This, That & The Other

• Grammy Award nominee Kelsea Ballerini, multi-platinum recording artist Alessia Cara and Hollywood Records artist (and star of Broadway’s Hamilton) Jordan Fisher are the latest performers announced for the 2017 Radio Disney Music Awards (RDMA), music’s biggest event for families, on Saturday, April 29 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. They join previously announced performer Train. Fun Fact: Ballerini and Fisher are also two of the five hosts of this special fifth anniversary show. Stay tuned for more artist announcements!

Voting for the 2017 RDMA is open now through Sunday, April 9, at Disney.com/RDMA, the Radio Disney and Disney Channel apps, Google OneBox, and via Radio Disney’s Facebook and Twitter. Tickets for the RDMA are on sale now at AXS.com/RDMA. A special two-hour telecast, Disney Channel Presents the 2017 Radio Disney Music Awards, will air on Sunday, April 30 from 7-9pm ET across multiple Disney-branded platforms.

• Entercom Urban AC KBLX & Throwback outlet KRBQ (Q102.1)/San Francisco present the 2017 Music & Entertainment Conference on Saturday, April 22 at the Fairmont San Jose. The event is geared toward folks who have dreamed about breaking into the music industry and will feature a superstar panel that includes 3x Platinum recording artists, Bell, Biv, Devoe; Mathew Knowles, President of Music World Entertainment and former manager of Destiny’s Child; New Edition’s own 4x Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, Johnny Gill, plus Grammy winner D’Wayne Wiggins, founding member of Tony! Toni! Toné!

Operations Manager Elroy Smith said, “We are excited to bring this event to the Bay Area and help aspiring music and entertainment enthusiasts. This conference is a unique event for this market and our listeners deserve the opportunity to hear firsthand from industry insiders with sustained success. As an added bonus, we will randomly select five people to perform live and be critiqued by our celebrity panel!”