INSIDE HUSTLE: Philly Music Industry Networking & Info Events

Philly Music Fest and WXPN have joined forces with Philadelphia Music Alliance to expand Inside Hustle, the bi-annual music industry information and networking events, into a monthly series. The newly extended series will kick off on May 20, 2026 at the Philadelphia Ethical Society. This first event will feature a panel of local musicians including Brittany Ann Tranbaugh and songwriter/producer/musician and lead singer of Mo Lowda, Jordan Caiola about the lessons learned as they've navigated their careers forward moderated by WXPN’s Bruce Warren. Additionally an array of experts available for questions and conversations focused on key areas of the Philly music ecosystem. Inside Hustle is free with RSVP.
On May 20, industry experts will include Helen Smith and Graham Noel of Rising Sun Presents, WXPN’s Mike Vasilikos and WMMR’s Sara Parker, Another Management Company’s Rennie Jaffe, and Women in Music’s Wendi Jensen (100x) and Maggie Poulos (Mixtape Media) with more to be announced.

Each month will feature a targeted area of focus and the full curriculum for Inside Hustle’s monthly sessions will be announced at the May 20 event.

Who: Inside Hustle Presented by Philly Music Fest, WXPN, Philadelphia Music Alliance
What: Year-Long Expansion Kick Off Event
Where: Philadelphia Ethical Society - 1906 Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, PA 19103
When: Wednesday May 20, 2026 @ 6pm
How: Free with RSVP (and all ages)

About Philly Music Fest
Philly Music Fest is a nonprofit organization that produces an annual week-long local artist music festival in October, paying artists and venues and then donating profits to music education for kids. Philly Music Fest was built to support artists and we realized that one of the best ways to support artists is to support the people that support artists - managers, agents, radio, engineers, media and distribution experts.

About Philadelphia Music Alliance
The Philadelphia Music Alliance works to ensure a continued vibrant music making community through its music education programs for city school students and local college students, as well as supporting partnerships with outstanding music education programs such as the School District of Philadelphia’s MIC’d Up Program, Musicopia, Drexel University Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design, Temple University, SCH CAPA, and Philly Music Fest– all designed to not only to encourage our city’s continued stellar contributions to the cultural heritage of the world but to fill a void created by shrinking budgets for cultural programs in our city and in our schools. Best known for the Walk of Fame along Broad Street’s Avenue of the Arts, it remains most impressive public monument to the people who have made Philadelphia a great music city with the new class being inducted May 13, 2026.

About WXPN:
WXPN, the nationally recognized leader in Triple A radio and the premier guide for discovering new and significant artists in rock, blues, roots, and folk, is the non-commercial, member-supported, public radio service of the University of Pennsylvania. WXPN produces , public radio’s leading music program featuring interviews and performances with today’s essential and emerging artists and distributed by NPR to more than 300 stations across the U.S. WXPN also produces the Peabody Award-winning , which now offers a 24-hour family-music streaming service, and on XPN2 in HD and online.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Philadelphia Ethical Society, 1906 Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, United States

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