Professional development and business enrichment opportunities will take center stage at Summer NAMM, July 13–15. Members who join the mid-year gathering at Nashville’s Music City Center will have the opportunity to participate in more than 60 high-impact, future-focused educational sessions.

Make Music Day, the annual global celebration featuring more than 4,000 free, outdoor concerts, music lessons and jam sessions in the United States, returns this year on Wednesday, June 21. The all-day musical celebration on the summer solstice, which brings people of all ages, backgrounds and skill levels together to make music, will feature over 50 U.S. cities hosting major celebrations including New York City, Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Madison, Milwaukee, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Nashville, Pittsburgh, Portland (OR), St.

In a star-studded event on Saturday, April 8, music icon Graham Nash, community champions and music education patrons came together to “Play it Forward” at NAMM’s Museum of Making Music’s (MoMM) gala fundraiser event, “An Evening with Graham Nash.” The annual event was attended by nearly 170 guests, and raised over $70,000 in donations that will further the MoMM’s mission to offer educational immersion opportunities, exhibitions, hands-on experiences, and live performances that inform and inspire guests on how musical instruments impact popular culture and connect lives.

What does the future of retail look like—and how can you make it work for your business? What trends will impact you in the months and years ahead? In a special Breakfast Session, NAMM welcomes retail futurist and thought leader Doug Stephens, founder and CEO of Retail Prophet. Author of the groundbreaking best-seller The Retail Revival, Stephens will sit down with NAMM President and CEO Joe Lamond for forward-thinking insights you won’t hear anywhere else. Find out how we got here, where we’re going and how you can begin to chart your future now. Stephens will also look at the re

At The 2017 NAMM Show, legendary songwriter-musician and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Robbie Robertson (The Band, Bob Dylan) was presented with The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) “Music for Life” award for his decades of musical contributions, which have influenced musical genres, songwriting and guitarists, as well as numerous film scores, compositions and even his own autobiography, Testimony.

Earlier today, The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Foundation and its member companies shared the sound of music with district and city officials and the students of Patrick Henry Elementary School in Anaheim, California as part of the organization’s Day of Service.

At the core of every NAMM member is a passionate champion for music education, and there is no better time to connect with fellow advocates, resources, and opportunities than at The 2017 NAMM Show. Each day of the show will present a multitude of events and opportunities to learn, network with peers, and to engage on topics at the fore of music education advocacy.

Join Alan Friedman, CPA, and Daniel Jobe for the only all-day financial training for music retailers at The NAMM Show. This back-office segment of Retail Boot Camp has been expanded to cover the most critical financial components of running a music retail business. Friedman and Jobe of the CPA firm Friedman, Kannenberg & Co. will present proven best practices in the fiscal management of a music store. But this won’t be just another repeat of info you’ve heard before—this session will have new content and videos presented for the first time at The NAMM Show. And don’t think thi

Upgrade the way you do business. Join Bob Phibbs, The Retail Doctor®, and find out how to attract more customers, make bigger sales and earn the profits you seek! He’ll dive into creative ways to reinvent the customer experience, increase your value through your people and deal with customers’ smartphones once and for all. Phibbs will also look at the top shopping trends and how Millennials and baby boomers have different expectations of retail. Build a website worthy of your store. No matter how fast things move in the digital world, there’s one constant: your website. Digital ma

Following three decades of digital interfaces and sampler dominance, a new generation of musicians desiring a return to warm, pure sounds are fuelling a resurgence in analog synthesizer retail sales. In the past five years alone, Moog Inc., Korg USA Inc., WMD and other brands who will present their synths and electronic products at the 2017 global music products NAMM Show have helped drive the analog synth market to a 19.9% growth in total retail sales.