Get set for all the big sport and music events across the month of March with Shoot's 2025 Sport and Music Calendar.
Throughout 2025, Sport Playlists and our parent company, Shoot Music, will be helping you keep track of all the year’s biggest sport and music events with our own Calendar. You can download your own copy of the calendar to keep and print off by clicking here! We will also be providing a more detailed breakdown of what you can expect ahead of each month in the world of sport and music.
March sees the first silverware of the year handed out in football and rugby, with motorsport and horse racing also taking centre stage across the month. In music, some of 2025’s first festivals get underway in sunny and snowy locales, and the British music industry celebrates the best achievements of the past 12 months with its showpiece awards ceremony.
Lights out in Australia for the start of another exciting season of Formula 1 action
After this month’s spectacle of the F1 75 launch event at London’s O2 Arena and pre-season testing in Bahrain, the 2025 Formula 1 season kicks off in earnest with the Australian Grand Prix weekend at Melbourne’s Albert Park street circuit on the weekend of March 14th – 16th. It’s set to be one of the most exciting yet, as Red Bull’s Max Verstappen goes in search of his fifth consecutive World Drivers Championship, however the Dutchman will be pushed all the way after a 2024 season that saw the rest of the grid close the gap on Red Bull.
Championship contenders alongside Vertstappen include the likes of McLaren duo of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, along with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Mercedes’ George Russell. Other intriguing stories to watch unfold across the opening two rounds of racing in Australia and China (21st – 23rd) include how Lewis Hamilton performs in his first races as a Ferrari driver, along with multiple new drivers on the grid including Britain’s Oliver Bearman at Haas.
Men’s Six Nations comes to a close as England Women go in search of record-tying title win
The 131st season of the Guiness Men’s Six Nations reaches its conclusion across Round 4 (8th – 9th) and Round 5 (Saturday 15th). Ireland go into March as favourites to win the championship for a record third consecutive year, with the possibility of a second Grandslam in three years also still on the table heading into their final two group games against France and Italy.
The end of the month also sees the Guiness Women’s Six Nations begin with Round 1 (22nd – 23rd) and Round 2 (29th – 30th) taking place. England go into the competition as the six time defending champions, with the Red Roses looking to tie the record of seven consecutive Six Nations title wins – set by themselves between 2006-2012.
Elsewhere in Rugby Union, the Women’s Premiership comes to a close as Gloucester-Hartbury, Harlequins/Saracens (order tbd) and Bristol Bears competing in Semi-Final Play-off weekend, with the winners contesting the Final at Saracens’ StoneX Stadium on Sunday 16th.
Thomas Tuchel takes the Three Lions reigns as England & Wales begin 2026 World Cup qualification
A new era begins for England‘s Men as Thomas Tuchel begins his tenure as the national team Head Coach for the first set of 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers. The Three Lions begin their campaign in Group K with back-to-back home games at Wembley Stadium against Albania (Friday 21st) and Latvia (Monday 24th). Wales begin their qualifying in Group J at home to Kazakhstan (Saturday 22nd) and away to North Macedonia (Tuesday 25th); Scotland‘s qualifying campaign doesn’t begin until September, with the Tartan Army facing Greece in a two-legged Nation’s League Play-off on Thursday 20th (Away) and Sunday 23rd (Home). Northern Ireland play two friendlies at home to Switzerland (Friday 21st) and away to Sweden (Tuesday 25th).
All 20 drivers. One epic show. The class of Formula 1 in 2025 🤩#F175LIVE pic.twitter.com/slZnmLR3z1
— Formula 1 (@F1) February 18, 2025
First domestic trophies of the 2024/25 English football season get handed out and FA Cup action heats up
All eyes are turn to Wembley Stadium on March 15th as Liverpool face Newcastle United in the Carabao Cup Final. The Premier League leaders go into the game as the defending champions, with Arne Slot hoping to lift his first silverware as Reds Head Coach. Eddie Howe’s United side will be hoping to avoid a repeat of their last appearance in the final two years ago, a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Manchester United. The Subway Women’s League Cup will also be handed out the same afternoon, as Women’s Super League champions Chelsea face Manchester City at Derby’s Pride Park Stadium.
