On Tues­day 14^th Sep­tem­ber 2021, Boisdale’s Patron of Music Jools Hol­land and Ferne McCann host­ed The Bois­dale Music Awards on the Yama­ha Music Lon­don stage at Bois­dale of Canary Wharf, in cel­e­bra­tion of the great­est musi­cians in jazz, soul, blues, reg­gae and pop.

The evening began with a VIP cock­tail recep­tion where the star stud­ded guests includ­ing Emeli Sande, Birdy, Ken­ney Jones, Naughty Boy, Tal­lia Storm, Suzi Qua­tro, Omar and Paul Young enjoyed Tequi­la Codi­go 1530 Rosa Palo­ma cock­tails before a three course gala din­ner of Bois­dale clas­sic dish­es served with incred­i­ble wines from Ter­razas de los Andes. 

The elec­tric atmos­phere con­tin­ued with a high-spir­it­ed awards cer­e­mo­ny where each deserv­ing win­ner gave a spec­tac­u­lar and inti­mate per­for­mance. Ferne, Jools and each spon­sor wel­comed the award win­ners to present their award cer­tifi­cates and bot­tles of Glen­morang­ie X whiskey, Emi­nente rum or Codi­go 1530 tequila.

This made for an evening that con­sist­ed of 13 mag­i­cal per­for­mances from some of the best artists across the world, includ­ing spon­ta­neous cheers from the crowd demand­ing ​‘one more song’ from the leg­endary Suzi Quatro.

And for the first time ever the Bois­dale Music Awards fea­tured the all new Char­lie Watts Award in hon­our of the leg­endary Rolling Stones sticks­man and to recog­nise incred­i­ble rock and roll drum­mers and leg­endary musi­cal tal­ent such as Ken­ney Jones of the Small Faces and the Who who col­lect­ed the award on the night.

Click here to see more pho­tos and the full list of award winners