Past Winners & Nominees

PUBLIC VOTED WINNERS & NOMINEES

BEST ALBUM – presented by The Age
Adalita – All Day Venus
Dick Diver – Calendar Days
The Drones – I See Seaweed
Big Scary – Not Art
Paul Kelly – Spring and Fall

BEST BAND – presented by City of Melbourne
Clairy Browne & The Bangin’ Rackettes
Dick Diver
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Saskwatch
The Drones

BEST SONG – presented by APRA
Standish/Carlyon – Nono/Yoyo
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Head On/ Pill
Courtney Barnett – History Eraser
Cash Savage And The Last Drinks – I’m In Love
Vance Joy – Riptide

BEST MALE ARTIST – presented by Select AV
Archie Roach
David Bridie
Gotye
Mikelangelo
Paul Kelly

BEST FEMALE ARTIST – presented by TheMusic
Adalita
Courtney Barnett
Evelyn Morris (Pikelet)
Jen Cloher
Kylie Auldist

BEST EMERGING ARTIST – presented by Travel Beyond / Bigsound
Andras Fox
Brighter Later
Damn Terran
Fraser A. Gorman
Hiatus Kaiyote

BEST LIVE BAND – presented by RockWiz
Bombay Royale
Clairy Browne & the Bangin’ Rackettes
Harmony
Money For Rope
The Drones

BEST VENUE – presented by Mountain Goat
The Caravan Club
The Corner Hotel
The Forum
The Old Bar
The Toff In Town

BEST FESTIVAL – presented by Crumpler
All Tomorrow’s Parties / I’ll Be Your Mirror
Boogie
Golden Plains
Meredith Music Festival
Sugar Mountain

BEST REGIONAL ACT
Gold Fields
Hunting Grounds
Quarry Mountain Dead Rats
Stonefield
Yacht Club DJs

BEST REGIONAL VENUE
Karova Lounge, Ballarat
Meeniyan Town Hall, South Gippsland
Theatre Royal, Castlemaine
The Barwon Club, Geelong
The Bridge, Castlemaine

INDUSTRY VOTED WINNERS & NOMINEES

BEST BLUES ALBUM – presented by Melbourne Blues Appreciation Society (MBAS)
Chris Russell’s Chicken Walk – Shakedown
Chris Wilson & Geoff Achison – Box of Blues
Nick Charles – Into The Blues
Russell Morris – Sharkmouth
Three Kings – Three Kings

BEST COUNTRY ALBUM – presented by Addicted To Noise
Dan Waters – La Vita E’Bella
Doug Bruce – Made That Way
Nigel Wearne – Black Crow
Raised By Eagles – Raised By Eagles
Sweet Jean – Dear Departure

BEST SOUL, FUNK, R’N’B AND GOSPEL ALBUM – presented by PBS 106.7FM
Hiatus Kaiyote – Tawk Tomahawk
Judex Rose – Afro Soul Power
Kylie Auldist – Still Life
Sweethearts – Bar Roma
The Cactus Channel – Wooden Boy

BEST JAZZ ALBUM – presented by Dixons Creek Estate
Allan Browne Trio – Lost In The Stars
Andrea Keller – Family Portraits
Menagerie – They Shall Inherit
Murphy’s Law – Big Creatures and Little Creatures
Origami – Karaoke

BEST HIP HOP ALBUM – presented by Capi Soda
Dr. Flea – Keep on Moving
Flu – FluSeason
Fraksha – My Way
Known Associates – Ashes to Dust
Must Volkoff – White Russian

BEST ELECTRONIC ACT – presented by Select AV
Client Liaison
Dune
Nick Thayer
Sunshine
Tornado Wallace aka Lewie Day

BEST HEAVY ALBUM – presented by Wifire Music
Apart From This – In Gloom
Batpiss – Nuclear Winter
King Parrot – Bite Your Head Off
Ooga Boogas – Ooga Boogas
White Walls – White Walls

BEST INDIGENOUS ACT – presented by Songlines
Archie Roach
Crystal Mercy
Dan Sultan
Kutcha Edwards
Yung Warriors

BEST GLOBAL OR REGGAE ACT – presented by Australasian Worldwide Music Expo (AWME)
Afrobiotics
Airileke Ingram
Melbourne Ska Orchestra
Public Opinion Afro Orchestra
Zulya and the Children of the Underground

BEST EXPERIMENTAL/AVANT-GARDE ACT – presented by GI & Sanicki Lawyers
Aviva Endean
Dave Brown
Judith Hamann
Mark Groves
Nik Kennedy

BEST FOLK OR ROOTS ALBUM – presented by White Sky
Archie Roach – Into the Bloodstream
Shane Howard – Other Side of the Rock
The Idle Hoes – Tomorrow Morning
The Mae Trio – Housewarming
Tinpan Orange – Over The Sun

PUBLIC VOTED WINNERS & NOMINEES

BEST ALBUM – presented by The Age
Dan Sultan – Blackbird
HTRK – Psychic 9-5 Club
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard – Oddments
Teeth & Tongue – Grids
Total Control – Typical System

BEST BAND – presented by The Corner
Client Liaison
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
Teeth & Tongue
Total Control
Wagons

BEST SONG – presented by APRA AMCOS
Banoffee – Got It
Courtney Barnett – Avant Gardener
Fraser A Gorman – Book Of Love
Laura Jean – My First Love Song
Total Control – Flesh War

BEST MALE ARTIST – presented by Tone Deaf
Chet Faker
Dan Sultan
Mikelangelo
Rob Snarski
Vance Joy

BEST FEMALE ARTIST – presented by The Music
Courtney Barnett
Jen Cloher
Jess Cornelius (Teeth & Tongue)
Laura Jean
Missy Higgins

BEST EMERGING ACT – presented by Travel Beyond/BigSound
Banoffee
Client Liaison
D.D Dumbo
Milwaukee Banks
Remi

BEST LIVE BAND – presented by Rockwiz
Cosmic Psychos
Graveyard Train
Harmony
King Parrot
Saskwatch

BEST VENUE – presented by Mountain Goat
170 Russell, Melbourne
Cherry, Melbourne
Corner Hotel, Richmond
Howler, Brunswick
The Forum Theatre, Melbourne

BEST FESTIVAL – presented by Crumpler
Boogie
Falls Festival
Golden Plains
Laneway Festival
Meredith Music Festival

BEST REGIONAL VENUE – presented by Dixons Creek Estate
Barwon Club, Geelong
Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine
Hallam Hotel, Hallam
Karova Lounge, Ballarat
Meeniyan Town Hall, Meeniyan

BEST REGIONAL ACT – presented by Live at Your Local
Briggs
Cosmic Psychos
D.D Dumbo
Freya Hollick
Stonefield

