Boston Music Awards

A few weeks ago, during a particularly rough day at school, I decided to eat lunch in my classroom. I almost never do this because I usually need a break from the room. On this day though my brain was on overload and I wanted to take a few minutes to check my email on my phone. The email I got from JO asking me if I wanted to go to the Boston Music Awards at the Liberty Hotel was exactly the energy boost I needed. Of course I said yes. I absolutely love the Liberty Hotel as evidenced here, here, and here.

In one of my posts from last spring I talked about how great it is to have something to look forward to on a Sunday night. It really extends the weekend and you're not so focused on the week ahead. That's exactly how I felt on Sunday night as we headed to the hotel for the awards. We really had no idea what to expect from the event but we were excited to get dressed up and hang out at the hotel.

Upon arriving at the hotel we were greeted with a red carpet and a press area for the artists to have their official pictures taken. We headed upstairs to study the schedule of performances. The way the show was set up was to have performances going on in several different rooms in the hotel leading up to the awards which are announced in the five story open lobby. We were a bit early so we passed the time by people watching and enjoying a drink from Clink.

JO was really looking forward to seeing Freezepop. They were performing in the ballroom and we were able to get a spot right next to the stage. After their set we checked out Viva Viva. Both bands were really good. On our way upstairs we stopped to watch some epic bartending. Seriously, the bartender looked like she had been put on fast forward. We checked out the Wandas before listening to the awards announcements.




The neat thing about the awards announcements is that the artists are floating all over the hotel. We happened to be standing next to one of the winners when her name was announced so we got to enjoy the celebration.


Drop Kick Murphy's accepting their award!

We had such a great time we're already planning our return next year. We definitely want to stay longer. After the awards there a bunch more performances. We couldn't stay this year because we were exhausted from hosting Thanksgiving. It was a lot of fun to get all dressed up and mingle with some of Boston's best local musicians. Plus, we loved getting to tour the hotel!