Show Location & Hours
Anaheim Convention Center
800 West Katella Avenue
Anaheim, CA 92802
Thursday, Jan 19 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Friday, Jan 20 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Saturday, Jan 21 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Sunday, Jan 22 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
*Levels 2 & 3 and Hall E
open at 9:30 a.m.
Future NAMM Shows
January 24-27, 2013
January 23-26, 2014
NAMM Show Archive
2012 NAMM Show Photo Gallery
Musicians of all ages meet at the NAMM Idea Center to get ready for the Petiot Band parade.
The Petiot Band always puts a smile on our faces!
Joe Lamond prepares to kick off the annual Petiot Band to open the 2012 NAMM Show.
The NAMM Board of Directors prepare to open the 2012 NAMM Show.
The Petiot Band opens the show with a lively performance.
Practice makes perfect!
The leader of the band!
The Petiot Band is always a fun way to kick off the NAMM Show.
Morning meetings before the show opens.
Making music is not only fun—it's good for you.
Rockin' out on the lobby stage.
Hitting every note as performers hit the stage.
The stages are filled with music from morning until night.
At the NAMM Show, there is music on mutiple stages throughout the Anaheim Convention Center.
Jazz, pop, rock... The NAMM Show has it all.
The crowd enjoys the morning music...what a great way to start the day.
The horn section adds life to the performance.
Nothing like a live performance to get a crowd going.
The girls get in the action during the morning entertainment.
Music is what the NAMM Show is all about!
The halls are full, and business is brisk at the start of the 2012 NAMM Show.
Focused on the music!
Joe Lamond welcomes a friend of NAMM, Former Governor Mike Huckabee.
Feeling positive about the year to come as the doors open to the 2012 NAMM Show.
The halls are filled with buyers eager to find the next big product for their stores.
Joe Lamond never passes up the opportunity to join the parade through the exhibit halls.
No reason a little business can't be done while marching in the Petiot Band!
The parade stops to honor America.
One of the many great NAMM Show moments.
The beat goes on...
The Board of Directors lead the march through the exhibit halls.
Former Governor Mike Huckabee shares a moment with NAMM Show attendees.
The NAMM Idea Center provides Members with great tips and ideas to help grow their businesses.
Members eager to learn at the NAMM Idea Center.
The instruments are the star of the show.
Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Mike Huckabee jam at the Media Preview Day on Wednesday.
Musician John Mayer talks to the press on Media Preview Day.
The calm before the storm!
Colorful sets of live music take over stages throughout the convention center and local hotel lobbies.
Record numbers turned out for the "Breakfast of Champions" session on Thursday.
The Learning Lounge helps to grow the future of our industy.
The schedule of today's events!
NAMM's Director of Public Affairs and Government Relations, Mary Luehrsen, welcomes Generation Next students to the show.
Generation Next students take the stage.
Attendees enjoy a hot breakfast and live music each morning at the Breakfast Sessions.
Prakash Sontakke and Salar Nader put on a unique performance at the NAMM U Breakfast Session.
Students come to the NAMM Show to learn more about industry opportunities and professional development.
Joe Lamond talks to Marcus Ryle of LINE 6 about his innovative contributions to the industry.
The outside stages rocked the first day of the NAMM Show!
All ages on stage...these kids rocked!
Even the kids rocked the stages!
This musician has a bright future ahead.
Meetings and order taking were everywhere on the floor. It was a busy day at the NAMM Show!
Getting hands-on with the latest technology.
The musicians have just as much fun as the crowd.
String sounds on the Wanna Play stage by the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus.
Major sounds on the stages.
Joyful sounds fill the lobby.
NAMM Show exhibitors off to a great start in 2012.
Exhibits in perfect order on the show floor.
Testing the products is key to the sale.
Bootsy Collins is just one of many legendary artists to walk the show.
Keeping the beat for the band.
Such a great honor to have the 1st Marines Division Band at the 2012 NAMM Show.
Not only do they serve our country with honor, they are an awesome band.
Even horses love the music!
On patrol to make sure we are all safe.
The place to be for professionals in the pro audio/technology/lighting industries.
Experts at the H.O.T. Zone share tips and ideas for technology standards.
Music fills the NAMM Show halls all day, all night.
Toe tappin' fun at the NAMM Show.
Lounge 88 hosts performances from some of the finest pianists.
Music takes off with this jet-inspired piano.
Not your average piano!
The H.O.T. Zone provides specialized training for professionals in the pro audio/technology/lighting industries.
Everywhere you look meetings are happening and business is getting done.
Beautiful instruments make beautiful music.
Getting hands-on with the music products on display at the NAMM Show.
The latest technology lights up the show floor.
The Idea Center is a great place to get new ideas to help revitalize your business.
Great music on the go. Take your keyboard with you.
