Cub Sport, The Jungle Giants Lead 2024 Queensland Music Awards Nominations

The 2024 Queensland Music Awards are coming soon – Wednesday, 17 April, at Brisbane’s Fortitude Music Hall and today, the nominees for this year’s awards have been revealed.

In addition to the music genre categories, voting for the People’s Choice Awards – powered by Oztix and The Music – is now open, giving punters the opportunity to vote for their favourite music venues and festivals.

Voting closes at midnight on Wednesday, 13 March. Make your vote here to be in the running to win a double pass to attend Queensland music’s night of nights. Tickets to attend the 2024 Queensland Music Awards are on sale now via the QMusic website.

Onto the nominees: the Queensland Music Awards covers all sorts of genres, including pop, heavy, country, children’s music, blues and roots, electronic, folk, hip-hop, jazz and more.

Pop group Cub Sport have received nominations in two categories – Pop Award and Electronic Award, while The Jungle Giants have been nominated for Best Video and Electronic Award.

The Queensland Music Awards have nominated veteran artists, including Kevin Borich and Busby Marou, in the Blues & Roots category while showcasing some of the best new artists, including James Johnston and Tori Forsyth (Country Award), heavier acts including Wildheart and Caligula’s Horse, and many more.

The People’s Choice Metro Venue of the Year nominations include the Fortitude Music Hall, The Tivoli, The Triffid, Eatons Hill Hotel, Sandstone Point Hotel and The Zoo, amongst others, while the People’s Choice Festival of the Year nominations are Gympie Music Muster, Sweet Relief!, Tablelands Folk Festival, The Battle of the ROCK Bands and ΩHM.

You can check out the complete list of finalists for the 2024 Queensland Music Awards below.

On her nomination at this year’s awards, Jem Cassar-Daley said in a statement, “It is a true honour and privilege to be a finalist in the Queensland Music Awards for 2024!

“I look forward to this event every year, being able to celebrate the crazy amount of talent we have in our state and catch up with great friends while doing it! It makes me so incredibly proud to be a part of such an inclusive and supportive music community, one that is worth celebrating.”

QUEENSLAND MUSIC AWARDS

2024 FINALISTS

BLUES | ROOTS AWARD

Busby Marou – ‘Conversation’

Karl S. Williams – ‘Built This Way’

Kevin Borich – ‘Straight From My Heart’ (ft. Ian Moss)

Kurilpa Reach – ‘Chicken Rendang’

CHILDREN'S MUSIC AWARD

Joff Bush – ‘Dance Mode’ (Bluey)

Junior Burger – ‘Bin Night’

Sharron mirii Bell – ‘I Am Me’

Spotty Kites – ‘Banjo Bunny’

CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL & MUSIC FOR STAGE

AVÉ - Australian Vocal Ensemble – ‘Typewriter & First Night’

Flightless Birds Take Wing x Benjamin Shannon – ‘Plains-Wanderer’

Karin Schaupp – ‘Cybernylon’

Matt Hsu's Obscure Orchestra – ‘Premonition’

COUNTRY AWARD 

Hayley Marsten – ‘Getting Better’

JAMES JOHNSTON – ‘Got It Good’

Melody Moko – ‘Jesus Year’

Tori Forsyth – ‘Sometimes’

ELECTRONIC AWARD

1tbsp – ‘Sleeves Touch My Elbows’

Cub Sport – ‘Songs About It’

The Jungle Giants – ‘Trippin Up’

Young Franco – ‘Daydreaming’ (ft. Franc Moody)

FOLK AWARD

Karl S. Williams – ‘A Heart Is Not An Anvil’

Minor Gold – ‘Cannonball’

PAT TIERNEY – ‘Lost In The Haze’

Ziggy Alberts – ‘REWIND DOIS’

HEAVY AWARD

Caligula's Horse – ‘Golem’

DZ Deathrays – ‘My Mind Is Eating Me Alive’

