2023 Music Victoria Awards

Date

31 October 2023

Venue

Federation Square

Most nominations

Cable Ties, Forest Claudette, RVG (3)

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Music Victoria Awards

The 2023 Music Victoria Awards are the 18th Annual Music Victoria Awards. The ceremony took place on 31 October 2023. The nominees were announced on 14 September 2023^[1] Public voting was open from 14 September until 13 October.^[2]

Hall of Fame inductees

Kutcha Edwards^[1]
Kirsty Rivers

Award nominees and winners

Winners indicated at the top and in boldface, with other nominees in plain.^[1]^[3]

Public Voted Awards

Best Album	Best Song or Track
Cash Savage and the Last Drinks – So This is Love Cable Ties – All Her Plans Jen Cloher – I Am the River, the River Is Me Julia Jacklin – Pre Pleasure Teether and Kuya Neil – STRESSOR	Julia Jacklin – "Love, Try Not to Let Go" Forest Claudette (featuring EARTHGANG)– "Mess Around" Miss Kaninna – "Blak Britney" NO ZU – "Liquid Love" RVG – "Nothing Really Changes"
Best Group	Best DJ
Cable Ties Folk Bitch Trio Mindy Meng Wang (王萌) & Tim Shiel RVG Surprise Chef	Cara Murphy CAITY WATSØN Moopie Rakhi Uone
Best Solo Artist	Best Regional Act
Jen Cloher Adalita Forest Claudette Gena Rose Bruce Sarah Mary Chadwick	Watty Thompson Bones and Jones Code Chroma Immy Owusu Leah Senior
Best Metro Festival	Best Regional Festival
Rising (Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung) Brunswick Music Festival (Wurundjeri) Leaps and Bounds Music Festival (Wurundjeri) Melbourne International Jazz Festival (Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung) Yirramboi Festival including The Archie Roach Block Party (Wurundjeri)	Port Fairy Folk Festival (Gunditjmara) Boogie – Tallarook (Taungurung) Esoteric Festival – Donald (Dja Dja Wurrung) OK Motels in Charlton (Dja Dja Wurrung) Winter Sounds – Daylesford (Dja Dja Wurrung))
Best Large Venue (Metro)	Best Small Venue (Metro)
Forum Melbourne (Wururdjeri and Boonwurrung) Melbourne Recital Centre (Wurundjeri) Northcote Theatre (Wurundjeri) Palais Theatre (Boonwurrung) The Corner Hotel – Richmond (Wurundjeri)	Brunswick Ballroom (Wurundjeri) Northcote Social Club (Wurundjeri) Shotkickers – Thornbury (Wurunjderi) The Gem – Collingwood (Wurundjeri) The Night Cat – Fitzroy (Wurundjeri)
Best Regional Venue/Presenter (over 50 gigs a year)	Best Regional Venue/Presenter (under 50 gigs a year)
Caravan Music Club in Archies Creek (Boonwurrung) Palais Hepburn (Dja Dja Wurrung) The Barwon Club Hotel in Geelong (Wadawurrung) The Bridge Hotel – Castlemaine (Dja Dja Wurrung) Volta – Ballarat (Wadawurrung)	Meeniyan Town Hall – South Gippsland (Bunurong) The Minerva Ballaarat (Wadawurrung) The Blues Train – Bellarine Peninsula (Wadawurrung) Trash Cult – Bendigo (Dja Dja Wurrung) The Vine Hotel – Wangaratta (Bpangerang)

Industry Voted Awards

Arts Access Amplify Award (for Deaf and Disabled acts)	The Archie Roach Foundation Award for Emerging Talent (for First Peoples entrants only)
Katie Dey Artemis Muñoz Batts Jimmy from Thornbury Mathilde Anne	Charlie Needs Braces Jada Weazel Kiwat Kennell Miss Kaninna Pirritu
Best Musician	Best Producer
Immy Owusu Daniel Farrugia Jen Sholakis Joshua Moshe Sam Teskey	Gab Strum Anna Laverty Candice Lorrae Lucy Blomkamp Simon Lam
Best Blues Work	Best Country Work
Damon Smith Eddie Ink Nigel Wearne Paul Buchanan's Voodoo Preachers The Teskey Brothers	Matt Joe Gow Charlotte Le Lievre De Porsal Henry Wagons Nathan Seeckts
Best Electronic Work	Best Experimental Act or Avant-Garde Work
Close Counters Lastlings Memphis LK The Oddness Tim Shiel	Maria Moles Aviva Endean Fia Fiell Patrick Hartono R. Rebeiro
Best Folk Work	Best Heavy Work
Lucy Wise Dandelion Wine Folk Bitch Trio Katankin Leah Senior	ISUA Dead Faceless Burial GELD The Maggie Pills
Best Hip Hop Work	Best Jazz Work
Agung Mango Strictly D.T Teether & Kuya Neil Voldy Yung Shōgun	Joshua Moshe Don Glori Fran Swinn Nat Bartsch The Rookies
Best Pop Work	Best Reggae and Dancehall Work
Daine Mia Wray Mitch Tambo Monnie Telenova	Killah Keys ALETHIA Crown Heights JahWise Melbourne Ska Orchestra
Best Rock/Punk Work	Soul, Funk, RNB & Gospel Work
Cable Ties Cash Savage and the Last Drinks Civic CLAMM RVG	Bumpy 30/70 Forest Claudette Mo'Ju Surprise Chef
MAV Diasporas Award (Culturally and Linguistically Diverse entrants only)
Origami with Wang Zheng-Ting Black Jesus Experience Don Glori Mitch Tambo The Cloud Maker

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Nominees, Hall of Fame Inductees Announced for 2023 Music Victoria Awards". Music Feeds. 14 September 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
^ "Music Victoria Awards 2023 Nominees And Hall Of Fame Inductees". Scenestr. 14 September 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
^ "All the Winners of the 2023 Music Victoria Awards: Julia Jacklin, Immy Owusu, Cable Ties + More". Music Feeds. 31 October 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.