
The Arthur Awards – the most prestigious and highly anticipated annual awards of the global live music business – take place during ILMC week, with a broad music business audience in attendance.
Housed in a brand-new top-flight venue for 2027, the night sees 600 of the world’s top live music professionals – promoters, agents, venues, festivals, and more – come together as excitement builds, the winners are announced, and the golden statuettes are handed out.
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The Arthur Awards began as a tongue-in-cheek affair in 1995 but have grown over three decades to become known as the Oscars of the international live music business.
The finalists in each category are shortlisted from thousands of votes received from fellow live industry professionals from across the globe. Once the shortlist in each category is announced, the winners are selected by an open vote of live music professionals in addition to a closed jury vote.
The evening begins with a champagne reception before the real spectacle begins: a five-star, four-course banquet from the Hilton’s award-winning chefs, complemented by fine wines, all with illustrious company.
As anticipation builds, the spotlight shifts to the Arthur Awards themselves: eleven categories, countless nominees, and only one victor in each. The 2027 Awards will be hosted by The Arthurs’ longstanding host and conductor extraordinaire, Ms Emma Banks.
Having dropped out of school at 15, Joe Butler committed fully to becoming a musician. Armed with a secondhand Mac, he taught himself to play, write, and produce music – and proved to be exceptionally good at it. After releasing early demos, he built a network of friends and collaborators within Ireland’s exciting alt-pop movement. Soon, artists like KhakiKid, Saint Demarcus, and F3miii were reaching out to work and perform with him, and Joe became a core part of the scene he’d been looking up to. Still a teenager, he released his debut EP “Will It Matter Next Week” last year following successful features on KhakiKid’s “Suckin’ Diesel” and CARSTEN2X’s “SLEEPY”. Joe enters the next chapter of his career with a brand new EP to come in the spring.
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