These Four Walls – ‘Carousel’

Wildheart – ‘Sacred Ground’

HIP HOP AWARD

Nebzy – ‘Thin Pockets’

Ozi Jarel – ‘Uptown’

PAULSN – ‘Coop In The Breeze’ (ft Khi'leb)

Sachem – ‘My City’ (ft Nerve)

INDIGENOUS AWARD

Busby Marou – ‘Conversation’

Djarraway – ‘Bundarra’

ELEEA – ‘Just Friends’

Tia Gostelow - ‘Spring To Life’

JAZZ AWARD

Andrew Butt Trio – ‘Le Baiser Salé’

Steve Newcomb – ‘Pluto And The Sun’

The Scornful Four – ‘A Rainy Morning’

Valtozash – ‘Oncology’

MUSIC FOR SCREEN

Aubrielle – ‘Paige's Triumph (Cinema, Too Theme)’

Brooke Schubert - ‘Burn Like Summer’

Joff Bush – ‘Cricket’ (Bluey)

Tristan Barton – ‘The Grey Line’

POP AWARD

Cub Sport – ‘Keep Me Safe’

Hatchie – ‘Rooftops’ (ft. Liam Benzvi)

Jem Cassar-Daly – ‘King of Disappointment’

Jude York – ‘Mr Porcelain’

ROCK AWARD

Atticus Chimps – ‘High At The Sight Of You’

FELONY. – ‘Everyone I Like Wants To Kill Themselves’

Hallie – ‘Cut It Off’

Jaguar Jonze – ‘Don't Call Me Queen’

SOUL | FUNK | RNB AWARD

Jordan Briton – ‘make it so easy’ (ft. JUNO)

Lemonade Baby – ‘Don't Stop (Keep On Keepin' On)’

Menajerie – ‘Holding Pattern’

Sahara Beck – ‘Compromise’

WORLD AWARD

Innessa – ‘Wave’

Sue Ferrers – ‘Vitterpolskan’

Taitu'uga – ‘Falealili Manusamoa’

Zenekar – ‘Lament For A Holiday Tango’

YOUTH (AGES 10 – 17) AWARD

ALLEGRA NEVE – ‘Rewind’

ixaras – ‘Sprouts’

L.i.E – ‘Ghost’

PARKER – ‘SOFA BED’

REGIONAL | REGIONAL AWARD

Emma Bosworth – ‘Eggs On Toast’

Greta Stanley – ‘Every Time I Think I'm Happy’

LT – ‘Act Your Age’

Tia Gostelow – ‘Spring To Life’

VIDEO AWARD

Jennifer Embleton, Jack Birtles & Clea Pratt – ‘I Wanna Be Alive’ by Clea

Leigh Agius, Joe Agius & Max Brading – ‘Trippin Up’ by The Jungle Giants

Levi Cranston – ‘Trial’ by Tessa Fleur

Luis Campbell, Adam Hasa & Julian Panetta – ‘make it so easy’ by Jordan Briton feat. JUNO

PEOPLE’S CHOICE NOMINEES

PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD METRO VENUE OF THE YEAR NOMINEES

Banshees Bar & Artspace

Brisbane Powerhouse

Eatons Hill Hotel

Greaser

Kingston Butter Factory Cultural Precinct

Sandstone Point Hotel

Stranded Bar

The Cave Inn

The Fortitude Music Hall

The Junk Bar

The Princess Theatre

The Tivoli

The Triffid

The Zoo

Tomcat Bar

Warehouse 25

PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD REGIONAL VENUE OF THE YEAR NOMINEES

Kings Beach Tavern

Miami Marketta

Mo's Desert Clubhouse

Oodies café

Solbar

Tanks Arts Centre

PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD FESTIVAL OF THE YEAR NOMINEES

Gympie Music Muster

Sweet Relief!

Tablelands Folk Festival

The Battle of the ROCK Bands

ΩHM