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Best New Artist24 nominees
  • All In Blood
  • Amber November
  • American Vanity
  • Briggle Jaxon
  • Lindsay Van Gorden
  • Zeu
  • Crybaby Cult
  • Dan Ferino and The Broken Hearts
  • DJ House Bunny XXO
  • Electric City Surf Club
  • Eraser
  • Freefall
  • John Bower
  • Lord G Boston
  • Mmachi O. Dimoriaku
  • Ravyn
  • Safe Sermon
  • Surrounded In Static
  • Sunblush
  • Taz Zingale
  • The Sciatic Nerves
  • Ticket To Yesterday
  • Xdrenaline
  • The Love Melons
Acoustic / Solo Artist of the Year10 nominees
  • Mike Barresse
  • Bryan Banks
  • Gabby Tolerico
  • Jase Mathews
  • Jimmy Stranger
  • John Bower
  • Ken Norton
  • Riley Loftus
  • Squid Sterling
  • Mike Elward
Blues / Funk Artist of the Year6 nominees
  • Brendan Brisk Band
  • Dustin Douglas & The Electric Gentlemen
  • Matt Bennick Trio
  • Phyllis Hopkins Electric Trio
  • The Just Alright Band
  • The Tribe
Country Act of the Year8 nominees
  • Boots and Bangs
  • Flatland Ruckus
  • Jase Mathews Band
  • John Bower
  • Lindsay Van Gorden
  • Lipstick & Rye
  • Luke Stone
  • Wagner Road Band
Cover Act of the Year8 nominees
  • Almost Infamous
  • Better Than Bad
  • Chase Who Band
  • Dance Hall Devils
  • Guilty Pleasure
  • Nowhere Slow
  • The 335
  • Daddy-O and the Sax Maniacs
Tribute Act of the Year8 nominees
  • Ticket To Yesterday (A Beatles Tribute Band)
  • Deadfish (Grateful Dead Tribute)
  • Eclipsed (Pink Floyd Tribute)
  • A Proud Monkey (Dave Matthews Band Tribute)
  • Lost Dogs (Pearl Jam Tribute)
  • Eastern Tribute Collective
  • Courtesy by Flatland Ruckus (Toby Keith Tribute)
  • Sweet Little Lies (Fleetwood Mac Tribute)
EDM / Electronic DJ Act of the Year8 nominees
  • Amber November
  • Cowgirl Pills
  • Flipswitch
  • DJ Robair
  • Nasstronaut
  • Oath
  • House Bunny XXO
  • Bob Miller
Club DJ / DJ Party Act of the Year8 nominees
  • DJ Hersh
  • DJ Downtown
  • DJ AR
  • Jay MC
  • Electric Lady
  • SaturBae
  • Chris James
  • Jamie Callen
Duo / Trio of the Year7 nominees
  • A & D Acoustic duo
  • Atari & Mari
  • CC Music Duo
  • The Frost Duo
  • The MDG Crew
  • Wildcard Duo
  • The Two Taboo
Folk / Americana / Bluegrass / Jam Act of the Year8 nominees
  • Justin Bravo & The Kind
  • The Sorters
  • The Downpatrick Band
  • Gracie Jane Sinclair & The Band
  • The Sciatic Nerves
  • The Broke Pines
  • Greenfield III
  • Brendan Michael Smith & The Susquehanna Boom Co.
Hip-Hop / Rap / R&B Artist of the Year8 nominees
  • Alahji DáQuan
  • Alexis Cosgrove
  • LORD G BOSTON
  • Maine the Medicine x Son Lee
  • Ray Blacc
  • Taz Zingale
  • Xdrenaline
  • John Anthony
Jazz / Fusion / Reggae / World Music Act of the Year8 nominees
  • Elephants Dancing
  • Young Lion
  • West Third Street Band
  • Hot Club of Scranton
  • Tyler Dempsey
  • Peach Polaroid
  • Special Characters
  • Duds
Female Vocalist of the Year12 nominees
  • Abigail Chase
  • Alexis Cosgrove
  • Amanda Rogan
  • Cierra Cellerari
  • Dianna Brown
  • Gabby Tolerico
  • Gracie Jane Sinclair
  • Kate Mangan
  • Kayla Grzech
  • Riley Loftus
  • Tori Viccica
  • Sherry Klaproth
Male Vocalist of the Year12 nominees
  • Adam Farley
  • Chase Robinson
  • Christian Michl Brown
  • Danny Sales
  • David Wood
  • Jase Mathews
  • Jeremy Burke
  • John Bower
  • Kelly King
  • Nick Van Wagenen
  • Patrick McGlynn
  • Kenneth Watkins
Guitarist of the Year12 nominees
  • Ben Bush
  • Chris Gratz
  • Dave Kline
  • Donald James
  • Duds
  • Glenn Clark
  • Jacob Bagasevich
  • Jimmy Reynolds
  • Kevin ( KJ ) Stone
  • Mike Heitczman
  • Tyler Salak
  • Rob Husty
Bassist of the Year12 nominees
  • Jon Ventre
  • Ben Mattey
  • Ben Roper
  • Brad Chikowski
  • Connor Langan
  • David Wood
  • Jasper Paci
  • Jesse Viola
