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CARLSBAD, CALIF., August 15, 2024 – NAMM (The National Association of Music Merchants), the largest global not-for-profit music trade organization, has announced today its initial lineup of events and exhibits for The 2025 NAMM Show, taking place at the Anaheim Convention Center January 21–25, with events beginning on Tuesday, January 21. Exhibits start January 23, creating nonstop energy through late Saturday evening, January 25, 2025. 

CARLSBAD, CALIF., August 1, 2024 – NAMM (The National Association of Music Merchants), the largest global non-profit music trade organization, today announced the monumental results of last month’s Make Music Day, which takes place annually on June 21. The statistics below reflect the enormous impact of Make Music Day and the positive effect music has on communities around the nation.  

CARLSBAD, CALIF., July 30, 2024 – NAMM (The National Association of Music Merchants), the largest global not-for-profit music trade organization, has announced Julia Rubio as the new NAMM Foundation executive director to help fulfill its mission of strengthening the music products industry and promoting the pleasures and benefits of making music.

NASHVILLE, TN., July 23, 2024 – NAMM (The National Association of Music Merchants), the largest global non-profit music trade organization, announced the conclusion of NAMM NeXT, a two-day summit with the goal to supply the music industry with insights and analysis for

CARLSBAD, CALIF., July 2, 2024 – The NAMM Foundation is honored to welcome Ron Manus to the organization’s board of directors in the role of Secretary-Treasurer.

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NEW YORK, April 30, 2024 — Make Music Day, the worldwide festival of making music held annually on the summer solstice, today announced the return of its vast program with over 5,000 live, free music-making events across the United States on Friday, June 21.

CARLSBAD, CALIF., April 2, 2024 – The NAMM Foundation has announced the recipients of its 2024 Best Communities for Music Education (BCME) Awards, a signature program now in its 25th year of recognizing and celebrating school districts and individual schools for their support and commitment to music education and their efforts to ensure access to music for all students as part of a well-rounded education. 

CARLSBAD, CALIF., March 21, 2024 – The NAMM board of directors has elected officers to represent the executive committee, effective immediately and will serve through April 2025, representing NAMM’s global membership and the music industry at large.

CARLSBAD, CALIF., March 13, 2024 – NAMM (The National Association of Music Merchants), the largest not-for-profit trade organization representing the global music products industry, has announced that AJ Zane has been appointed director of technology. In this position, Zane will lead NAMM’s global technology organization, including product and platform technology, architecture, cybersecurity, infrastructure and cloud engineering, technical operations, enterprise applications and corporate IT, and technology-risk management.

CARLSBAD, CALIF., March 1, 2024 – The NAMM Foundation has announced the recipients of its 2024 scholarship program, which provided funds to emerging industry leaders, college students and faculty to participate in The 2024 NAM

CARLSBAD, CALIF., February 1, 2024 – From January 25-28, NAMM (The National Association of Music Merchants), the largest global not-for-profit music trade organization, gathered the music industry at The 2024 NAMM Show for an exhilarating week that set the music industry narrative for years ahead.