MUSIC VICTORIA
announce first ever
Live Streamed Industry Awards
event via Youtube

plus dates revealed
for public-voting

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Music Victoria​ is excited to announce a new format for 2020 with their first ever exclusive online event. Ahead of the 16th edition of the annual ​Music Victoria Awards i​n December​, ​the 2020 ​Industry Awards will take place online, beamed to wherever you may be across the state on ​Thursday 8 October​ to reveal ​Music Victoria’s Hall of Fame ​inductees and award seven of the 21 ​industry-voted awards​ as well as announce all remaining nominees for both the industry and public-voted categories.

Hosted by ​Music Victoria​ favourites and long-time Awards MCs, ​RRR’s Chris Gill ​and ​PBS Radio’s Lyndelle Wilkinson​, the online event will be the first ​Industry Awards ​event that is open to the public, and will broadcast via ​Music Victoria’s ​Youtube channel. ​Music Victoria​ invites all nominees, families, friends, fans and ​Music Victoria Members​ to tune in ​for free​ ​from ​8pm​, ​Thursday 8 October a​nd be a part of this historical event.​ Co-presenters P​BS106.7FM ​and ​RRR 102.7FM ​will join in the excitement with simultaneous Awards features on their radio shows ​Sunglasses After Dark ​with ​Phil McDougall and ​RRR 102.7FM ​program T​he Australian Mood w​ith ​Neil Rogers.

The seven ​industry-voted awards​ that will be handed out on the night are the inaugural ​Outstanding Woman in Music Award​ (as voted by the Music Victoria Board) and the debut ​Best Producer Award​, as well as previously recognised categories for ​Best Regional and Outer Suburban Venue​ (under 50 gigs per year), ​Best Regional and Outer Suburban Venue​ (over 50 gigs per year), ​Best Venue​ (under 500 capacity), ​Best Venue​ (over 500 capacity) and ​Best Festival​.

The evening will also announce the two ​2020 Hall of Fame​ inductees and will celebrate the announcements with an intimate live tribute performance on the night as a special treat for all who tune in. The ​Industry Awards​ event will announce all nominees for the remaining 14 industry-voted awards and will officially open up the online voting for the seven public-voted awards for ​Best Album, Best Band, Best Song, Best Solo Artist, Best Musician, Best Breakthrough Act​, and ​Best Live Act​.

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Music Victoria​ is thrilled to announce new education sponsor ​JMC Academy ​and new beer sponsor Brick Lane Brewing​, and thank departing sponsors Collarts and Mountain Goat for their support of the event over many years. They also welcome Event Partner ​Scene Change​, whose studio will be broadcasting the Industry Awards Live Stream, and ​Channel 31​, who will be broadcasting the Awards Ceremony in December.

Other new sponsors include ​Billy Hyde​, who are gifting a $100 voucher to all music nominees to spend on ​Yamaha ​gear, and ​Loadin.com​ who are awarding all festival nominees with their festival management software for free major Partners ​Bendigo Bank​ will award regional category winners with $3000 cash each, and nominees of Best Song and Best Album will be awarded a paid and professionally filmed livestream event, thanks to funding from the ​Victorian Government’s Victoria Together Program​.

Music Victoria also thanks Major Partners ​City of Melbourne​ and ​Melbourne Recital Centre​ for their ongoing support of the Music Victoria Awards.

All remaining categories not handed out at the ​Industry Awards ​will be recognised on the night of the official ​2020 Music Victoria Awards​, taking place on ​Wednesday 9 December​ ​at the ​Melbourne Recital Centre​ for the 16th instalment. Stay tuned for further event information.

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2020 Music Industry Awards
live-streamed event
Thursday 8 October
8.00pm – 9.00pm
via Music Victoria’s ​Youtube

Live Stream also accessible via HERE

Categories awarded at the event:

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AMNPLIFY – DB