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Best Artisan Craft Fair

  1. Circle Craft
  2. Make It Vancouver
  3. Got Craft?

Best Country Night

  1. The Yale Saloon
  2. The Roxy Cabaret
  3. The Bourbon

Best Dance/DJ Club

  1. Celebrities Nightclub
  2. Fortune Sound Club
  3. Venue

Best Dancing Club

  1. Celebrities Nightclub
  2. The Roxy Cabaret
  3. Fortune Sound Club

Best Games Bar

  1. Storm Crow Tavern
  2. Good Co. Bar
  3. Back and Forth

Best Improv Troupe or Company

  1. Vancouver TheatreSports
  2. The Sunday Service
  3. The Fictionals Comedy Company

Best Independent Cinema

  1. Rio Theatre
  2. Vancity Theatre
  3. The Cinematheque

Best Jazz/Blues Venue

  1. Blue Martini
  2. Frankie's Italian Kitchen & Bar
  3. Guilt & Company

Best Place for Karaoke

  1. Funky Winker Beans
  2. Fantacity
  3. Numbers Cabaret

Best LGBTQ Event

  1. Queer Arts Festival
  2. Vancouver Pride parade
  3. Queer Film Festival

Best Live Music Venue (Medium Club)

  1. Rickshaw Theatre
  2. Imperial Vancouver
  3. Celebrities Nightclub

Best Live Music Venue

  1. Commodore Ballroom
  2. Orpheum Theatre
  3. Vogue Theatre

Best Live Music Venue (Small Club)

  1. Biltmore Cabaret
  2. Fox Cabaret
  3. Guilt & Company

Best Local Band (Unsigned)

  1. The Boom Booms
  2. Peach Pit
  3. Queer as Funk

Best Local Casino

  1. Parq Vancouver
  2. River Rock Casino: TEMPORARILY CLOSED DUE TO COVID-19
  3. Grand Villa Casino

Best Nightclub

  1. The Roxy Cabaret
  2. Celebrities Nightclub
  3. Bar None

Best Pick-up Bar

  1. The Roxy Cabaret
  2. Numbers Cabaret
  3. The Cambie Pub

Best Place to Make a Bet

  1. Hastings Racecourse
  2. Parq Vancouver
  3. River Rock Casino: TEMPORARILY CLOSED DUE TO COVID-19

Best Sports Bar

  1. Shark Club
  2. Red Card Sports Bar + Eatery
  3. The Pint Public House

Best Burlesque Show

  1. Kitty Nights Productions
  2. Geekenders
  3. Screaming Chicken

Best Comedian

  1. Ivan Decker
  2. Graham Clark
  3. Charles Demers

Best Comedy Club

  1. Yuk Yuk's Vancouver
  2. The Comedy MIX (closed)
  3. Vancouver TheatreSports

Best Community Festival

  1. West 4th Khatsahlano Street Party
  2. Italian Day on The Drive
  3. Car Free Day—Main Street

Best Dance Studio

  1. Harbour Dance Centre
  2. iDance Studios
  3. Ballet Lounge

Best Independent Music Label

  1. 604 Records
  2. Mint Records
  3. Nettwerk

Best Literary Festival

  1. Vancouver Writers Fest
  2. Word Vancouver
  3. Cherie Smith ICC Jewish Book Festival

Best Local Band

  1. Mother Mother
  2. Said the Whale
  3. Dan Mangan

Best Classical Music Ensemble

  1. Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
  2. Turning Point Ensemble
  3. Vetta Chamber Music

Best Classical Vocal Ensemble

  1. Chor Leoni
  2. Vancouver Chamber Choir
  3. Elektra Women’s Choir

Best Local Film Festival

  1. Vancouver International Film Festival
  2. DOXA Documentary Film Festival
  3. Vancouver Latin American Film Festival

Best Museum

  1. Museum of Anthropology at UBC
  2. Vancouver Maritime Museum
  3. Museum of Vancouver

Best Music Festival

  1. TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival
  2. Vancouver Folk Music Festival
  3. FVDED in the Park

Best Performing Arts Festival

  1. Vancouver Fringe Festival
  2. PuSh International Performing Arts Festival
  3. Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival

Best Professional Dance Company

  1. Ballet BC
  2. Kidd Pivot
  3. Kokoro Dance

Best Theatre Company

  1. Arts Club Theatre Company
  3. Firehall Arts Centre

Best Private Art Gallery

  1. Rennie Museum
  2. Catriona Jeffries Gallery
  3. Equinox Gallery

Best Public Art Gallery

  1. Vancouver Art Gallery
  2. The Polygon Gallery
  3. Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art

Best Strip Club

  1. Brandi's Exotic Show Lounge
  2. No. 5 Orange
  3. Penthouse Night Club

Best Theatre or Dance Venue

  1. Queen Elizabeth Theatre
  2. Historic Theatre
  3. Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage

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