Dauphin artists are dominating the scene at the 2025 Manitoba Country Music Awards this fall.

Local group Kate’s Outlaw is in the running for seven awards, while solo artist Desiree Dorian has been nominated in five categories.

The Dauphin-based country-rock group Kate’s Outlaw will be looking to collect hardware in several categories including Group or Duo of the Year, Roots Artist Group or Duo of the Year, Emerging Artists of the Year, Album of the Year (for their breakout album Longrider Religion) and Fans Choice Entertainer of the Year.

Frontman Kyle Neault and lead guitarist Levi Winters are also in the running for the Fay Walker Song of the Year (Songwriters) for the single “Longrider Religion,” 

Winters is also nominated for All Star Band of the Year - Guitar honours.

A fixture at the annual awards show, Dorian is nominated as Female Artist of the Year, as well as the NCI FM Indigenous Country Music Award and Interactive Artist, Duo or Group of the Year.

Dorian is also in the running for the Fay Walker Song of the Year (Songwriters) award for “Dry” off 2025’s Remember Your Name, which is also nominated as Album of the Year.

Former Parkland artist Jerry Sereda is up for Male Artist of the Year and the NCI FM Indigenous Country Music Award, as well as Album of the Year for Backroad Billionaire while Roblin’s Ryan Keown is in the running for Male Artist of the Year and Music Video of the Year for I Know You Like That.

Finally, 730 CKDM has been nominated as Radion Station of the Year.

Find all the details in this weeks edition of The Dauphin Herald.