Awards Season Calendar: Key Dates for Oscars, Emmys, Tonys and Other Major Events (2024)

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.

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SEPTEMBER 2024

Wednesday, Sept. 25 and Thursday, Sept. 26

45th News & Documentary Emmy Awards
Location: New York

Thursday, Sept. 26

5 p.m. on NBC and Peacock: 2nd People’s Choice Country Awards
Location: Nashville

Friday, Sept. 27

62nd New York Film Festival begins
Location: New York

Saturday, Sept. 28

72nd San Sebastián International Film Festival ends

OCTOBER 2024

Awards Season Calendar: Key Dates for Oscars, Emmys, Tonys and Other Major Events (3)

Sunday, Oct. 6

CBS: American Music Awards 50th Anniversary special (The awards show shifted to May 2025.)

Wednesday, Oct. 9

68th BFI London Film Festival begins

Monday, Oct. 14

62nd New York Film Festival ends

9th Critics Choice Documentary Awards nominations announcement

Wednesday, Oct. 16

60th Chicago International Film Festival begins
Location: Chicago

Thursday, Oct. 17

25th Newport Beach Film Festival begins
Location: Newport Beach, California

Sunday, Oct. 20

68th BFI London Film Festival ends

Tuesday, Oct. 22

4th Critics Choice Association Celebration of Latino Cinema & Television
Location: Los Angeles

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

Tuesday, Oct. 29

34th Gotham Awards nominations announcement

Thursday, Oct. 31

31st Austin Film Festival ends

NOVEMBER 2024

Awards Season Calendar: Key Dates for Oscars, Emmys, Tonys and Other Major Events (4)

Saturday, Nov. 2

27th SCAD Savannah Film Festival ends

Tuesday, Nov. 5

U.S. Election Day

Friday, Nov. 8

67th Grammy Awards nominations announcement

Sunday, Nov. 10

9th Critics Choice Documentary Awards
Location: New York

Tuesday, Nov. 12

3rd Critics Choice Association Celebration of AAPI Cinema & Television
Location: Los Angeles

Wednesday, Nov. 13

37th International Documentary Festival Amsterdam begins
Location: Amsterdam

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

Awards Season Calendar: Key Dates for Oscars, Emmys, Tonys and Other Major Events (5)

Monday, Dec. 2

34th Gotham Awards
Location: New York

Tuesday, Dec. 3

90th New York Film Critics Circle Awards voting

Wednesday, Dec. 4

5 p.m.: 82nd Golden Globe Awards film nominations voting ends

40th Film Independent Spirit Awards nominations announcement

National Board of Review awards recipients announced

Thursday, Dec. 5

24th AFI Awards honorees announcement

Monday, Dec. 9

5 a.m.: 82nd Golden Globe Awards nominations announcement
Location: Los Angeles

7th Critics Choice Association Celebration of Black Cinema & Television
Location: Los Angeles

African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) winners announcement

97th Oscars preliminary voting begins

Tuesday, Dec. 10

36th Producers Guild Awards nominations announcement (documentary motion pictures)

12th Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards nominations announcement

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)

27th Costume Designers Guild Awards nominations announcement

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

Awards Season Calendar: Key Dates for Oscars, Emmys, Tonys and Other Major Events (6)

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

90th New York Film Critics Circle Awards ceremony
Location: New York

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

Saturday, Jan. 11

25th AARP The Magazine’s Movies for Grownups Awards
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

Saturday. Jan. 18

75th Annual ACE Eddie Awards
Location: Los Angeles

Sunday, Jan. 26

29th Satellite Awards ceremony

Thursday, Jan. 30

2 p.m.: 35th Producers Guild Awards voting ends (theatrical, animated and documentary motion pictures; television series/specials)

FEBRUARY 2025

Awards Season Calendar: Key Dates for Oscars, Emmys, Tonys and Other Major Events (7)

Sunday, Feb. 2

67th Grammy Awards
Location: Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles

Tuesday, Feb. 4

40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival begins
Location: Santa Barbara, California

Thursday, Feb. 6

27th Costume Designers Guild Awards
Location: Los Angeles

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

Wednesday, Feb. 12

40th Artios Awards
Location: Los Angeles, NY, London

Saturday, Feb. 15

12th Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards ceremony

40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival ends

Sunday, Feb. 16

BAFTA Film Awards ceremony

16th Dorian Film Awards ceremony

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

Wednesday, Feb. 19

African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) Awards

Saturday, Feb. 22

40th Independent Spirit Awards
Location: Santa Monica

Sunday, Feb. 23

31st SAG Awards ceremony
Location: Los Angeles

15th Music Supervisors Guild Awards
Location: Los Angeles

Friday, Feb. 28

62nd ICG Publicists Awards
Location: Los Angeles

MARCH 2025

Awards Season Calendar: Key Dates for Oscars, Emmys, Tonys and Other Major Events (8)

Sunday, March 2

4 p.m. on ABC: 97th Oscars ceremony
Location: Los Angeles

Friday, March 7

31st begins
Location: Austin, Texas

Thursday, March 13

21st Boulder International Film Festival begins
Location: Boulder, Colorado

Saturday, March 15

31st ends

Sunday, March 16

21st Boulder International Film Festival ends

This story was first published on April 12, 2024 at 3:49 p.m.

Awards Season Calendar: Key Dates for Oscars, Emmys, Tonys and Other Major Events (2024)

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