Summit for professional audio professionals, which will probably be introduced by main thought leaders in recording, music know-how and studio operations. Leisure know-how knowledgeable Richard Cadena will host a full-day workshop for stay occasion professionals on powering levels.
For retailers and types, NAMM U will characteristic an expanded NAMM Advertising Summit that covers AI, content material creation and digital advertising, together with the return of the favored Retail Monetary Summit. NAMM may even host a particular lunch session for exhibitors on Tuesday that reveals the newest influencer-marketing methods. Thursday by Saturday will proceed a strong occasions schedule balanced with loads of alternatives to interact with the 4,000-plus manufacturers exhibiting.
NAMM will proceed to announce, all through the autumn and winter and main as much as the present in January, new schedule additions to displays, schooling and occasions, in addition to must-see artists and performances that can make The 2025 NAMM Present the last word vacation spot for the worldwide music business. The total schedule of detailed occasions will probably be posted in early November.
NAMM Week 2025 Preliminary Schedule Highlights
Tuesday, January 21
- NAMM Basis Day of Service and Networking with the Professionals
- NAMM Networking occasions
- Featured classes embrace:
- Particular Exhibitor Lunch Session: Easy methods to Unlock the Full Potential of Influencers
Tracy Hoeft, Amplify 11
How do you get essentially the most out of influencers in your advertising? Discover out at this particular lunch session, introduced by business insider Tracy Hoeft of Amplify 11. This occasion is designed particularly for NAMM Present exhibitors trying to take a break throughout exhibit setup. Whether or not you’re a advertising government, marketer or enterprise proprietor, you’re invited to attend and get unique insights.
- Retail Monetary Summit
Alan Friedman and Daniel Jobe, Friedman, Kannenberg & Co.
This half-day, audience-driven workshop for music retailers will reveal the important monetary schooling you’ll need and must know to thrive in at the moment’s market, whereas exploring new tendencies and developments which might be sure to impression your enterprise. As a bonus, the occasion will dive into your most urgent monetary questions, characteristic an prolonged Q&A and ship new options and insights that can assist you benefit from 2025 and past.
Wednesday, January 22
- International Media Day, that includes iconic manufacturers and formal government remarks that target new music business product introductions from high music manufacturers and firms
- Worldwide Coalition assembly and international reception
- Featured classes embrace:
- NAMM Advertising Summit
A particular schooling expertise for retailers, manufacturers and anybody trying to elevate their advertising. Be a part of us for workshops and classes exploring the newest methods and finest practices in harnessing AI, content material creation and benefiting from social platforms. Workshops embrace:
- AI and Enterprise, Mark Schaefer, Schaefer Advertising Options
- Win With Video Content material Creation, Tracy Hoeft, Amplify 11
- Instagram Boot Camp, Jenn Herman, Instagram Professional
- TEC Tracks Studio Summit
Audio professionals can spend Wednesday at The NAMM Present freshening up their considering by attending the TEC Tracks Studio Summit. Right here, the recording business’s most important subjects will probably be mentioned by main lights of audio know-how and studio operations. Classes and workshops embrace:- Studio Operations Panel: Succeeding Immediately and Tomorrow, Alan Friedman, Friedman, Kannenberg & Co (Moderator), and Panel
- Improvements in Music Manufacturing: Instruments and Methods for Fashionable Studios, Deston Bennett
- Professional Instruments, 2025 Updates, Suggestions and Methods, Jose “Chilitos” Valenzuela, Audiograph
- Finest Practices: Session Guidelines, Paula Salvatore, Common Music Group
- The Way forward for Recording: Altering Roles and Relationships within the Ecosphere, Craig Anderton, Music Expertise Professional
- Wendy Parr’s Studio Branding Toolkit and Trade Circle, Wendy Parr
- Leisure Tech Summit: Powering Levels
Richard Cadena, Lighting&Sound America
This schooling summit is designed to cowl many elements {of electrical} energy distribution and electrical security, together with sensible functions and essential ideas each stay occasion tech will need to pay attention to. All ranges of expertise can profit from attending. Word: Every hour that an ETCP licensed electrician or rigger attends counts in the direction of 1 ETCP recertification credit score.
- Dante Coaching by Audinate
Thursday, January 23
- Reveals open 10 am to six pm on the Anaheim Conference Heart
- Yamaha Live performance Sequence and Bands@NAMM
- TEC Awards
- Trade Insights
John Mlynczak, President and CEO of NAMM, and Particular Friends From the Music Trade
How will we get extra individuals making music and elevate our business globally? Discover out at this opening NAMM U Breakfast Session with NAMM President and CEO John Mlynczak. He’ll be joined by an all-star lineup of particular company to disclose how we will develop the music enterprise by uniting as an business. Hear new insights in regards to the idea of unity — and what it means to you.
Friday, January 24
- Reveals open 10 am to six pm on the Anaheim Conference Heart
- NAMM Seller Awards
- NAMM Worldwide Networking Reception
- Yamaha Live performance Sequence and Bands@NAMM
- Parnelli Awards
Saturday, January 25
- Reveals open 10 am to five pm on the Anaheim Conference Heart
- Grand Rally for Music Schooling
- Finest in Present awards
- Bands@NAMM
- SheRocks Awards
