The Polaris Music Prize, presented by CBC, have announced that Angine de Poitrine and Jeremy Dutcher have been added to the 2026 Polaris Concert & Award Ceremony, powered by FACTOR, taking place September 22, 2026 at Toronto’s Massey Hall.
Angine de Poitrine, one of the Short List finalists for both the Polaris Album Prize and the SOCAN Polaris Song Prize, will be performing a song during the event. Dutcher, the only two-time Polaris Album Prize winner, will be a special guest presenter.
Angine de Poitrine and Dutcher join an already stacked evening of programming that includes performances from fellow Album Short List nominees (subject to change): Aquakultre, Begonia, Bibi Club, Beverly Glenn-Copeland & Elizabeth Copeland, Les Louanges and Tanya Tagaq in addition to an interpretation of Peaches’ No Lube So Rude album from 2026 Album Long List nominees Slash Need.
Tickets for the 2026 Polaris Concert & Award Ceremony are on sale now and available via the Massey Hall box office.
Hosted by CBC Music Afterdark’s Odario Williams, the Polaris Concert & Award Ceremony will be recorded by CBC for a future episode of the CBC Music Presents: Live At Massey Hall series. CBC Music’s weekly summer radio show THE TEN, dedicated to each of the Polaris Album Short List nominees, is now broadcasting. Catch up on past episodes of THE TEN on CBC Listen and tune in each Sunday on CBC Music at 6 p.m. (6:30 NL) until September 20. Follow CBC Music on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok for more Polaris Music Prize content.
The Polaris Music Prize awards $30,000 courtesy of the Slaight Family Foundation to the artist who creates the Canadian Album of the Year, judged solely on artistic merit, without consideration for genre or record sales. The 2026 Album Prize winner will be determined through a vote by the full Polaris jury after a series of Grand Jury presentations and debate sessions.
The winning album along with the SOCAN Polaris Song Prize and Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize winners will be revealed during the Polaris Concert & Award Ceremony, powered by FACTOR, taking place at Toronto’s Massey Hall on Tuesday, September 22.
The 2026 Polaris Music Prize Album Short List is:
Angine de Poitrine - Vol. II - Performing
Aquakultre - 1783 - Performing
Begonia - Fantasy Life - Performing
Bibi Club - Amaro - Performing
Charlotte Cornfield - Hurts Like Hell - Performing
Beverly Glenn-Copeland - Laughter In Summer - Performing
Rochelle Jordan - Through The Wall
Les Louanges - Alouette! - Performing
Peaches - No Lube So Rude - Interpreted by Slash Need
Tanya Tagaq - Saputjiji - Performing
The 2026 SOCAN Polaris Song Prize Short List is:
Angine de Poitrine - “Fabienk”
Charlotte Cornfield - “Hurts Like Hell”
PUP - “Hunger For Death”
Patrick Watson & Martha Wainwright - “House on Fire”
Charlotte Day Wilson, Saya Gray - “Lean”
In addition to the Polaris Concert & Award Ceremony the organization will also be presenting numerous Polaris Festival concerts and events throughout the month of September, including free concerts featuring the likes of Witch Prophet, Julianna Riolino, Adria Kain, Savannah Ré and much more. A curated series of low-cost concerts, salons and workshops, the Festival will feature unique one-off events with past Polaris nominees.
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Key dates in the 2026 Polaris season include:
- Thursday, June 11 – 40 Album Long List announced at NXNE
- Wednesday, June 24 – 20 Song Long List announced
- Thursday, July 9 – 10 Album Short List announced
- Wednesday, July 29 – 5 Song Short List announced
- Wednesday, August 5 – Heritage Prize nominees announced; public voting opens
- Friday, August 21 – Heritage Prize public voting closes
- Tuesday, September 22 – Polaris Concert & Award Ceremony at Massey Hall
- Throughout September – Polaris Festival
POLARIS ALBUM PRIZE WINNERS
The past winners are Yves Jarvis (2025), Jeremy Dutcher (2024), Debby Friday (2023), Pierre Kwenders (2022), Cadence Weapon (2021), Backxwash (2020), Haviah Mighty (2019), Jeremy Dutcher (2018), Lido Pimienta (2017), Kaytranada (2016), Tanya Tagaq (2014), Godspeed You! Black Emperor (2013), Feist (2012), Arcade Fire (2011), Karkwa (2010), Fucked Up (2009), Caribou (2008), Patrick Watson (2007) and Final Fantasy / Owen Pallett (2006).
CBC presents the 2026 Polaris Music Prize. This year’s Concert & Award Ceremony is powered by FACTOR, the Government of Canada, and Canada’s private radio broadcasters. It is supported by SiriusXM Canada, Ontario Creates, the Government of Ontario, the Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund, and the Slaight Family Foundation.
ABOUT POLARIS MUSIC PRIZE
The Polaris Music Prize is a registered charity organization that annually honours and rewards artists who produce Canadian music of distinction. A select panel of music critics judge and award the Prize without regard to musical genre or commercial popularity.
ABOUT FACTOR
The Foundation Assisting Canadian Talent on Recordings – FACTOR – is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to providing investment support toward the career development of Canadian artists, entrepreneurs, and organizations to produce and promote a diversity of Canadian music in a world of choice, be competitive at home and abroad, and to contribute to Canada’s creative economy. Funding for our programs is contributed by the Department of Canadian Heritage’s Canada Music Fund and from Canada’s private radio broadcasters.
ABOUT CBC/RADIO-CANADA
CBC/Radio-Canada is Canada’s national public broadcaster. Through our mandate to inform, enlighten and entertain, we play a central role in strengthening Canadian culture. As Canada’s trusted news source, we offer a uniquely Canadian perspective on news, current affairs and world affairs. Our distinctively homegrown entertainment programming draws audiences from across the country. Deeply rooted in communities, CBC/Radio-Canada offers diverse content in English, French and eight Indigenous languages: Dëne Sųłıné, Dene Kǝdǝ́, Dene Zhatıé, Eastern Cree, Dinjii Zhuʼ Ginjik, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun and Tłı̨chǫ. We also deliver content in Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Punjabi and Tagalog, as well as both official languages, through Radio Canada International (RCI). We are leading the transformation to meet the needs of Canadians in a digital world.
ABOUT CBC MUSIC
CBC Music is the leading curator of emerging and diverse Canadian music talent across platforms, playing the most Canadian artists and genres on radio, CBC Listen and cbcmusic.ca. We prioritize Canadian artists in a wide variety of genres on over 200 playlists available on CBC Listen, and publish daily national music coverage. CBC Music Live features live music recordings from across the country. Our music partnerships and events include The JUNO Awards, the Polaris Music Prize, CBC Music Presents: Live at Massey Hall and The Canadian Music Class Challenge.
