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All Cylinders de Yves Jarvis a remporté le Prix de musique Polaris 2025 pour le meilleur album canadien, et Mustafa a remporté le tout premier Prix de la chanson SOCAN Polaris pour Gaza Is Calling. Ces deux prix, présentés par la CBC, ont été remis en clôture du concert et gala Polaris 2025 le 16 […]
Les albums The Speckless Sky de Jane Siberry et Grab That Gun de The Organ ont remporté le Prix du patrimoine Polaris de la famille Slaight. Les deux nouveaux lauréats du Prix du patrimoine ont été dévoilés à 21 h lors du concert et gala Polaris 2025, qui avait lieu le 16 septembre au Massey […]
Gratuit — Aucune inscription requise | 27 & 28 septembre, 4 octobre 2025 | Toronto | Toronto Music Garden | Pour tous les âges | Accessible Pour célébrer les 20 ans du Prix de musique Polaris, nous avons créé le Festival Polaris, présenté par SiriusXM Canada. Le festival se déroule tout au long du mois […]
Twenty years ago, Polaris set out to champion music as art — to celebrate Canadian albums based on merit, not metrics. Two decades, 700+ honoured artists, and over $1.4 million in prizes and artist fees later, we’re still here, still listening, and still believing in the power of music to move a culture forward. To […]
Free Poster Exhibition | Sep 2-10, 7-2AM | Cry Baby Gallery |||| The Polaris Poster exhibition returns to Cry Baby Gallery, showcasing a bold retrospective of Polaris Music Prize history. Featuring posters from each year of the Prize, the exhibition is a visual tribute to Canada’s most creative albums—part music history, part art show, and completely one-of-a-kind.
Sep 7, 1-3PM | Responsive Ecologies Lab (RELab) at TMU |||| Patchwork is a hands-on workshop series organized by Katie Stelmanis (Austra – Polaris nominee) that aims to create an unintimidating space for learning about modular synthesis. While synth communities are often dominated by white cis-masculine norms, Patchwork expands the possibilities of who can participate in this form of music-making by centering women, 2SLGBTQ+ and/or racialized people who may or may not have any experience with noise-making electronics.
Sep 8, 6-8PM Salon | Daniels Spectrum |||| Co-presented by Polaris Music Prize and the Music Managers Forum Canada (MMFCanada), De-Mystifying Polaris is a Polaris Salon and panel discussion that uncovers the mysteries of Polaris, including topics like the new Polaris Song Prize, an exciting new initiative being announced at the 2025 Concert & Award Ceremony at Massey Hall, how Polaris jurors and grand jurors make their selections, and most importantly, how to get your art or artist in front of Polaris Jurors.
$19.99 Concert | Sep 12, 8-10:30PM | Mills Hardware, Hamilton |||| Polaris has partnered with Supercrawl to produce a concert during the Festival featuring Polaris 2025 Long Listed artist Sister Ray and Eliza Niemi at Mills Hardware in Hamilton.
$22-$44 Salon & Rave | Sep 13, 10-3AM, Polaris Activation 12-2AM | Sound Machine |||| Night Mirror: A Psychic Salon is an intimate, late-night activation that will be featured live inside Lotion Magazine’s highly anticipated rave event. Running from 12AM–2AM, this unique collaboration invites attendees to pause, reflect, and set an intention before fully immersing themselves back into the energy of the dance floor.
Free Concert | Sep 13, 4:30-6:45PM | Downtown Belleville |||| Polaris nominee Hannah Georgas curates the first-ever Beautiful View, a new music festival set against the scenic backdrop of Belleville, Ontario. The inaugural lineup features intimate performances part of the Polaris Festival by fellow alumni Cedric Noel and Justin Rutledge.
