Alternative Press Music Awards Set To Return To Cleveland In 2017

Alternative Press Music Awards

The JOURNEYS ALTERNATIVE PRESS MUSIC AWARDS will return to the magazine's hometown of CLEVELAND on JULY 17th after this year's event in COLUMBUS, OH, at OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY's SCHOTTENSTEIN CENTER.

ALTERNATIVE PRESS Founder /CEO MIKE SHEA made the announcement: "We've got some big things planned for the APMAs in 2017 and we're so happy that we get to return to our hometown to make it all happen. The city of CLEVELAND is one of the hottest revitalized cities in the nation and we are proud of our ongoing contribution to the city's growth."

Details regarding the 2017 APMAs venue, tickets and VIP packages, hosts, nominees, honorees, attending/performing artists, red carpet appearances, surrounding events and more will be announced in the new year via www.altpress.com/apmas.

Last year's APMAs trended worldwide on TWITTER and FACEBOOK for over 72 hours -- before, during and after live streaming on AMAZON MUSIC's TWITCH channel -- which reached a staggering 500,000-plus viewers. The show was the most viewed stream on TWITCH day of show, in addition to being the third most viewed music stream in the platform's history. Social media reaction and fan response spread fast and furious across the Internet following the opening red carpet and awards ceremony, garnering millions of impressions.In addition, over 6,000 alternative music fans attended the live show in person. 

Here are some of last year's highlights:

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