Gold Coast Music Awards Shares 2024 Finalists

The tenth annual Gold Coast Music Awards will go down next month, and today, the incredible finalists in ten categories have been announced.

From country (Chloe Styler) to metal (Wildheart), the 2024 Gold Coast Music Awards have it all, with this year’s diverse nominees following in the footsteps of Hall of Fame inductees Amy Shark and Casey Barnes, as well as previous winners Budjerah, Busby Marou, Tijuana Cartel, and Hussy Hicks.

This year’s award ceremony will take place in Theatre 1 at HOTA (Home Of The Arts) on Thursday, 29 August. There will be live performances from Black Vatican Death Squad, Felicity Lawless, LYRIC, Sunny Luwe, and more to be confirmed. You can find the details for attending the Gold Coast Music Awards and the after-party here.

In a statement, Samantha Morris, Co-Founder of the Awards and Chair of the Judging Panel, said: “For ten years, we’ve been shining a light on the depth and diversity of talent here, and it only gets harder. The quality of nominations coming out of the Gold Coast this year was incredible.”

Morris added that this year’s finalists “encapsulate” the best of what the city has to offer – “rising stars and exceptional talent.”

Gold Coast Music Awards Co-Founder Chloe Popa added, “Every artist acknowledged as a finalist today could easily win their category. That’s the standard we’re dealing with. For a regional city, we’ve always punched above our weight, and it’s certainly no different when it comes to local, original music.”

“If people aren’t already paying attention to what’s happening in this city when it comes to music, they will be after this year’s Awards.”

You can find all the nominees for this year’s awards below.

Finalists for the 2024 Gold Coast Music Awards

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

sponsored by Lonely Lands Liquids

Allan Caswell

Girl And Girl

Hollow Coves

Hussy Hicks

JK-47

PACES

Saint Lane

Tijuana Cartel

Wildheart

BREAKOUT ARTIST OF THE YEAR

sponsored by Hanlon School of Music

Bo’Ness Brothers

Chavez Cartel

Chloe Styler

Chutney

Lily Grace

Lyric

Majelen

MEZMURE

Parker

LIVE ACT OF THE YEAR

sponsored by Gold Coast Music

Bootleg Rascal

Chutney

Girl And Girl

HAMMERS

Hussy Hicks

JK-47

Peach Fur

Tijuana Cartel

MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR

sponsored by TAFE Queensland

Felicity Lawless

Jerome Williams

Josh Beattie

Julz Parker

Liam Kirk

Lily Grace

Majelen

Sue Ferrers 

RELEASE OF THE YEAR

sponsored by City of Gold Coast

Atticus Chimps - Space Exploitation

Chloe Styler - Side B

Cold Ghost - Red Gold

Eimhin - Fading Ember Hymn

Hollow Coves - Nothing to Lose

Hussy Hicks - Swimming in Uncertainty

Jim Ottaway - Infinite Universes

JK-47 - Revision For Regrowth

Karl S. Williams - Rainbows in the Gasoline

Peach Fur - Earth Radio

Selve - Red Desert Dream

TANISHA - Be The Reason

Tijuana Cartel - Alectura

SONG OF THE YEAR

Atticus Chimps - Eyes Speak

Chloe Styler - Time Bomb

DENNIS. - Cold Tiles

ECB - Get The Money Up

Girl and Girl - Mother

HEAVY WAX - Let ‘em Talk

Hollow Coves - On The Way

JK-47 - Lullaby

Karl S. Williams - Built This Way

Lily Grace - The Summer That Got Away

Lyric - Gravity

Natalie Pearson - Not in These Boots

Parker - Local Paradise

TANISHA - How It Is

These Four Walls - Carousel

STUDIO PRODUCER OF THE YEAR

sponsored by Sound House Music

Cold Ghost

George Carpenter

Josh Beattie

Julz Parker

Lindsay Waddington

Lyric

Mattymadeit

Rob Rivers 

VENUE OF THE YEAR

sponsored by Oztix

Den Devine

elsewhere

Mo’s Desert Clubhouse

Soho House Bar

Vinnies Dive

Whisky Lounge

VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Chaos Awaits - Unrectifiable Despondency

Chiffon Magnifique - Adore

Chloe Styler - Time Bomb

DENNIS. - Cold Tiles

ECB - Get The Money Up

Eimhin - Modern Mending

Girl And Girl - Hello

Natalie Pearson - Not In These Boots

Selve - Red Desert Dream

Sunday Sesh - 90’s Chick

The Sex Guys - We Are Not Your Friends

Tijuana Cartel - Believe In Nothing

VISUAL CREATIVE OF THE YEAR

Bianca Hinton

Damiano Mex

Jamie Hinton

Jared Hinz

Keely Baker

Simone Gorman-Clark

GOLD COAST MUSIC PRIZE

sponsored by Friends of the Arts

All nominees under the age of 25 will be eligible for this career-defining prize. Nominees include: 

Bo’Ness Brothers

Chloe Behrens

ECB

Parker

India Dupriez

Tomorrow’s Forecast

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD

sponsored by Burleigh Brewing Co.

Open to all finalists. Public voting will begin on Saturday, 10 August, and the finalists will be announced on Monday, 26 August. Voting closes on awards night.