2022 Music Victoria Awards Public Voting Category Nominees Announced

The Music Victoria Awards have announced the nominees for all Public Voting Categories in the 2022 event.

Voting has opened today and will close on Monday, 21 November, at 5 pm. People living in Victoria are especially encouraged to vote for the artists who got them through lockdowns and need all the extra help they can get. Make your vote here.

Over 200 acclaimed judges across musical mediums in radio, plus music industry experts from critical stakeholders, peak bodies, print and online media, music podcasts, leading cultural organisations and music festivals have specially chosen the nominees.

Baker Boy is nominated for the prestigious Best Album Award for his debut album, Gela. The other Best Album nominees are Harvey Sutherland with Boy, beatnik-jazz outfit JAZZPARTY's Nobody Gets Away, Kerryn Fields's latest record Water, Zimbabwean-born, Melbourne-based soul singer thndo (FKA Thando) with her album Life In Colour.

Over for Best Song Award are Baker Boy, Julia Jacklin, Courtney Barnett, Black Cab, and GUTHRIE.

Best Group is another stacked category, with Camp Cope, Dorsal Fins, Emma Donovan & The Putbacks, Ramona Sky and Telenova all up for the nod.

Melbourne's favourite music spaces, Forum Melbourne, Melbourne Recital Centre, Palais Theatre, Sidney Myer Music Bowl and The Night Cat, have been rightly nominated for Best Large Venue (Metro).

A new category has been added to the Music Victoria Awards of 2022: Best DJ. The nominees are Toronto-born Australian resident Jennifer Loveless, pop-electronic act Memphis LK, Melbourne-based DJ MzRizk, Melbourne producer Reptant and Simon TK. 

All the nominees for the Music Victoria Awards 2022 Public-Voted Categories are:

Best Album:

Baker Boy - Gela
Harvey Sutherland - Boy
JAZZPARTY - Nobody Gets Away
Kerryn Fields - Water
thndo - Life In Colour 

Best Song:

Baker Boy - Survive
Black Cab - Rotsler’s Rules
Courtney Barnett - Rae Street
GUTHRIE - Dickhead Song
Julia Jacklin - Lydia Wears A Cross 

Best Group:

Camp Cope
Dorsal Fins
Emma Donovan & The Putbacks
Ramona Sky
Telenova

Best Solo Artist:

Baker Boy
IJALE
Julia Jacklin
Kerryn Fields
Mo’J 

Best DJ:

Jennifer Loveless
Memphis LK 
MzRizk
Reptant
Simon TK 

Best Regional Act:

Alice Skye
Baker Boy
Bones and Jones
DEAD
Jess Parker 

Best Metro Festival:

Brunswick Music Festival (Wurundjeri)
Melbourne Music Week (Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung)
Peninsula Summer Music Festival (Boonwurrung)
Reunion Park (Wurundjeri)
RISING (Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung)

Best Regional Festival:

CresFest in Creswick (Dja Dja Wurrung)
Meadow in Bambra (Gulidjan, Gadubanud and Wadawurrung)
OK Motels in Charlton (Dja Dja Wurrung)
Port Fairy Folk Festival (Gunditjmara)
Riverboats Music Festival in Echuca-Moama (Yorta Yorta) 

Best Large Venue (Metro):

Forum Melbourne (Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung)
Melbourne Recital Centre (Wurundjeri)
Palais Theatre (Boonwurrung)
Sidney Myer Music Bowl (Wurundjeri)
The Night Cat (Wurundjeri) 

Best Small (Metro):

Brunswick Ballroom (Wurundjeri)
Northcote Social Club (Wurundjeri)
Shotkickers - Thornbury (Wurundjeri)
The Gasometer Hotel - Collingwood (Wurundjeri)
The Jazzlab - Brunswick (Wurundjeri) 

Best Regional Venue/Presenter (Established)

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) 

Best Regional Venue / Presenter
 
(Under 50 Gigs Per Year)
Ballarat Mechanics' Institute – Minerva (Wadawurrung)
Daylesford Hotel (Dja Dja Wurrung)
Golden Vine Hotel – Bendigo (Dja Dja Wurrung)
Hotel Warrnambool (Peek Whurrong)
Music on the Hill (MOTH) - Mornington Peninsula (Boonwurrung)