2022 Music Victoria Awards

The 2022 Music Victoria Awards are the 17th Annual Music Victoria Awards. The ceremony is scheduled to take place in December 2022.

2022 Music Victoria Awards
Date13 December 2022[1]
VenueThe Edge, Federation Square
Most awardsBaker Boy (3)
Most nominationsBaker Boy (4)
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The list of industry-voted nominees was announced on 27 October 2022[2] and the public voted nominees announced on 10 November 2022.[3]

Music Victoria CEO Simone Schinkel said of the awards "Last night's Music Victoria Awards ceremony was bursting at the seams with the community, camaraderie, and solidarity that we have seen from the music community throughout the Music Victoria Awards campaign. It was an honour to witness three generations in attendance, alongside the full spectrum of the industry involved in contemporary music."[4]

Hall of Fame inductees

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  • Deborah Conway (AM)[5]
  • Helen Marcou (AM) and Ian McLean (AM) - founders of Bakehouse Studios
  • Best Musician - Xani Kolac

Award nominees and winners

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Winners indicated in boldface, with other nominees in plain.[2][3][4]

Public Voted Awards

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Best Album Best Song
  • Baker Boy – Gela
  • Harvey SutherlandBoy
  • JAZZPARTY – Nobody Gets Away
  • Kerryn Fields – Water
  • thndo – Life in Colour
Best Group Best DJ
  • MzRizk and Jennifer Loveless (tie)
  • Memphis LK
  • Reptant
  • Simon TK
Best Solo Artist Best Regional Act
  • Baker Boy
  • Alice Skye
  • Bones and Jones
  • DEAD
  • Jess Parker
Best Metro Festival Best Regional Festival
  • Brunswick Music Festival (Wurundjeri)
  • Melbourne Music Week (Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung)
  • Peninsula Summer Music Festival (Boonwurrung)
  • Reunion Park (Wurundjeri)
  • Rising (Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung)
  • Port Fairy Folk Festival (Gunditjmara)
  • CresFest in Creswick (Dja Dja Wurrung)
  • Meadow in Bambra (Gulidjan, Gadubanud and Wadawurrung)
  • OK Motels in Charlton (Dja Dja Wurrung)
  • Riverboats Music Festival in Echuca-Moama (Yorta Yorta)
Best Large Venue (Metro) Best Small Venue (Metro)
  • Brunswick Ballroom (Wurundjeri)
  • Northcote Social Club (Wurundjeri)
  • Shotkickers – Thornbury (Wurunjderi)
  • The Gasometer Hotel – Collingwood (Wurundjeri)
  • The Jazzlab – Brunswick (Wurundjeri)
Best Regional Venue/Presenter (Established) Best Regional Venue/Presenter (under 50 gigs a year)
  • Caravan Music Club in Archies Creek (Boonwurrung)
  • Palais Hepburn (Dja Dja Wurrung)
  • The Barwon Club Hotel in Geelong (Wadawurrung)
  • The Taproom – Shedshaker Brewing in Castlemaine (Dja Dja Wurrung)
  • Theatre Royal Castlemaine (Dja Dja Wurrung)
  • Daylesford Hotel (Dja Dja Wurrung)
  • Ballarat Mechanics' Institute – Minerva (Wadawurrung)
  • Golden Vine Hotel – Bendigo (Dja Dja Wurrung)
  • Hotel Warrnambool (Pheek Whurrong)
  • Music on the Hill (MOTH) – Mornington Peninsula (Boonwurrung)

Industry Voted Awards

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Arts Access Amplify Award (for Deaf and Disabled acts) The Archie Roach Foundation Award for Emerging Talent
  • Bumpy
  • Carissa Nyalu
  • Jess Hitchcock
  • MpathSoul – Monica Jasmine Karo
  • Pirritu
Best Blues Work Best Country Work
Best Electronic Work Best Experimental Act or Avant-Garde Work
  • The Amplified Elephants
  • Cat Hope
  • Female Wizard
  • Nina Buchanan
  • Rama Parwata
Best Folk Work Best Heavy Work
  • Outright
  • Diploid
  • ISUA
  • Jalang
  • Rinuwat
Best Hip Hop Work Best Jazz Work
  • MAMMOTH. & Silentjay
  • Jaal
  • Nomad
  • SO.Crates
  • Yung Shōgun
Best Pop Work Best Reggae and Dancehall Work
Best Rock/Punk Work Soul, Funk, RNB & Gospel Work
MAV Diasporas Award (previously Best Global/Intercultural) Best Producer

References

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  1. ^ "Nominees Announced For 2022 Music Victoria Awards". Music Feeds. 27 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Music Victoria Awards 2022 Nominees for Industry-Voted Categories Announced". Music Victoria. 27 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  3. ^ a b "2022 Music Victoria Awards Reveal Public Voting Categories Nominees". The Music Network. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Music Victoria Awards 2022 Winners". Scenestr. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Music Victoria Awards Unveil 2022 Hall of Fame Inductees". The Music Network. December 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
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