It’s that time of year! The Orlando VGM and Nerdcore community did our best to adapt to the challenges of the last year to give you great times and music to you guys while keeping it safe. The internet became our stage instead of local bars and venues, but we have no regrets about being responsible over the last year, and we want to get some recognition for that.

Every year, Orlando Weekly has a “Best of Orlando” awards the recognize all the local entities of Orlando. It definitely helps a lot of local businesses. There are also events for local events and musicians, and we want to get awards for everyone in our community who was active the last year.

This will help everyone when it comes to getting bookings at various conventions, festivals, and venues. It also helps us with getting sponsorships and other perks to help Ongaku Overdrive and Virtua Ongaku grow.

The nomination phase ends this Monday night. Please go through and write the following in for the various categories:

Best Local Color

Best Kept Secret: Ongaku Overdrive
Best Local Podcast: Nerd Music Meltdown
Best Reason to Visit Orlando: Ongaku Overdrive

Music + Nightlife

Best Local Music Festival or Event Series: Virtua Ongaku
Best Club Night: Tiny Waves’ CosRave
Best Hip Hop Act: O_Super
Best Electronic Act: dj-Jo
Best Jazz Act: GG CAT
Best Club DJ: Ben Briggs
Best Singer/Songwriter: Marc with a C
Best Cover Band: Jackson Parodi

You can also vote in all the other categories if you wish. If you have any Orlando businesses or entities you want to help boost, definitely do that. If any of us make it to the final round, we will ask you again to vote to help us clinch the awards! Thank you all for your support.