2009 Index of Winners
Best acoustic music club BOA Award Winner
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Runner-up
Smith's Olde Bar
1578 Piedmont Ave., 404-875-1522, www.smithsoldebar.com
Best after-hours/late-night spot BOA Award Winner
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Runner-up
Clermont Lounge
789 Ponce de Leon Ave., 404-874-4783, www.clermontlounge.net
Best Atlanta-based online music magazine BOA Award Winner
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Best bartender BOA Award Winner
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Runner-up
Darren Foley at Ship & Anchor Pub
5975 Roswell Road, 404-256-3550, www.dunwoodyrestaurantgroup.com
Best bar to hook up BOA Award Winner
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Runner-up
Dark Horse Tavern
816 N. Highland Ave., 404-873-3607, www.darkhorseatlanta.com
Best blues club BOA Award Winner
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Runner-up
Blind Willie's
828 N. Highland Ave., 404-873-2583, www.blindwilliesblues.com
Best bowling alley BOA Award Winner
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Runner-up
300 Atlanta
2175 Savoy Drive, 770-451-8605, www.3hundred.com
Best burlesque troupe: Tie BOA Award Winner
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Runner-up
Syrens of the South
www.syrensofthesouth.com
Best burlesque troupe: Tie BOA Award Winner
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Best club event BOA Award Winner
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Best club event BOA Award Winner
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Every first Thursday at Drunken Unicorn.
Runner-up
Sloppy Seconds
Best college crowd bar/club BOA Award Winner
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Runner-up
Peachtree Tavern
3179-B Peachtree Road, 404-842-1700, www.peachtreetavern.com
Best concert venue BOA Award Winner
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Runner-up
The Tabernacle
152 Luckie St., 404-659-9022, www.tabernacleatl.com
Best cougar den BOA Award Winner
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Runner-up
Bluepointe
3455 Peachtree Road, 404-237-9070, www.buckheadrestaurants.com/bp
Best country music club BOA Award Winner
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Runner-up
Cowboy's
1750 N. Roberts Road, 770-426-5006, www.cowboysatlanta.com
Best dance club BOA Award Winner
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Runner-up
Opera
1150-B Crescent Ave., 404-874-3006, www.operaatlanta.com
Best dive bar BOA Award Winner
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Runner-up
Euclid Avenue Yacht Club
1136 Euclid Ave., 404-688-2582, www.theeayc.com
Best drag queen BOA Award Winner
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Runner-up
Mary Edith Pitts
Best gay bar BOA Award Winner
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Runner-up
Blake's on the Park
227 10th St., 404-892-5786, www.blakesontheparkatlanta.com
Best Georgia-based music blog BOA Award Winner
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Runner-up
Drive a Faster Car
www.driveafastercar.com
Best jazz club BOA Award Winner
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Runner-up
Sambuca
3102 Piedmont Road, 404-237-5299, www.sambucarestaurant.com
Best jukebox BOA Award Winner
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Runner-up
The Earl
488 Flat Shoals Ave., 404-522-3950, www.badearl.com
Best karaoke night BOA Award Winner
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Runner-up
Metalsome Mondays at the 10 High
816 N. Highland Ave., 404-873-3607, www.darkhorseatlanta.com
Best Latin music club BOA Award Winner
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Runners-up: Tie
Eclipse di Luna
764 Miami Circle, 404-846-0449
4505 Ashford Dunwoody Road, 678-205-5862
www.eclipsediluna.com
and
Chapparral
3326 Buford Highway, 404-327-5982
2790 NE Expressway Access Road, 404-471-1141
www.chapparralatlanta.com
Best lesbian bar BOA Award Winner
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Runner-up
Bellissima
560B-Amsterdam Ave., 404-917-0220, www.myspace.com/bellissima_lounge
Best local art-rock act BOA Award Winner
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Best local blues act BOA Award Winner
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Runner-up
Breeze Kings
www.breezekings.com
Best local country music act BOA Award Winner
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Best local country music act BOA Award Winner
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Runners-up: Tie
Zac Brown Band
www.zacbrownband.com
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Slim Chance and the Convicts
www.myspace.com/slimchanceandtheconvicts
Best local DJ BOA Award Winner
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Runner-up
Le Castle Vania
www.lecastlevania.com
Best local down-and-dirty diva BOA Award Winner
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Best local electronic act BOA Award Winner
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Best local electronic act BOA Award Winner
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Sensitive Chaos
www.sensitivechaos.com
Best local experimental music act BOA Award Winner
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Best local experimental music act BOA Award Winner
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Runner-up
Recompas
www.recompas.com
Best local folk act BOA Award Winner
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Best local folk act BOA Award Winner
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Runner-up
Indigo Girls
www.indigogirls.com
Best local hip-hop act BOA Award Winner
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Runners-up: Tie
Collective Efforts
www.cecrew.com
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The Wheeler Boys
www.myspace.com/thewheelerboys
Best local hip-hop act that breaks all the rules BOA Award Winner
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Best local instrumentalist BOA Award Winner
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Best local instrumentalist BOA Award Winner
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Runner-up
Matt Baum
Best local international music act BOA Award Winner
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Best local international music act BOA Award Winner
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www.serenataband.com<br.
Runner-up
A Fight to the Death
www.afighttothedeath.com
Best local jazz act BOA Award Winner
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Best local jazz act BOA Award Winner
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Runner-up
Jaspects
www.myspace.com/jaspects
Best local label BOA Award Winner
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Best local label BOA Award Winner
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Runners-up: Tie
Douchemaster Records
www.douchemasterrecords.blogspot.com
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So So Def Recordings
www.myspace.com/sosodefmusic
Best local mainstream act BOA Award Winner
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Runner-up
Manchester Orchestra
www.themanchesterorchestra.com
Best local MC with a Dirty South mouth BOA Award Winner
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Best local metal act BOA Award Winner
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