Polaris Music Prize is seeking a maximum of four (4) individuals for its Board of Directors to help lead the organization. The Director role is an unpaid, volunteer position and requires an average 2-5 hour commitment bi-monthly. Deadline for applications is January 10, 2025. Individuals will be elected at Polaris Music Prize’s Annual General Meeting in […]
Tegan And Sara’s So Jealous and Jackie Mittoo’s Macka Fat are the two most recent albums to receive Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize designation. The Polaris Heritage Prize is a hall of fame-minded critics prize and public support campaign meant to celebrate classic Canadian albums created before Polaris began in 2006. Like the Polaris Music […]
Voting for the 2024 Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize has opened. The companion award to the Polaris Music Prize, winners and nominees for the Heritage Prize are also Canadian albums of artistic distinction, without regard to sales, genre or affiliation. This is our version of a hall of fame where we honour meritorious Canadian albums […]
Jeremy Dutcher has won the 2024 Polaris Music Prize for the album Motewolonuwok. This is Dutcher’s second Polaris Music Prize win. The Prize, which was presented by CBC Music, goes to the best Canadian album of the year based on artistic merit without regard to genre, sales history or label affiliation. It was determined by […]
The Polaris Music Prize, presented by CBC Music, has unveiled the 12 newest additions to its signature Polaris Poster series. Each year 10 Canadian visual artists are commissioned to create a unique art piece inspired by a nominated album on the Polaris Music Prize Short List. These vivid graphic interpretations of the nominees’ music are […]
The seven-person Allison Russell-inspired ballet Eve Was Black has been added to the 2024 Polaris Music Prize Gala winner reveal event, presented by CBC Music and taking place Tuesday, September 17 at Massey Hall in Toronto, Ontario. Set to “Eve Was Black,” the same-named Grammy Award-winning song from Russell’s Polaris-nominated album The Returner, the dance […]
Debby Friday will be the official host of the 2024 Polaris Music Prize Gala winner reveal event, presented by CBC Music and taking place Tuesday, September 17 at Massey Hall in Toronto, Ontario. Friday is the reigning Polaris champion, having won in 2023 for her debut full-length album Good Luck. She’ll be crowning the 2024 […]
The Polaris Music Prize, presented by CBC Music, has unveiled the 10 albums on its 2024 Short List and revealed who will be performing at this year’s Polaris Gala at Massey Hall on September 17. Tickets for the Polaris Gala at the iconic Massey Hall are available now! The 2024 Polaris Music Prize Short List […]
The summer is going to be filled with the sounds of the Short List once again. For the fourth straight season, CBC Music, the presenting partner of the Polaris Music Prize, will launch its signature Short List Summer programming to showcase the 10 nominated albums on the 2024 Polaris Short List, which will be revealed […]
Thanks for your interest in becoming a poster artist for the Short List of the Polaris Music Prize. Background Polaris is a registered charity not-for-profit organization that annually honours the best in Canadian recorded music since 2006. They have become well-regarded for the series of posters they commission to represent each of the shortlisted albums. […]
