Best Local Band Something Else (Runners up: Bogs Visionary Orchestra | Cherry Bomb | Sirens & Sailors)
Best Solo Musician Mikaela Davis (Runners up: Johnny Bauer | Hieronymus Bogs | Ted Nicolosi)
Best Classical Musician/Group Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (Runners up: Angelicus String Quartet | Sound ExChange Orchestra | Ying Quartet)
Best Local Album of 2013 "Overstay Their Welcome" by The Isotopes (Runners up: "Annica" by Moho Collective | "Highways" by LastNote | "Level" by Violet Mary)
Best Concert (Arena/Large Venue) Fun. @ CMAC (Runners up: Avett Brothers @ CMAC | David Byrne & St. Vincent @ XRIJF | Lumineers @ CMAC | Trombone Shorty @ XRIJF)
Best Concert (Club/Small Venue) Sirens & Sailors @ Water Street (Runners up: JD McPherson @ Abilene | Jon Spencer Blues Explostion @ Bug Jar | Mac DeMarco @ Bug Jar | Ra Ra Riot @ Water Street)
Best Live Music Venue CMAC. 3355 Marvin Sands Dr., Canandaigua, 394-4400, cmacevents.com. (Runners up: Abilene Bar & Lounge | Bug Jar | Water Street Music Hall)
Best Club DJ DJ Flex (Runners up: DJ Darkwave | DJ Kalifornia | DJ Naps)
Best Local Author Frank De Blase (Runners up: Charles Benoit | Linda Sue Park | JoLynne Valerie)
Best Local Theatrical Production of 2013 (Non-Musical) "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Geva Theatre Center. (Runners up: "August: Osage County," JCC Centerstage | "Steel Magnolias," Blackfriars | "The Whipping Man," Geva Theater Center)
Best Local Musical Theater Production of 2013 "The Book of Mormon," Rochester Broadway Theatre League (Runners up: "Legally Blonde," JCC Centerstage | "Next to Normal," Geva Theatre Center | "Rent," Blackfriars)
Best Local Theater Company Geva Theatre Center. 75 Woodbury Blvd., 232-4382, gevatheatre.org. (Runners up: Blackfriars | Downstairs Cabaret Theater | JCC Centerstage)
Best Comedian Sky Sands (Runners up: Vinnie Paulino | Marianne Sierk | Ralph Tetta)
Best Comedy Show The Comedy Club. 2235 Empire Blvd., Webster, 671-9080, thecomedyclub.us. (Runners up: Geva Comedy Improv | Goo House | Nuts and Bolts Comedy Improv)
Best Dance Studio Tango Café. 389 Gregory St., 271-4930, tangocafedance.com. (Runners up: DK Dance | Pittsford Dance Studio | Rhythm Society)
Best Local Dance Company Garth Fagan Dance. 50 Chestnut St., 454-3260, garthfagandance.org. (Runners up: FuturPointe Dance | One Dance Co. | Rochester City Ballet)
Best Local Artist Sarah Rutherford (Runners up: Albert Paley | Cordell Cordaro | St. Monci)
Best Local Art Exhibition of 2013 Wall/Therapy (Runners up: "6x6x2013," Rochester Contemporary | "Boys vs. Girls," 1975 Gallery & The Yards | "The Gender Show," George Eastman House)
Best Local Art Gallery Memorial Art Gallery. 500 University Ave., 276-8900, mag.rochester.edu. (Runners up: 1975 Gallery | ArtisanWorks | Rochester Contemporary Arts Center)
Best Photographer Tammy Swales (Runners up: Dan Dangler | John Schlia | Gerry Szymanski)
Best Mural Thievin' Stephen @ Tap & Mallet. 381 Gregory St., 473-0503, tapandmallet.com. (Runners up: "Sleeping Bears" by ROA | Faith 47 @ Mill Street | "Frog & Crane" by Mr. Prvt)
Best Family-Friendly Attraction National Museum of Play. 1 Manhattan Square Dr., 263-2700, museumofplay.org. (Runners up: Rochester Museum & Center | Seabreeze Amusement Park | Seneca Park Zoo)
Best Movie Theater The Little. 240 East Ave., 258-0400, thelittle.org. (Runners up: Cinema | Dryden Theater | Pittsford Cinema)
Best Local Festival Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival (Runners up: Corn Hill Arts Festival | Lilac Festival | Park Ave Summer Art Festival)
Best Special Event Food Truck Rodeo (Runners up: First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival | PGA Championship | Rochester Real Beer Week)
Best Local Drag Performer Darienne Lake (Runners up: Kasha Davis | Aggy Dune | Samantha Vega)
