Live Music Award Categories
'LIVE MUSIC INDUSTRY AWARDS'
Friday June 9, 2023
Award Show: 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Westin Harbour Castle Ballroom, Toronto
Created by Canadian Music Week in partnership with the Canadian Live Music Association, the trade association for the live music sector, the Live Music Industry Awards are a highlight of CMW.
2022 Live Awards Categories
Venues
Overcoming Adversity Award – Large Venue/Festival
Recognizing incredible effort, innovation and resilience.
Criteria: Any live music organization over 1800 cap who carried on in some capacity
Overcoming Adversity Award – Medium Venue/Festival
Recognizing incredible effort, innovation and resilience.
Criteria: Any live music organization between 350-1799 cap who carried on in some capacity
Overcoming Adversity Award – Small Venue/Festival
Recognizing incredible effort, innovation and resilience.
Criteria: Any live music organization up to 349 cap who carried on in some capacity
General Live Music Awards
#ForTheLoveOfLIVE Award – Individual
Celebrating those who made unrecognized yet significant impacts on the live music industry during COVID.
Criteria: Live music worker who went above and beyond and made a difference to their own company/org and others
#ForTheLoveOfLIVE Award – Organization/Company
Celebrating outstanding advocacy supporting the live music industry.
Criteria: Live music organization who went above and beyond and made a difference to their own team and others
#ForTheLoveOfLIVE Award – Coalition/Collaboration
Championship and advocacy work helping to enhance the interests of the live music industry.
Criteria: Usual or unusual suspects who came together to save the industry / forge social change
Outstanding Emerging Organization
Celebrating outstanding emerging companies who opened/or ramped up during COVID.
Criteria: Any NEW (since 2020) live or livestreaming music organization
Outstanding Digital Live Music Event
Festivals, venues, conferences; and/or promoters who have presented outstanding digital content.
Criteria: Festivals; Venues; Promoters; Conferences
Outstanding In-Person Specialty Concert
Festivals, venues, and/or promoters who have found creative ways to present outstanding live music events under restrictions.
Criteria: Live music event meeting COVID safety requirements
Agent of the Year
Recognizing agents who have strongly represented and supported their artists through COVID-related shutdowns.
Criteria: The agent who fought the hardest, never gave up, figured it out
Manager of the Year
Recognizing managers who have strongly represented and supported their artists through COVID-related shutdowns.
Criteria: Managers who fought the hardest, never gave up, figured it out
Production Person of the Year (Concert/Festival)
Recognizing a production person, whose work on behalf of the concert or festival led to outstanding achievement and excellence.
Criteria: Production; Crew
Concert/Club Talent Buyer of the Year
Recognizing a buyer whose work on behalf of the venue has led to outstanding programming.
Criteria: Concert talent buyer who demonstrated resiliency, flexibility and determniation
Festival Buyer of the Year
Recognizing a buyer whose work on behalf of the festival has led to outstanding programming.
Criteria: Festival talent buyer who demonstrated resiliency, flexibility and determniation
A/V Production Company of the Year
Celebrating the production staff who have demonstrated resilience and persistence throughout a tumultuous market and remained in the live music industry.
Criteria: Technical production workers and organizations; technical suppliers
Music City Awards
Excellence in Music City Development
Making a demonstrated commitment to leveraging the power of live music locally, to rebuild, recovery and grow thanks to live music
Criteria: Community groups of any size that have undertaken economic development work in the live music space, including BIAs, townships, and municipalities. (Associations and charities are not eligible for this award.)