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StephenKay · Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2020 7:03 am Post subject: NAMM Show Jan 2021 Cancelled

As a NAMM Member, I just received the following email:

"Given the current realities of the COVID-19 pandemic and the health and safety of NAMM members as our first priority, it is now clear there is no path forward for an in-person event in California, and we have made the difficult decision to cancel The 2021 NAMM Show.

While we are disappointed that we will not be able to gather our NAMM family in-person this January, we are reimagining how to connect all facets of the industry while benefiting those most deeply impacted with the launch of Believe in Music: The global gathering to unify and support the people who bring music to the world.

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We are grateful for the feedback and conversations we've had with hundreds of members across the globe. Your guidance and wisdom have helped shape our thinking in this most unique of times. We would like to thank our volunteer board of directors for their unwavering commitment to NAMM and charting the course while simultaneously dealing with the challenges of their own businesses.

If there's one common vision, it's that as a global community, we believe in music. We believe in the future of music and in the future of our industry, and in this moment, we will unite and support music-makers around the world.

Signed,
(NAMM Directors and Board Members)"
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Rockitman · Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2020 4:54 pm Post subject: Thank You

Thank You Stephen for the news...
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Bachus · Platinum Member Joined: 23 Apr 2006 Posts: 3127

Will be interested to see the new gear advertised trough online events..

2019 might have been the last NAMM we ever saw, if online promotions proof more efficient and cheaper.
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Kevin Nolan · Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 10:48 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the heads up on this Stephen. Very disappointing right now - but fingers crossed both NAMM and indeed music tech designers and manufacturers across he planet use this time to reinvent themselves.

NAMM will be back, hopefully bigger and better than ever before, with a celebratory raft of new innovations once we're clear of the diabolical infuence of Covid-19.