Midem

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Midem
Status	Active
Genre	Trade fair
Frequency	Annual
Venue	Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, Cannes
Country	France
Years active	since 1967
Previous event	24 January 2024 – 27 January 2024
Next event	29 January 2025 - 31 January 2025
Area	world
Organised by	Live Nation/City of Cannes
Website	midem.com

Midem is the acronym for Marché International du Disque et de l'Édition Musicale, which is organised annually in and around the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès in Cannes, France. The trade show began in 1967, organised by Reed MIDEM, a subsidiary of Reed Exhibitions. It is billed as the leading international business event for the music ecosystem.^[1] Several thousand musicians, producers, agents, managers, lawyers, executives, entrepreneurs and journalists from around the globe regularly attend the event, which is usually held at the end of January or early February. While delegates from recording, artist management, and publishers network, new artists showcase their material.^[2] Live music is presented in the evenings.

The event is developing like the industry, focused on the core music business (labels, publishers, rights societies and more), the technology sector (startups, developers and big tech companies), brands, and the agencies that represent them (for music and brand campaigns). Since 2007, the Midemlab competition for companies working in musictech has grown in importance. SoundCloud, Spotify and Songkick are among the companies that have risen to prominence after showcasing there.

In December 2021, RX France (the organisers of Midem) announced that they were cancelling the 2022 edition. A statement on their website stated simply, "Due to the lasting pandemic and following a review of its activity, RX France has decided to no longer continue to organize the Midem event." In a separate communication, Midem Director Alexandre Deniot announced that RX France and the city of Cannes were in "exclusive and advanced discussions for the latter to take over the Midem brand".^[3]

In 2023 and 2024, smaller editions were held. In late 2024, the City of Cannes announced a new partnership between Cannes, the Palais des Festivals and Live Nation for the 2025 edition "with the ambition to make MIDEM 2025 the global crossroads of the music industry".^[4]