Voting open for the very first Warrington Music Awards 2022

THE K’s and Crawlers are amongst the big names in line for recognition at Warrington’s first local music awards ceremony in the town.

As part of celebrations supporting the local music scene for ten years, WArrington Music (WAM) is inviting passionate music fans to join nominees at a live event to celebrate the past 12 months in the grassroots music scene. The event will see 11 award winners announced on Thursday 8th December at The Brass Monkey (Cairo St).
Lee Harman, Editor of (WAM) says he was inspired to finally arrange an awards ceremony a number of years ago after seeing the quality of bands and artists coming through from the town rivaling bigger nearby cities. “We’ve seen everything from bands signing major label deals to artists getting onto the stage for the first time in the past 12 months. Despite the challenges presented by significant price rises and the slow recovery after the pandemic, there are signs that things are returning to how they were and we can’t wait to celebrate this.”
Also on the night will be live performances from the likes of Man & the Echo, The Raymonds alongside more artists to be announced. Stanleys from Wigan will also be playing, having been announced amongst the first wave of bands playing Neighbourhood Weekender, an event that’s been shortlisted for its impact in the town.

As well as ‘Event of the Year’, other categories featured include ‘music business of the year’ and recognition for often unrecognised Promoters & Photographers involved in grassroots music.
“To us, music is to be celebrated all year round and without any big local events for people to support this year, the artists and fans are missing a chance to come together and celebrate the amazing things happening in our town in 2022.”
The voting process opened on Monday 7th November and will close at midnight on Sunday 20th November, with the four finalists for each category announced ahead of the awards ceremony. Winner will be announced at the (WAM) awards ceremony on Thursday 8th December, with fan tickets available now priced at £5 in advance (14+ w/ Adult).
Voting can be done via WArringtonMusic.co.uk/WAMawards

Tickets are on sale now, priced at £5 (14+ with adult).

Song of the Year
Category Proudly supported by PS Events

32 Tens – Tryna Talk
Crawlers – I Can’t Drive
Jenny Colquitt – Soldier of the Modern Day
Paul Nixon – Better Believe It
Roughneck Riot – Don’t Count Me Out
Scott & the Flying Kicks – I Like Your Eyes and your T-Shirt
The A.V Club – VHS (Very Happy Song)
The K’s – Hometown
The Raymonds – Nights With You
Uno Mas – High

Band of the Year
Category Presented by The Hop Emporium

Crawlers
Man & the Echo
Pray For Mojo
Roughneck Riot
The A.V Club
The K’s
Uno Mas
Winachi

Artist of the Year
Category Presented by Global Personnel Group

Ian Brown
James Lee-Hindle
Jenny Colquitt
Jessica Luise
Paul Nixon
Waywell
Abi Rose Kelly
Passionflower

Rising Act of the Year
Category Presented by Neighbourhood Weekender

Christy Bellis
Nineties
Peach St
Seagoth
Standin’ Man
The Raymonds
The Seminals
The Twenty Two

Music Video of the Year
Category Presented by Yellow Spider Vintage

Chicken Man and the Bad Eggs – On The Run
Crawlers – I Can’t Drive
Roughneck Riot – Don’t Count Me Out
The A.V Club – VHS (Very Happy Song)
The K’s – Hometown
The Racket – Why Are You Watching Me?
Uno Mas – Some Kinda Feeling
Winachi – Heaven In A Hell.A

Music Venue of the Year
Category Presented by We Are Warrington

FC2/ Friars Court, Warrington
Griffin, Earlestown
Hop Co, Warrington
Parr Hall, Warrington
Pyramid Arts Centre Basement, Warrington
The Snig, Widnes
The Spread Eagle, Lymm
Warrington Irish Club

Event of the Year
Category Presented by Matchbox Productions

Ben Ottewell, Irish Club, October
Clone Roses, Parr Hall, October
My Chemical Romance, Victoria Park, May
Neighbourhood Weekender, May
Roughneck Riot Comeback show
The 66 Reunion, Eagle Sports, August
Yard Act, FC2, April
Young Traders Market, July

Promoter of the Year
Category Presented by real5 Digital

Asylum Club Night
Jim Addison (Love Music Live Warrington)
Live In Lymm
Softlad Promotions

Photographer of the Year
Category Presented by Yellow Spider Media

Christabel Young
Dave Gillespie
Jon Lingwood
Lee Harman
Matt Price
Oli Thomas
Paul Higgins
Warren Millar

Music Business of the Year
Category Presented by Real5 Networking

A to G Music, Warrington
AlloSound, Widnes
AM Drum Academy, Warrington
Ameritz, Warrington
Beyond The Beat, Warrington
HMV, Warrington
Matchbox Productions, Warrington
Tuff Gong Studio, Warrington

Open Mic of the Year
Category Presented by Ameritz Music

Acoustic Cafe, Warrington
Cromwells, Warrington
Hop Co, Warrington
Horse & Jockey, Widnes
Saracens Head, Warrington
The Norton Arms, Runcorn
The Peacock, Warrington