GIT Award

{{Short description|Liverpool music award}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2025}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox award

| name = GIT Award

| current_awards =

| image = GIT_Award_logo.jpg

| imagesize =

| caption = The GIT Award logo, featuring a stylized turntable and Liverpool’s skyline.

| presenter = Getintothis (music blog){{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17877900 |title= Get Into This Award celebrates Liverpool music |last1=Youngs |first1= Ian |date=28 April 2012 |website=BBC |access-date=5 February 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/interviews/community-music-the-git-award-2017 |title= Community Music: The GIT Award 2017 |last1=Fitzpatrick |first1= Will |date=5 May 2017 |website=The Skinny |access-date=6 February 2025}}

| date = Every April or May

| awarded_for = New Merseyside music

| location = Liverpool, England

| country = {{UK}}

| venue = Various

| year = {{start date and age|2012|4|27|df=yes}}

| year2 = {{end date and age|2017|5|13|df=yes}}

| website = {{URL|https://getintothis.co.uk/git-award}}

| sponsor =

| reward = £1,000 (2017){{cite web |url=https://www.musicweek.com/talent/read/louis-berry-and-the-coral-shortlisted-for-git-award-2017/067853 |title=Louis Berry and The Coral shortlisted for GIT Award 2017|last1=Homewood |first1=Ben |date=16 March 2017 |website=Music Week |access-date=February 5, 2025}}

}}

The GIT Award (short for Getintothis Award) was an annual English music prize recognising new and emerging music from Liverpool and the wider Merseyside region, awarded from 2012 to 2017. The award was established by the Liverpool-based music blog Getintothis in response to the revitalisation of the city's music scene following Liverpool's designation as European Capital of Culture in 2008.{{cite web |url=https://www.prsformusic.com/m-magazine/features/liverpool-echoes |title=Liverpool Echoes |last1=Nichols |first1=Paul |date=1 July 2016 |website=PRS for Music |access-date=6 February 2025}}

The award was described as a "Scouse Mercury Prize" by Getintothis editor Peter Guy ahead of its official launch in November 2011.{{cite web |url=https://thequietus.com/news/get-into-this-the-scouse-mercury-prize-launches/ |title=GIT: "Scouse Mercury Prize" Launches |last1=Doran |first1=John |date=8 November 2011 |website=The Quietus |access-date=5 February 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/a-letter-from-liverpool-4/|title=A Letter From… Liverpool #4 |last1=Fitzpatrick |first1= Will |date=2 May 2012 |website=Clash |access-date=15 February 2025}} This comparison was widely used throughout the award's existence, including in national media outlets such as BBC, The Guardian,{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/apr/29/young-musicians-fan-funding-record-industry |title=Young musicians attract fan funding to avoid reliance on record industry |last1=Topping |first1=Alexandra |date=29 April 2012 |website=The Guardian |access-date=5 February 2025}} and NME.{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/various-artists-3168-1263537 |title=Shortlist announced for 'Scouse Mercury Prize' the GIT Award |last1=Cooper |first1=Leonie |date=27 March 2012 |website=NME |access-date=5 February 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/miscellaneous-27-1249415 |title=The Justice Collective honoured with Inspiration Award at Liverpool GIT awards

|date=20 April 2013 |website=NME |access-date=6 February 2025}}

The award was held annually for six editions; however, no ceremony took place in 2018 or in subsequent years. While no official termination has been announced, Getintothis editor Peter Guy attributed the award's absence to declining arts funding, financial struggles for independent venues and festivals, and broader challenges within Liverpool's creative sector.{{Cite web|title= Getintothis' 2018 Year In Review: best gigs, event, albums, venues, festival, label, hero and more |url=https://www.getintothis.co.uk/2018/12/getintothis-2018-year-in-review-best-gigs-event-albums-venues-festival-label-hero-and-more/ |website=Getintothis.co.uk |last1=Guy |first1=Peter |date=31 December 2018 |access-date=6 February 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103140506/https://www.getintothis.co.uk/2018/12/getintothis-2018-year-in-review-best-gigs-event-albums-venues-festival-label-hero-and-more/ |archive-date=3 January 2019}}