2025–26 Awards season calendar: Check out the full list of key dates for Oscars, Grammys, Guilds and more

Whether you're tracking nominations, coverage, or eagerly waiting for red-carpet moments, here’s your complete month-by-month calendar of the upcoming entertainment awards season.

Awards season never truly ends, and as soon as one cycle wraps, the next one begins gearing up. The 2025–26 awards season is already taking shape with confirmed dates for the Oscars, Golden Globes, Grammys, guild ceremonies, film festivals, and major critic group announcements.

Whether you're tracking nominations, coverage, or eagerly waiting for red-carpet moments, here’s your complete month-by-month calendar of the upcoming entertainment awards season.

DECEMBER 2025

3: Spirit Awards Nominations

3: National Board of Review (NBR)

4: Critics Choice Awards – TV Nominations

5: Critics Choice Awards – Film Nominations

8: Golden Globe Awards Nominations

10: ICG Publicists Awards (TV) Nominations

12: Costume Designers Guild Awards Nominations

13: Family Film & TV Awards

15: Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards – Nomination Voting Begins

16: SCL Awards Nominations (Society of Composers & Lyricists)

16: Satellite Awards Nominations

18: Producers Guild of America (PGA) – Voting Begins

29: MUAHS Awards Nominations (Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists)

TBD (December):

British Independent Film Awards (BIFA)

Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA)

JANUARY 2026

2–12: Palm Springs International Film Festival

3: Palm Springs International Film Awards

3: National Society of Film Critics (NSFC) Voting

4: Critics Choice Awards

4: SAG Nomination Voting Ends

6: New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC) Awards

7: SAG Awards Nominations

7: Art Directors Guild (ADG) Nominations

7: Directors Guild of America (DGA) Film & TV Nominations (7–8)

8: PGA Nomination Voting Ends

8: ASC Awards Nominations (Cinematographers)

8: NAACP Image Awards Nominations

8: Cinema Eye Honors

9: PGA Nominations Announced

10: Movies for Grownups Awards (AARP)

11: Golden Globe Awards

12: Oscar Nominations Voting Begins

12: North Dakota Film Society Awards

14: SAG Winners Voting Begins

14: ICG Publicists Awards – Motion Picture Nominations

16: Oscar Nomination Voting Ends

17: European Film Awards (EFA)

20: Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Awards Nominations

22: Oscar Nominations Announced

22: Sundance Film Festival Begins (Jan 22 – Feb 1)

26: North Carolina Film Critics Association Awards

27: BAFTA Film Awards Nominations

27: Writers Guild Awards (WGA) Nominations

27: ACE Eddie Awards Nominations (Editors)

TBA (January):

Artios Awards Nominations (Casting)

FEBRUARY 2026

1: Grammy Awards (68th Annual)

6: SCL Awards

7: Directors Guild of America Awards (DGA)

11–18: Berlin International Film Festival

12: Costume Designers Guild Awards

14: MUAHS Awards

15: Spirit Awards

15: AAFCA Awards (African American Film Critics Association)

18: People’s Choice Awards (PCA)

21: Annie Awards

22: BAFTA Film Awards

26: Oscar Winner Voting Begins

26: Artios Awards

27: SAG Winner Voting Ends

27: ACE Eddie Awards

28: PGA Awards

28: Art Directors Guild Awards (ADG)

28: NAACP Image Awards

MARCH 2026

1: The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA (formerly SAG Awards)

1: Children & Family Emmy Awards (March 1–2)

5: Oscar Winner Voting Ends

7: CAS Awards

7: SOC Awards (Camera Operators)

8: Writers Guild Awards (WGA)

8: ASC Awards (Cinematographers)

8: Golden Reels Awards (Sound Editors)

8: International Press Academy Satellite Awards

13: ICG Publicists Awards

15: 98th Academy Awards

24: BAFTA Television Awards Nominations

APRIL 2026

28: Scientific & Technical Awards Presentation (Academy)

MAY 2026

10: BAFTA Television Awards

17: Academy of Country Music Awards

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JUNE 2026

7: Tony Awards

14: BET Awards

JULY 2026

15: ESPY Awards

SEPTEMBER 2026

6: MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs)

14: Primetime Emmy Awards