PAST SUMMITS

A photo of a vibrant liver performance at IIMS 2025. The picture is taken from behind the audience, whose hands are raised in the foreground. The band is seen past the audience on stage, very animated.

2025

June 2-6
TD Music Hall & Allied Music Centre
Tkaronto (Toronto), ON

45 Indigenous artist showcases

1,000+ attendees from 15 countries

500+ delegates

Photo of a ceremony and keynote speech. Elders are speaking to a crowd in a large circle of 50-70 people. Some participants are being smudged.

June 10-14
TD Music Hall & Allied Music Centre
Tkaronto (Toronto), ON

Over 500 attendees

45 Indigenous artist showcases

Welcoming Ceremony on Toronto Island

Susan Aglukark is seen singing with a small group of participants around her, holding hands in a circle.

2023

May 31-June 4
TD Music Hall & Allied Music Centre
Tkaronto (Toronto), ON

First In-Person, Standalone IIMS

40 Indigenous Artist Showcases, 55 Speakers

260+ Attendees

Photo of a banquet room in a hotel with many computers, monitors, speakers and equipment around. No people are in the photo. This image represents the 2021 IIMS, which was held remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic.

2021

June 8-12
Virtual/Online (COVID-19 Pandemic)
Unceded Algonquin Territory (Ottawa), ON

Held Remotely During the COVID-19 Pandemic

600+ Virtual Delegates

First Standalone IIMS

A photo of a group of people in a large room at a hotel, hand in hand, dancing while someone plays a drum.

2020

January 21-26
Folk Alliance International
Tiohtià:ke (Montréal), QC

Hosted at Folk Alliance International

First IIMS in Northern Turtle Island

42 Indigenous artist showcases

Sandy Scofield plays a hand drum while people dance hand-in-hand around her in a banquet room at a hotel in New Orleans.

2019

February 13-16
Folk Alliance International
Bulbancha (New Orleans), LA

Held at Folk Alliance International

Inaugural International Indigenous Music Summit

27 Indigenous artist showcases