Listen to Win Tickets to the 2025 CMAOntario Awards
About the 2025 CMAOntario Awards
April 29, 2025 (HAMILTON) The Country Music Association of Ontario (CMAOntario) is proud to announce the first wave of performers for the CMAOntario Festival & Awards Weekend presented by Cowbell Brewing Co. taking place from May 30-June 1, 2025 in Hamilton. In addition to the 13thAnnual CMAOntario Awards Show, CMAOntario Festival & Awards Weekend will include Songs & Stories: Songwriters in the Round, Bonfire, two open stages, and the R2i TuneUp Conference. Tickets are on sale now.
On Saturday, May 31 the CMAOntario Festival & Awards Weekend will present the Bonfire concert at The Music Hall featuring Ontario’s hottest new music by rising stars and CMAOntario nominees with evening concert performances by Sacha, Alexa Goldie, Carson Janik, Dayna Reid, and Drew Taylor.
Jason McCoy of The Road Hammers and Pure Country Radio will host the 13thAnnual CMAOntario Awards Show, presented by Cowbell Brewing Co., taking place Sunday, June 1, 2025 at The Music Hall. McCoy has hosted the CMAOntario Awards Show every year since 2014, stewarding the ship of history making award presentations and performances by Ontario’s country music industry with a brand of unbridled enthusiasm and humour only he could provide.
The CMAOntario Awards Show will include exciting performances by: Andrew Hyatt nominated for four CMAOntario Awards this year; Sacha, nominated for three CMAOntario Awards; Nate Haller, Robyn Ottolini, and Mackenzie Leigh Meyer, who are nominated for two CMAOntario Awards each; Amanda & James, first time nominees for Group or Duo of the Year; Alexa Goldie, nominated for Breakthrough Artist of the Year; Mitch Jean, first time nominee for Francophone Artist or Group of the Year; and the CMAOntario house band, The Western Swing Authority, who are up for two CMAOntario Awards this year.
Music fans can cast their vote for the CMAOntario Fans’ Choice Award, sponsored by Tourism Hamilton, until May 9 at cmaontario.ca/fans-choice/. The 2025 nominees are Josh Ross, Owen Riegling, Sacha, Steven Lee Olsen, Tebey, and The Reklaws.
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No purchase is necessary. The contest starts at 8:00 a.m. EST on May 26, 2025, and closes at 9:00 a.m. EST on May 30, 2025. Open to legal residents of Ontario, Canada who are 21 years of age or older. Some restrictions apply. The odds of winning a prize will depend upon the number of eligible entries received during the applicable entry period. The winner can not have won with Evanov Communications within 30 days of their first prize date. Please note we will NOT be asking for any credit card information or any other personal information that is not required to administer the contest. The approximate prize value is $80.00
