Award a night for music fans

Robocobra Quartet win top album prize

at times, but to receive this from my home country Northern Ireland is fantastic - so thank you very much.

“What an amazing evening last night in my home town of Belfast. On the stage at the Ulster Hall where I spent my teenage years going to concerts and gigs. Thank you NI Music Prize. Thank you

PRS for Music, thank you Northern Ireland.”

Charlotte Dryden from Oh Yeah said: “What a night and brilliant showcase.

“I am so proud of the Northern Irish music community. Well done to all the winners. A huge amount of work goes into an event like this and we are committed to giving our talent the best possible platform through this event.

“That’s why it is so reassuring that our supporters and sponsors understand this and get behind this event. Music contributed £345million to the NI economy pre Covid and with the right conditions we can exceed that post Covid. Challenges remain, but just imagine what we could do with the right investment. It’s why we need to support local music.”

The awards were part of the Sound Of Belfast festival which runs until Sunday at venues across the city. There’s still loads to see, hear and do – so check out soundofbelfast.com for all the craic...

Challenges... just imagine what we could do with right investment

SINGULAR TALENT Ferna was a winner too RISING STARS Florentinas TOP DRAWER Junk Drawer won two awards

SNAKES ALIVE! Robocobra guys with their award

FANTASTIC Sheridan Tongue with his award