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Half Moon Run, Hunter Brothers and more to perform at 2020 Juno gala dinner and awards

Country star Brett Kissel and CBC Music's Amanda Parris will host.

Country star Brett Kissel and CBC Music's Amanda Parris will host

Montreal band Half Moon Run is up for adult alternative album of the year at the 2020 Juno Awards. (Half Moon Run/Facebook)

The 2020 Junos have been cancelled since this article was first published.

The Juno gala dinner and awards will take place on Saturday, March 14, and this year's hosts and performers have been announced. 

Co-hosted by country star Brett Kissel and CBC Music's Amanda Parris, the evening will also feature live performances from 2020 Juno nominees Half Moon Run, Hunter Brothers, Irish Mythen (who will be joined by Catherine MacLellan and Miranda Mulholland), Riit and 2019/2020 Allan Slaight Juno Master Class artist Aiza. 

In addition to giving out 36 of this year's Juno Awards, the evening will also honour this year's Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award recipient, Pegi Cecconi, and the MusiCounts Teacher of the Year Award winner. 

Everything will be streamed live on March 14 starting at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on cbcmusic.ca/junos, the free CBC Gem streaming service and CBC Music's Facebook, Twitter and YouTube pages. 

Half Moon Run | Favourite Boy | CBC Music

5 years ago
Duration 4:01
Half Moon Run perform "Favourite Boy" for CBC Music

For all of CBC Music's coverage of the 2020 Juno Awards, go to cbcmusic.ca/junos.