MAKING VINYL 2023
JUNE 7-8
Celebrating 75 years of the LP Record!
The vinyl record industry will congregate in Minneapolis at the Lowes Minneapolis Hotel on June 7-8, 2023, with enhanced evening events to include live music and exceptional networking.
Marking our sixth year, Making Vinyl Minneapolis will focus on the business aspects of sustaining profitable growth amid rising prices, considerable supply chain issues, and raw materials shortages.
2023 also marks the 75th anniversary of CBS Labs on June 18, 1948, officially unveiling the Long-Playing (LP) record at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. The conference also coincides with the June 7 birthday of Minneapolis native Prince, who died in 2016. Prince would have been 65 years old. His records – catalog and vault revelations – continue to be big sellers on vinyl.
All aspects of the vinyl comeback will be explored to keep the retail and e-commerce supply chain teeming with new releases and reissues of previously released material. Vinyl’s current popularity –15 years of double-digit growth – defies all technological and economic logic in the digital age.
Yet, given the immense expense of mounting such an operation continues to attract new financial investment, as the undeniable appeal of such a deluxe product shows no signs of slowing down. Find out on June 7-8, 2023, in Minneapolis from the experts who will share their secret formula to success.
PRESENTED BY:
Nabil Ayers, President
Beggars Group
Keynote Speaker
Making Vinyl ’23 keynoter, Nabil Ayers is President of Beggars Group US and author of the 2022 memoir My Life in the Sunshine. In Minneapolis, Nabil will discuss his years as a musician, record store owner, and label group president, vinyl’s importance in Beggars’ release strategy for its roster, including many GRAMMY Award-winning artists.
Photo (c) Gabriela Bhaskar
06 June, 2023
VRMA Member Meeting
Evening Meet & Greet – Lowes Minneapolis Hotel – Apothecary 1st Floor
07 June, 2023
Conference Day 1
Evening Networking Party at Surly Brewery Co.
08 June 2023
Networking Breakfast (VIP Ticket Only)
Conference Day 2
Tour of Copycats (Vinyl Plant), The ADS Group (CD Plant) & Taylor Printing.
Click Here for the full schedule of events.
The organizers reserve the right to make changes without prior notice.
HOTEL RESERVATIONS
Making Vinyl will be held at the Loews Hotel Minneapolis.
Our discounted room block is full, and the hotel has limited rooms still available.
There are many other affordable hotels nearby. Click here to learn more.
CLICK HERE TO SEE THE ATTENDEE LIST!
Click here to download our prospectus.
Ride Shares (Uber & Lyft) from MSP to downtown start at $17. Approximate travel time is 20 minutes.
Light Rail / METRO Blue Line
Fares range from $2 to $3.25, depending on time of day. More info at www.metrotransit.org
There will be no refunds once an event registration has been secured. Name changes will be accepted until May 24, 2023, for a fee of $50 per change. After May 24th, name changes will not be permitted.
For any additional registration questions, please get in touch with Bryan Ekus ([email protected])
Please notify us if you have special needs connected with the Americans With Disabilities Act.
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