The Kool Skools State Awards Nights are held in October each year to showcase and celebrate the best songs and performances from the year’s Kool Skools with approximately 40 acts perform live on the night.
The Kool Skool Awards nights are modeled on the ARIA Awards and feature well known industry personalities and famous bands reading out the nominations and presenting the awards.
Each year, the Special Judges Award categories are changed to reflect the music recorded that year, but typically the awards include:
- Best Cover Art
- Best Multimedia
- Best Indie Track
- Best Rock/Alternative Track
- Best Ballad
- Best Acoustic Track
- Best Rock Band
- Best Female Vocal
- Best Male Vocal
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