INDUSTRY VOTED WINNERS & NOMINEES

BEST BLUES ALBUM – presented by Melbourne Blues Appreciation Society
Dreamboogie – Ain’t Nobody’s Business
Greg Dodd & The Hoodoo Men – 3am Blues Live
Ian Collard – Swamp, Stomp & Boogie
Kerri Simpson – 4am
Shaun Kirk – Steer The Wheel

BEST COUNTRY ALBUM – presented by Out On The Weekend
Eaten By Dogs – Eaten By Dogs
Lachlan Bryan & The Wildes – Black Coffee
T-Bones – A Long Time Coming
Tracy McNeil – Nobody Ever Leaves
Wagons – Acid Rain & Sugar Cane

BEST SOUL, FUNK, R’N’B AND GOSPEL ALBUM – presented by Plakkit
Chelsea Wilson – I Hope You’ll Be Very Unhappy Without Me
Cookin’ on 3 Burners – Blind Bet
Oscar Key Sung – Holograms
Saskwatch – Nose Dive
The Bamboos – Fever In The Road

BEST JAZZ ALBUM – presented by Dixons Creek Estate
Andrea Keller Quartet with Strings – Wave Rider
Anton Delecca Quartet – The Healer
Black Jesus Experience – Migration
Julien Wilson Trio – Swailing
Tilman Robinson – Network of Lines

BEST HIP HOP ALBUM – presented by PBS 106.7FM
Briggs – Shep Life
Geko – Real Heads Don’t Listen
L-Fresh the Lion – One
Remi – Raw x Infinity
Tornts – Street Visions

BEST ELECTRONIC ACT – presented by Select AV
Andras Fox
Chet Faker
Client Liaison
Dizz1
Will Sparks

BEST HEAVY ALBUM – presented by Sailor Jerry
Ausmuteants – Amusements
Ceres – I Don’t Want To Be Anywhere But Here
Closure In Moscow – Pink Lemonade
Iron Mind – Iron Mind
The Bennies – Rainbows In Space

BEST INDIGENOUS ACT – presented by Songlines
Deline Briscoe
Kutcha Edwards
Philly
Skin Choir
The Deans

BEST GLOBAL OR REGGAE ALBUM – presented by Crumpler
Black Jesus Experience – Migration
Coloured Stone – Dance To the Sun
Tek Tek Ensemble – Terror in the Jungle
The Bombay Royale – The Island of Dr Electrico
The Chosen Ones – Self Titled

BEST FOLK OR ROOTS – presented by White Sky
Charles Jenkins – Too Much Water In The Boat
Laura Jean – Laura Jean
Oh Pep – II
Tobias Hengeveld – Daylight Express
Tracy McNeil – Nobody Ever Leaves

BEST EXPERIMENTAL/AVANT-GARDE ACT – presented by Implant Media
Evelyn Morris
Joel Stern
Nik Kennedy
Ren Walters
Rosalind Hall

PUBLIC VOTED WINNERS & NOMINEES

BEST ALBUM – presented by The Age
Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
Dick Diver – Melbourne, Florida
Dorsal Fins – Mind Renovation
Ben Salter – The Stars My Destination
Totally Mild – Down Time

BEST SONG – presented by APRA AMCOS
Courtney Barnett – Depreston
Courtney Barnett – Pedestrian at Best
Pearls – Big Shot
Jess Ribeiro – Hurry Back To Love
The Peep Tempel – Carol

BEST BAND – presented by Corner Hotel
Courtney Barnett
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
The Peep Tempel
Totally Mild
Twerps

BEST MALE ARTIST – presented by Beat Magazine
Briggs
Fraser A. Gorman
Tom Iansek (#1 Dads, Big Scary)
CW Stoneking
Marlon Williams

BEST FEMALE ARTIST – presented by The Music
Courtney Barnett
Mojo Juju
Jess Ribeiro
Ella Thompson
Sui Zhen

BEST EMERGING ARTIST – presented by Travel Beyond Group / Bigsound
Gold Class
Harts
Raised By Eagles
Total Giovanni
Totally Mild

BEST REGIONAL ACT – presented by Speaker TV
Briggs
Cosmic Psychos
Crepes
DD Dumbo
The Murlocs

BEST LIVE BAND – presented by Rockwiz
The Bamboos
The Drones
The Peep Tempel
The Smith Street Band
Total Giovanni

BEST REGIONAL VENUE – presented by Live at your Local
Barwon Club, Geelong
Karova Lounge, Ballarat
Meeniyan Town Hall, Meeniyan
Theatre Royal, Castlemaine
The Loft, Warrnambool

BEST VENUE – presented by Mountain Goat
Corner Hotel, Richmond
Howler, Brunswick
Shebeen, Melbourne
The Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood
The Tote, Collingwood

BEST FESTIVAL – presented by Crumpler
Boogie
Golden Plains
St Jerome’s Laneway Festival
Sugar Mountain
Supersense

INDUSTRY VOTED WINNERS & NOMINEES

BEST BLUES ALBUM – presented by Melbourne Blues Appreciation Society
Blue Heat – One Day Too Long
Blues Mountain – Separation Street
Fiona Boyes – Box & Dice
Greg Dodd & The Hoodoo Men – Movin’ On
Lloyd Spiegel – Double Live Set

BEST COUNTRY ALBUM – presented by Allans Billy Hyde
Jemma & The Clifton Hillbillies – Self Titled
Ben Mastwyk – Mornin’, Evenin’
Mustered Courage – White Lies & Melodies
Raised By Eagles – Diamonds In The Bloodstream
Marlon Williams – Self Titled

BEST SOUL, FUNK, R’N’B AND GOSPEL ALBUM – presented by CollArts
Emma Donovan & The Putbacks – Dawn
Mojo Juju – Seeing Red / Feeling Blue
The Paul Kelly – Merri Soul Sessions
The Seven Ups – The Seven Ups
Women of Soul – Women of Soul

BEST JAZZ ALBUM – presented by Dixons Creek Estate Wines
Allan Browne Quintet – Ithaca Bound
Jack Earle Big Band – Self Titled
Barney McAll – Mooroolbark
Refraction – As We Were
Paul Van Ross – Mi Alma Cuban: My Cuban Soul

BEST HIP HOP ALBUM – presented by Plakkit
Ciecmate – Limbo
Maundz – Nobody’s Business
Tornts – No Compromise
Spit & Mac – The Hourglass
Lgeez – Cloud Nine

BEST ELECTRONIC ACT – presented by OneLove
Andras & Oscar
I’lls
Roland Tings
Total Giovanni
Wabz

BEST HEAVY ALBUM – presented by Cherry Bar
Cuntz – Force the Zone
Fuck the Fitzroy Doom Scene – Facing the Ruin
High Tension – Bully
King Parrot – Dead Set
Ne Obliviscaris – Citadel

BEST INDIGENOUS ACT – presented by Department of the Future Productions (DOTF)
Briggs
Emma Donovan
Philly
Dan Sultan
Benny Walker

