2017 Polaris Music Announcements: Gala Performers, Grand Jury, Tickets on Sale

Before the 2017 Polaris Music Prize is handed out, the eleven members of the Grand Jury will have to come to a consensus on which of the 10 albums on the Short List is the best Canadian recording of the year, regardless of genre or commercial success.

• A Tribe Called Red – We Are The Halluci Nation
• BADBADNOTGOOD – IV
• Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker
• Gord Downie – Secret Path
• Feist – Pleasure
• Lisa LeBlanc – Why You Wanna Leave, Runaway Queen?
• Lido Pimienta – La Papessa
• Tanya Tagaq – Retribution
• Leif Vollebekk – Twin Solitude
• Weaves – Weaves

The 2017 Grand Jury, chosen from the 200+ members of the jury pool of music obsessives from across the country consists of the following:

• Brian Cleveland, CFMH, Saint John, NB
• Francella Fiallos, CKDU, Halifax, NS
• Erin Flynn, CHUO 89.1FM, Ottawa, ON
• Vish Khanna, Kreative Kontrol, Guelph, ON
• Nick Krewen, Freelance Journalist, Toronto, ON
• Erik Leijon, Freelance Journalist, Montréal, QC
• Tara McCarthy, CBC Radio One, Whitehorse, YT
• Catherine Pogonat, Radio-Canada, Montréal, QC
• Sandra Sperounes, Edmonton, AB, Capital City Records
• Laura Stanley, Freelance Journalist, Toronto, ON
• Brad Wheeler, The Globe And Mail, Toronto, ON

And we also have a list of performers for the Gala.

• Lisa LeBlanc
• Lido Pimienta
• Tanya Tagaq
• Leif Vollebekk
• Weaves

There are a limited number of tickets available for the general public. Get them here.