NAMM Members have many opportunities for professional development during the show.
The meetings are good and the vibe is optimistic at the 2012 NAMM Show.
Feeling every note!
This is the reason rockers have long hair!
Music making is a shared passion at the NAMM Show.
Every kind of musical innovation on display.
Music from head to toe!
Do blondes have more fun at the NAMM Show?
Rockin' the look at the 2012 NAMM Show!
Flying fingers making great music on one of the NAMM Show stages.
Beauty and talent!
Pretty in pink!
Look who stopped by the NAMM Show!
Four great minds share ideas and tips to grow your business.
The NAMM U Idea Center is the place to be for fresh new ideas.
The sound of bagpipes enhances the Annual Tribute.
The L.A. Scots capture the crowd's attention.
The sounds of the L.A. Scots set the scene for a video memorial of industry leaders lost.
The annual tribute to industry leaders is always an emotional event.
The NAMM University Breakfast Session offered standing room only!
Materials ready for pickup. It's going to be a busy day.
Eager to learn, the NAMM Foundation Lounge is the place to be.
The crowd was all ears as they learned about the future of the music products industry.
The NAMM Foundation Lounge welcomes future music products professionals.
Joe Lamond welcomes the Breackfast Session audience to day two of the NAMM Show.
Congratulations to the Milestone Award recipients celebrating 75, 100 and 125 years in business.
The Vitamin String Quartet made for amazing morning entertainment at the NAMM U Breakfast Session.
The Wicked Tinkers inspired some dance moves.
The NAMM U Breakfast Session featured marketing strategist and author David Meerman Scott.
Life still goes on outside the NAMM Show.
Lounge 88 brings together piano dealers from around the world for live performances and helpful sessions throughout the day.
NAMM Show attendees woke up with the Wicked Tinkers on Friday.
A bird's eye view of the lobby.
Striking a pose at the NAMM Show.
Day two opens to an eager crowd.
Booth models smile for the camera.
Unique finds on the floor!
From violins to kazoos, it’s all here at the NAMM Show
Great instruments make great art!
In-N-Out Burgers served fresh at the NAMM Show. Yummmm!
Beautiful day for the NAMM Show!
Can you hear me now?
You never know who you are going to see!
The NAMM Show is the perfect place to rock a mohawk!
Just a few of our friends.
Many NAMM Show attendees make it count by getting autographs from their favorite musicians.
Crowded aisles make for a busy day!
It's not easy being green!
You rock girly!
Hungry?
The H.O.T. Zone has been packed all week.
Orianthi makes an appearance on the show floor.
Fans packed the convention center lobby for the Living Legends Jam.
Take a moment to learn something new while you're here.
Aisles and aisles of exhibits.
The next generation of the industry.
We could all use a little more love.
Bootsy Collins helped the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus celebrate its 15th anniversary.
George Benson signed autographs and shook hands!
Star-studded appearances and powerful performances every day of the show!
Lights, camera, action!
Another fantastic NAMM Show moment!
Jazz into the night!
Brea Olinda's award-winning show choir.
Accordion players are awesome!
The H.O.T. Zone hosted sessions with some big names in the business!
The NAMM Show provides Members with business strategies they can use in their stores as soon as they get home.
It's been four days of nothing but music...isn't it great?!
A little color brightens up the NAMM Show floor.
Well hello!
The hub of learning at the NAMM Show.
Idea Center audience takes it all in!
Tons of tech products to be tried.
Today's Idea Center session...tomorrow's store ideas!
Every moment counts...and this was one of the coolest!
Greyson Chance gets the SchoolJam USA crowd excited!
The SchoolJam USA finals drew a crowd on Saturday night.
Teen bands from across the country compete for title of best teen band in the USA!
Lounge 88 hosted piano focused learning and entertainment
A double piano performance at Lounge 88.
Brass instruments add powerful sound to the performance.
Lining up the trombones.
Young new music stars bring the power of music making to the next generation.
Fans pack Downtown Disney in support of the SchoolJam USA finalist bands.
Talking product details.
Getting hands-on with the gear!
A variety of materials are used to construct the products and gear on the floor.
So many ways to make music.
Legendary rockers posed for photo ops on the show floor.
Baseball great and jazz bass player Bernie Williams poses with fans.
The stage entertianment added a great vibe to the show.
Every style of music on stage.
Actors by day, rockers by night!
NAMM Show attendees seem to really enjoy the lobby entertainiment.
Jesse Spencer burns up the fiddle with Band from TV.
Bob Guiney belts out a tune with the Band from TV.
The Band from TV attracts a crowd.
Bernie Williams joins the Band from TV on stage.
Adrian Pasdar rocks the house.
James Denton jams with his Band from TV buddies.
Scott Grimes lights up the lobby stage as part of the Band from TV.
