Detroit Brooks and Dancing Man 504 accept their Positive Vibrations Foundation Heartbeat Awards. Photo by Willow Haley.

The 2016 Best of the Beat Business & Lifetime Achievement Award Winners (Photos)

Some of the biggest names in New Orleans’ music industry gathered at the Orpheum Theater last night for the 2016 Best of the Beat Business & Lifetime Achievement Awards. 20 business awards and five lifetime achievement awards were given out at the ceremony, which traditionally precedes the annual Best of the Beat Music Awards.

A full list of winners from last night’s ceremony can be found below, along with a photo gallery from the party.

 

Johnny Vidacovich accepts his much-deserved Lifetime Achievement in Music. Photo by Willow Haley.

Johnny Vidacovich accepts his much-deserved Lifetime Achievement in Music. Photo by Willow Haley.

Lifetime Achievement Awards:

 

Lifetime Achievement in Music

Johnny Vidacovich

 

Lifetime Achievement in Music Education

Dr. Bruce Raeburn

 

Lifetime Achievement in Music Business

Sonny Schneidau

 

Positive Vibrations Foundation HeartBeat Award

Detroit Brooks

 

Positive Vibrations Foundation HeartBeat Award

Darryl “Dancing Man 504” Young

 

Music Business Awards

 

Best Club

Howlin’ Wolf

 

Best Large Festival

Voodoo Music Experience

 

Best Festival Outside New Orleans

Voice of the Wetlands

 

Best Neighborhood Festival

Crescent City Blues and BBQ Festival

 

Best Recording Studio

Word of Mouth

 

Record Label of the Year

Valcour Records

 

Producer of the Year

John Porter

 

Best Record Store

Euclid Records

 

Best Instrument Store

Guitar Center

 

Best Studio Sound Engineer

Tim Stambaugh (Word of Mouth)

 

Best Booking Agency

Hep Cat Entertainment

 

Best Manager

Silverback Music Management

 

Best Music Attorney

Tim Kappel

 

Best Club Owner or Manager

Howie Kaplan/Stu Schayot (Howlin’ Wolf)

 

Best Concert Promoter

Winter Circle Productions

 

Bourbon Street Award

Earl Bernhardt and Pam Fortner (Tropical Isle)

 

Musician Resource Award

The Ella Project

 

Best Use of Local Music or Musicians in Advertising

Juan LaFonta & Associates, L.L.C. for Juan LaFonta ft. Big Freedia directed by Nicholas Manuel Pino. Produced by Rising Phoenix Marketing (Kevin P. Conway). 

 

Music Business of the Year

Esplanade Studios

 

Community Music Award

New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA)

 

All photos by Willow Haley.