Casey Barnes, Hinterland Among 2022 Gold Coast Music Award Nominees

The 2022 Gold Coast Music Award nominations are in!

Casey Barnes and Hussy Hicks lead the country genre, each with four nominations to their names. Barnes and Hussy Hicks both vie for the coveted title of ‘Artist of the Year’ alongside Buttered, Eliza and the Delusionals, Lily Papas and Wildheart, as well as ‘Live Act of the Year’.

Barnes’ hit singles, Light It Up is nominated for ‘Release of the Year’ and God Took His Time On You, which peaked at #1 on the Countrytown Hot 50 Country Airplay Chart, for ‘Song of the Year’, meanwhile, Hussy Hicks is up for ‘Video of The Year’ for Same Boat and ‘Visual Creative of The Year’.

In addition, Hinterland and Lily Grace both received nominations for ‘Breakout Artist of the Year’.

“We were overwhelmed by the number of Award nominations we received this year, a total of 686. That number of nominations equates to several days’ worth of non-stop listening for the judging panel. It’s incredible to think that that is just a small portion of the music being produced on the Gold Coast each year,” says Gold Coast Music Awards co-founder, Chloe Popa.

“We’re always excited to see new nominees added to the mix each year and 2022 did not disappoint. There is a very strong contingent of emerging artists and new talent making waves on the Gold Coast right now. The finalists reflect a good balance of rising stars as well as musicians who are already recognisable on the national and international stage like Casey Barnes, Tijuana Cartel, Hussy Hicks, Eliza and the Delusionals and Hollow Coves.”

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The Gold Coast Music Awards ceremony will take place on Saturday, September 3 from 12pm-3pm at HOTA, Home of the Arts. The Awards are held alongside SPRINGTIME Festival, taking place throughout the Surfers Paradise precinct from 2-4 September.

“The Gold Coast has such a strong calibre of artists emerging from the city, and events like the GCMA’s became the inspiration to create SPRINGTIME and continue to showcase the music of the region alongside the country’s best,” says Festival Director, Mark Duckworth.

“To be able to celebrate the scene’s achievements over the weekend with our partners the Gold Coast Music Awards will make for an annual party not to miss.”

Award celebrations include a Gold Coast Music Awards after-glow party held in the HOTA Lawn Bar, immediately after the Awards ceremony. Tickets are available now here.

Check out the relevant nominations below: