AWARDS SEASON CALENDAR: KEY DATES FOR OSCARS, EMMYS, TONYS AND OTHER MAJOR EVENTS
With the 2024 Oscars now in the rearview mirror, Hollywood’s focus turns to Emmy season. A number of TV awards shows are set to take place over the next few months, including the BAFTA TV Awards, the newly announced Gotham TV Awards, the Critics Choice Real TV Awards and, of course, the Primetime Emmys, which are returning to September after the strike-delayed 2023 Emmys was pushed to January 2024.
Oscar season is also already marking some key dates, including for 2025’s Academy Awards and Golden Globes.
Read on for a month-by-month guide to upcoming awards-related activities. All times listed are PT.
APRIL 2024
Wednesday, April 24
67th San Francisco International Film Festival begins
Location: San Francisco
Thursday, April 25
Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Awards and Live Read
Location: Los Angeles
Saturday, April 27
49th AFI Life Achievement Award gala
Location: Los Angeles
Honoree: Nicole Kidman
Sunday, April 28
70th BAFTA TV Craft Awards ceremony
Location: London
Nominees: Click here
67th San Francisco International Film Festival ends
Monday, April 29
49th Chaplin Award gala
Location: New York
Honoree: Jeff Bridges
Tuesday, April 30
77th Tony Awards nominations announcement
Location: New York
MAY 2024
Wednesday, May 1
Netflix Is a Joke Festival begins
Location: Los Angeles
Monday, May 6
Dramatists Guild Awards
Location: New York
Thursday, May 9
50th Seattle International Film Festival begins
Location: Seattle
Saturday, May 11
35th GLAAD Media Awards ceremony
Location: New York
Host: Wayne Brady
Nominees: Click here
Sunday, May 12
Netflix Is a Joke Festival ends
70th BAFTA TV Awards ceremony
Location: London
Hosts: Rob Beckett and Ramesh Ranganathan
Nominees: Click here
Monday, May 13
6th Critics Choice Real TV Awards Nominations
Tuesday, May 14
77th Cannes Film Festival begins
Location: Cannes, France
Tuesday, May 16
Gotham TV Awards nominations announcement
Sunday, May 19
50th Seattle International Film Festival ends
Tuesday, May 21
45th Sports Emmy Awards ceremony
Location: New York
Saturday, May 25
77th Cannes Film Festival ends with awards ceremony
Location: Cannes, France
Friday, May 31
76th Primetime Emmy Awards eligibility period ends
JUNE 2024
Tuesday, June 4
Gotham TV Awards
Location: New York
Wednesday, June 5
23rd Tribeca Festival begins
Location: New York
Friday, June 7
51st Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony
Location: Los Angeles
Sunday, June 9
63rd Annecy International Animation Film Festival begins
Annecy, France
84th Peabody Awards ceremony
Location: Los Angeles
Thursday, June 13
76th Primetime Emmy Awards nominations voting begins
Friday, June 14
77th Tony Awards final voting closes
Saturday, June 15
63rd Annecy International Animation Film Festival ends
6th Critics Choice Real TV Awards
Location: Los Angeles
Sunday, June 16
23rd Tribeca Festival ends
77th Tony Awards ceremony
Location: New York
Tuesday, June 18
30th Palm Springs International ShortFest begins
Location: Palm Springs, California
Monday, June 24
30th Palm Springs International ShortFest ends
10 p.m.: 76th Primetime Emmy Awards nominations voting ends
Friday, June 28
58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival begins
Location: Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
JULY 2024
Saturday, July 6
58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival ends
Thursday, July 11
32nd ESPY Awards ceremony
Location: Los Angeles
Wednesday, July 17
76th Primetime Emmy Awards nominations announcement
Thursday, July 25
58th Comic-Con begins
Location: San Diego
Sunday, July 28
58th Comic-Con ends
AUGUST 2024
Thursday, August 15
76th Primetime Emmy Awards final voting begins
Monday, August 26
10 p.m.: 76th Primetime Emmy Awards final voting ends
Wednesday, August 28
81st Venice International Film Festival begins
Location: Venice, Italy
Friday, August 30
51st Telluride Film Festival begins
Location: Telluride, Colorado
SEPTEMBER 2024
Monday, Sept. 2
51st Telluride Film Festival ends
Thursday, Sept. 5
49th Toronto International Film Festival begins
Location: Toronto
Saturday, Sept. 7
81st Venice International Film Festival ends
76th Primetime Emmy Awards Creative Arts Awards, Night One
Location: Los Angeles
Sunday, Sept. 8
76th Primetime Emmy Awards Creative Arts Awards, Night Two
Location: Los Angeles
Tuesday, Sept. 10
MTV VMAs
Location: Long Island
Sunday, Sept. 15
49th Toronto International Film Festival ends
TBD p.m. on ABC: 76th Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony
Location: Los Angeles
Friday, Sept. 20
72nd San Sebastián International Film Festival begins
Location: San Sebastián, Spain
Friday, Sept. 27
62nd New York Film Festival begins
Location: New York
Saturday, Sept. 28
72nd San Sebastián International Film Festival ends
OCTOBER 2024
Sunday, Oct. 6
5 p.m. on CBS: American Music Awards
Sunday, Oct. 13
62nd New York Film Festival ends
Wednesday, Oct. 16
60th Chicago International Film Festival begins
Location: Chicago
Thursday, Oct. 17
