Welcome news for the music industry, with the AIR Awards to go ahead in 2020 with the ceremony to be staged in Adelaide.
Set to return to the iconic Freemasons Hall on 1 October, the ceremony is provisional and dependent on further social distancing restrictions being eased. If the COVID-19 lockdown continues, event organisers have contingencies in place to shift the Awards to a digital showcase.The staging of the AIR Awards in such tumultuous times is vitally important for the music industry, not only to celebrate and promote the successes of the Australian independent sector but to also rally together to face these unprecedented and challenging obstacles.
Last year, Courtney Barnett won the Best Independent Artist award while G Flip scored the gong for Breakthrough Independent Artist Of Year, which again highlights the very-high quality of musicians the AIR Awards attract.
Click here to read the complete list of 2019 winners.
The Indie-Con Australia Conference, staged conjunction with the AIR Awards, will also go ahead in 2020, returning to Adelaide 1-2 October. While annual showcase of South Australia's emerging musical talent, Scouted will take place 2 October.
Industry voting for the AIR Awards is currently under way, so stay tuned for the 2020 nominees.
