We believe music can move people, shift and reflect culture, and bring us together. This is where we share winner announcements, Long/Short Lists, festival news, artist interviews, and behind-the-scenes updates from the Polaris season.
Subscribe to our newsletter for first access to reveals, tickets, and features.
It’s not easy for an album to earn a Polaris Music Prize nomination. First, one of our official jury members has to think an album is worthy enough for Polaris consideration that they make it an official “Suggestion” to the wider Polaris jury, an endorsement that encourages their peers to take a deeper listen to […]
The Polaris Music Prize is getting its own beer thanks to Beau’s Brewery. Beau’s Brewery has partnered with Polaris to create a custom, limited-edition beer for 2016 Polaris events leading up to, and including, the Polaris Gala being held Monday, September 19 at The Carlu in Toronto. The beer, called Polaris Pale Ale, was brewed […]
The performers have been announced for the 2016 Polaris Music Prize Gala taking place September 19 at The Carlu in Toronto. They include: Black Mountain Basia Bulat Carly Rae Jepsen Jessy Lanza Andy Shauf U.S. Girls White Lung Grimes and Kaytranada will be attending. PUP are not able to come as they are playing in […]
Starting today, buying one of the ten albums nominated for the 2016 Polaris Music Prize Short List from select record stores across the national will earn savvy shoppers a bonus free vinyl copy of the Polaris Cover Sessions No. 2. The three songs on the ten-inch were culled from the Polaris Cover Sessions, an ongoing […]
Tickets for the 2016 Polaris Music Prize Gala being held at The Carlu in Toronto on September 19 are now available for sale via Ticketfly. These general admission tickets are for seating in The Carlu balcony and are available in extremely limited quantities (6 ticket limit per household). They are guaranteed to sell out. The […]
UPDATE The Polaris Heritage Prize Concert set for Aug. 3 at Great Hall has been postponed due to unforeseen circumstances. Ticket refunds are available at point of purchase. Reschedule date tba. The lineup has been announced for the Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize concert on August 3. The concert, which is a tribute to […]
The Polaris Music Prize, presented by CBC Music and produced by Blue Ant Media, announced its 2016 Short List of Canadian albums today. Here’s the Short List: Black Mountain – IV Basia Bulat – Good Advice Grimes – Art Angels Carly Rae Jepsen – E•MO•TION Kaytranada – 99.9% Jessy Lanza – Oh No PUP – […]
Zaki Ibrahim has covered Leonard Cohen’s “Show Me The Place” for the latest edition of the Polaris Cover Sessions. Ibrahim’s take on the song from Cohen’s 2012 Polaris Music Prize Long Listed album Old Ideas is the sixth in the ongoing series of Polaris Cover Sessions. These sessions feature past Polaris nominees reimagining the songs […]
The 2016 Polaris Music Prize Long List has been announced. Presented by CBC Music and produced by Blue Ant Media, the 40 Long List albums were unveiled earlier today at the Yukon Transportation Museum in Whitehorse, Yukon in association with the Yukon Film & Sound Commission and the assistance of Music Yukon. The 2016 Polaris […]
Buffy Sainte-Marie is going to the symphony. More specifically, 2015 Polaris Music Prize champion Sainte-Marie is going to Roy Thompson Hall on June 30 for a special one-time only performance with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO). The TSO is being made available to Sainte-Marie as part of her Polaris win. Sainte-Marie will be performing hits […]
