Set to feature three days of conference programming across the two conferences and twenty four sessions, more than ninety industry speakers will descend on Adelaide for the annual Indie-Con Australia Conference as well as A2IM Indie Week Australian Edition.
Both conferences will be staged 30 July to 1 August in Australia's UNESCO designated City of Music, Adelaide, thanks to continued support from the South Australian Government's Music Development Office.Each conference will feature a mix of panels, workshops and one-on-one meetings, with over 90 speakers featuring global music industry experts, label representatives, independent artists and journalists, with representatives from over 70 different companies.
A2IM (American Association of Independent Music) bring to our shores a stellar conference line-up featuring speakers from labels such as Oh Boy Records, Empire, Hopeless Records, Rough Trade Records, FADER Label, Secretly Group, Symphonic Distribution; and organisations such as Rhymesayers, Go Digital, Better Noise, and CoSynd and many more.
A2IM Indie Week Australian Edition topics include Global Growth: Expanding Traditional Markets; Glocalisation; The Back Catalog Blueprint: From Old Tracks to New Profits; Deal Making in the Age of AI; as well as a special keynote with Jody Whelan (Oh Boy Records,) and an in-conversation with Dr. Richard James Burgess (A2IM, President and CEO).
"We're absolutely thrilled to be launching our first-ever international Indie Week in collaboration with AIR Australia," Dr. Richard James Burgess MBE says. "This marks a major milestone for A2IM and the global independent community.
"We're deeply grateful to Maria Amato and the entire AIR team for their partnership, and to the South Australian Government for their visionary support. Adelaide will be a vibrant stage for the kind of cross-border connection, innovation, and celebration that defines our sector."
Meanwhile, the 2025 Indie-Con Australia Conference will feature speakers from CRASHERS, Mushroom Music AU and NZ, Flying Nun, MERLIN, Xelon Digital, Secretly Group, Good Company, Handsome Tours, Good Manners Music, Bush Music Fund, Support Act, The Annex, Sound Merch, Trackwork, Offbeat Collective, ABC Music, Sunreturn, IMNZ, NZ Music Commission, Concord, Future Classic, Our Golden Friend, Remote Control, Media Arts Lawyers, YouTube, Spotify, Amazon, The Orchard, ADA, APRA AMCOS, ARIA, PPCA, Sounds Australia and AAM.
AIR's Indie-Con Australia Conference topics include The Ever Changing World of Touring; Fan Development; Data for Decision Making; The Future of Physical Music; Spotlight on Indie Labels; Case Studies on Emily Wurramara and Sycco; How to A&R; Meet Your Next Producer; An introduction to the NZ market, alongside presentations, workshops, a discussion on why radio caps must go and more.
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The Conference will close with a music industry debate and closing drinks, followed by MusicSA's Scouted, showcasing emerging and unsigned talent from South Australia's music scene.
AIR's Indie-Con Australia Conference is held in conjunction with its annual invite-only AIR Awards, to be held on 31 July at Adelaide Town Hall.
Tickets are on sale.
Indie-Con Australia and A2IM's Indie Week Australian Edition takes place in Adelaide from 30 July to 1 August.
