Venue & Festival Awards

Best Metro Festival

A music festival is an organised event, lasting one or more days, featuring performances by various musicians, singers, and groups. Multi-artform festivals are also eligible if they have multiple contemporary music offerings.

Metro is defined here.

Nominees in this category are determined by a judging panel, with winners determined by public voting.

Best Large Venue
(Metro)

Here we are looking at venues with a capacity of 500 or more in Metropolitan Melbourne as defined here.

Nominees in this category are determined by a judging panel, with winners determined by public voting.

Best Regional Venue / Presenter
(Under 50 gigs)

Here we are looking at venues and presenters in regional Victoria who have staged multiple contemporary live music events (but less than a total of 50 across the year).

Nominees in this category are determined by a judging panel, with winners determined by public voting.

Best Regional Festival

Here we are looking at Festivals (as defined in Best Metro Festival above), that have taken place in Regional Victoria as defined in this map: https://www.rdv.vic.gov.au/victorias-regions.

Nominees in this category are determined by a judging panel, with winners determined by public voting.

Best Small Venue
(Metro)

Here we are looking at venues with a capacity of under 500 in Metropolitan Melbourne as defined here.

Nominees in this category are determined by a judging panel, with winners determined by public voting.

Best Regional Venue / Presenter
(Over 50 gigs)

Here we are looking at venues and presenters in regional Victoria who have staged more than 50 contemporary live music events across the year.

Nominees in this category are determined by a judging panel, with winners determined by public voting.