BEST GLOBAL OR REGGAE ALBUM – presented by Crumpler
Ras Jahknow – Jah Sta Li Dub
Larry Maluma – Ulemu
Ruth Roshan & Tango Noir – Stories of Love & Regret
Quarter Street – Quarter Street
T Rhythm – Reminicin

BEST FOLK OR ROOTS ALBUM – presented by Folk Alliance Australia
Kate Burke & Ruth Hazleton – Declaration
Suzanna Espie – Mother’s Not Feeling Herself Today
Oh Pep! – Living
The Mae Trio – September
Tolka – One House

BEST EXPERIMENTAL/AVANT-GARDE ACT – presented by Bar Open
Carolyn Connors
Eves
Robin Fox
Joe Talia
Eugene Ughetti

PUBLIC VOTED WINNERS & NOMINEES

BEST ALBUM

INDUSTRY VOTED WINNERS & NOMINEES

BEST BLUES ALBUM
Nick Charles – The River Flows
Mike Elrington – Two Lucky Stars
Pugsley Buzzard – Skin and Teeth
Steve Boyd’s Rum Reverie – Healers and Howlers
The New Savages – Goin’ Over The River

BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
Bill Jackson – The Wayside Ballads Vol. 2
Matt Joe Gow – Seven Years
Sal Kimber & The Rolling Wheel – Southern Light
Sean McMahon & The  Moonmen – Shiner
Tracy McNeil & The Goodlife – Thieves

BEST SOUL, FUNK, R’N’B OR GOSPEL ALBUM
30/70 – Cold Radish Coma
Kylie Auldist – Family Tree
Billy Davis – Bad Ending
Deep Street Soul – Come Alive!
The Sugarcanes – The Sugarcanes

BEST JAZZ ALBUM
ATM 15 – Human Music
Brenton Foster – Two Cities
Luke Howard Trio – The Electric Night Descends
Peter Knight – Way Out West
Mike Nock and Tony Gould – Monash Sessions

BEST HIP HOP ALBUM
Discourse – Megalomaniac
Dylan Joel – Authentic Lemonade
Milwaukee Banks – Deep Into The Night
Plutonic Lab – Deep Above The Noise
Scotty Hinds – Hindsight

BEST ELECTRONIC ACT
András
Client Liaison
Harvey Sutherland
NO ZU
Sui Zhen

BEST HEAVY ALBUM
Acolyte – Shades Of Black
Be’lakor – Vessels
King – Reclaim The Darkness
Shepparton Airplane – Shepparton Airplane
Tyranamen – Tyranamen

BEST ABORIGINAL ACT
Dave Arden
Emma Donovan
Kutcha Edwards
Lady Lash
Benny Walker

BEST GLOBAL OR REGGAE ALBUM
Bashka – Fihi ma Fihi
Black Jesus Experience – Cradle of Humanity
Malcura – Malcura
Melbourne Ska Orchestra – Sierra Kilo Alpha
San Lazaro – La Despedida

BEST FOLK / ROOTS ALBUM
John Flanagan – There’s Another Way To Where You’re Going
Oh Pep! – Stadium Cake
Dan Parsons – Valleywood
Leah Senior – Summer’s On The Ground
Tinpan Orange – Love Is a Dog

BEST EXPERIMENTAL OR AVANT-GARDE ACT
Harriet Morgan
Inland (Alex Garsden and Rohan Drape)
Joel Stern
Nik Kennedy
Robin Fox

PUBLIC VOTED WINNERS & NOMINEES

BEST ALBUM
A.B Original – Reclaim Australia
Big Smoke – Time Is Golden
Cable Ties – Self Titled
Jen Cloher – Self-Titled
RVG – A Quality of Mercy

BEST BAND
A.B. Original
Cable Ties
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
RVG
The Teskey Brothers

BEST SONG
A.B. Original – January 26
Cable Ties – Say What You Mean
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – Rattlesnake
RVG – A Quality of Mercy
The Smith Street Band – Death To The Lads

BEST FEMALE ARTIST
Ali Barter
Freya Josephine Hollick
Jen Cloher
Meg Mac
Tash Sultana

BEST MALE ARTIST
D.D Dumbo
Dan Sultan
Paul Kelly
REMI
Tim Rogers

BEST EMERGING ACT
Alexander Biggs
Amyl & The Sniffers
Cable Ties
RVG
The Teskey Brothers

BEST LIVE ACT
A.B. Original
Cable Ties
Cash Savage & The Last Drinks
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Peep Tempel

BEST VENUE – UNDER 500 CAPACITY
The Curtin
The Gasometer
Howler
The Old Bar
The Tote

BEST VENUE – OVER 500 CAPACITY
170 Russell
The Corner Hotel
The Croxton Bandroom
The Forum
Melbourne Recital Centre

BEST FESTIVAL
Boogie Festival
Golden Plains
Laneway
Meredith Music Festival
Sugar Mountain

BEST REGIONAL VENUE – UNDER 50 GIGS PER YEAR
The Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine
Meeniyan Town Hall, Meeniyan
Music On The Hill, Red Hill
Pier Bandroom, Frankston
Theatre Royal, Castlemaine

BEST REGIONAL VENUE – OVER 50 GIGS PER YEAR
Baha, Rye
Barwon Club, Geelong
The Eastern Hotel, Ballarat
Karova Lounge, Ballarat
Workers Club, Geelong

BEST REGIONAL ACT
Benny Walker
Coda Chroma
Cosmic Psychos
D.D Dumbo
Freya Josephine Hollick

INDUSTRY VOTED WINNERS & NOMINEES

BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
Big Smoke – Time Is Golden
Freya Josephine Hollick – The Unceremonious Junking Of Me
Matt Joe Gow – Seven Years
Raised By Eagles – I Must Be Somewhere
Small Town Romance – Small Town Romance

BEST ELECTRONIC ACT
Client Liaison
Dom Dolla
Harvey Sutherland
The Journey
KLLO

BEST EXPERIMENTAL/AVANT GARDE ACT
Byron Scullin
James Hullick
Miyuki Jokiranta
Nat Grant
Winter Sound School / Bridget Chappell

BEST FOLK OR ROOTS ALBUM
Jed Rowe – A Foreign Country
Jordie Lane and The Sleepers – Glassellland
Leah Senior – Pretty Faces
The Mae Trio – Take Care Take Cover
Sophie Koh – Book of Songs

BEST GLOBAL/REGGAE ALBUM
Amaru Tribe –Amaru Tribe
The Bombay Royale –Run Kitty Run
George Telek, David Bridie & Musicians of the Gunantuna –A Bit Na Ta
Lamine Sonko and the African Intelligence –Afro Empire
Papa Chango –The Lost Moon of Bellaris

BEST HEAVY ALBUM
Batpiss – Rest in Piss
Clowns – Lucid Again
Divide and Dissolve – Basic
Dødknell – Hatred. Absolute
Mammoth Mammoth – Mount the Mountain

