Florida is about to host the distinguished forty second Annual Worldwide Reggae and World Music Awards (IRAWMA) for the ninth time within the occasion’s historical past, surpassing each Jamaica and New York, which have every hosted the awards eight instances.
Solely Chicago, the place IRAWMA was based, has hosted extra occasions, with eleven ceremonies held there. Different cities which have welcomed IRAWMA through the years embody Atlanta (4 instances), New Orleans (as soon as), and Trinidad and Tobago (as soon as), marking 42 years of the awards’ world journey.
On Sunday, March 30, 2025, the IRAWMA will return to the Coral Springs Heart for the Arts, situated at 2855 Coral Springs Drive, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. A restricted variety of particular discounted normal admission and VIP tickets can be found for buy via Cyber Monday, December 2, 2024, through www.thecentercs.com and www.irawma.com.
Nominations for the most effective musical acts of 2024 at the moment are open, with leisure media and music trade professionals inspired to submit their nominations till December 31, 2024. The nomination course of requires consultants to go to www.irawma.com to evaluate the classes and standards earlier than submitting their prime two decisions in classes they’re conversant in.
This yr’s IRAWMA will introduce a particular class: “Finest Tune/Act Saluting Jamaican-American VP Kamala Harris, the Democratic Candidate for President of the US.” In whole, 34 classes would require nominations, with further particular honors given to people who’ve made extraordinary contributions to the leisure trade or to social justice and humanitarian causes.
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Additionally returning is the third IRAWMA Finest Tune Contest, open to entertainers who can submit a two-minute video showcasing a music that celebrates what IRAWMA has completed for the music trade over the previous 42 years. Submissions may be emailed to [email protected].
“After greater than 40 years, we’re making ready and trying to the subsequent era of IRAWMA successors and new leaders,” stated Dr. Ephraim Martin, BH(M), D.B.A., producer and president of Martin’s Worldwide, in the course of the launch of the 2025 Particular Occasions.
Vital Dates Main As much as the forty second IRAWMA:
- October 9, 2024: Nominations Open
- December 31, 2024: Nominations Shut
- January 15, 2025: Nominees Introduced & Public Voting Begins
- March 10, 2025: Voting Closes
- Sunday, March 30, 2025:
- 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM: Pink Carpet Arrival/VIP Reception
- 7:00 PM: Normal Admission
- 7:30 PM: IRAWMA Awards Showcase
This yr’s IRAWMA guarantees to be one other thrilling celebration of the most effective in reggae and world music, whereas additionally highlighting the trade’s influence during the last 4 a long time.
