Can you believe the OC Music Awards is celebrating its 10th anniversary? The newest season kicks off on Jan. 4, and as usual, there will be seven weeks of free showcases at different venues around OC. Today, they announced the Best Live Band and Best Live Acoustic Showcase series (see the schedule after the jump).
Local acts–35 of them–will compete for awards such as Best Live Band and Best Live Acoustic, plus a chance to perform at the 2011 OC Music Awards on
March 5 at the Grove of Anaheim.
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This year, there are new submission categories–Best Youth and
Best Music Video. The Best Youth category requires the majority of band
members or the solo artist be under the age of 16, while the Best Music
Video considers videos produced in 2010. Submissions for both categories
are free and open to the public on OC Music Awards website through
December 31.
According to a statement from OC Music Awards director Ashley Eckenweiler, over 500 artists submitted to the 2011 Showcase Series, which will kick off at the Detroit Bar on Jan. 4.
Every Tuesday night through February 15, the showcase (which will also be at the
District at Tustin Legacy, The Gypsy Lounge, The LAB, Tiki Bar, The
Gypsy Den of Santa Ana and The Slidebar in Fullerton) will have five finalists performing live in each category before moving on to the showcase series finals.
Best Live Acoustic Finals will take place at Fullerton Museum on
Thursday, February 24 and the Best Live Band Finals at The Galaxy on
Friday, February 25.
2011 Showcase N Awards Schedule
Tues. 1/04, 7:30pm – Detroit Bar, Costa Mesa (Best Live Band, FREE, 21+)
Preacher's Sons (Fullerton)
Handsome G (Costa Mesa)
The Colourist (Costa Mesa)
The Steelwells (Fullerton)
The New Limb (Costa Mesa)
Tues. 1/11, 7pm – District Tustin Legacy, Tustin (Best Live Acoustic, FREE, All Ages)
Skee (Sunset Beach)
Honeypie (Huntington Beach)
Headshine (Huntington Beach)
Canvas (Santa Ana)
Stacy Clark (Costa Mesa)
Tues. 1/18, 7:30pm – The Gypsy Lounge, Lake Forest (Best Live Band, FREE, 21+)
The Gromble (Laguna Niguel)
Strange Birds (Costa Mesa)
May McDonough (Orange)
Kiev (Orange)
California Condors (Orange)
Tues. 1/25, 7pm – The LAB, Costa Mesa (Best Live Acoustic, FREE, All Ages)
The Orange Effect (Anaheim)
Brothers of the Castle (Santa Ana)
I Hate You Just Kidding (Costa Mesa)
Case Brothers (Newport Beach)
Fast Forward Romance (Orange)
Tues. 2/01, 7:30pm – Tiki Bar, Costa Mesa (Best Live Band, FREE, 21+)
She Screams Remedy (Anaheim)
Entice (Orange County)
Railroad to Alaska (Orange County)
Pistolero (Costa Mesa)
Seedless (Orange)
Tues. 2/08, 7pm – The Gypsy Den, Santa Ana (Best Live Acoustic, FREE, 21+)
Justin Soileau (Orange County)
Micah Brown (Dana Point)
Parker Macy Blues (Costa Mesa)
Danny Maika (Huntington Beach)
The Foxx N Da Hound (Tustin)
Tues. 2/15, 7:30pm – The Slidebar, Fullerton (Best Live Band, FREE, 21+)
Echo Echo (Santa Ana)
Stereofix (Costa Mesa)
Fiction Reform (Orange County)
We Are the Arsenal (Costa Mesa)
BLOK (Costa Mesa)
Thurs. 2/24, 6pm – Fullerton Museum, Fullerton – (Listening Wall Exhibit Opening, FREE, All Ages)
Thurs. 2/24, 7:30pm – Fullerton Museum, Fullerton – (Best Live Acoustic Finals, FREE, All Ages)
Fri. 2/25, 7:30pm – The Galaxy, Costa Mesa – (Best Live Band Finals, FREE, All Ages)
Sat. 3/5, 7pm – Grove of Anaheim – (OC Music Awards, $25, All Ages)
