Awards Season Calendar: Key Dates for Oscars, Emmys & Other Major Events

As the 2024 Oscars fade into memory, attention shifts to the Emmy season. A plethora of television awards ceremonies are on the horizon, featuring events like the BAFTA TV Awards, the newly unveiled Gotham TV Awards, the Critics Choice Real TV Awards, and, notably, the Primetime Emmys, which return to September after the delay of the 2023 Emmys, pushed to January 2024 due to a strike.

The Oscar season has also begun marking significant dates, including those for the 2025 Academy Awards and Golden Globes.

Keep reading for a detailed month-by-month overview of forthcoming awards-related activities. All times mentioned are in PT.

Award Season Schedule: Upcoming Dates for Key Events in 2024

APRIL 2024

• Sunday, April 14
• 76th Writers Guild of America Awards ceremony
  • Location: Los Angeles and New York
  • Hosts: Niecy Nash-Betts (LA) and Josh Gondelman (NY)
  • Nominees
• 48th Laurence Olivier Awards ceremony
  • Location: London
  • Host: Hannah Waddingham
  • Nominees
• Friday, April 19
• 12 p.m. PT Daytime Emmy Awards nominations announcement
• 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
• Cannes Film Festival begins
  • Location: Cannes, France
• 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
• Sunday, May 12
• 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
  • Nominations
• Sunday, June 9
• 84th Peabody Awards
  • 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
• 6th Critics Choice Real TV Awards
  • Location: Los Angeles
• Sunday, June 16
• 23rd Tribeca Festival ends
• Sunday, June 16
• 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
• Monday, June 24
• 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
• Sunday, Sept. 8
• 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
• Sunday, Sept. 15
• 49th Toronto International Film Festival ends
• TBD p.m. on ABC:
• 76th Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony
  • Location: Los Angeles

OCTOBER 2024

• 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
• Thursday, Oct. 24
  • 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

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
• Friday, Dec. 13
  • 97th Oscars preliminary voting ends
• Friday, Dec. 13
  • 82nd Golden Globe Awards final voting begins
• Tuesday, Dec. 17
  • 97th Oscars shortlists announcement
• Friday, Dec. 27
  • 29th Capri Hollywood International Film Festival begins
    • Location: Capri, Italy
• Tuesday, Dec. 31
  • 97th Oscars eligibility period ends