INDUSTRY
Venue of the Year
Austin City Saloon
The Burl
Manchester Music Hall
The Twisted Cork
Music Store
DooWop Shop Lexington
Drum Center of Lexington
Willcutt Guitars
Willis Music of Lexington
Music Company
Black Mountain Management
Chillin' With Kenny C
CD Central
Pops Resale
Recording Studio/Engineer/Producer
EKO Studio/Rick Osborne
Sneak Attack Studio/Jason Groves
Austin Jones Recording/Austin Jones
NitroSonic Studio/April Edwards
Live Sound Tech
Chris Wheeler
Matthew Florez
Matthew Polashek
Wallace "Gator" Harrison
Radio DJ
Deadair Dennis Dillon - Classic Rock 921 (WBVX)
Kenny C Cummings - TMV Cafe
Renee Collins Cobb - Listen Locally/Overtones (RadioLex WLXU)
Tony Twitch - Z-103 (WXZZ)
Gear Repair
Gideon Maki - Gideon Maki Guitar Repair
Mike Mankel - Bourbon Barrel Guitars
Scott Leedy - RS Guitarworks
Bob Willcutt - Willcutt Guitars
Jay Flippin Music Educator Award
Beth Dean - Studio 88
Paulie Felice - SDML Academy
Kevin Holm-Hudson - University of Kentucky
Vanessa Davis - Vanessa Davis Music
PERFORMANCE
Female Vocal
Maggie Lander
Maggie Noelle
Sydney Adams
Vanessa Davis
Male Vocal
Cody Morgan
D Boone Pittman
Wesley Saylor
Tanner Whitt
Bass Guitar
Brandon Johnson
Nicholas Tirlea
Steve Nall
Aaron White
Brass/Wind
Brady Atwood
Matthew Polashek
Paul M. Osborne
Miles Osland
Drums/Percussion
Ned Bellau
Peyton Whitt
Steve Richmond
Todd Copeland
Keyboard
Lee Carroll
Raleigh Dailey
Keith McCutchen
Ryan Allen
Strings
Blakeley Burger
Brooke Danielle Way
Ishi Wooten
Josh Propst
Ben Lacy Guitar Excellence Award
Greg Erwin
Patrick Gibson
Tanner Blevins
Todd Stricklin
STYLE
Americana/Folk
D Boone Pittman & the Fugitives
Donnie Bowling
Jordan Allen & the Bellwethers
Trippin' Roots
Bluegrass
Dark Moon Hollow
Kentucky Bourbon Trailers
Mama Said String Band
Restless Leg String Band
TeeDee Young Blues Excellence Award
D Jay Rice
Dane Sadler
Rachel Crowe
Jeremy Short & Company
Classical
Lexington Singers
Gregory Partain
Keith McCutchen
Kentucky Bach Choir
Country
D Boone Pittman
Josh Bogard
Paul Groves
Zac Hart
Funk/R&B/Reggae
Brett Higgins
Bootsie & Funkabilly
Driftwood Gypsy
Rob Dread & the KMA
Hip-Hop/Rap
Brett Higgins
Devine Carama
Hybrid the Rapper
Lil Cartier & Rolls
Jazz/Latin/Big Band/World
Big Sugg & the Jazz Funkers
cAnde Girl
Osborne-Tolly Duo
Lee Carroll's C the Beat
Metal
All Saints Fade
Graveyard Romeos
StormToker
Taylor Road
Pop
Cody Morgan
Rags and Riches
Wesley Saylor
The Dreaded Laramie
Punk
Dead Letterman
Local Violence
NP Presley
Sempervivi
Rock
City Awake
Magnolia Boulevard
Rags and Riches
Manitoba Rock n Rolla
Singer-songwriter
Cody Morgan
Kevin Holm-Hudson
Vanessa Davis
Wesley Saylor
Variety/Cover
Eight Daze Sober
Five Below Band
Graveyard Romeos
Taylor Road
SPECIALS
Song of the Year
"939" Cody Morgan
"Black Thread" City Awake
"Love & Learn" Wesley Saylor
"Outlaw" Rags and Riches
Album of the Year
Emerge - D Boone Pittman & the Fugitives
Message from the Margins - Kevin Holm-Hudson & the Adjuncts
Pieces - Zac Hart
Pretty Little Cabin - Vanessa Davis
Critics' Choice
TBA (event day)
Community Service
Devine Carama - Believing in Forever
Renee Collins Cobb & Warren Cobb - Listen Locally/Overtones LIVE
Ted Messer
Woodsongs All Volunteer Crew
Lifetime Achievement
TBA (announced weeks before event)