People's Choice Voting for this year's awards has officially begun.
Confidence Man, Thelma Plum & William Barton (Supplied by Queensland Music Awards)
Today, the Queensland Music Awards finalists have been revealed, as well as the announcement that People's Choice Voting is now open. Tickets are available to attend the event on Tuesday, 28 March, at The Fortitude Music Hall.
The Music and Oztix represent the People's Choice Awards. Voting is now open and will close at midnight on Monday, 6 March 2023.
All entries go in the draw to win a double pass to celebrate with the who’s who of Queensland music at the 2023 Queensland Music Awards on Tuesday 28 March at The Fortitude Music Hall and an overnight stay at Treasury Casino and Hotel. Voting is powered through The Music; you can access the voting portal HERE.
Leading this year's nominations are Thelma Plum, DZ Deathrays and Confidence Man. After months of deliberation by over 100 Australian and international music industry figures, the 2023 Queensland Music Awards show that across 17 categories, 74 musicians will vie for awards including Cub Sport, Mallrat, Nat Dunn, Sycco and many more. View the full finalists' list below.
For the first time, the Queensland Music Awards present a new award: voting for Queensland's Accessible Venue of the Year is now open.
"We are so incredibly proud of the last year of music in Queensland," QMusic CEO Kris Stewart said. "From epic stories of identity, like Thelma Plum’s stellar EP Meanjin or Beddy Rays’ break-neck debut album, to uplifting party-starters, like Confidence Man’s sophomore album TILT - our stories are reaching out into the world and defining what we’re made of. And it’s something special."
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Long-time judge and Head of Music at Triple-A Murri Country, Dan Rennie commented on the representation of First Nations women in this year’s finalists.
"I am so happy to see incredible First Nations artists like Thelma Plum, Sycco and Miiesha leading the nominations for the 2023 Queensland Music Awards. These women are powerful role models for the young girls of our state and their hard work and raw talent is taking them to the absolute peak of our industry," Rennie stated.
"First Nations voice across the awards as a whole this year is really wonderful! From the talented Tristan Barton in Contemporary Classical to Thelma in Pop, and Sycco and dameeeela both in the running for the Electronic award."
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2023 Queensland Music Awards - Finalists
BLUES | ROOTS AWARD
Presented by Trentham Estate
Darcy Kate – Blue Cascade
Jackie Marshall - Chop Wood Carry Water
Jen Mize & The Rough N' Tumble - All Riled Up
Pat Tierney - Shadows
CHILDREN'S MUSIC AWARD
Presented by The Truss Company
Blue Tac - Jump In The Pool
Cheeky Monkey Club - Yes or No - A Song About Consent
Spotty Kites, Donna Dyson - Walk Around Wednesday
The Mini Moshers - Waterslide
CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL AWARD
Presented by Queensland Conservatorium – Griffith University
Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra, Tenzin Choegyal & Katherine Philp - Dolma
Monique Clare - Downhill Skiing
Nonsemble - ‘Argentavis
Tristan Barton - In Time
COUNTRY AWARD
Presented by ABC Brisbane
Casey Barnes - Small Town
James Johnston - COUNTRY BOYS
Sammy White - Love On The Line
Taylor Moss - What Am I Gonna Do?
ELECTRONIC AWARD
Presented by The Prince Consort
Confidence Man - Luvin U Is Easy
dameeeela - The Shake Up
Nat Dunn - State Of My Heart
Sycco - Ripple
FOLK AWARD
Presented by APRA AMCOS
Freight Train Foxes - Fly to You
Greta Stanley - Keep My Cool
Miranda vs Arizona - Changin'
Yb. - Blackphemy
HEAVY AWARD
Presented by IJS
Citadel - Malignant
DZ Deathrays - Paranoid
Greshka - FREEDOM FROM CLIVE
The Atomic Beau Project - GHOSTS
HIP HOP AWARD
Presented by NAFA
Day1 - MBAPPE
JESSWAR - WAVES
Khi'leb - Cheques
Siala - Blackout
INDIGENOUS AWARD
Presented by Anacta
Beddy Rays - Handful
Sunny Luwe - Double Shot
William Barton - Kalkani
Tjaka - Break It Down
JAZZ AWARD
Presented by Jazz Music Institute
Angela Newcomb - Last Evening
Sophie Min - Wind and the End
The Dawn Light - The Moon Was Low
Trichotomy - Forward Motion
POP AWARD
Presented by Star Entertainment Group
Asha Jefferies - Tank Tops
Cub Sport - Always Got The Love
Mallrat - Surprise Me (feat. Azealia Banks)
Thelma Plum - Backseat Of My Mind
ROCK AWARD
Presented by Comiskey Group
Eliza & The Delusionals - Give You Everything
Hope D - Emerald
WAAX - No Doz
Yb. - Sandra
YOUTH (AGES 10 – 17) AWARD
Presented by SAE
Amy Elise - Kind Of Insane
FELONY - Anything To Feel Anything
Lily Grace - The Two Of Us Meet
Lottie McLeod - Happy Birthday
SOUL | FUNK | RNB AWARD
Presented by The Sound Garden
Beckah Amani - Waiting on You
Jordan Briton - Lights Out Feat: Roman MC
Miiesha - Still Dream
Pink Matter - Can't Start
WORLD AWARD
Presented by MEAA
Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra, Tenzin Choegyal & Katherine Philp - Wo La So
Future Destin - MALANGA
Innessa - Perekati-pole
mou and Menaka Thomas - Space
REGIONAL | REGIONAL AWARD
Presented by Telstra
Greta Stanley - Red Earth Dirt
High Tropics - Bipolar Disaster
Miiesha - Everything
Sahara Beck - Nothing Wrong With That
VIDEO AWARD
Presented by Creative Productions
Ben Wrigley - Purple Static by Mirrors
Deena Lynch - Cut by Jaguar Jonze
Maeve McKenna & James Greville - Emerald by Hope D
PEOPLE’S CHOICE NOMINEES
METRO VENUE OF THE YEAR
Presented by Oztix and The Music
Miami Marketta
The Fortitude Music Hall
The Princess Theatre
The Tivoli
The Triffid
Warehouse 25
REGIONAL VENUE OF THE YEAR
Presented by Oztix and The Music
Tanks Arts Centre
Solbar
Eleven
FESTIVAL OF THE YEAR
Presented by Oztix and The Music
Airlie Beach Festival of Music
Buskers by the Lake
Caloundra Music Festival
GRAIN’s Birthday Weekender
Gympie Music Muster
NOOSA alive!
Mountain Goat Valley Crawl
SPRINGTIME
Yonder Festival
MAJOR AWARDS – WINNERS ANNOUNCED AT THE QUEENSLAND MUSIC AWARDS
SONG OF THE YEAR
Presented by Brick Lane Brewing
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Presented by Brisbane City Council
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Presented by Grant Thornton