2026 Event Awards Nominees
Below is the complete list of the nominees for 2026 – winners will be announced at the Event Awards Ceremony on Wednesday 21 October in Coffs Harbour.
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National Nominees
The entries that receive the top five Moderated Scores in each category are the National Nominees, providing they also meet the Nominee Threshold Score. Winners will be announced at the Awards Ceremony on Wednesday 21 October 2026.
Best Event National Nominees
- Adland Bail Out 2026, UnLtd, NSW
- AIA Global Conference 2025, Funktionality Events & Experiences, NSW
- ASICS Gold Coast Marathon 2025, Events Management Queensland
- Asset Finance Brokers Conference 2025, On Purpose Events, QLD
- ASUS APAC Partner Summit 2026, Phoenix, NSW
- Australian Kelpie Muster (30th) and Australia’s Premier Working Dog Auction 2026, Casterton Kelpie Association, VIC
- AWS Summit Sydney 2026, Imagination, NSW
- BFGoodrich All-Terrain T/A® KO3 Australian Roadshow 2025, Phoenix, NSW, VIC, QLD
- Big Spin 2025 (The), Vanilla Bean Events, NSW
- Blacktown City ALGWA NSW Conference 2026, Blacktown City Council, NSW
- Blacktown City Family Fish In 2025, Blacktown City Council, NSW
- Bonsoy Gold Coast Pro presented by GWM 2026, World Surf League, QLD
- Canberra Times Marathon Festival 2026 (The), Sole Motive, ACT
- Carlsberg Beach Club 2025 (The), Cartell Live, VIC
- City Lights, Illuminate Adelaide 2025, Illuminate Adelaide Foundation, SA
- CommBank Accelerate AI 2026, Imagination, NSW
- CommBank Tour 2025, Imagination, NSW, VIC, QLD
- Congress of the International Association of Hydrogeologists (52nd) 2025, ICMS Australasia, VIC
- Cvent Accelerate Sydney 2025, Cvent Australia, NSW
- Deni Ute Muster 2025, Deni Play On The Plains Festival, NSW
- Enlighten Festival 2026, ACT Government
- Finsure Inspire Summit 2025, FCM Meetings & Events, QLD
- First Nations Therapeutic Responses Summit 2026: Creating a Space for Innovation (The), Konar Winmil Yunti Aboriginal Corporation, SA
- Florey After Dark 2026, Zesty Events, VIC
- Floriade 2025, ACT Government
- FRMEFEST 2025, JT. Production Management, NSW
- Future Proof 2026, Paramount Liquor, VIC
- Ganbu Gulin 2025, Darebin City Council, VIC
- Good Friday Appeal Kids Day Out 2026, Phoenix, VIC
- Google Cloud Summit Sydney / Warrane 2026, Sense Group, NSW
- Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour 2026: The Phantom of the Opera, Opera Australia, NSW
- International Astronautical Congress (76th) 2025, MCI Australia, NSW
- Iwagumi Air Scape by ENESS at Prahran Square 2025, City of Stonnington, VIC
- Joondalup Festival 2026, City of Joondalup, WA
- KAO Kollective Leadership Retreat 2025, Phoenix, NSW
- Kia Australia – Tasman Town 2025, Veritas Events, NSW
- Milikapiti Festival 2025, Artback NT, NT
- Mission Nutrition 2026, OneSchool Global, National Event
- Moomba Festival 2026, City of Melbourne, VIC
- North Queensland Elite Rodeo 2025, QLD
- Oceanic Palliative Care Conference 2025 (25OPCC), Iceberg Events, QLD
- Pair’d Margaret River Region 2025, Mellen Events, WA
- Palm Island Spring Festival 2025, Event Society, QLD
- Perth Multicultural Festival 2025, City of Perth, WA
- Polestar 5 National Launch Event 2026, Designteam, NSW
- Premier Financial Alliance’s Sydney Incentive Program 2025, Laissez-Faire Catering, AV1 and Simply Seated, NSW
- QLD Music Trails The Outback 2026: Spirit of the Bush. Lee Kernaghan Live in Longreach, Queensland Music Festival
- QLD Music Trails: The Outback 2026 presented by QMF, Queensland Music Festival, QLD
- Quantum Australia Conference 2026, Big Fish Events, SA
- re-aWAken Gala Dinner 2026, Optus Stadium, WA
- Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo Brisbane 2026 – The Heroes Who Made Us – 75th Anniversary (The), The Entertainment Lab & TEG Live, QLD
- Santos Tour Down Under 2026, South Australian Tourism Commission
- Sapphire 5th Anniversary Dinner 2025, Scope Productions, NSW
