CIVL is excited to release the full list of 2026 Dakota Leslie Memorial Fan Vote winners, in addition to the top 5 already published on this site, and having announced all 37 nominees’ finishes at Jam in Jubilee on Thursday, July 16th.
Following the 2026 list is an updated all-time DLMFV listing, where we see that we now have a new all-time fan vote money recipient, in former outright fan vote winner Glisha, from Surrey, whose $3,224.73 stands as the most awarded to date by virtue of raw voting results, up from 3rd as of last year.
CocoLarosa has still won more money total, including the $3,000 bonus funds awarded to the 2025 winner by the Leslie Family, in honour of the 10th annual Dakota Leslie Memorial Fan Vote, and plays at the Mission Folk Music Festival this weekend as part of the Fraser Valley Music Awards showcase.
Other notable ranking updates includes Coquitlam’s Etienne Siew, a former top fan vote finisher, reaching 2nd all time in earnings, up from 3rd, and this year’s winner Nelly P. rising to 9th all time from 24th.
First time nominees Adam Cebula and Joe Gundrum (who participates in the Timbaland Global Search starting August 18th) enter the all-time earnings lists at 14th and 26th respectively.
This year’s Blues winner, Dale Sawatzky, inches up from 27th to 22nd all-time in earnings.
2026 Dakota Leslie Memorial Fan Vote Earnings:
| Rank | Artist | City | Earnings |
| 1 | Nelly P. | Abbotsford | $1,027.66 |
| 2 | Adam Cebula | Chilliwack | $898.40 |
| 3 | Glisha | Surrey | $840.23 |
| 4 | Joe Gundrum | Chilliwack | $614.01 |
| 5 | Morning Glories | Mission / Langley / Surrey | $426.58 |
| 6 | Amy Van Bergen | Surrey | $394.26 |
| 7 | Etienne Siew | Coquitlam | $381.33 |
| 8 | Great Machines | Abbotsford / Chilliwack | $378.10 |
| 9 | Jiya Notta | Surrey | $355.48 |
| 10 | Tess Anderson | Surrey | $345.79 |
| 11 | Andrew Michael Blues Band | Abbotsford | $329.63 |
| 12 | Thistle Dew | Abbotsford / Mission | $255.30 |
| 13 | Dour | Abbotsford | 232.68 |
| T-14 | Shane Terry | Delta | $206.82 |
| T-14 | Carly Reirson | Abbotsford | $206.82 |
| 16 | Stephen Carl O’Shea | New Westminster | $190.68 |
| T-17 | Jeremy Stewart | Surrey | $187.44 |
| T-17 | Mark Hildebrand | Langley | $187.44 |
| T-19 | The Out Seer | New Westminster | $180.97 |
| T-19 | Sadhik Preet Singh | Abbotsford | $180.97 |
| 21 | Western Jaguar | Chilliwack | $174.00 |
| 22 | Dale Sawatzky | Langley | $168.05 |
| T-23 | Kevin Boese | Abbotsford | $161.58 |
| T-23 | Monica Gregory | White Rock | $161.58 |
| 25 | Quickness | Maple Ridge | $155.12 |
| 26 | Daljeet Singh | Abbotsford | $148.66 |
| 27 | JAMR | Langley / Abbotsford / Chilliwack | $145.42 |
| 28 | Gerry T | Langley | $129.27 |
| 29 | The Synthetic Overlords | Abbotsford | $122.80 |
| 30 | Zeke Morales | Abbotsford | $109.88 |
| 31 | Danny Baylen | Langley | $103.41 |
| 32 | Darcy Watkins | Abbotsford | $96.95 |
| T-33 | Gone Sugar Die | Langley | $87.26 |
| T-33 | Michael Ryan | Chilliwack | $87.26 |
| 35 | DJ Elixir | Mission | $84.02 |
| 36 | Jared Fowler | Abbotsford | $71.10 |
| 37 | Mel Genius | Abbotsford | $48.48 |
Top 101 All Time Dakota Leslie Memorial Fan Vote Earnings:
| Rank | Artist |
All-Time Earnings
|
