2023 Music Victoria Awards

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| name = 2023 Music Victoria Awards

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| date = 31 October 2023

| venue = Federation Square

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| most_nominations = Cable Ties, Forest Claudette, RVG (3)

| previous = 2022

| main = {{nowrap|Music Victoria Awards}}

| next = 2024

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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{{cite web|url= https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/music-victoria-awards-nominees-2023/ | title=Nominees, Hall of Fame Inductees Announced for 2023 Music Victoria Awards|website=Music Feeds|date=14 September 2023|access-date=14 September 2023}} Public voting was open from 14 September until 13 October.{{cite web|url=https://scenestr.com.au/music/music-victoria-awards-2023-nominees-and-hall-of-fame-inductees-20230914|title= Music Victoria Awards 2023 Nominees And Hall Of Fame Inductees|website=Scenestr|date=14 September 2023|access-date=15 September 2023}}

Hall of Fame inductees

Kutcha Edwards
Kirsty Rivers

Award nominees and winners

Winners indicated at the top and in boldface, with other nominees in plain.{{cite web|url=https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/all-the-winners-of-the-2023-music-victoria-awards/|title=All the Winners of the 2023 Music Victoria Awards: Julia Jacklin, Immy Owusu, Cable Ties + More |website=Music Feeds|date= 31 October 2023|access-date= 1 November 2023}}

=Public Voted Awards=

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style="background:#64C2ED; width=;"50%"\| Best Album ! style="background:#64C2ED; width=;"50%"\| 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"
style="background:#64C2ED; width=;"50%"\| Best Group ! style="background:#64C2ED; width=;"50%"\| Best DJ
* Cable Ties Folk Bitch Trio Mindy Meng Wang (王萌) & Tim Shiel RVG Surprise Chef \| Cara Murphy CAITY WATSØN Moopie Rakhi Uone
style="background:#64C2ED; width=;"50%"\| Best Solo Artist ! style="background:#64C2ED; width=;"50%"\| 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
style="background:#64C2ED; width=;"50%"\| Best Metro Festival ! style="background:#64C2ED; width=;"50%"\| 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))
style="background:#64C2ED; width=;"50%"\| Best Large Venue (Metro) ! style="background:#64C2ED; width=;"50%"\| 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)
style="background:#64C2ED; width=;"50%"\| Best Regional Venue/Presenter (over 50 gigs a year) ! style="background:#64C2ED; width=;"50%"\| 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)

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style="background:#64C2ED; width=;"50%"| Best Album

! style="background:#64C2ED; width=;"50%"| 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"

style="background:#64C2ED; width=;"50%"| Best Group

! style="background:#64C2ED; width=;"50%"| Best DJ

* Cable Ties

Folk Bitch Trio
Mindy Meng Wang (王萌) & Tim Shiel
RVG
Surprise Chef

Cara Murphy
CAITY WATSØN
Moopie
Rakhi
Uone

style="background:#64C2ED; width=;"50%"| Best Solo Artist

! style="background:#64C2ED; width=;"50%"| 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

style="background:#64C2ED; width=;"50%"| Best Metro Festival

! style="background:#64C2ED; width=;"50%"| 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))

style="background:#64C2ED; width=;"50%"| Best Large Venue (Metro)

! style="background:#64C2ED; width=;"50%"| 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)

style="background:#64C2ED; width=;"50%"| Best Regional Venue/Presenter (over 50 gigs a year)

! style="background:#64C2ED; width=;"50%"| 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=

