The ILMC (International Live Music Conference) is an annual conference dedicated to the live music industry across the globe.
Meetings have an open and relaxed style, while addressing real issues and problems that affect the business, artists and audiences. The meeting schedules and lay-outs are re-appraised, and if thought necessary, re-formatted each year, and are designed to promote collaboration and co-operation within the international music community, with the expressed aim of developing new codes of practise through consensus.
The ILMC has fostered the formation of most of the international industry’s current trade associations during the last decade and is used by those bodies as a means of regular communication.
Being organised and supported by practising industry professionals gives access to potentially astonishing resources – including the input of virtually every leading concert promoter in the world and coverage offered by all of the major trade magazines. It also publishes IQ magazine and an electronic newsletter ¬– eNews – that both reach around 5000 music industry professionals.
The annual meeting provides not only a discussion forum but also maintains its primary intention, the provision of a vital opportunity for colleagues to meet, do business and enjoy each other’s company. The social agenda is wide-ranging and somewhat unique in its irreverent style. It’s probably one of the very few places where you’ll find top industry professionals entertaining or dismaying their peers by performing enthusiastically, and with varying levels of competence in the Delegate’s Jam - or losing your shirt at a poker tournament. The ILMC also provides a platform for the notorious ‘Arthur Awards’ originally intended as a bit of tongue-in-cheek fun, but now taken very seriously by the winners, their marketing departments, and increasingly all areas of the music press, and in some cases national and local newspapers.
Whilst the ILMC adapts and changes in response to innovations and events affecting the industry, two major factors have remained constant from the very first conference: firstly, the ILMC is designed, organised and supported by active members of the concert industry – not an outside organisation, and secondly, attendance is by invitation only – only acknowledged professionals are invited.
The ILMC takes place in early March each year with registration opening and in late Autumn/early Winter.
‘Abandon Ship!’ Nordical Dinner
Over the years, Sunday night dinners at ILMC have ranged from luxurious to downright ‘interesting’, but this year’s dinner – the ‘Abandon Ship!’ Nordical Dinner – threatens to blow our previous events out of the water. We’ve teamed up with the Nordic Export Offices to present a Scandinavian feast fit for Thor himself before we all finally disembark for the weekend.
Keeping with the maritime theme, we’re heading to HMS President on Victoria Embankment. Commissioned in 1918, the former Royal Navy boat boasts four-star luxury with spectacular views of the River Thames and some of London’s most famous landmarks. It’s a stunning venue and a truly fitting way to round off the ILMC weekend.
So with a Nordic feast, world-beating views, plenty of Scandinavian-themed party games in the making, and a fantastic selection of fine wines and treats, it’s sure to be an event you won’t want to miss. Just don’t overindulge on Nordic brews and end up with a Thor head on the Monday!
At the dinner will be performing Mieskuoro Huutajat (Men’s Choir The Shouters), a group of hansom men representing Finnish song heritage!
Venue
HMS President, Victoria Embankment, The City, London EC4
Date & Time
Sunday 14 March 19:30 - Late
