SYDNEY GALA 29TH NOVEMBER 2016 Photo: Geoffrey D’Unienville Vance Joy at Austin City Limits Photo: Ashley Mar Photo Wall at “Ketchup” Logo by Daniel Lewis Photo: Carl Dziunka Heart of St Kilda Concert, Melbourne Thank you to our Board Damian Cunningham (Audience and Sector Development Director, Live Music Office) Dean Ormston (Head of Member Services, APRA AMCOS) Emma Coyle (Industry Development Manager, Music SA) Emily Collins (Executive Officer, Music NSW) Joel Edmondson (Executive Officer, Q Music) Katie Noonan (Musician) Laura Harper (Chief Executive Officer, Music Tasmania) Maggie Collins (Programmer at BIGSOUND) Mike Harris (CEO, WAM) Paris Martine (Contrary Music) Simon Collins (Music Editor, The West Australian) and all our team & volunteers! Director - Larry Heath Publicist - Nat Files Graphic & Logo Design - Daniel Lewis Video - Filip Franzoni Photo: Geoffrey D’Unienville Program Jake Stone (DJ Set) Show kicks off at 8pm with your host KLP Performance: Colin Lillie and Leah Flanagan NSW Awards Performance: LEFT. Genre Awards Performance: High VIolet Industry and Festival Awards Performance: L-FRESH THE LION Musician and Band Awards Performance: Totally Unicorn NSW AWARDS LIVE ACT OF THE YEAR LIVE MUSIC EVENT OF THE YEAR -Presented by the City of Sydney- Byron Bay Bluesfest All our Exes Live in Texas FBi SMACS Festival Boy & Bear King Street Crawl Gang of Youths Newtown Festival RUFUS Secret Garden Shining Bird THE AAA AWARD: LIVE VOICE OF THE YEAR ALL AGES AMBASSADOR David Le’aupepe (Gang of Youths) -Presented by MusicNSW- Julia Jacklin 4Elements Music Project (4EMP) Montaigne Black Wire Records Ngaiire Campbelltown Arts Centre Vera Blue Century Venues Good Life Festival VENUE OF THE YEAR -Presented by Moshtix- Civic Underground Newtown Social Club Oxford Art Factory The Chippendale Hotel The Enmore Photo: Ian Laidlaw Yours & Owls Festival, Wollongong GENRE AWARDS HIP HOP LIVE ACT OF THE YEAR ROOTS LIVE ACT OF THE YEAR^ A.B. Original All Our Exes Live In Texas L-Fresh The Lion Kim Churchill Remi Ruby Boots Sampa The Great Tash Sultana Tkay Maidza The Pierce Brothers DJ / ELECTRONIC LIVE ACT OF THE YEAR R&B / SOUL LIVE ACT OF THE YEAR Alison Wonderland Hiatus Kaiyote Flume Mojo Juju RUFUS Ngaiire SAFIA Odette Mercy & Her Soul Atomics Slumberjack Sampa The Great HARD ROCK / METAL LIVE ACT OF THE YEAR DZ Deathrays High Tension Northlane Totally Unicorn Violent Soho Photo: Lauren Connelly Bad//Dreems at Stonecutters ^The Roots category incorporates Country, Americana, Folk, Blues and Roots BEST LIVE MUSIC EVENT IN AUSTRALIA Bluesfest Byron Bay Dark Mofo Falls Music & Arts Festival St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival Splendour in the Grass THE NLMA Danny Rogers (Laneway Festival / Lunatic Entertainment) Evelyn Morris (LISTEN) Damian Cunningham & John Wardle (Live Music Office) Millie Millgate (Sounds Australia) Jaddan Comerford (UNIFIED) INTERNATIONAL LIVE ACHIEVEMENT SOLO GROUP Courtney Barnett Boy & Bear Meg Mac Holy Holy Tkay Maidza King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Troye Sivan RUFUS Photo: Andrew Wade Vance Joy Tame Impala Splendour in the Grass MUSICIANSHIP Photo: Dan Turner OutsideIN Festival 2015 LIVE VOICE OF THE YEAR LIVE DRUMMER OF THE YEAR David Le’aupepe (Gang of Youths) Benjamin Masters (Tapestry) Georgia Maq (Camp Cope) Laurence Pike (PVT) Montaigne Paris Jeffree (The Avalanches, Colorstarr) Ngaiire Simon Ridley (DZ Deathrays) Paul Dempsey Steve Judd (Karnivool, The Veronicas) LIVE GUITARIST OF THE YEAR LIVE INSTRUMENTALIST OF THE YEAR Gareth Liddiard (The Drones) Happy Axe (Emma Kelly) Gideon Bensen Johann Beardraven (The Beards) Harts Lachy Doley Kirin J Callinan Sophie Hutchings Oscar Dawson (Holy Holy) Tara John (Joni In The Moon) LIVE BASSIST OF THE YEAR Donny Benet (Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders) Jonathan Zwartz Kelly-Dawn Hellmrich (Camp Cope) Ross McHenry (Shaolin Afronauts) Tom Tilley (Client Liaison) Photo: Nathan Atkins Ed Wells at the Courtyard Sessions THE HEATSEEKER AWARD LIVE ACT OF THE YEAR Alex Lahey Gang of Youths Camp Cope King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Julia Jacklin Tame Impala Methyl Ethel The Smith Street Band Sampa The Great Violent Soho.