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Best outdoor music venue
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Shelburne Museum
Best large live music venue
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Higher Ground
Best small live music hot spot
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Nectar's (Burlington) & Zenbarn (Waterbury Center)
Best performing arts venue
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The Flynn (Burlington) & Town Hall Theater (Middlebury)
Best art gallery
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Frog Hollow Vermont Craft Gallery (Burlington) & Edgewater Gallery (Middlebury)
Best recording studio
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The Underground — Recording Studio
Best vocalist
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Noah Kahan
Best instrumentalist
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Ray Vega
Best folk artist or group
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Noah Kahan
Best country artist or group
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Ponyhustle
Best bluegrass artist or group
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The Tenderbellies
Best jazz artist or group
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Ray Vega
Best soul/funk/R&B artist or group
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Kat Wright
Best blues artist or group
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All Night Boogie Band
Best rock artist or group
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Rough Francis
Best pop artist or group
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Ali T
Best hip-hop artist or group
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A2VT
Best music festival
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Burlington Discover Jazz Festival
Best club DJ
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Craig Mitchell
Best cover or tribute band
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Purple: A Tribute to Prince
Best classical music group or ensemble
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Vermont Symphony Orchestra
Best choral ensemble
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Bella Voce Women's Chorus
Best karaoke
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JP's Pub
Best trivia night
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Vermont Comedy Club
Best place to dance
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The Lounge at Nectar's (formerly Club Metronome)
Best dance studio
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Lines Vermont Dance Studio + Store
Best standup comic
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Tina Friml
Best place to see comedy
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Vermont Comedy Club
Best movie theater
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Essex Cinemas
Best local theater company
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Lyric Theatre Company
Best drag performer or group
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Emoji Nightmare & Katniss Everqueer
Best LGBTQ+ event
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Pride Vermont Parade & Festival
Best museum
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Shelburne Museum
Best arts event
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South End Art Hop
Best place to take an arts class
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Shelburne Craft School
Best family-friendly festival
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Vermont Maple Festival
Best craft fair
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Champlain Valley Craft Show & Antique Expo
Best craft artisan
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Foxglove Farm
Best craft gallery
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Frog Hollow Vermont Craft Gallery
Best painter
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Katharine Montstream
Best illustrator
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Julianna Brazill
Best sculptor
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Chris Cleary
Best art photographer
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Owen Leavey Photography
Best cartoonist
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Alison Bechdel
Best community newspaper (that's not Seven Days)
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Addison County Independent
Best published author
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Chris Bohjalian
Best local podcast
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"Brave Little State"
Best local TV personality
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Darren Perron (WCAX-TV)
Best local radio personality
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Mitch Wertlieb (Vermont Public)
