[9] The 2011 QMA Awards took place on 16 August 2011 at the Old Museum Building, Brisbane.
It featured performances from Elixir featuring Katie Noonan, Emma Louise, The Medics, DZ Deathrays, Streamer Bendy and the students from Brisbane's Aboriginal Centre of Performing Arts.
[11][12] The 2012 QMA Awards took place on 14 August 2012 at the Old Museum Building, Brisbane.
[15] The 2013 QMA Awards took place on 13 August 2013 at Tivoli Theatre in Brisbane.
In October 2014, Executive Officer for QMusic Denise Foley said "QMusic is excited to begin the application process for the QMAs, and celebrate the new timing of the Awards moving to the annual date of March in 2015.
"[18] The 2015 QMA Awards took place on 30 March 2015 at Brisbane Powerhouse and hosted by Sarah Howells and Fred Leone.
[20][21] The 2016 QMA Awards took place on 21 March 2016 at Brisbane Powerhouse and hosted by Gen Fricker.
[26] The 2018 QMA Awards took place on 14 May 2018 at the Royal International Convention Centre, Brisbane.
[28] The 2019 QMA Awards took place on 19 March 2019 at the Royal International Convention Centre, Brisbane.
[30] The 2020 QMA Awards took place on 3 March 2020 at the Fortitude Music Hall in Brisbane and included performances from The night featured performances from Jaguar Jonze, Cub Sport, Nat Dunn, Busby Marou and Order Sixty6.
[35][36] The 2022 QMAs were held at Fortitude Music Hall on 29 March 2022. the nominees were announced on 24 February 2022.