25th Newport Beach Film Festival begins
Location: Newport Beach, California
Wednesday, Oct. 23
38th AFI FEST begins
Location: Los Angeles
Thursday, Oct. 24
25th Newport Beach Film Festival ends
31st Austin Film Festival begins
Location: Austin, Texas
Saturday, Oct. 26
27th SCAD Savannah Film Festival begins
Location: Savannah, Georgia
Sunday, Oct. 27
38th AFI FEST ends
60th Chicago International Film Festival ends
Thursday, Oct. 31
31st Austin Film Festival ends
NOVEMBER 2024
Saturday, Nov. 2
27th SCAD Savannah Film Festival ends
Tuesday, Nov. 5
U.S. Election Day
Wednesday, Nov. 13
37th International Documentary Festival Amsterdam begins
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Sunday, Nov. 17
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 15th Governors Awards
Location: Los Angeles
Monday, Nov. 18
82nd Golden Globe Awards television nominations voting begins
Sunday, Nov. 24
37th International Documentary Festival Amsterdam ends
Monday, Nov. 25
5 p.m.: 82nd Golden Globe Awards television nominations voting ends
Tuesday, Nov. 26
82nd Golden Globe Awards film nomination voting begins
36th Producers Guild Awards nominations voting begins (sports, children’s and short form)
DECEMBER 2024
Wednesday, Dec. 4
5 p.m.: 82nd Golden Globe Awards film nominations voting ends
Monday, Dec. 9
5 a.m.: 82nd Golden Globe Awards nominations announcement
Location: Los Angeles, California
97th Oscars preliminary voting begins
Tuesday, Dec. 10
36th Producers Guild Awards nominations announcement (documentary motion pictures)
Wednesday, Dec. 11
2 p.m.: 36th Producers Guild Awards nominations voting ends (sports, children’s and short form)
Thursday, Dec. 12
36th Producers Guild Awards nominations voting begins (television series/specials and streamed or televised motion pictures)
Friday, Dec. 13
97th Oscars preliminary voting ends
82nd Golden Globe Awards final voting begins
36th Producers Guild Awards nominations announcement (sports, children’s and short form)
Tuesday, Dec. 17
97th Oscars shortlists announcement
Thursday, Dec. 19
36th Producers Guild Awards nominations voting begins (theatrical and animated motion pictures)
Friday, Dec. 27
29th Capri Hollywood International Film Festival begins
Location: Capri, Italy
Tuesday, Dec. 31
97th Oscars eligibility period ends
JANUARY 2025
Thursday, Jan. 2
29th Capri Hollywood International Film Festival ends
36th Palm Springs International Film Festival begins
Location: Palm Springs, California
Friday, Jan. 3
36th Palm Springs International Film Festival awards gala
Location: Palm Springs, California
Sunday, Jan. 5
TBD p.m. on CBS: 82nd Golden Globe Awards ceremony
Location: Los Angeles
Tuesday, Jan. 7
National Board of Review Awards
Location: New York
Wednesday, Jan. 8
31st SAG Awards nominations announcement
9 a.m.: 97th Oscars nominations voting begins
Thursday, Jan. 9
2 p.m.: 36th Producers Guild Award nomination voting ends (theatrical and animated motion pictures; television series and specials)
Friday, Jan. 10
36th Producers Guild Award nominations announcement (theatrical and animated motion pictures; television series and specials)
24th AFI Awards luncheon
Location: Los Angeles
Sunday, Jan. 12
5 p.m.: 97th Oscars nominations voting ends
Monday, Jan. 13
36th Palm Springs International Film Festival ends
35th Producers Guild Awards voting begins (theatrical, animated and documentary motion pictures; television series/specials)
Friday, Jan. 17
5 a.m.: 97th Oscars nominations announcement
Location: Beverly Hills
Thursday, Jan. 30
2 p.m.: 35th Producers Guild Awards voting ends (theatrical, animated and documentary motion pictures; television series/specials)
FEBRUARY 2025
Tuesday, Feb. 4
40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival begins
Location: Santa Barbara, California
Saturday, Feb. 8
77th annual Directors Guild Awards
Location: Los Angeles
36th annual Producers Guild Awards
Location: Fairmont Century Plaza, Los Angeles
Sunday, Feb. 9
3:30 p.m. on Fox: Super Bowl LIX
Location: New Orleans
Monday, Feb. 10
43rd Oscars Nominees Luncheon
Location: Los Angeles
Tuesday, Feb. 11
9 a.m.: 97th Oscars final voting begins
Saturday, Feb. 15
40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival ends
Sunday, Feb. 16
BAFTA Film Awards
Tuesday, Feb. 18
5 p.m.: 97th Oscars final voting ends
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Scientific and Technical Awards
Location: Los Angeles
Saturday, Feb. 22
40th Independent Spirit Awards
Location: Santa Monica
Sunday, Feb. 23
31st SAG Awards ceremony
Location: Los Angeles
Saturday, Feb. 28
77th DGA Awards ceremony
Location: Los Angeles
MARCH 2025
Sunday, March 2
4 p.m. on ABC: 97th Oscars ceremony
Location: Los Angeles
Friday, March 7
31st SXSW Film & TV Festival begins
Location: Austin, Texas
Thursday, March 13
21st Boulder International Film Festival begins
Location: Boulder, Colorado
Saturday, March 15
31st SXSW Film & TV Festival ends
Sunday, March 16
21st Boulder International Film Festival ends
This story was first published on April 12, 2024 at 3:49 p.m.