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After almost 20 years, the Juno Awards will return to Edmonton in 2023, the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences introduced Tuesday.
The 52nd working of the Juno Awards, Canada’s largest celebration of music throughout all genres, will be held at Rogers Place on March 12, 2023, with per week of festivities starting on March 6.
The academy has been making an attempt for some time to convey the Junos again to the Alberta capital, mentioned academy president Allan Reid.
“This has been worked on for almost six years,” he advised CBC’s Edmonton AM on Tuesday.
“We’ve been planning with the local host committee to bring the Junos back to Edmonton, and we’re absolutely thrilled.”
The metropolis final hosted the occasion in 2004, hosted by singer Alanis Morissette. The large winners that yr included Sam Roberts (artist of the yr), Nickelback (group of the yr and fan alternative award), Billy Talent (new group of the yr) and Michael Bublé (new artist of the yr).
He mentioned they picked Edmonton due to its numerous music scene, noting the Edmonton Folk Music Festival is “one of the best music festivals I’ve ever been to across this country.”
With occasions just like the Juno Songwriters Circle and Juno Fest, native artists will have probabilities to carry out in entrance of established musicians descending in Edmonton for the ceremony. “We sort of come in and take over all the live music venues in the city,” Reid mentioned.
The financial affect for the host metropolis normally ranges between $10 to $12 million, he mentioned. “So it’s got a definite benefit financially as well.”
Tickets for all the general public occasions held within the metropolis for the awards will be introduced this fall.
The 2022 Juno Awards, taking place on May 15 in Toronto, are hosted by Simu Liu, the star of Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and previously of Kim’s Convenience.
Among the Edmontonians nominated for this yr’s awards are Shawnee Kish, Maria Dunn, Jens Lindemann and Brett Kissel.
This yr’s present marks its first return to an in-person occasion following the COVID-19 pandemic. Reid mentioned the 2020 Junos, which might have marked the fiftieth yr of the occasion in Saskatoon, was among the many first main occasions in Canada to be held on-line.
The 2022 present can be the primary time it will be held outdoor. Reid mentioned they made the choice so as to have the ability to host a large-scale occasion in a secure method.