CONGRATS! 2016 View Magazine Readers' Choice Award Winners

Results from the 2016 View Magazine Readers' Choice were unveiled in their Oct 13th issue.  Their fans helped vote for the best of everything Hamilton (and the surrounding areas) has to offer.

Here are the music-related winners:

Please not that it goes from Gold (top) to Silver (middle or bottom if only two winners) and Bronze (third).

Band

• Arkells
• Walk Off the Earth
• Monster Truck

Female Artist

• Laura Cole
  
  
  
  Links: Laura Cole, More Laura Cole Stories, Video above courtesy of RoughClips009
  
  
• Ginger St. James
• Robin Benedict

Male Artist

• Tom Wilson aka Lee Harvey Osmond
  
  
  
  Links: Lee Harvey Osmond, More Lee Harvey Osmond Stories, Video above courtesy of Lee Harvey Osmond
  
  
• Steve Strongman

Cover Band

• Freedom Train
  
  
  
  Links: Freedom Train, More Freedom Train Stories, Video above courtesy of Freedom Train, More Led Zeppelin Covers/Stories
  
  
• The Undercovers
• The Crimps

Band Most Likely to Make it Big

• Dead Tired
• The Dirty Nil

Live Venue

• Stonewalls
• This Ain't Hollywood
• Absinthe

Country Bar

• Dirty Dog Saloon
• Carrigan Arms
• Galley Pump

Jazz and Blues Venue

• Bay City Music Hall
• Masque
• Cat N Fiddle

Open Stage

• Lazy Flamingo
• Fisher's Lounge
• Rebel's Rock

Festival

• It's Your Festival
• Supercrawl
• Greenbelt Harvest Picnic

Free Event

• Supercrawl
• It's Your Festival
• Artcrawl

TV Personality

• Bob Cowan (CHCH)
• Cadillac Bill

Coolest Instrument to Play

• Drums
• Bass guitar

Independent Music Label

• Sonic Unyon
• Hidden Pony

Recording Studio

• Grant Avenue Studio
• B-Town Sound
• Studio 410

Producer

• Bob Doidge (Grant Avenue Studio)
• Justin Koop (B-Town Sound)

Rehearsal Space

• SoundCheck
• The Jam Zone

Musical Instrument Store

• Long and McQuade (Burlington)
• Mountain Music
• Acoustic Room

Buying New Music

• HMV
• Cheapies
• Sunrise Records

Buy Used Music

• Dr. Disc
• Where Heads Meet
• Cheapies

Radio Station

• CFMU
• Y108
• Funny820

Radio Personality

• Mike Alfano 95.3 Fresh
• Matt Hayes 102.9 K-Lite
• Mike Nabuurs Funny820

Local Show Promotor

• Ken Inouye
• Dan Rispen

Blast from the Past: Last Year's Winners

Links: View, More from the View's Readers' Poll

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