\n Andover Radio and Love Andover organised the red-carpet event, which celebrated the town’s musicians, singers, DJs, bands and performers.\n<\/p>\n
\n Ben Tuffin, SJ Grace and Alun Grace created the awards to recognise local artists.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mr Tuffin said: “When we first started talking about the Andover Music Awards, we wanted to create something that would make local musicians feel like absolute superstars.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Festivities caught on camera at the Andover Music Awards (Image: Jez Rolfe\/Andover Radio\/Love Andover)\n<\/p>\n
\n He said seeing The Lights packed with musicians, families and supporters had been “quite overwhelming”. The evening, he added, celebrated people who contribute to the town’s cultural life.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mr Tuffin also praised Andover’s musical heritage and its next generation of talent.\n<\/p>\n
\n He said: “Andover has produced some incredible talent over the years. Chris Britton and The Troggs are proof of that. But what’s equally exciting is the talent coming through right now.”\n<\/p>\n
\n SJ Grace said organisers had worked hard on the event and were thrilled to see finalists and winners enjoying the night.\n<\/p>\n
\n She said: “There were so many happy faces, and it was wonderful to see everyone supporting each other.”\n<\/p>\n
\n She added: “We’ve already got so many ideas for next year.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Alun Grace said organisers were overwhelmed by the response after receiving 460 nominations for the first awards.\n<\/p>\n
\n He said: “What’s really encouraging is that this wasn’t just about individual artists or bands. The whole music community came together.”\n<\/p>\n
\n He said organisers hoped the awards would become an annual event: “We’ve created something that belongs to Andover.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The ceremony marked a milestone for Andover’s music scene, with organisers hoping to make it a regular celebration of local talent.\n<\/p>\n
\n Click the top photo to see some of the festivities caught on the night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Andover Radio and Love Andover organised the red-carpet event, which celebrated the town’s musicians, singers, DJs, bands and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":803638,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-803637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=803637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/803638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=803637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=803637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=803637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}