| 1 | CocoLarosa | $4,525.25 |
| 2 | Glisha | $3,224.73 |
| 3 | Etienne Siew | $2,766.16 |
| 4 | Shamir Virgo | $2,602.80 |
| 5 | Mauvey | $2,500.00 |
| 6 | The Sylvia Platters | $2,016.46 |
| 7 | Western Jaguar | $1,787.65 |
| 8 | Michael Ryan | $1,718.82 |
| 9 | Nelly P | $1,599.70 |
| 10 | Stephen Carl O’Shea | $1,506.60 |
| 11 | Jada Klein | $1,200.13 |
| 12 | Ted Kim | $1,028.09 |
| 13 | Argel MDR | $933.12 |
| 14 | Adam Cebula | $898.40 |
| 15 | Ben Cottrill | $870.02 |
| 16 | Robyn Froese | $869.83 |
| 17 | Christians | $856.87 |
| 18 | Jordan Barr | $819.42 |
| 19 | Otis Kry | $755.50 |
| 20 | Rebecca Sichon | $743.96 |
| 21 | Connor Nelson | $717.78 |
| 22 | Dale Sawatzky | $694.83 |
| 23 | Mo’Dirt | $641.76 |
| 24 | Nathan Turner | $635.44 |
| 25 | Lowercase Dream | $627.88 |
| 26 | Joe Gundrum | $614.01 |
| 27 | Reevay | $595.48 |
| 28 | Shane Terry | $569.91 |
| 29 | Andrew Michael Blues | $544.89 |
| 30 | Victoria Groff | $544.79 |
| 31 | Northern Darkhorse | $544.64 |
| 32 | Beach Moms | $506.84 |
| 33 | Josh Maitre | $506.19 |
| 34 | Jeffrey Wong | $504.03 |
| 35 | Jadhe | $485.37 |
| 36 | Jacob Brand | $480.56 |
| 37 | KD Surreal | $479.75 |
| 38 | Alison May | $461.99 |
| 39 | Lovarra | $434.55 |
| 40 | Morning Glories | $426.58 |
| 41 | The Crescent Sky | $426.23 |
| 42 | Jason Lane Band | $398.72 |
| 43 | Amy Van Bergen | $394.26 |
| 44 | Great Machines | $378.10 |
| 45 | DJ Elixir | $377.93 |
| 46 | Rich Chambers | $372.11 |
| 47 | Ryan H Wugalter | $361.39 |
| 48 | Velavox | $355.71 |
| 49 | Jiya Notta | $355.48 |
| 50 | Brennan Sinclair | $333.96 |
| 51 | Becca Hess | $329.63 |
| 52 | Alexandrah Pahl | $321.99 |
| 53 | Summer Eyes | $316.18 |
| 54 | Annika Catharina | $315.35 |
| 55 | Oleefia | $280.94 |
| 56 | T3 | $277.54 |
| 57 | Kid Filthy | $272.58 |
| 58 | Camellia Grove | $270.61 |
| 59 | Madisyn Gifford | $256.91 |
| 60 | haleluya hailu | $255.97 |
| 61 | The Valley | $251.68 |
| 62 | M.E. Netzke | $248.91 |
| 63 | Semi Athletic | $248.91 |
| 64 | Broadway Crush | $227.48 |
| 65 | Arthur | $222.65 |
| 66 | Nathan Sobko | $219.23 |
| 67 | Kristin Witko | $215.26 |
| 68 | Carly Reirson | $206.82 |
| 69 | Natalie Faith | $200.86 |
| 70 | What We Embrace | $198.44 |
| 71 | Jeremy Stewart | $187.44 |
| 72 | The Springmans | $183.38 |
| 73 | Darcy Watkins | $182.59 |
| 74 | Laura. | $178.42 |
| 75 | Synthetic Overlords | $177.60 |
| 76 | Steely Spirit | $176.66 |
| 77 | Alexis Lynn | $174.24 |
| 78 | Loans | $173.47 |
| 79 | Tribulationz | $173.47 |
| 80 | Linda Szentes and Jazzlinks | $166.37 |
| 81 | Kevin Boese | $161.58 |
| 82 | Monica Gregory | $161.58 |
| 83 | KeKe Dreams | $159.72 |
| 84 | Latt Mowen | $158.60 |
| 85 | Quickness | $155.12 |
| 86 | West My Friend | $154.73 |
| 87 | Kaitie Sly | $154.15 |
| 88 | Rockson Road | $154.15 |
| 89 | Daljeet Singh | $148.66 |
| 90 | JAMR | $145.42 |
| 91 | Caravan | $143.87 |
| 92 | Villain Villain | $137.02 |
| 93 | Yung Dae | $137.02 |
| 94 | Michael Jantzen | $133.82 |
| 95 | Elazion | $133.13 |
| 96 | Gerry T | $129.27 |
| 97 | TBK (The Blind Kid) | $128.86 |
| 98 | TestTubeBaby | $123.42 |
| 99 | Zeke Morales | $109.88 |
| 100 | Danny Baylen | $103.41 |
| 101 | Sammi Morelli | $101.64 |
