Music Victoria Awards of 2016


The Music Victoria Awards of 2016 are the 11th Annual Music Victoria Awards and consist of a series of awards, presented on 16 November 2016, during Melbourne Music Week. For the first time this year, the Best Venue award was separated into of over and under 500 capacity.

Hall of Fame inductees

Chair of Board of Directors, former long-term broadcaster, and Triple R first music coordinator Geoff King said, "I'm really proud of the contribution Triple R has made to our musical and intellectual life so it's great to have such a public celebration in its 40th year. The Music Victoria Hall of Fame induction is a powerful way of recognising Triple R's achievements when placed alongside earlier inductees, particularly the likes of Stan Rofe and Bill Armstrong, without whom Melbourne would not have developed such a strong music scene."

Award nominees and winners

All genre Awards

Winners indicated in boldface, with other nominees in plain.
Best AlbumBest Song

  • The Drones – "Taman Shud"
  • *Cable Ties – "Same for Me"
  • *Camp Cope – "Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Beams"
  • *Alex Lahey – "You Don't Think You Like People Like Me"
  • *Teeth & Tongue – "Dianne"
    • Best MaleBest Female
  • CW Stoneking
  • *Briggs
  • *Al Montfort
  • *Remi
  • *Henry Wagons
  • Alex Lahey
  • *Kylie Auldist
  • *Jess Cornelius
  • *Olympia
  • *Ella Thompson
    • Best BandBest Emerging Artist
  • King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
  • *Camp Cope
  • *Dorsal Fins
  • *The Drones
  • *Gold Class
  • Camp Cope
  • *Cable Ties
  • *Alice Ivy
  • *Alex Lahey
  • *Loose Tooth
    • Best Live BandBest Festival
  • King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
  • *King Parrot
  • *The Drones
  • *Eddy Current Suppression Ring
  • *The Peep Tempel
  • Meredith Music Festival
  • *Boogie Festival
  • *Cherry Rock
  • *Paradise Music Festival
  • *Sugar Mountain
    • Best Venue Best Venue
    Corner Hotel, Richmond
  • *170 Russell
  • *The Croxton Bandroom
  • *Forum, Melbourne
  • *Melbourne Recital Centre
  • The Tote, Collingwood
  • *The Curtin
  • *The Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood
  • *The Old Bar, Fitzroy
  • *Howler
    • Best Regional VenueBest Regional Act
  • The Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine
  • *The Barwon Club Hotel, Geelong
  • *Karova Lounge, Ballarat
  • *Meeniyan Town Hall, Meeniyan
  • *The Loft, Warrnambool
  • The Drones
  • *D.D Dumbo
  • *The Murlocs
  • *Orb
  • *C.W. Stoneking