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2025 MIDI Innovation Awards Show

Andrew Huang is a musician, video creator, and bestselling author.
He is hosting this year's MIDI Innovation Awards show on his Youtube channel.

Free

ADCx Gather 2025

The ADCx Gather one-day online event is free and open to everyone in the audio developer community (registration required). ADCx Gather is hosted in Gather.Town, a browser-based virtual online platform that allows attendees to interact and collaborate in real-time.

ADCx Gather takes place on the 26th of September, 2025 starting at 11:00 UTC

Free

Machina Bristronica 2025

Machina Bristronica 2025 is a two-day celebration of electronic music culture—from synth hardware to software, performances to hands-on innovation.

It’s a space for live acts, panel talks, masterclasses, DIY workshops, and interactive showcases of over 150 global brands. 

Dates & Location: Set for 27–28 September 2025, the festival takes place in the heart of Bristol, UK. 

Venue:
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30 Pennywell Rd, St Jude's, Bristol, BS5 0TH

£65.30

Music China 2025

Music China Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC) 丨2345 Long Yang Road,, Shanghai, China

Music X at Music China aims to innovate new music technology, explore new music consumption scenarios, inspire musicians, music lovers, and content producers to explore future music life, lowering the barriers for playing with music.

MIDI Innovation Awards 2025 at The Kakehashi Foundation

The Kakehashi Foundation 3 Chome-14-3 Nishiwaseda,, Shinjuku, okyo, Japan

Artware hub

Founder Ikutaro Kakehashi established the new "Artware hub" with the aim of creating a "live space where people can experience live sounds created by electronic technology."

This event will feature demonstrations of both MIDI 2.0 products,  a technical talk from AMEI and MIDI Association developers and demonstrations of the winner of the 2025 MIDI Innovation Awards. 

This even is not open to public, but we will cover it in an article as soon as we return from Japan. 

GameSoundCon 2025

Burbank Convention Center 2500 N Hollywood Way, Burbank, CA, United States

GameSoundCon 2025 is hybrid!

Tokyo Musical Instrument Expo 2025

Tokyo Science Museum 2-1 Kitanomaru Park, Tokyo, Chiyoda-ku,, Japan

Tokyo Musical Instrument Expo, a comprehensive, customer-participation musical instrument experience event based on the concept of "See, Listen, Play, and Hit!

The MIDI Association will have a booth featuring the latest in MIDI 2.0 developments and the winners of the 2025 MIDI Innovation Awards, 

¥2000

Music Tectonics 2025

Music innovators will unite again at Music Tectonics November 4-6 2025  in sunny Santa Monica, California. Join us for three days of connection, conversation, and getting business done, by the beach.  

Audio Developer Conference 2025

The 10th anniversary of the Audio Developer Conference (ADC) returns back to Bristol UK in 2025.

The in-person and online hybrid conference will take place 10-12 November 2025. 

New for ADC25: The Audio Developer Conference is now a full 3-day conference. The first day (10 November) includes even more programmed talks and workshops available to all attendees.  

SF Music Expo 2025

Join 750+ artists, songwriters, producers, musicians, DJs, and engineers at Music Expo 25, San Francisco’s premier music conference to create, connect, and grow their careers.

CES 2026

Las Vegas Convention Center-CES 3150 Paradise Rd, Las Vegas, NV, United States

The world’s most powerful tech event is your place to experience the innovations transforming how we live.

NAMM 2026

Anaheim Convention Center | Front of Hall A | The MIDI Association Booth 10302 800 W Katella Ave, Anaheim, CA, United States

The MIDI Association is the world’s top non-profit trade organization that connects the companies who develop new MIDI products and specifications with all the people across the globe who use MIDI products to create captivating music and art.