Editing NAMM Show (section)

=== NAMM International Music & Sound Expo (1976–2002) ===
In 1976, NAMM rebranded its midyear roving NAMM Convention as the NAMM International Music Expo. The change reflected its evolution from a national retail association into an international association whose members included commercial companies, distributors, affiliates and manufacturers. It renamed its Anaheim-based January convention as the Winter Music & Sound Market in 1979 and the NAMM International Music Market in 1988.<ref name=Timeline />

After poor attendance and lack of direction caused the 1990 Chicago Summer NAMM show to be referred to as "the wake on the lake," NAMM moved the summer event to Nashville in 1993, renaming it the NAMM Summer Session and focusing the show on guitars and acoustic instruments.<ref>{{cite web|last=Petersen |first=George |title=Summer NAMM 2002 |url=https://www.mixonline.com/technology/summer-namm-2002-371171 |website=MIX |publisher=Future plc |date=1 September 2002 |access-date=25 July 2023}}</ref>

In 1999 and 2000, the NAMM International Music Market was held in Los Angeles while the Anaheim Convention Center was renovated.<ref>{{cite web|last=Tully |first=Sarah |title=Anaheim Convention Center explores expansion |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2008/01/16/anaheim-convention-center-explores-expansion/|website=Orange County Register |date=16 January 2008|access-date=26 January 2017}}</ref>