Industry Awards 2026
The most significant gala for music industry professionals in Finland, Industry Awards gala, is the highlight of Music x Media event.
The 2025 Industry Awards Gala will be held Friday October 2nd, at Tampere-talo. At the award gala, the past year's successes are celebrated. The gala has been honoring accomplished professionals in the music industry since 1995.
The doors to the gala open at 17:30, the program begins at 18:15, and the gala concludes no later than 21:45.
A vegan dinner will be served at the gala, and the dress code is dark suit.
You can pre-order drinks here.
The awards will be presented in four different category types: Media, Label & Publishing, Live, and General.
Candidates and voting
The music industry's toughest performers will once again be honored with the Industry Awards on Friday, October 2, 2026, at the Industry Awards gala as part of the Music x Media event.
Anyone has been able to nominate individuals, companies or actions through an open form between 23 May and 6 August 2025. Based on the nominations, juries composed of professionals have compiled the candidates for each category. In their selection, the juries have primarily emphasized the candidates’ expertise and success in their own work, but they have also paid attention to diversity in terms of backgrounds, positions, and geography.
The same panels will also provide their input on the winners. The winners are selected based on a 70/30 split between the panels and public votes. The eligibility period was August 1st, 2025 – July 31st, 2026. If a project began during the eligibility period but concluded afterwards, it is considered in its entirety and assigned to the eligibility period in which it started. The winners will be announced at the Industry Awards gala on October 2nd.
The voting period has ended. Those registered for Music x Media have been able to vote for their favorites in all categories between September 4th at 10:00 and September 17th.
Get to know the 2026 candidates here.
Read more about the Industry Awards nomination and voting process here.
JURIES 2026
The main judge Stefan Möller
LiveSami KermanMari LankinenSanni VirtaAnnukka RyhänenPerttu KorteniemiNelli PetroPiia LääveriRoosa MantilaJohanna von HertzenSusanna Malo
Miika Turunen
Label & PublishingSini TiainenCatharina HerlinRisto HemmiKatja VauhkonenElla OssiAki NuopponenSemira KetroussiHeikki PuhakainenMirkka Kivilehto
Ari Ojala
MediaKristiina PaananenChristina BomanNinni WetterstrandLaura JonssonLilli KehPietari PyykönenKatja TolonenSami RikalaMari HautamäkiSetumo BodibeElsa Vähänen
Riikka Karjalainen
GeneralMaiju TalvistoGabriela CamposPetteri LehtolaMari WainioMikko MeriläinenMari HatakkaRenaz EbrahimiSari Aalto-SetäläLaura SandströmSami HellePinja KotilaAnnina Pikkumäki
Industry Awards 2025 – Relive the Highlights of Last Year!
A total of 31 awards were presented at the Industry Awards gala held at Tampere Hall on Friday, September 26.
Anyone could nominate persons, companies, or achievements using an open form between May 23 and August 6, 2025. Based on the nominations, panels of professionals compiled the nominees for each category. In their selections, the panels emphasized the nominees’ expertise and success in their work, but also diversity in terms of background, position, and geography.
The same panels also gave their opinions on the winners. This year, the winners were selected based on a public vote and the panels’ decisions, with a 50/50 weighting. The period considered (reference period) is August 1, 2024, to July 31, 2025.
In addition, various themed and collaboration awards were presented at the gala.
Photos
Photos from the Industry Awards Gala 2025 can be found here.
Winners
You can find the winners of the Industry Awards from previous years here.