BEST HIP HOP ALBUM
A.B Original –Reclaim Australia
Birdz – Train of thought
Must Volkoff –Aquanaut
Pez – Don’t Look Down
Remi – Divas & Demons

BEST JAZZ ALBUM
Brenton Foster –The Nature of Light
Fem Belling – Now Then
Paul Grabowsky/Mirko Guerrini/Niko Schauble – Torrio!
Senegambian Jazz Band –Senegambian Jazz Band
Speedball –We Have Moved

BEST SOUL, FUNK, RNB AND GOSPEL ALBUM
Cookin’ On 3 Burners –Lab Experiments Vol 1
Lance Ferguson –Raw Material
The Meltdown –The Meltdown
Silver Linings –So Good To You
The Teskey Brothers – Half Mile Harvest

BEST ABORIGINAL ACT
A.B Original
Archie Roach
Benny Walker
Birdz
Dan Sultan 

BEST BLUES ALBUM
Benny & The Fly By Niters – Watch Yourself
Dan Dinnen – Keep on Stirrin’ The Pot
Fiona Boyes – Professin’ The Blues
Lloyd Spiegel – This Time Tomorrow
White Lightnin’ – Mongrel Blood

PUBLIC VOTED WINNERS & NOMINEES

THE PREMIER’S PRIZE FOR THE BEST VICTORIAN ALBUM OF 2018 – $10,000 CASH PRIZE
Camp Cope – How To Socialise & Make Friends
Courtney Barnett – Tell Me How You Really Feel
Laura Jean – Devotion
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Hope Downs
Sampa The Great – Birds And The Bee9

BEST BAND
Camp Cope
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
MOD CON
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
Tropical Fuck Storm

BEST SONG
Baker Boy – Marryuna 
Camp Cope – The Opener
Courtney Barnett – Nameless, Faceless
Laura Jean – Girls On The TV
Mojo Juju – Native Tongue

BEST SOLO ARTIST
Alex Lahey
Angie McMahon
Baker Boy
Courtney Barnett 
Didirri
Laura Jean
Mojo Juju
Sampa The Great
Tash Sultana
Vance Joy

BEST MALE MUSICIAN
Danzal Baker (Baker Boy) 
Didirri Peters (Didirri)
Gareth Liddiard (Tropical Fuck Storm)
Jake Robertson (School Damage, Alien Nosejob)
Tom Iansek (No Mono)

BEST FEMALE MUSICIAN
Courtney Barnett 
Erica Dunn (Tropical F*ck Storm, MOD CON, Palm Springs)
Laura Englert (Laura Jean)
Mojo “Juju” Ruiz De Luzuriaga (Mojo Juju)
Sampa Tembo (Sampa The Great)

THE PREMIER’S PRIZE FOR THE BEST VICTORIAN BREAKTHROUGH ACT OF 2018 – $5000 CASH PRIZE
Angie McMahon
Baker Boy
Kaiit
Mildlife
MOD CON

BEST LIVE ACT
Amyl And The Sniffers
Baker Boy 
Cable Ties
Courtney Barnett
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

BEST SMALL VENUE (UNDER 500 CAPACITY)
The Gasometer, Collingwood
Howler, Brunswick
Northcote Social Club, Northcote 
The Old Bar, Fitzroy
The Tote, Collingwood

BEST LARGE VENUE (OVER 500 CAPACITY)
170 Russell, Melbourne
Corner Hotel, Richmond
The Croxton Bandroom, Thornbury
Hamer Hall, Southbank
Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank

INDUSTRY VOTED WINNERS & NOMINEES

BEST FESTIVAL
Gizzfest
Golden Plains 
Meredith Music Festival
Sugar Mountain
Wet Fest

BEST REGIONAL/OUTER SUBURBAN ACT
Benny Walker
Freya Josephine Hollick
High Tension
Stonefield
This Way North  

BEST REGIONAL/OUTER SUBURBAN VENUE (OVER 50 GIGS PER YEAR)
Barwon Club, South Geelong
Caravan Music Club, Bentleigh East
Karova Lounge, Ballarat 
Sooki Lounge, Belgrave
The Workers Club, Geelong

BEST REGIONAL/OUTER SUBURBAN VENUE (UNDER 50 GIGS PER YEAR)
Aireys Pub, Aireys
Inlet Blues Train, Queenscliff
Meeniyan Town Hall, Meeniyan
Theatre Royal, Castlemaine
Wandi Pub, Wandiligong

ARCHIE ROACH FOUNDATION AWARD FOR EMERGING TALENT 
Alice Skye
Baker Boy
Kaiit 
Oetha
Willow Beats

BEST BLUES ALBUM
Collard Greens And Gravy – Luedella 
Fiona Boyes – Voodoo In The Shadows
Lloyd Spiegel – Backroads
Rhythm X Revival – Rhythm X Revival
Steve Boyd’s Rum Reverie – Hoodoo Hipshake

BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
Ben Mastwyk & The Millions – Winning Streak
Freya Josephine Hollick – Feral Fusion
Greta Ziller – Queen Of Boomtown
James Ellis & The Jealous Guys – It’s Ain’t Texas (But It Ain’t Bad) 
Michael Waugh – The Asphalt & The Oval

BEST ELECTRONIC ACT
Alice Ivy
Cale Sexton
Corin
Habits
Mildlife 

BEST EXPERIMENTAL OR AVANT-GARDE ACT
Aviva Endean
Maria Moles
MESS Ltd
Nat Grant 
Romy Fox

BEST FOLK OR ROOTS ALBUM
Cat Canteri – Inner North
Lucy Wise – Winter Sun
Luke Plumb & The Circuit – Turn & ReTurn
Michael Waugh – The Asphalt & The Oval 
Trouble In The Kitchen – The Score

BEST GLOBAL ACT
Cool Out Sun
Digital Afrika
Mojo Juju
Senegambian Jazz Band 
Xylouris White

BEST HEAVY ALBUM
Dangerous Curves – So Dirty Right
Dream On Dreamer – It Comes And Goes
Encircling Sea – Hearken 
High Tension – Purge
YLVA – Meta

BEST HIP HOP ACT
Baker Boy
Drmngnow
Jordan Dennis
Kaiit
Sampa The Great 

BEST JAZZ ALBUM
30/70 – Elevate
Barney McAll – Hearing The Blood
Menagerie – The Arrow Of Time
Origami – Wu Xing – The 5 Elements
Sam Anning – Across A Field As Vast As One  

BEST REGGAE AND DANCEHALL ACT
Marvin Priest & Rik-E-Ragga
Melbourne Ska Orchestra
Monkey Marc 
Ras Jahknow
Yaw Faso

