It’s Polaris Music Prize season again. Here are your dates.

March 1, 2024March 1, 2024 Alan Cross 0 Comments

Even before the 2023 Polaris Music Prize was handed out last September, a group of about 200 Canadian music industry obsessives (I am one) have been, er, obsessing over the best Canadian releases since June 1. We have until the end of the May to make our cases for albums, regardless of their genre or commercial success.

Then, somewhere north of 200 albums will be voted upon. It’s the first step towards crowning the winner for 2024. Here are the key dates.

June 11: The Long List (a preliminary cull down to 40 nominated albums).
July 11: The Short List (the final ten)
September 17: Polaris Gala (we get the winner)
October: The Heritage Prize

You can get your tickets for the gala here.

Alan Cross

is an internationally known broadcaster, interviewer, writer, consultant, blogger and speaker. In his 40+ years in the music business, Alan has interviewed the biggest names in rock, from David Bowie and U2 to Pearl Jam and the Foo Fighters. He’s also known as a musicologist and documentarian through programs like The Ongoing History of New Music.

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