Guess what Vancouver? The 2025 JUNO awards are coming to town!
The 54th annual JUNO awards will be hosted live on CBC from Rogers Arena from Wednesday, March 26 to Sunday, March 30th. Last year the JUNO awards were hosted all the way in Halifax, Nova Scotia, but this year it’s heading to the West. It’s so exciting to have an event like this coming to Vancouver especially with Vancouver having a pretty lively music scene. And it won’t just be nice for the Vancouver music scene but also for the economy! The JUNO awards bring in around $12 million for the city that hosts!
Right now the 2025 JUNO submissions are open! They close on Thursday, November 7 so you have 10 days left to get any submissions in. Don’t forget if you are submitting some music it would have had to be released from September 1, 2023 to November 1, 2024! Here’s the link to submit! https://juno.submit.live/home
The JUNO awards have sooo many categories that artists can win in! Some categories that stood out to me that weren’t at the top of mind were “comedy album of the year”, “underground dance single of the year”, and “traditional roots album of the year”. I’m really looking forward to seeing who takes these awards home!
My favourite category of the JUNO awards to see has always been “rap single of the year”, “alternative album of the year”, and “pop album of the year”. One Canadian artist who I’ve really been loving within the last couple of years is Calgary born, Tate Mcrae. Last year Mcrae was able to take home “artist of the year” as well as “single of the year” for her hit song “Greedy”.
The last time the JUNO awards were in Vancouver was in 2018 when Burnaby born, Michael Buble hosted. Back in 2018 some notable wins was “breakthrough artist of the year” that went to Jessie Reyez, “fan choice” going to pop star Shawn Mendes from Ontario, as well as “album of the year” going to Arcade Fire from Montreal!
So, what can Vancouverites expect this year? Well the host of the event hasn’t been named yet but I’m sure whoever it is is going to be great as always. The awards will span over 5 days which will create an excitement in the air that everyone feels! I don’t know about you, but whenever an event comes to Vancouver everything just feels more special!
Whether you are planning to watch at home with some buddies or even trying to head out to Rogers it’s going to be a great time.