The 2019 ARIA Awards in partnership with YouTube Music are preparing to celebrate the biggest night in Australian music. Sharing the musical achievements of the Australian music industry over the past year, the 33rd annual ARIA Awards will be broadcast live from The Star Event Centre in Sydney on Wednesday, 27th November 2019.
The evening will again be supported by the NSW Government’s tourism and major events agency, Destination NSW and broadcast to screens across Australia on the Nine Network.
Denis Handlin, ARIA chairman and chairman and CEO of Sony Music Entertainment Australia and New Zealand and President of Asia, said: “On behalf of the ARIA board, we welcome back the Nine Network as our television broadcast partner for the ARIA Awards in 2019 and we look forward to working with Nine’s CEO Hugh Marks and his team for a third year. We are also thrilled to again have Destination NSW and The Star help us celebrate another outstanding year for Australian music at this year’s Awards.”
Hamish Turner, Nine Network program director, said: “We’re thrilled to welcome back the ARIA Awards on our screens for 2019, and champion some incredible Australian music in the process. For 32 years the ARIA Awards have delighted us with brilliant performances from some of the biggest names in music, and this year will be no different.”
NSW Minister for Tourism Stuart Ayres, said: “The NSW Government is proud to support the ARIAs through our tourism and major events agency, Destination NSW. These iconic Awards not only provide a significant boost to the State’s visitor economy, but also cement Sydney’s reputation as Australia’s creative arts hub across the Asia Pacific through highlighting and celebrating our incredible home grown talent.”
Dan Rosen, ARIA Chief Executive, said: “The ARIA Awards would not be possible without the incredible support we get from our key partners. I’m delighted that the team at Nine, Destination NSW and The Star are back to help us deliver an event worthy of celebrating another wonderful year of Australian music. ”
Tickets for the public ARIA Party have also been announced, with pre-sale beginning at 9:00am 3rd September and full sale at 9:00am 17th September. For more details please visit the ARIA website.