Inducted before a packed house of music-industry practitioners and fans attending the second MAMAs, the world-famous a cappella group, founded in Canberra in 1993, also joined a huge line-up of ACT musical talent in playing to the crowd.

The opening showstopper, “Music is My Religion,” was a mixture of hip-hop, dance, physical and musical theatre staged by artistic director Chenoeh Miller, but as the night wore on, no fewer than 10 separate musical s across the genres were interspersed among the nine “rounds” of the awards that just keep coming kept coming.

In the independently-judged categories, the 2013 winners were:

Best Folk Artist, Xavier Dunn; Best Heavy Artist (Punk, Hardcore, Metal), Revellers; Best Cover Band, Party Gravy; Best House, Electro or Techno Producer, The Aston Shuffle and Ashley Feraude; Best Indie or Alternative Artist, Safia; Best Jazz Artist, Liam Budge; Best Pop Artist, Amber Nichols; Best Psychedelic Electronic Music Producer, Disect; Best Bass Music Producer, Ben Colin; Best Blues, Roots or World Artist, Guyy Lilleyman; Best Choral or Vocal Artist, Aphir; Best Classical Solo or Ensemble Artist, Adam Cook; Best Concert, Brass or Big Band, Canberra City Band; Best Rock Artist, Super Best Friends and Elisha Bones; Contribution to the Music Industry, Jim Cotter and Frank Madrid; Best Studio, Engineer or Producer, Dax Liniere; Hall of Fame Inductee, The Idea of North; Best Urban Artist, Big Dave; Song of The Year, Fun Machine – “Ready For The Fight” and Best Live Youth Band, The Steptones.

Winners in the public categories, decided on the night, were Best Artist, Fun Machine; Best Live Performer, Dylan Hekimian; Best Youth Artist, Dylan Hekimian and Best Live Music Venue, Zierholz@UC.