NOMINATIONS

Welcome to the Gold Coast Music Awards 2025 Nominations

Please note: Nominations for the 2025 Gold Coast Music Awards are open to any venue, artist, band, studio producer or visual creative of any age or genre, that has been actively involved with the Gold Coast’s music industry during the eligibility period 1 April 2024 – 31 May 2025.

Nominations for the 2025 Gold Coast Music Awards have now closed.

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Nominations are only accepted from an artist themselves or a person representing the artist such as a manager, publicist or agent of some kind.

This is because our judges have a set of criteria they assess each nomination against and it is unlikely that fans or possibly even family members can provide the information the judges need to make those assessments.

Nominations are open for Artist, Breakout Artist, Live Act, Release, Song, Video, Musician, Studio Producer, Visual Creative, and Venue.

Need help with your nomination? Support is available. Find out more here.

You can find out more about each category and the judging criteria here.

You must respond to separate nomination criteria for each category

Each category has its own criteria and a separate set of questions which must be answered.
There is no benefit to asking other people to nominate you. Only one nomination per artist per category is accepted. As this is not a popularity contest, fan nominations are not accepted.
You will need to gather supporting information and evidence for some categories. You can read the questions for each category here.
For all categories you will need an up-to-date bio, no longer than 150 words that is cleared for our marketing use, as well as two press shots. Depending on how you submit your nominations – you may only need to provide this once.
You may nominate for multiple categories.
You cannot nominate for both Artist and Breakout Artist – you may only nominate in one or the other category.
You may only nominate one song for Song of the Year. This should be your best song.

About each category

Artist – an established act with a significant body of work and significant outcomes achieved.

Breakout Artist – an emerging act that has clearly broken through with an obvious and demonstrated trajectory towards success.

Live Act – an act that consistently delivers an engaging live show to a growing audience inside and outside of the Gold Coast.

Release – an artistic award for the best album or EP released from the Gold Coast.

Song – an artistic award for the best song released from the Gold Coast.

Video – an artistic award for the best music video released from a Gold Coast artist

Musician – an artistic award for an individual for excellence in vocal or instrumental ability.

Studio Producer – for consistently producing music that delivers on their artists’ vision.

Visual Creative – awarded to a visual creative, designer or artist for a specific project that enhances the music experience.

Venue – a dedicated Gold Coast live music venue where the primary form of entertainment is live, original music.

Artist, Breakout Artist, Live Act, Release, Song, Video Nomination Form

Nominate for these categories here

Musician, Studio Producer, Visual Creative Nomination Form

Nominate for these categories here

Venue of the year Nomination Form

Nominate for Venue of the Year here