- SNAICC National Conference (2025), SNAICC: The National Voice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children, QLD
- SuperExpo2026, Phoenix, QLD
- Surfers Paradise People’s Esplanade Pop Up 2025, A Social Purpose, QLD
- Sydney Whisky Month 2026 – LARK, HeadBox, NSW
- Tamworth 2025 Interschools Horse Extravaganza, Australian Equine and Livestock Events Centre, NSW
- Thermomix Leadership Conference 2026, Phoenix, QLD
- Trucking Australia 2026 (TA 26), Australian Trucking Association, QLD
- Vivid Sydney 2026, Destination NSW
- Warbirds Over Scone 2026, Paul Bennet Airshows, NSW
- Wateraid Gala Sydney 2025 – Bridgerton, Funktionality Events & Experiences, NSW
- World Conference of Women’s Shelters (5th) 2025, ICMS Australasia, NSW
- World360 Rewards Launch 2026, FCM Meetings & Events, NSW
Achievement National Nominees
- Artists in Motion for their 2025/2026 International Achievements
- Artists in Motion for their work on 2025 Hong Kong Winterfest – 360-degree Immersive Light and Sound Show
- AV1 for their work on Premier Financial Alliance’s International Incentive Program 2025/2026
- beyond Agency for their work on Electric Island 2026
- Chameleon Candle Co for their work on Sodexo Australia 2026 Excellence Awards 2026
- David Atkins Enterprises for their work on Al Ain Museum Reopening Ceremony 2025
- Destination NSW for their work on Vivid Sydney 2026
- Electric Canvas (The) for their work on Christmas at the Cathedral 2025
- Imagination for their work on Nissan National Partner Meeting 2025
- Lup Events for work on their Conferences and Expositions 2025
- Mellen Events for their work on Pair’d Margaret River Region 2025
- Novatech Creative Event Technology & RWS Global for their work on FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships 2025
- Veritas Events for their work on Daikin Dealer Convention 2025
Company National Nominees
- Aggreko
- Atelier – House of Events
- Australian Equine & Livestock Events Centre
- AV1
- Chopt Studio
- Cielo House Experiential & Events
- Clean Vibes
- Dec the Malls
- Endure Collective
- En Pointe Events
- Event Society
- Event Operations Group Australia
- Experience Melbourne, City of Melbourne
- Funktionality Events & Experiences
- Hoey Moey / Park Beach Hotel Motel
- IER
- Iceberg Events
- ICMS Australasia
- Imagination
- Laissez-Faire Catering
- Lüp Events
- MCI Australia
- Nectar
- Novatech Creative Event Technology
- On Purpose Events
- Oztix
- Phoenix
- Sapia Creative
- Shift Corp (The)
- Veritas Events
- Zesty Events
- Zinc at Fed Square
State and Territory Nominees
For each Best Event category, the two highest ranked events that occurred in each state or territory, unless they are also a National Nominee, is awarded the State/Territory Nominee Status. On the Awards night, after the National Nominees and Winners are announced in each category, the State and Territory Winners will be announced.
- 7-Eleven Shaping Our Future – A Taste of Tomorrow 2026, Peanut Productions, VIC
- ADP Consulting — Foundations & Future: 15th Anniversary & Bennetts Lane Office Opening 2026, Zesty Events, VIC
- Bloom Joondalup – A Luna Light Journey 2025, Laservision, WA
- CommBank Tour 2025, Imagination, NSW, QLD
- Connect 2025, Ray White Group, QLD
- Coogee Live 2026, City of Cockburn, WA
- Edge of Search Conference 2025, Firewire Digital, NSW
- IAC 2025 – Space Day Powered by LEGO Play, MCI Australia, NSW
- Ice Cream Factory 2025/2026 Season, Bar Pop Management, WA
- Illuminate Adelaide 2025, SA
- Lotterywest Boorloo Heritage Festival 2026, City of Perth, WA
- Now or Never 2025, City of Melbourne, VIC
- Palm Island Spring Festival 2025, Event Society, QLD
- PromPerú IMARC 2025 Program (Peru at IMARC); VEE Agency, NSW
- Property Unites Charity Luncheon 2025, Zesty Events, VIC
- Red Ball 2025 (The), Event Society, QLD
- Tasmania’s Taste of Summer 2025, PinPoint Group, TAS
- Thermomix Leadership Conference 2026, Phoenix, QLD
- Winter Wonderlights 2025, Sovereign Hill Museum Association, VIC
- Women Deliver Cultural Night 2026, Ke. Creative Event, VIC