  • Joe Terry
  • Michael Iorio
  • Stefan Ogonosky
  • Demi Belzer
Drummer of the Year12 nominees
  • Anthony "Shiny" Montini
  • Armando Toledo
  • Brody Stewart
  • Chad Wescott
  • Chuck Grabosky
  • Dave Cali
  • Harold Jones
  • James Brown
  • Kevin Hall
  • Tanner Snyder
  • Anthony Viola
  • Kenny Vandermark
Auxiliary Musician of the Year13 nominees
  • Brendan Lesavage – Violin
  • Christian Michl Brown – Saxophone
  • Jase Mathews – Trumpet
  • Melanie Hansen – Harmonica
  • Seth Eisenberg – Keyboards
  • Amber November – Keyboards
  • Bill Davis – Pedal Steel; Mandolin
  • Butchy Jones – Pedal Steel, Banjo
  • Callie Puzak – Cello
  • Cierra Cellerari – Flute/Harmonica
  • Daniel Sperlein – Trombone
  • Mario Tombasco – Keyboards, Trumpet, Fiddle
  • Robert Jurkiewicz – Keyboards, Fiddle
Song of the Year8 nominees
  • Alahji DáQuan – “Fashion Killa”
  • American Vanity – "Lifeline"
  • Apollo Putnam – "Champion In Shame"
  • Eraser – "Blind"
  • Gracie Jane Sinclair – "Dangerous"
  • Crybaby Cult – "More More More"
  • Spellslinger – "Vivianite"
  • The MDG Crew – "Alone Again"
Album of the Year10 nominees
  • Christian Michl Brown – "Chapter II"
  • Drowning Kelly – "Eclipse"
  • Electric City Surf Club – "No Waves All Coal"
  • Scorched Mind – "Embracing The Dying Sun"
  • Side Over – "Loves You"
  • So Much Hope, Buried – “Wither | Grow”
  • Brendan Michael Smith – " The Susquehanna Boom Company"
  • University Drive – "First Stage Separation"
  • Apollo Putnam – “Early Warning”
  • Alahji DáQuan – “Metamorphosis”
Video of the Year8 nominees
  • American Vanity – "Poison In Your Cup"
  • Gracie Jane Sinclair – "Dangerous"
  • Free Fall- “Last Hoorah”
  • So Much Hope, Buried. – "Paper Thin"
  • The Sorters – "Cardboard Kids"
  • No Take Backs – "ICantWaitForSkate4"
  • Look Back Luna – "Falling Up"
  • Jay Luke – "Malice in Wonderland"
Recording Studio of the Year7 nominees
  • BBE Entertainment
  • Encore Studios
  • JL Studios
  • Mazin Studios
  • Novro Studios
  • SI Studios
  • Windmill Agency
Producer / Recording Engineer of the Year8 nominees
  • Steeze PA
  • Joseph Wegleski
  • Chev Robinson
  • Dan Dearborn
  • Eric Novroski
  • Ethan Cutillo
  • Jay Preston
  • Joe Loftus
Music Publication / Blog of the Year3 nominees
  • 1120 Mag
  • Echo Wave Media
  • NEPA Scene
Podcast / Vlog / YouTube Channel of the Year5 nominees
  • The Popko Project
  • The Middleman Podcast
  • Talk of Fame Podcast
  • NEPA SCENE Podcast
  • GhostWulf Underground
Local Radio Station of the Year7 nominees
  • 107.5 The Diamond
  • 97.9 X
  • 98.5 KRZ
  • Fuzz 92.1
  • Rock 107
  • VMFM 91.7
  • 90.3 WESS
Music Journalist / Reviewer / Writer of the Year5 nominees
  • Jennifer Racho
  • Rich Howells
  • Melissa Janoski
  • Jess Meoni
  • Alonna Weaver
Radio Personality / Podcaster / Internet Personality of the Year9 nominees
  • Johnny Popko
  • Melissa Kranke
  • Kate Macintyre
  • Lazy E
  • Amber Viola
  • Mike Duffy
  • Keven Martinez
  • Rich Howells
  • Kylie Montigney
Music Photographer of the Year10 nominees
  • Anthony Schutz
  • Donna Rose
  • Eugene Lucas
  • JD Ashford
  • Jenn Fry
  • Jennifer Kucharski
  • Kayla Grzech
  • Keith Perks
  • Nadia Wegleski
  • Rich Howells
Best Place To See Music In 202612 nominees
  • The V-Spot
  • Backyard Ale House
  • Benny's of Downtown Scranton
  • The Bog
  • Sergei's Live
  • Dungeon at the Ritz
  • The Ritz Theater
  • River Street Jazz Cafe
  • Union Vapors 570
  • Tony’s Wine Cellar
  • AJ’s Bar-N-Grill
  • Arlo's Tavern
Artist of the Year10 nominees
  • Elephants Dancing
  • James Barrett
  • Traverse the Abyss
  • Gracie Jane Sinclair
  • University Drive
  • So Much Hope, Buried
  • American Vanity
  • Tori V & The Karma
  • Brendan Michael Smith
  • Cowgirl Pills