Next month is also packed with a slew of salivating FA Cup ties across the Men’s and Women’s game. From February 28th – March 3rd, the Men’s Emirates FA Cup gets whittled down to its final eight contenders across the Fifth Round, with standout ties including fierce rivalries renewed with Preston North End v Burnley and Crystal Palace v Millwall, four all-Premier League clashes and Plymouth – fresh off their giant killing of Liverpool in the Fourth Round – travelling to face Premier League leaders Manchester City. The final four teams heading to Wembley get set across the Quarter-final weekend of 29th – 30th.
The Adobe Women’s FA Cup Quarter-finals take place on 8th – 9th, with three all-WSL ties – Man City v Aston Villa, Arsenal v Liverpool, Chelsea v Crystal Palace – and defending champions Manchester United hosting Championship Sunderland.
Charli XCX looks to follow up GRAMMYs success at the BRIT Awards
After the GRAMMY Awards dominated the music industry this month, all eyes turn to the O2 Arena in London on Saturday 1st for the annual celebration of UK music success, the BRIT Awards. Hosted by comedian Jack Whitehall, highlights of the night will include performances from Sam Fender, Sabrina Carpenter, JADE, Myles Smith, Shaboozey, Teddy Swims, Lola Young and The Last Dinner Party.
Having led the way for British success at the GRAMMYs with three wins, Charli XCX goes into the evening with the most nominations of any nominee, five, including British Album of the Year for culture dominating ‘Brat’. Other nominees for Album of the Year include The Cure, Dua Lipa, Ezra Collective and The Last Dinner Party.
EDM fans flocks to the slopes and sun for Snowboxx and Ultra Music Festival
While we’re still many months away from the peak of festival season in Europe, March is the perfect time for fans of winter sports to find time to hit the slopes of the French Alps while also partying to some of their favourite artists at Snowboxx. Taking place between 15th – 22nd at the Avoriaz Resort, attendees will be treated to thumping DJ sets from the likes of Becky Hill, The Blessed Madonna, Interplanetary Criminal, Groove Armada, Penduluam, Ahadadream, A Little Sound, Jazzy and more.
One of Florida’s party hotspots and somewhere where the temperatures remain cool in the winter months, Miami’s Bayfront Park plays host to one of the world’s premier electronic music festivals, Ultra Music Festival, across 28th – 30th. Tiesto, Skrillex, Alesso, Chase & Status, Above & Beyond, Dom Dolla, Joel Corry and Andy C are among the world class artists performing in Magic City across the weekend.
The Best of the Rest
The first major UK Horse Racing meet of the 2025 calendar, The Cheltenham Festival, takes place between 11th -14th, with highlights of the event being the St Patrick’s Day meet (Thursday 13th) and the running of the Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup (Friday 14th). From horsepower to engine power, the opening weekend of the Moto GP season begins at the Chang International Circuit in Thailand on Sunday 2nd.
Considered the unofficial “fifth major” in Golf, The Players Championship takes place at the Ponte Verda Beach course in Florida. Boasting one of the largest collective prize fund in golf with $25m on offer to competitors, the USA’s Scottie Scheffler goes in as the defending champion. On the other side of the Atlantic, some of the world’s premiere MMA fighters come to London for UFC Fight Night 255 at the O2 Arena, headlined by a Welterweight title bout between Leon Edwards (C) and Sean Brady.
In Athletics, the European Indoor (6th – 9th) and World Indoor (21st – 23rd) Championships take place in the Netherlands and China respectively. Around 2m spectators are expected to descend on to the streets of Japan’s capital for one of the world’s top tier long distance events, the Tokyo Marathon, on Sunday 2nd, with over 37k runners taking part.
The USA plays host to two huge musical industry gathering. SXSW, the annual showcase and conglomeration of parallel film, interactive media, and music festivals and conferences takes place in Austin, Texas from 7th – 15th. Musicians set to perform at the event include Sam Ryder, The K’s, Master Peace, CVC, Antony Szmierek and HIMALAYAS. Later that month from 16th – 19th in Burbank, California, MUSEXPO brings together leaders and influencers from all facets of the entertainment industry.
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