The Battle Was Epic!

Thank you to all of our Band, Award, Suite and Event sponsors for making this epic evening possible and for helping to keep music in Austin alive and well. With competition tight and judging fierce, the following bands took home the 2025 gold record awards:

• Best Band (sponsored by Jackson Walker): C NOTES (PNC Bank)

• Best Song: ”All I Want is You” written and performed by Noella Grey and The Imaginary Band (Ascension Seton)

• TIE for Best Stage Presence: Knuckle Sammich (H-E-B) and The Haptics (Cirrus Logic)

• Fan Favorite Individual: The Haptics (Cirrus Logic) with 70 individual donations

• Fan Favorite Overall (sponsored by Husch Blackwell): The Haptics (Cirrus Logic) with $14,601 dollars raised

• All bands received an appreciation award sponsored by FVF Law!

Photos below by David Brendan Hall. Stay tuned for more!

Full List of 2025 Event Partners

PRESENTING SPONSOR
Cirrus Logic

STAGE SPONSORS
H-E-B | C3 Presents | SXSW

BAND SPONSORS
Cirrus Logic | H-E-B | ABC Home & Commercial | Ascension Seton l Ouro | PNC Bank

AWARD & EVENT SPONSORS
FVF Law - Appreciation Awards | Jackson Walker LLP - Best Band Award |
 Husch Blackwell - Fan Favorite Overall Award | Schlotzsky’s - VIP Party
Better Business Bureau - Suite Sponsor | Tito's Handmade Vodka | Airbnb

SPECIAL THANKS
ACL Live | ATX Event Systems | LatticeWorks

THANK YOU TO OUR IN-KIND EVENT, AUCTION & PICK-A-PICK SPONSORS:
ACL Live at the Moody Theater | Alexa MGMT | Alotten | Amy’s Ice Creams l Angel’s Icehouse l Anna Kraft Fine Art | ATX Backline | ATX Event Systems | Austin Bat Fest | Austin Community Wellness | Austin Film Festival | Austin Film Society | Alissa “AB” Bassana | Basecamp Terlingua | Bill Tavis | Birds Barbershop | Blanton Museum of Art | Brane Audio | Breakaway Records | Brown Distributing | Bullock Texas State History Museum | Bunkhouse Group | C3 Presents | Cain & Abel’s | Judy and Patrick Cantilo | Circuit of the Americas | Dive Bar | Dulce Vida Tequila | Dumont’s Down Low | Eastside Kings Foundation | Eden Cocktail Room | Eldorado Cafe | End of an Ear | Everclear | FBR Mgmnt | Feels So Good | The Field House | Fleet Feet | Flix Brewhouse | Four Seasons Hotel Austin | Franklin BBQ | Ganas Mate | Georgie’s | Gibson Gives | Gibson Street Bar | Graphic Guitar Guys | Guero’s Taco Bar l Hai Hospitality | Darcy & Rick Hardy | imogene + willie | Jack Allen’s Kitchen | Lauren and Stephen Jeffrey | JewBoy Burgers | Julius Wellness | Kendra Scott | KUT/KUTX | Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center | Lake Street Dive | Lala’s Little Nugget | Lala’s South Pole | Launderette | Lavaca Street Bar Domain | Lavaca Street Downtown | Lavaca Street South Lamar | Live Nation | Luck Presents | Mad Hippie | Mean Eyed Cat | Mean Eyed Cat Driftwood | Meanwhile Brewing Co. | Midnight Cowboy | Museum of Ice Cream | Old Gregg Brewing Company | Onnit Gym | PNC Bank | Poke-Poke | Red River Rising/Moody Center ATX | Resound Presents | Jason Rhode | Round Rock Amp | RXFit | Schlotzsky's | SharpeVision | Sign Bar | Sir Woman | SoHo House | Soundwaves Art Foundation | Spokesman Coffee | Star Bar | Stephen F. Austin Hotel | Still Austin Whiskey Co. | Strait Music | Joshua Stringer | SXSW | Tacodeli | Tecovas l Tejas Tonic | Temple Canyon | Tetractys New Music | Texas Craft Brewer’s Guild | Texas Science & Natural History Museum | Tiff’s Treats | Tito's Handmade Vodka | Toadie’s | Troublemaker Studios | Umlauf Sculpture Garden | University of Texas Press | Waterloo Audiology | Waterloo Media | Waterloo Records & Video | Yellowcase Guitarist | Your Biker Gang |

THANK YOU TO OUR EMCEES & JUDGES

Carolyn Schwarz (Ronald McDonald House Charities) l Kelsey Wilson (Sir Woman / Wild Child) l Miles Bloxson (KUT)
Reenie Collins (formerly HAAM) l Trevor Scott (CBS Austin) l Quita Culpepper (KVUE)