# 2022 Music Victoria Awards

The 2022 Music Victoria Awards are the 17th Annual Music Victoria Awards. The ceremony is scheduled to take place in December 2022.
The list of industry-voted nominees was announced on 27 October 2022 and the public voted nominees announced on 10 November 2022.
Music Victoria CEO Simone Schinkel said of the awards "Last night's Music Victoria Awards ceremony was bursting at the seams with the community, camaraderie, and solidarity that we have seen from the music community throughout the Music Victoria Awards campaign. It was an honour to witness three generations in attendance, alongside the full spectrum of the industry involved in contemporary music."

## Hall of Fame inductees

* Deborah Conway (AM)
* Helen Marcou (AM) and Ian McLean (AM) - founders of Bakehouse Studios
* Best Musician - Xani Kolac

## Award nominees and winners

Winners indicated in boldface, with other nominees in plain.

### Public Voted Awards

| Best Album | Best Song |
| Baker Boy – Gela Harvey Sutherland – Boy JAZZPARTY – Nobody Gets Away Kerryn Fields – Water thndo – Life in Colour | Baker Boy – "Survive" Black Cab – "Rotsler's Rules" Courtney Barnett – "Rae Street" Guthrie – "Dickhead Song" Julia Jacklin – "Lydia Wears a Cross" |
| Best Group | Best DJ |
| Emma Donovan & The Putbacks Camp Cope Dorsal Fins Ramona Sky Telenova | MzRizk and Jennifer Loveless (tie) Memphis LK Reptant Simon TK |
| Best Solo Artist | Best Regional Act |
| Julia Jacklin Baker Boy IJALE Kerryn Fields Mo'Ju | Baker Boy Alice Skye Bones and Jones DEAD Jess Parker |
| Best Metro Festival | Best Regional Festival |
| Brunswick Music Festival (Wurundjeri) Melbourne Music Week (Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung) Peninsula Summer Music Festival (Boonwurrung) Reunion Park (Wurundjeri) Rising (Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung) | Port Fairy Folk Festival (Gunditjmara) CresFest in Creswick (Dja Dja Wurrung) Meadow in Bambra (Gulidjan, Gadubanud and Wadawurrung) OK Motels in Charlton (Dja Dja Wurrung) Riverboats Music Festival in Echuca-Moama (Yorta Yorta) |
| Best Large Venue (Metro) | Best Small Venue (Metro) |
| Forum Melbourne (Wururdjeri and Boonwurrung) Melbourne Recital Centre (Wurundjeri) Palais Theatre (Boonwurrung) Sidney Myer Music Bowl (Wurundjeri) The Night Cat (Wurundjeri) | Brunswick Ballroom (Wurundjeri) Northcote Social Club (Wurundjeri) Shotkickers – Thornbury (Wurunjderi) The Gasometer Hotel – Collingwood (Wurundjeri) The Jazzlab – Brunswick (Wurundjeri) |
| Best Regional Venue/Presenter (Established) | 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 Taproom – Shedshaker Brewing in Castlemaine (Dja Dja Wurrung) Theatre Royal Castlemaine (Dja Dja Wurrung) | Daylesford Hotel (Dja Dja Wurrung) Ballarat Mechanics' Institute – Minerva (Wadawurrung) Golden Vine Hotel – Bendigo (Dja Dja Wurrung) Hotel Warrnambool (Pheek Whurrong) Music on the Hill (MOTH) – Mornington Peninsula (Boonwurrung) |

### Industry Voted Awards

| Arts Access Amplify Award (for Deaf and Disabled acts) | The Archie Roach Foundation Award for Emerging Talent |
| Evelyn Ida Morris Batts Between Mirrors Nat Bartsch Saint Ergo | Bumpy Carissa Nyalu Jess Hitchcock MpathSoul – Monica Jasmine Karo Pirritu |
| Best Blues Work | Best Country Work |
| Checkerboard Lounge Damon Smith High Ace The Black Sorrows The McNamarr Project | Georgia State Line Lachlan Bryan & the Wildes Michael Waugh Sherry Rich The Weeping Willows |
| Best Electronic Work | Best Experimental Act or Avant-Garde Work |
| Harvey Sutherland OK EG Papaphilia Puscha Various Asses | The Amplified Elephants Cat Hope Female Wizard Nina Buchanan Rama Parwata |
| Best Folk Work | Best Heavy Work |
| Kerryn Fields Above The Bit Austral Charm of Finches Ruby Gill | Outright Diploid ISUA Jalang Rinuwat |
| Best Hip Hop Work | Best Jazz Work |
| MAMMOTH. & Silentjay Jaal Nomad SO.Crates Yung Shōgun | Barney McAll Claire Cross Johannes Luebbers Dectet Peter Knight Sam Anning |
| Best Pop Work | Best Reggae and Dancehall Work |
| The Stroppies Confidence Man June Jones Mug Telenova | JahWise Jah Tung Nicky Bomba Shottaz |
| Best Rock/Punk Work | Soul, Funk, RNB & Gospel Work |
| Pinch Points Dr Sure's Unusual Practice Jaala King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever | Mo'Ju Kutcha Edwards Lance Ferguson Nikodimos Zretro |
| MAV Diasporas Award (previously Best Global/Intercultural) | Best Producer |
| Charles Maimarosia Ajak Kwai Black Jesus Experience Hand to Earth Vanessa Estrada | Alice Ivy Gab Strum Oscar Dawson Stuart Mackenzie Tim Shiel |