2026 Live Music Award Nominees

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Agent of the Year

Nominees

  • Nick Storch

  • Ben Buchanan

  • Todd Jordan

  • Steven Himmelfarb

  • Joel Baskin

  • Grant Paley

  • Nicole Rochefort

  • Vesna Pejkovic

  • Kathleen Reid

  • Vinny Cinquemani

Your Future Boss

Nominees

  • Emma Francis

  • Teresa Horosko

  • Amy Lloyd

  • Krista Benson

  • Aven Hoffarth

  • Rebecca Windjack

  • Riah Sethna

  • Keeghan Gillis

  • Coburn Blair

Production Manager of the Year

Nominees

  • Megan Paquette

  • Brad Ferguson

  • Brad Hicks

  • Chad Guy

  • Karen Rajamohan

  • Arwen Helene

  • Scott Pollard

  • Todd Bower

  • Chris Slorach

  • Eleni McKinnon

Manager of the Year

Nominees

  • Tricia Ricciuto

  • Adam Gill

  • Laurie Chouinard

  • Ashley Poitevin

  • Sheri Jones

  • Jude Coombe

  • Darren Gilmore & Sarah Fenton

  • Tracy Martin

Tour Manager of the Year

Nominees

  • Niki Prekop

  • Jen Ochej

  • Adam Shoji

  • Karen "Keeks" Weigold

  • Brendan Kennedy

  • Jackie Sakaguchi

  • Justin Schell

  • Sho Murray

  • Mack Long

Concert/Club Talent Buyer of the Year

Nominees

  • Dave Prowse

  • Jamal Ali

  • Ben Pearlman

  • Samantha O’Connor

  • Amy Hersenhoren

  • Rodrigo Fritz

  • Mary Ditta

Promoting Team of the Year

Nominees

  • BLEUFEU

  • Live Nation Canada

  • MRG

  • We Are In The Future

  • Modo Live

  • This is Blueprint

  • Night Shift Entertainment

  • Sonic Unyon

  • Whitecap Entertainment

Live Performance of the Year

Nominees

  • Arkells: The Rally

  • Blue Rodeo: 40th Anniversary Tour

  • Sum 41: Final Show

  • The Beaches: No Hard Feelings Tour

  • Shawn Mendes with Tia Wood

  • Annie-Claude Deschenes: Winterruption YEG

  • Lou-Adriane Cassidy: Polaris Music Prize

  • Mustafa: Meridian Hall

Innovation in Live Music

Nominees

  • London Girls Rock Camp+

  • Not Dead Yet

  • FEMINAE NOX

  • Hugh’s Room Live

  • Modern Biology: Mushroom Church

  • The Listening Room

Philanthropic Live Event of the Year

Nominees

  • Unison Schmoozefest

  • Dream Serenade

  • Four Chords and the Truth: Fire Relief Benefit Concert for Canadian Music Workers In L.A.

  • NY80: A Celebration of Neil Young and His Music

  • Ottawa Bluesfest Programs: Blues in the Schools, Be in the Band, CHEO partnership, Green Team Fundraiser

  • Keithmas XVI - A Foodbank Fundrager

  • JIM CUDDY AND FRIENDS: A Night of Country Classics Benefitting The Daily Bread Food Bank

Festival Talent Buyer of the Year

Nominees

  • Alex Simpson

  • Brooke Dunford

  • Patrick Guay

  • Louis Bellavance

  • Chris Frayer

  • Talal Farisi

Music City of the Year

Nominees

  • Ottawa

  • Kelowna

  • Hamilton

  • Calgary

  • Oshawa

  • Toronto

  • Quebec City

A/V Supplier of the Year

Nominees

  • Metalworks Production Group

  • PA Shop AV Solutions

  • FM Systems

  • DL Sound & Lighting Ltd.

  • Wall Sound

  • Christie Lites

  • Stageline

Sustainability in Live

Nominees

  • Hillside Festival

  • Calgary Folk Music Festival

  • Festival d'été de Québec

  • Rifflandia Festival

  • Werklund Centre

  • Ottawa Bluesfest

  • Redwood Theatre

Brand x Music Program of the Year

Nominees

  • CBC Music Presents: Live at Massey Hall

  • TD Music at Union Station

  • National Music Centre OHSOTO'KINO Indigenous Programming Initiative sponsored by TD

  • EQ Live: Women in Music Canada with SiriusXM

  • Boston Pizza: Live & Local

  • Front of the Line by American Express

Best Teamwork in a Small Club

Nominees

  • Fox Cabaret

  • King Eddy

  • Hugh's Room Live

  • Mills Hardware

  • Sidestage

  • The Drake Hotel

  • The Majestic Theatre

  • Broom Factory

  • Red Bird Live

Best Teamwork in a Major Club

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  • Commodore Ballroom

  • London Music Hall

  • MTelus

  • The Music Hall

  • Lighthouse Art Centre

  • Kee to Bala

  • Queen Elizabeth Theatre

  • Rebel

Best Teamwork in a Large Arena or Stadium

Nominees

  • BC Place

  • Rogers Stadium

  • Scotiabank Arena

  • Rogers Place

  • Commonwealth Stadium

  • Canadian Tire Centre

  • TD Coliseum

Best Teamwork in a Medium Club

Nominees

  • TD Music Hall

  • Biltmore Theatre

  • Impérial Bell

  • Bronson Centre Theatre

  • The Rickshaw

  • The Mod Club

  • Starlite Room

  • Exchange Event Centre

Best Teamwork in a Small Arena

Nominees

  • Canada Life Place

  • Scotiabank Centre

  • Tribute Communities Centre

  • Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre

  • Mary Brown's Centre

  • Bonnetts Energy Centre

Best Teamwork in a Soft Seat Theatre or Performing Arts Centre

Nominees

  • Burton Cummings Theatre

  • Imperial Theatre

  • Massey Hall

  • The Chan Centre

  • Wolf Performance Hall

  • National Arts Centre

  • First Ontario Concert Hall

  • Rebecca Cohn Auditorium

  • National Music Centre

  • West End Cultural Centre

Small Festival of the Year

Nominees

  • Cicada Music & Arts Festival

  • Paris Drinks Festival

  • Folk on the Rocks

  • Festival of Small Halls

  • Minoshkite Indigenous Music Festival

  • Pouzza Fest

  • Wavelength Festival

Major Festival of the Year

Nominees

  • Festival d'Été de Québec

  • Osheaga Music & Arts Festival

  • Ottawa Bluesfest

  • Winnipeg Folk Festival

  • Festival International de Jazz de Montréal

  • Calgary Stampede

  • Sunfest

  • Cavendish Beach Music Festival

  • Supercrawl

  • Veld Music Festival

Medium Festival of the Year

Nominees

  • Electric Island

  • Mariposa Folk Festival

  • Toronto Jazz Festival

  • TD Halifax Jazz Festival

  • Sled Island Music & Arts Festival

  • City Folk Festival

  • Sommo Festival

  • Fvded in the Park

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