BEST ROCK/PUNK ALBUM
Camp Cope – How to Socialise & Make Friends
Divide and Dissolve – Abomination
Little Ugly Girls – Little Ugly Girls 
Sarah Mary Chadwick – Sugar Still Melts In The Rain
Tropical Fuck Storm – A Laughing Death in Meatspace

BEST SOUL, FUNK, RNB ALBUM
30/70 – Elevate
The Bamboos – Night Time People
Billy Davis – A Family Portrait
Mildlife – Phase
Sampa The Great – Birds and The BEE9

PUBLIC VOTED WINNERS & NOMINEES

THE PREMIER’S PRIZE FOR THE BEST VICTORIAN ALBUM OF 2019 – $10,000 CASH PRIZE
The Teskey Brothers – Run Home Slow
Amyl and the Sniffers – Amyl and the Sniffers
Gregor – Silver Drop
On Diamond – On Diamond
Angie McMahon – Salt

BEST BAND
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Amyl and the Sniffers
Cash Savage and The Last Drinks
The Teskey Brothers
Tropical F*ck Storm

BEST SONG – $3,000 APRA AMCOS CASH PRIZE
Briggs – Life is Incredible
Cash Savage and The Last Drinks – Good Citizens
Gordon Koang – Stand Up (Clap Your Hands)
Sampa The Great – Final Form
The Teskey Brothers – So Caught Up

BEST SOLO ARTIST
Sampa The Great
Baker Boy
Angie McMahon
Gordon Koang
Alex Lahey
Courtney Barnett
Palm Springs
Olympia
DRMNGNOW
Gregor

BEST MALE MUSICIAN
Davey Lane
Gareth Liddiard (Tropical F*ck Storm)
Gordon Koang
Stu Mackenzie (King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard)
Paul Kelly

BEST FEMALE MUSICIAN
Angie McMahon
Courtney Barnett
Erica Dunn (Tropical F*ck Storm, Palm Springs, MOD CON, Harmony)
Romy Vager (RVG)
Sampa Tembo (Sampa The Great)

THE PREMIER’S PRIZE FOR THE BEST VICTORIAN BREAKTHROUGH ACT OF 2019 – $5000 CASH PRIZE
DRMNGNOW
Gena Rose Bruce
G Flip
Gordon Koang
Tones And I

BEST LIVE ACT – $5,000 LYRICAL ROAD TRAVEL VOUCHER
Amyl and the Sniffers
Sampa The Great
Tropical F*ck Storm
Mildlife
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

BEST SMALL VENUE (UNDER 500 CAPACITY)
Howler, Brunswick
Northcote Social Club, Northcote
The Tote, Collingwood
The Old Bar, Fitzroy
The Gasometer, Collingwood

BEST LARGE VENUE (OVER 500 CAPACITY)
Forum, Melbourne
Hamer Hall, Southbank
The Croxton Bandroom, Thornbury
Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank
The Corner, Richmond

INDUSTRY VOTED WINNERS & NOMINEES

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT
Tones And I

BEST FESTIVAL
Golden Plains
Meredith
Boogie
Gizzfest
Supersense

BEST REGIONAL/OUTER SUBURBAN ACT  – $3,000 BENDIGO BANK CASH PRIZE
The Teskey Brothers
Stonefield
KIAN
Maya Rose
The Kite Machine

BEST REGIONAL/OUTER SUBURBAN VENUE (OVER 50 GIGS PER YEAR) – $3,000 BENDIGO BANK CASH PRIZE
Theatre Royal, Castlemaine
The Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine
Caravan Music Club, Malvern East
Sooki Lounge, Belgrave
Karova Lounge, Ballarat

BEST REGIONAL/OUTER SUBURBAN VENUE (UNDER 50 GIGS PER YEAR) – $3,000 BENDIGO BANK CASH PRIZE
Meeniyan Town Hall, Meeniyan
Ullumbura Theatre, Bendigo
Malt Shed, Wangaratta
Blues Train, Queenscliff
Halls Gap Hotel, Halls Gap

ARCHIE ROACH FOUNDATION AWARD FOR EMERGING TALENT – $2,000 ARCHIE ROACH FOUNDATION CASH PRIZE
Allara Briggs Pattison
DRMNGNOW
Kalyani & Isha
Key Hoo
Robert K Champion

BEST BLUES ALBUM
Anna Scionti – Orphan Diary
Catfish Voodoo – Cookin’ With…
Julian James – Silver Spade
Opelousas – Opelousified
TK Reeve – Wanna Feel Good

BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
Matt Joe Gow – Break, Rattle And Roll
Kate Alexander + Hana Brenecki – Don’t You Have Better Things To Do?
Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission – Coldwater DFU
Nathan Seeckts – The Heart Of The City
Sean McMahon – You Will Know When You’re There

BEST ELECTRONIC ACT
CORIN
DJ Plead
Kirkis
Rings Around Saturn
Sui Zhen

BEST EXPERIMENTAL OR AVANT-GARDE ACT
Cat Hope
CORIN (Corin Ileto)
Diimpa (William Elm)
Naretha Williams
Uboa (Xandra Metcalfe)

BEST FOLK OR ROOTS ALBUM
Cat & Clint – The Days That Used To Be
Lucie Thorne – KITTY & FRANK
The Maes – The Maes
Roolya Boolya – Running to You
The Teskey Brothers – Run Home Slow

BEST HEAVY ALBUM
Blackhelm – Dark Clouds of the Inferno
Religious Observance – Utter Discomfort
Suldusk – Lunar Falls
Uboa – The Origin of My Depression
Vexation – Journey Beyond Mortality

BEST HIP HOP ACT
Cool Out Sun
DRMNGNOW
Kaiit
Remi
Sampa The Great

BEST INTERCULTURAL ACT
Cool Out Sun
Gordon Koang
Iaki Vallejo
Përolas
The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra

BEST JAZZ ALBUM
Adam Simmons – The Usefulness of Art
Adam Spiegl – Melancholiac
Andrea Keller – Transients Vol. 1
Spirograph Studies – Kindness, Not Courtesy
Various Artists – Sunny Side Up

BEST REGGAE AND DANCEHALL ACT
Echo Drama
Jah Tung
Quashani Bahd
Shottaz
Yaw Faso

BEST ROCK/PUNK ALBUM
Amyl and the Sniffers – Amyl and the Sniffers
HEXDEBT – Rule Of Four
Stonefield – Bent
Tropical F*ck Storm – Braindrops
V – So Pure

BEST SOUL, FUNK, RNB ALBUM
Allysha Joy – Acadie: Raw
Clever Austin – Pareidolia
Cool Out Sun – Cool Out Sun
Laneous – Monstera Deliciosa
The Putbacks – The Putbacks

PUBLIC VOTED WINNERS & NOMINEES

BEST ALBUM
Cable Ties – Far Enough
Elizabeth – the wonderful world of nature
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Sideways to New Italy
RVG – Feral
Sampa The Great – The Return

