68 homegrown music heroes have been announced as finalists in the Queensland Music Awards for 2022.
The awards span 17 categories, including everything from hip-hop and heavy to contemporary classical and venue/festival of the year.
Among nominees are heavy hitters like Ball Park Music and The Jungle Giants, alongside up and coming artists like Freight Train Foxes and Hollow Coves.
The full nominee list can be found below.
Queensland Music Awards Ceremony at Fortitude Music Hall
The winners will be crowned Tuesday, March 29 in a ceremony at The Fortitude Music Hall.
Expect a night of plenty of showmanship and, of course, exceptional music. Tickets can be purchased for the event here.
Want to Win A Night at The Calile and Ceremony Tickets?
Voting for the People’s Choice Awards has also opened. Make your voice heard and vote for your favourite artists here.
As an added bonus, all voters will go in the draw to win an overnight stay at The Calile Hotel in New Farm as well as two tickets to the ceremony itself.
The Nominees
Finalists supplied by QMusic.
Category: BLUES | ROOTS
Blues Arcadia – Follow the Leader
Freight Train Foxes – Cardboard Satellites
Mardi Wilson – Salty
Sue Ray – Take Me Away
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Andrea Kirwin – Love’s Fool
Jamie-Lee Dimes – Sierra
Category: CHILDREN’S MUSIC
Angela Small – Dino Boogie
Fabulous Lemon Drops – Dinosaur Boogie
The Mini Moshers – New Shoes
The Wobble Bus – It Hurts
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Grumpelstiltskin – Happy Singing Kids
The Pack Up Song – Flutter The Fairy
Category: CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL
Australian Vocal Ensemble (AVÉ) – Suburban
Corrina Bonshek – Dreams Of The Earth
Danny Widdicombe – Spiro
Thomas Green – Five Quick-Tempered Dances (Movement 3)
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Martin Kay – Tardigrades In Space
Tristan Barton – Momentum
Category: COUNTRY
Brad Butcher – Cutting People’s Grass
Camille Trail – I Know I’m Hard To Love
Casey Barnes – God Took His Time On You
Hayley Marsten – Drowning Myself
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Melody Moko – Mama
Ruby Gilbert – Die Young
Category: ELECTRONIC
Golden Vessel – getforward
The Jungle Giants – Treat You Right
Nat Dunn, Hayden James, Gorgon City – Foolproof
Sampology – Running Around
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Austen – How To Be Alone
Collar – Tripping Over Myself
Category: FOLK
Andrea Kirwin – Beautiful Morning
Asha Jefferies – Crybaby
Hollow Coves – Blessings
Tim Hart – Steady As She Goes
HIGHLY COMMENDED
LT – How Would It Feel
Ziggy Alberts – searching for freedom
Category: HEAVY
DZ Deathrays – All Or Nothing
Mass Sky Raid – Arrows
The Stranger – Eleventh Hour
Zheani – Fuck The Hollywood Cult
HIGHLY COMMENDED
A Somerset Parade – ALPHA
Wildheart – Backburner
Category: HIP HOP
Creed Tha Kid – Body
DAY1 – Limit
iiiConic – Okay
Nebzy – Catalyst
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Sachém – Motherland
SAFETY CLUB – JUICE
Category: INDIGENOUS
Beddy Rays – Wait A While
ELEEA – Red Wine
Jem Cassar-Daley – Letting Go
Sachém – Motherland
HIGHLY COMMENDED
AYA J – Shine
GLVES – Legacy
Category: JAZZ
IMPULSE Orchestra – Sonorous Figurine
Luke Cuerel Quintet – MARPG
Milton Man Gogh – See You Round The Traps (For John Condon)
Valtozash – Pedalling E
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Kellee Green and Andrew Butt – Home
Pending? – Fun
Category: POP
Asha Jefferies – Crybaby
Eves Karydas – Lemonade
The Jungle Giants – Love Signs
Sycco – My Ways
HIGHLY COMMENDED
The Goon Sax – In The Stone
Hanni – Talking To Myself In The Mirror
Hope D – Happy Hangover
Category: ROCK
Ball Park Music – Sunscreen
Hallie – Babysitter
Hope D – Addict
WAAX – MOST HATED GIRL
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Beddy Rays – Week On Repeat
Eliza & The Delusionals – Save Me
Nice Biscuit – Candle
Category: SOUL | FUNK | RNB
FELIVAND – Where Were You
iyah may – XO Girl
Miiesha – Made For Silence
Yb. – Coffee Shop
HIGHLY COMMENDED
DOOLIE – Woke Up Feeling Dramatic
Namaste & Lemaire – Rocket Ship
Category: WORLD
Andrea Kirwin – Firenze
Day Of Embers – Oceans Apart
Matt Hsu’s Obscure Orchestra – Welcome To The Neighbourhood: Taiwan (就當家裡)
Menaka Thomas – On the Horizon
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Greshka – To Prune A Triffid
Tully – Plant More Trees
Category: YOUTH (AGES 10 – 17)
Abi Muir – Still The Same
Amy Elise – Only 16
Bella Mackenzie – Ain’t For You
Paulina – Parasite
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Jake Murdoch AKA Jakeycakes – Just Like A Rocket
Category: REGIONAL / REMOTE
Miiesha – Damaged
Nat Dunn, Hayden James, Gorgon City – Foolproof
Sahara Beck – Crave Me
Tia Gostelow – Valley Nights feat. Sahara Beck and Hope D
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Fragile Animals – Lonely In The Sun
Freight Train Foxes – Cardboard Satellites
Category: VIDEO
Deena Lynch – WHO DIED AND MADE YOU KING? | Jaguar Jonze
Jennifer Embelton – Where Were You | Felivand
Macario De Souza, Allan Hardy, Dayna Yates, Cam Pianta, Tyson Lloyd, Kelly Holden – Every
Single Time | Example (Ft. What So Not & Lucy Lucy)
Natalie Sim – Astronaut | Jaguar Jonze
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Allisa Tsukimori, Oliver Marshall, Daniel Vilimaa – Hell of It All | Tessa Fleur
Julian D’Arcy – MOST HATED GIRL | WAAX
2022 BILLY THORPE SCHOLARSHIP FINALISTS
Alex Edwards
CLOE TERARE
DENNIS.
Jem Cassar-Daley
2022 PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD NOMINEES
METRO VENUE OF THE YEAR NOMINEES
The Fortitude Music Hall
HOTA Home of the Arts
The Junk Bar
Miami Marketta
Mo’s Desert Clubhouse
Lefty’s Music Hall
The Princess Theatre
Studio 188
The Tivoli
Tomcat Bar
The Triffid
The Zoo
REGIONAL VENUE OF THE YEAR NOMINEES
NightQuarter
Solbar
Eleven Dive Bar
Tanks Arts Centre
FESTIVAL OF THE YEAR NOMINEES
Agnes Blues, Roots & Rock Festival
Airlie Beach Festival of Music
The Birdsville Big Red Bash
Buskers by the Lake
Earth Frequency Festival
Hidden Lanes Festival
Jungle Love Festival
NOOSA alive!
Waghorn to West
Yonder
