While Canadian Musician‘s Andrew King was sequestered in the Grand Jury room, photographer Mark Matusoff was running around the main room of Toronto’s Carlu, capturing photos of the Polaris Music Prize Gala and its presenters and performers. Ultimately, Montreal producer Kaytranada’s phenomenal album 99.9% took the title and $50,000 grand prize, though the performances from seven of the 10 shortlisted acts proved, to borrow a perhaps overused cliche, that there were no losers associated with this, the 11th edition of the prize.

Revisit some of the highlights of the 2016 gala in Mark’s photos below.

Black Mountain

Hosts Amanda Parris & Tom Power from the CBC

The Carlu

Basia Bulat

Jessy Lanza

Andy Shauf

White Lung

Carly Rae Jepsen

U.S. Girls

Exclusive Commemorative Posters

Kaytranada Wins!

Polaris Executive Director Steve Jordan

Kaytranada Post-Gala

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