BEST BAND
Amyl and The Sniffers
Cable Ties
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
RVG

BEST SONG – $3,000 APRA AMCOS CASH PRIZE
Baker Boy – Move
Leah Senior – Evergreen
Mildlife – Rare Air
RVG – I Used To Love You
Sampa The Great – OMG

BEST SOLO ARTIST
Angie McMahon
Baker Boy
Briggs
Courtney Barnett
Elizabeth
Gordon Koang
Leah Senior
Sampa The Great
Simona Castricum
Sui Zhen

BEST MUSICIAN
Amy Taylor (Amyl and The Sniffers)
Erica Dunn (Tropical Fuck Storm, Palm Springs, MOD CON)
Gareth Liddiard (Tropical Fuck Storm)
Gordon Koang
Jen Cloher (Dyson Stringer Cloher)
Romy Vager (RVG)
Sampa Tembo (Sampa The Great)
SilentJay (Sampa The Great, Mandarin Dreams)
Stu Mackenzie (King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard)
Tom Iansek (Big Scary, #1 Dads)

BEST BREAKTHROUGH ACT – $1000 MERCH FROM SOUNDMERCH
Alice Skye
Elizabeth
Grace Cummings
Nat Vazer
Pinch Points

BEST LIVE ACT 
Amyl and The Sniffers
Cable Ties
Gordon Koang
Sampa The Great
The Teskey Brothers

INDUSTRY VOTED WINNERS & NOMINEES

BEST REGIONAL/OUTER SUBURBAN ACT  – $3,000 BENDIGO BANK CASH PRIZE
Benny Walker (Echuca)
Bones and Jones (Geelong)
Freya Josephine Hollick (Ballarat)
The Kite Machine  (Geelong West)
The Teskey Brothers (Warrandyte)

ARCHIE ROACH FOUNDATION AWARD FOR EMERGING TALENT – $2,000 ARCHIE ROACH FOUNDATION CASH PRIZE
Alice Skye
Allara
Kee’ahn
The Merindas
River Boy

BEST BLUES ALBUM
Aaron Pollock – Separated Through Time
Charlie Bedford – Good to Go
Joey Vincent’s Bakelite Radio – Rosary of Tears
Lloyd Spiegel – Cut and Run
The Teskey Brothers – Live at The Forum

BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
The Cartwheels – Self-titled
Lost Ragas – This Is Not A Dream
Michael Waugh – The Weir
Mitch Dean – Holding Back the Levee
Tracy McNeil & The GoodLife – You Be The Lightning

BEST ELECTRONIC ACT
DRMNGNOW
OK EG
Pugilist
Simona Castricum
Sleep D

BEST EXPERIMENTAL OR AVANT-GARDE ACT
Bridget Chappell
James Rushford
Maria Moles
Natasha Anderson
Robin Fox

BEST FOLK ALBUM
Charm of Finches – Your Company
Fiona Ross & Shane O’Mara – Sunwise Turn
Liz Frencham – Love and Other Crimes
Louisa Wise – All of These Things
Ruth Hazleton – Daisywheel

BEST HEAVY ALBUM
Carcinoid – Metastatic Declination
Dead – Raving Drooling
Diploid – Glorify
Internal Rot – Grieving Birth
Sithlord – From Out of the Darkness

BEST HIP HOP ACT
Birdz
DRMNGNOW
Jordan Dennis
Nomad
Sampa The Great

BEST INTERCULTURAL ACT
Amaru Tribe
Black Jesus Experience
Gelareh Pour’s Garden
No Borders Music
Sampa The Great

BEST JAZZ ALBUM
Andrea Keller – Life Is Brut[if]al
Horns of Leroy – Big Night
JK Group – The Young Ones
Vanessa Perica Orchestra – Love is a Temporary Madness
ZEDSIX – The Shape Of Jazz

BEST REGGAE AND DANCEHALL ACT
Dub FX
Jah Tung
Marvin Priest
Monkey Marc
The Push Reggae Band

BEST ROCK/PUNK ALBUM
Cable Ties – Far Enough
Nuada – Beneath the Swamp
Pseudo Mind Hive – Of Seers and Sirens
RVG – Feral
Shepparton Airplane – Sharks

BEST SOUL, FUNK, RNB ALBUM
Karate Boogaloo – Carn The Boogers
Sampa The Great – The Return
Surprise Chef – All News Is Good News
The Teskey Brothers – Live at The Forum
Various Artists – Over Under Away Volume 1: 10 Years of Hopestreet Recordings

HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
Mary Mihelakos (industry)
Chris Wilson (musician)

BEST SMALL VENUE (UNDER 500 CAPACITY)
Howler, Brunswick
Northcote Social Club, Northcote
The Tote, Collingwood
The Old Bar, Fitzroy
The Gasometer, Collingwood

BEST LARGE VENUE (OVER 500 CAPACITY)
Forum, Melbourne
Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank
Corner Hotel, Richmond
The Night Cat, Fitzroy
Hamer Hall, Southbank

BEST FESTIVAL
Golden Plains
Brunswick Music Festival
Isol-Aid
Melbourne Music Week
Queenscliff Music Festival

BEST REGIONAL/OUTER SUBURBAN VENUE (OVER 50 GIGS PER YEAR) – $3,000 BENDIGO BANK CASH PRIZE
The Bridge Hotel – Castlemaine
The Eastern – Ballarat
Torquay Hotel – Torquay
Sooki Lounge – Belgrave
Barwon Club Hotel – Geelong

BEST REGIONAL/OUTER SUBURBAN VENUE (UNDER 50 GIGS PER YEAR) – $3,000 BENDIGO BANK CASH PRIZE
The Blues Train – Queenscliff
Theatre Royal, Castlemaine
The Sound Doctor Presents – Anglesea
Volta – Ballarat
Daylesford Cider – Daylesford

OUTSTANDING WOMAN IN MUSIC
Anna Laverty (Music Producer)
Charlotte Abroms (Support Act Fundraiser, Music Management)
Coco Eke (Bad Apples, Barpirdhila Foundation and Ngarrimili)
Emily Ulman (Isol-Aid, Brunswick Music Festival)
Sarah Hamilton (One Of One)

BEST PRODUCER
Annika Schmarsel aka Alice Ivy: Sunrise’, ‘Don’t Sleep’, ‘Better Man’ (singles)
Anna Laverty: Milk on Milk (Milk! Records compilation)
Damien Charles: Coda Chroma ‘Inside The Still Life’ (Album)
Joelistics: Mo’Ju & Joelistics Ghost Town EP
Tom Iansek: #1 Dads – Golden Repair (Album)

PUBLIC VOTED WINNERS & NOMINEES

BEST ALBUM
(prize: $5000 media package from Plakkit)
Alice Ivy – Don’t Sleep
The Avalanches – We Will Always Love You
Emma Donovan & The Putbacks – Crossover 
Gordon Koang – Unity
Hiatus Kaiyote – Mood Valiant  

