New Music Seminar

New Music Seminar

The New Music Seminar (NMS) was a series of multi-venue music showcases held annually in New York City, in the month of June, from 1980 to 1995, then relaunched in 2009.

In addition to music industry panels and exhibits, which mostly took place in hotel conference rooms, the NMS hosted hundreds of bands every year, who would come from around the world to perform for music industry insiders.

Performances were held in upwards of 30 New York City area clubs and venues for a week, and eventually, passes to this festival were made publicly available.

The music festival itself was initially called "New York Nights" and later, "New Music Nights."

2009 relaunch

In 2009, the New Music Seminar was relaunched by two of its original organizers, Tom Silverman and Dave Lory, as a touring series.

  • 2009 dates & locations: July 21 in New York City, and October 6 in Chicago
  • 2010 dates & locations: February 2 in Los Angeles, and July 19/20/21 in New York City
  • 2011 dates & locations: February 14/15/16 in Los Angeles

Similar events

A "first annual" showcase with the name New Music Seminar was held October 31 & November 1, 2008, in Cleveland, Ohio. A second event was announced for May 2009 in New York City. These events, organized by New Music Seminar, LLC of New York, are not connected to the original seminar series or the relaunch by Silverman & Lory.

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