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style="background:#FFA500; width=;"50%"\| Arts Access Amplify Award (for Deaf and Disabled acts) ! style="background:#FFA500; width=;"50%"\| 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
style="background:#FFA500; width=;"50%"\| Best Musician ! style="background:#FFA500; width=;"50%"\| Best Producer
*Immy Owusu Daniel Farrugia Jen Sholakis Joshua Moshe Sam Teskey \| Gab Strum Anna Laverty Candice Lorrae Lucy Blomkamp Simon Lam
style="background:#FFA500; width=;"50%"\| Best Blues Work ! style="background:#FFA500; width=;"50%"\| 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
style="background:#FFA500; width=;"50%"\| Best Electronic Work ! style="background:#FFA500; width=;"50%"\| 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
style="background:#FFA500; width=;"50%"\| Best Folk Work ! style="background:#FFA500; width=;"50%"\| Best Heavy Work
*Lucy Wise Dandelion Wine Folk Bitch Trio Katankin Leah Senior \| ISUA Dead Faceless Burial GELD The Maggie Pills
style="background:#FFA500; width=;"50%"\| Best Hip Hop Work ! style="background:#FFA500; width=;"50%"\| Best Jazz Work
* Agung Mango Strictly D.T Teether & Kuya Neil Voldy Yung Shōgun \| Joshua Moshe Don Glori Fran Swinn Nat Bartsch The Rookies
style="background:#FFA500; width=;"50%"\| Best Pop Work ! style="background:#FFA500; width=;"50%"\| Best Reggae and Dancehall Work
*Daine Mia Wray Mitch Tambo Monnie Telenova \| Killah Keys ALETHIA Crown Heights JahWise Melbourne Ska Orchestra
style="background:#FFA500; width=;"50%"\| Best Rock/Punk Work ! style="background:#FFA500; width=;"50%"\| 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
style="background:#FFA500; width=;"50%"\| MAV Diasporas Award (Culturally and Linguistically Diverse entrants only) ! style="background:#FFA500; width=;"50%"\|
*Origami with Wang Zheng-Ting Black Jesus Experience Don Glori Mitch Tambo The Cloud Maker \|

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style="background:#FFA500; width=;"50%"| Arts Access Amplify Award
(for Deaf and Disabled acts)

! style="background:#FFA500; width=;"50%"| 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

style="background:#FFA500; width=;"50%"| Best Musician

! style="background:#FFA500; width=;"50%"| Best Producer

*Immy Owusu

Daniel Farrugia
Jen Sholakis
Joshua Moshe
Sam Teskey

Gab Strum
Anna Laverty
Candice Lorrae
Lucy Blomkamp
Simon Lam

style="background:#FFA500; width=;"50%"| Best Blues Work

! style="background:#FFA500; width=;"50%"| 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

style="background:#FFA500; width=;"50%"| Best Electronic Work

! style="background:#FFA500; width=;"50%"| 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

style="background:#FFA500; width=;"50%"| Best Folk Work

! style="background:#FFA500; width=;"50%"| Best Heavy Work

*Lucy Wise

Dandelion Wine
Folk Bitch Trio
Katankin
Leah Senior

ISUA
Dead
Faceless Burial
GELD
The Maggie Pills

style="background:#FFA500; width=;"50%"| Best Hip Hop Work

! style="background:#FFA500; width=;"50%"| Best Jazz Work

* Agung Mango

Strictly D.T
Teether & Kuya Neil
Voldy
Yung Shōgun

Joshua Moshe
Don Glori
Fran Swinn
Nat Bartsch
The Rookies

style="background:#FFA500; width=;"50%"| Best Pop Work

! style="background:#FFA500; width=;"50%"| Best Reggae and Dancehall Work

*Daine

Killah Keys
ALETHIA
Crown Heights
JahWise
Melbourne Ska Orchestra

style="background:#FFA500; width=;"50%"| Best Rock/Punk Work

! style="background:#FFA500; width=;"50%"| 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

style="background:#FFA500; width=;"50%"| MAV Diasporas Award
(Culturally and Linguistically Diverse entrants only)

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*Origami with Wang Zheng-Ting

Black Jesus Experience
Don Glori
Mitch Tambo
The Cloud Maker

References

External links

{{Official website|www.musicvictoria.com.au}}

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