BEST GROUP
(prize: $2000 voucher for Yamaha gear)
The Avalanches 
Emma Donovan and The Putbacks 
Hiatus Kaiyote
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard 
Mildlife 

BEST SONG
(prize: $500 cash grant from Music Victoria)
Alex Lahey & Gordi – Dino’s 
Alice Skye – Party Tricks
The Avalanches – Wherever You Go 
Geoffrey O’Connor & Jonnine – For As Long As I Can Remember 
Hiatus Kaiyote – Red Room

BEST SOLO ARTIST
(prize: $1,000 voucher for Yamaha gear)
Alice Ivy
Baker Boy
Blake Scott
G Flip
Gordon Koang
Kylie Auldist
Liz Stringer
Maple Glider
Mia Wray
Sampa the Great 

BEST BREAKTHROUGH ACT
(prize: ​​$1,000 value of custom-made merch from Soundmerch + rehearsal package from Bakehouse)
Ashwarya
Blake Scott
Cry Club
Maple Glider
SHOUSE

BEST MUSICIAN
(prize: $1,000 voucher for Yamaha gear)
Amanda Roff (Time For Dreams, Harmony)
Andrea Keller
Davey Lane (Solo, You Am I)
Emma Donovan
Erica Dunn (Tropical Fuck Storm, MOD CON)
G-Flip
Lance Ferguson (The Bamboos)
Mindy Meng Wang
Nai Palm (Hiatus Kaiyote)
Stu Mackenzie (King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard) 

BEST LIVE ACT
(prize: $3,000 outdoor billboard package from Civic Outdoor)
Amyl and The Sniffers
Cable Ties
Kee’ahn
Mildlife
RVG

INDUSTRY VOTED WINNERS & NOMINEES

ARCHIE ROACH FOUNDATION AWARD FOR EMERGING TALENT (FOR FIRST NATIONS ACTS)
(prize: $3,000 cash from Archie Roach Foundation + rehearsal package from Bakehouse)
Allara
Bumpy
Madi Colville Walker
The Merindas
River Boy 

ARTS ACCESS VICTORIA AMPLIFY AWARD (FOR DEAF AND DISABLED ACTS)
(prize: $3,000 cash from Arts Access Victoria + rehearsal package from Bakehouse)
Eliza Hull – (Castlemaine)
Gordon Koang 
Kerryn Fields 
Nat Bartsch 
Rudely Interrupted

BEST REGIONAL/OUTER SUBURBAN ACT
(prize: $3,000 cash from Bendigo Bank)
Baker Boy – (Ocean Grove)
Bones and Jones
D’Arcy Spiller
Fenn Wilson
The Teskey Brothers 

BEST BLUES ACT
(prize: $500 from Creative Victoria)
Aaron Pollock
Anna Scionti
Blues Roulette
Dan Dinnen & Shorty
Josh Teskey and Ash Grunwald

BEST COUNTRY ACT
(prize: $500 from Creative Victoria)
Ben Mastwyk & His Millions
Georgia State Line
James Ellis & The Jealous Guys
Lachlan Bryan & the Wildes
The Weeping Willows

BEST ELECTRONIC ACT
(prize: $500 from Creative Victoria)
Alex Albrecht
Female Wizard
Jennifer Loveless
Reptant
SaD

BEST EXPERIMENTAL OR AVANT-GARDE ACT
(prize: $500 from Creative Victoria)
Aarti Jadu
Candlesnuffer
Deborah Cheetham, Byron Scullin, Tom Supple
Red Wine and Sugar
Thembi Soddell

BEST FOLK ACT
(prize: $500 from Creative Victoria)
Charm of Finches
Erica Bramham
Kerryn Fields
Lucy Wise
Maple Glider

BEST HEAVY ACT
(prize: $500 from Creative Victoria)
Divide and Dissolve
Dr. Colossus – (Surf Coast)
FACELESS BURIAL
Growth
NICOLAS CAGE FIGHTER

BEST HIP HOP ACT
(prize: $500 from Creative Victoria)
Agung Mango
Briggs
DRMNGNOW – (Shepparton)
Man Made Mountain
Pookie

BEST INTERCULTURAL ACT
(prize: $500 from Creative Victoria)
Ajak Kwai
Amaru Tribe
Black Jesus Experience
Gelareh Pour’s Garden
Tio

BEST JAZZ ACT
(prize: $500 from Creative Victoria)
Andrea Keller
Australian Art Orchestra
Audrey Powne
Menagerie
The Rookies

BEST POP ACT
(prize: $500 from Creative Victoria)
Alice Ivy
Alice Skye – (Warrandyte)
Geoffrey O’Connor
Gregor
June Jones 

BEST REGGAE AND DANCEHALL ACT
(prize: $500 from Creative Victoria)
Disun Future
Jah Tung
JahWise Productions
Marvin Priest
Monkey Marc 

BEST PUNK/ROCK ACT
(prize: $500 from Creative Victoria)
Blake Scott
CIVIC
Mod Con
Plaster of Paris
Tom Lyngcoln

BEST SOUL, FUNK, R’N’B OR GOSPEL ACT
(prize: $500 from Creative Victoria)
The Bamboos
Emma Donovan & The Putbacks – (Castlemaine/Melbourne)
Hiatus Kaiyote
Izy
Kee’ahn

BEST VENUE UNDER 500 CAP
(prize: tinny package from Brick Lane Brewing)
Brunswick Ballroom, Brunswick
LOOP Project Space & Bar, Melbourne
The Night Cat, Fitzroy
Northcote Social Club, Northcote
The Substation, Newport

BEST VENUE OVER 500 CAP
(prize: tinny package from Brick Lane Brewing)
Corner Hotel, Richmond
Forum Melbourne*
Hamer Hall, Southbank
Melbourne Recital Centre – Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Southbank
Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne

BEST REGIONAL/OUTER SUBURBAN VENUE UNDER 50 GIGS/yr
(prize: $3000 from Bendigo Bank)
Halls Gap Hotel, Halls Gap
The Macedon Railway Hotel, Macedon
The Sound Doctor Presents, Anglesea
Tom Katz! @ Sorrento Portsea RSL, Sorrento
Vine Hotel, Wangaratta

BEST REGIONAL/OUTER SUBURBAN VENUE OVER 50 GIGS/yr
(prize: $3000 from Bendigo Bank)
The Barwon Club Hotel, South Geelong
The Eastern, Ballarat
Piano Bar, Geelong
Sooki Lounge, Belgrave
Theatre Royal, Castlemaine

BEST FESTIVAL
(prize: 1 year subscription to festival management software loadin.com)
Brunswick Music Festival
Isol-Aid
Melbourne Music Week – Extended
MPavilion 2020
The Secret Garden Gig Gathering

OUTSTANDING WOMAN IN MUSIC
(prize: $3500 from City of Melbourne)
Andrea Keller
Charlotte Abroms
Emily Ulman
Emma Donovan
Sarah Blaby

BEST PRODUCER
(prize: $2,000 from VMDO + Music Market co-work package + $1000 voucher for Yamaha gear)
Alice Ivy
Anna Laverty
Becki Whitton
Eilish Gilligan
River Boy

PUBLIC VOTED WINNERS & NOMINEES

BEST ALBUM
Gela – Baker Boy
Boy – Harvey Sutherland
Nobody Gets Away – JAZZPARTY
Water – Kerryn Fields
Life in Colour – thndo 

BEST SONG 
Survive – Baker Boy
Rotsler’s Rules – Black Cab
Rae Street – Courtney Barnett
Dickhead Song – GUTHRIE
Lydia Wears A Cross – Julia Jacklin 

BEST GROUP 
Camp Cope
Dorsal Fins
Emma Donovan & The Putbacks
Ramona Sky
Telenova 

BEST SOLO ARTIST
(Prize: Bespoke Ableton professional development package including software and training time for the winner to take their music making to the next level)
Baker Boy
IJALE
Julia Jacklin
Kerryn Fields
Mo’Ju 

BEST DJ 
(Prize: $500 Store DJ gift card)
Jennifer Loveless
Memphis LK
MzRizk
Reptant
Simon TK 

BEST REGIONAL ACT
(Prize: $3,000 cash sponsored by Bendigo Bank)
Alice Skye
Baker Boy
Bones and Jones
DEAD
Jess Parker 

BEST REGIONAL FESTIVAL 
CresFest – Creswick (Dja Dja Wurrung)
Meadow – Bambra (Gulidjan, Gadubanud and Wadawurrung)
OK Motels – Charlton (Dja Dja Wurrung)
Port Fairy Folk Festival – Port Fairy (Gunditjmara)
Riverboats Music Festival – Echuca-Moama (Yorta Yorta) 

BEST METRO FESTIVAL 
Brunswick Music Festival – (Wurundjeri)
Melbourne Music Week – (Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung)
Reunion Park – (Boonwurrung)
RISING – (Wurundjeri)
Peninsula Summer Music Festival – (Wurundjeri) 

BEST REGIONAL VENUE/PRESENTER (UNDER 50 GIGS)
(Prize: $3,000 cash sponsored by Bendigo Bank)
Ballarat Mechanics’ Institute – Minerva (Wadawurrung)
Daylesford Hotel – Daylesford (Dja Dja Wurrung)
Golden Vine Hotel – Bendigo (Dja Dja Wurrung)
Hotel Warrnambool – Warrnambool (Peek Whurrong)
Music On The Hill (MOTH) – Mornington Peninsula (Boonwurrung) 

BEST REGIONAL VENUE/PRESENTER (OVER 50 GIGS)
(Prize: $3,000 cash sponsored by Bendigo Bank)
Caravan Music Club – Archies Creek (Boonwurrung)
Palais – Hepburn (Dja Dja Wurrung)
The Barwon Club Hotel – Geelong (Wadawurrung)
The Taproom – Castlemaine (Dja Dja Wurrung)
Theatre Royal – Castlemaine (Dja Dja Wurrung) 

BEST LARGE VENUE (METRO)
(Prize: Beer prize pack from Brick Lane Brewing Co)
Forum Melbourne – (Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung)
Melbourne Recital Centre – (Wurundjeri)
Palais Theatre – (Boonwurrung)
Sidney Myer Music Bowl – (Wurundjeri)
The Night Cat (Wurundjeri) 

BEST SMALL VENUE (METRO)
(Prize: Beer prize pack from Brick Lane Brewing Co)
Brunswick Ballroom – (Wurundjeri)
Northcote Social Club – (Wurundjeri)
Shotkickers – (Wurundjeri)
The Gasometer Hotel – (Wurundjeri)
The Jazz Lab – (Wurundjeri) 

INDUSTRY VOTED WINNERS & NOMINEES

The Archie Roach Foundation Award for Emerging Talent
(Prize: $3000 cash provided by the Archie Roach Foundation and a Bakehouse Studios Rehearsal Package)
Bumpy
Carissa Nyalu
Jess Hitchcock
MpathSoul – Monica Jasmine Karo
Pirritu 

Arts Access Amplify Award
(Prize: $3000 cash provided by Arts Access Victoria and a Bakehouse Studios Rehearsal Package)
Batts
Between Mirrors
Evelyn Ida Morris
Nat Bartsch
Saint Ergo 

MAV Diasporas Award
(Prize: $3000 cash provided by MAV)
Ajak Kwai
Black Jesus eXperience
Charles Maimarosia
Hand to Earth
Vanessa Estrada 

Best Blues Work
(Prize: One Fender American Vintage II Stratocaster® 57 guitar, valued at $4,099.00 USD)
Checkerboard Lounge
Damon Smith
High Ace
The Black Sorrows
The McNamarr Project 

Best Country Work
Georgia State Line
Lachlan Bryan and The Wildes
Michael Waugh
Sherry Rich
The Weeping Willows 

Best Electronic Work
Harvey Sutherland
OK EG
Papaphilia
Puscha
Various Asses 

Best Experimental or Avant-Garde Work
Cat Hope
Female Wizard
Nina Buchanan
Rama Parwata
The Amplified Elephants 

Best Folk Work
Above The Bit
Austral
Charm of Finches
Kerryn Fields
Ruby Gill 

Best Heavy Work
(Prize: Two Pro Series Jackson® guitars (valued at max RRP $4,099 USD (per guitar) and one Pro Series Jackson® Bass (valued at max RRP $2,449 USD) 
Diploid
ISUA
Jalang
Outright
Rinuwat 

Best Hip Hop Work
Jaal
Nomad
MAMMOTH. & Silentjay
SO.Crates
Yung Shōgun 

Best Jazz Work
Barney McAll
Claire Cross
Johannes Luebbers Dectet
Peter Knight
Sam Anning 

Best Pop Work
(Prize: $4000 Record Pressing Package provided by Program Records)
Confidence Man
June Jones
Mug
Telenova
The Stroppies 

Best Reggae and Dancehall Work
Jah Tung
JahWise
Nicky Bomba
Shottaz 

Best Rock/Punk Work
Dr Sure’s Unusual Practice
Pinch Points
Jaala
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever 

Soul, Funk, RNB & Gospel Work
Kutcha Edwards
Lance Ferguson
Mo’Ju
Nikodimos
Zretro 

Best Producer
(Prize: Bespoke Ableton Professional Development package including software and training time for the winner to take their music making to the next level, and a performance opportunity at Melbourne Recital Centre)
Alice Ivy
Gab Strum
Oscar Dawson
Stuart Mackenzie
Tim Shiel