{"id":517145,"date":"2026-06-25T04:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T04:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/517145\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T04:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T04:36:08","slug":"maple-ridge-band-up-for-fraser-valley-music-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/517145\/","title":{"rendered":"Maple Ridge band up for Fraser Valley Music Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maple Ridge band up for Fraser Valley Music Award<\/p>\n

Published 8:00 pm Wednesday, June 24, 2026<\/p>\n

\n By Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News Staff\n <\/p>\n

A band from Maple Ridge is a nominee for the Fraser Valley Music Awards.<\/p>\n

Quickness has been nominated for the Punk\/Metal Artist of the Year.<\/p>\n

Head by vocalist Jacob Dryden, who lives in Maple Ridge, the band plays across the Fraser Valley at various breweries, night clubs, and festivals.<\/p>\n

According to Dryden, Quickness is known for their \u201clegendary live performances.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201dOne minute you\u2019re bouncing to a punk rock song shouting choruses, the next they\u2019re breaking it down with an acoustic guitar, dancing under the sun to a reggae groove and everyone\u2019s singing,\u201d he said on the website for the awards.<\/p>\n

Quickness are the recipients of six international radio awards and several editorial top ten album nominations.<\/p>\n

They have released three full-length albums, several music videos, and have performed around 800 across Canada since their inception in 2009.<\/p>\n

Their single \u201cDaydream\u201d premiered on January 20, 2022, on 102.7 The Peak in Vancouver, \u201cSleepless Nights\u201d, released in June of last year.<\/p>\n

Quickness are well known for doing both original music and cover songs by their favourite artists.<\/p>\n

The Fraser Valley Music Award winners will be announced during the Jam in Jubilee<\/a>, downtown Abbotsford, Wednesday, July 16.<\/p>\n

Including Maple Ridge, there are 40 nominees from across the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley including: Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Mission, Langley, Surrey, White Rock, Coquitlam, Delta, New Westminster, and Vancouver.<\/p>\n

Alongside the juried award categories, fans can participate in the Dakota Leslie Memorial Fan Vote, which will remain open until noon on Tuesday, July 15.<\/p>\n

Here fans can vote to distribute the prize pool of $10,170, with every vote directly influencing how much funding each artist receives.<\/p>\n

The Fraser Valley Music Awards are presented by CIVL Radio, and celebrate and support independent musicians throughout the Fraser Valley and surrounding region.<\/p>\n

Since being launched in 2016, the awards program has distributed more than $80,000 directly to artists while helping connect local musicians with new audiences, industry opportunities, and regional recognition.<\/p>\n

For a full list of nominees and to vote for your favourite artist go to: https:\/\/fvma.civl.ca\/fvma-nominees\/2026\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Maple Ridge band up for Fraser Valley Music Award Published 8:00 pm Wednesday, June 24, 2026 By Maple…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":517146,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,60,278],"class_list":["post-517145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=517145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/517146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=517145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=517145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}