The annual gathering has been held in Nashville since 2015, but the Music Biz Conference will move from its current Nashville home to Atlanta in 2025.
The event is presented in partnership by Explore Gwinnett and Gateway 85 CID. The special invite only affair will draw over 500 of the who’s who in entertainment including directors, producers, legislators, financiers, and other creatives.
Rural and South Georgia’s Creative Industries – In each of the meetings in Albany, Moultrie and Thomasville the theme was the same. The momentum to create more economic development around film and entertainment is a push, not a pull.
The 48th annual Atlanta Film Festival + Creative Conference (ATLFF) revealed key programming highlights, including the full lineup of selected works from more than 7,500 submissions.
Centennial Yards, the massive $5 billion mixed-use development rising across from Mercedes-Benz Stadium and State Farm Arena, has announced its next phase: “a world-class sports and entertainment district.”
Her company provides luxury makeup artistry for tv/film productions and photography shoots with clientele in fashion, film, music, and more. The J. Ford Beauty Agency also represents a professional team of local makeup artists and hairstylists that serve Georgia, South Carolina, Florida, Tennessee, and Kentucky.
The team at AGG and Chris LeDoux, founder of global visual effects company Crafty Apes, are presenting a live complimentary webinar featuring an insightful discussion on the intersection of technology and art exploring the benefits and challenges of artificial intelligence.
Georgia continues to lead as the most multilayered economy in the country. While other states mull over how to keep pace, Georgia business leaders continue to innovate on multiple fronts – life sciences, fintech, agriculture, renewable energy, and the creative industries. Georgia’s mutual fund of industry segments has allowed the state to hedge against inflation and interest rate fluctuations while creating stable job opportunities for citizens across the state.
With a recent focus on the film industry, a renewed focus on the music industry and very active growth in the performing arts, Georgia’s Creative Economy is growing. Obviously, the Creative Economy is essential to Georgia’s economic health, but how is this robust economy being understood, measured and managed?
Georgia happens to be one of our best states in terms of district adoptions.