First round voting is underway in CBC Radio 3's Searchlight competition to find the best live music venue in Canada. The criteria for nomination were that the venue
"indoors, operational at the time of the this contest, under 1000 capacity, and catering primarily to live music" You can vote once per day here.
The full list of venues up for the award in round 1 goes:
Club One, St. John's, NL
The Ship Inn, St. John's. NL
Baba's Lounge, Charlottetown, PE
Hunter's Ale House, Charlottetown, PE
The Capital Bar, Fredericton, NB
George's Fabulous Roadhouse, Sackville, NB
Paul's Wharf, St. George, NB
The Vogue Theatre, Sackville, NB
The Marquee Club, Halifax, NS
The Seahorse Tavern, Halifax, NS
The Blacksheep Inn, Wakefield, QC
The Cagibi, Montreal, QC
Casa del Popolo, Montreal, QC
La Sala Rossa, Montreal, QC
Le National, Montreal, QC
Le Telephone Rouge, Sherbrooke, QC
Les Foufounes Électriques, Montreal, QC
Aeolian Hall, London, ON
The Albion Hotel, Guelph, ON
The Almonte Old Town Hall, Almonte, ON
The Artel, Kingston, ON
Babylon, Ottawa, ON
Barrymore's Music Hall, Ottawa, ON
The Bronson Centre, Ottawa, ON
Call The Office, London, ON
The Cameron House, Toronto, ON
The Casbah, Hamilton, ON
The Corktown Pub and Fare, Hamilton, ON
The Dakota Tavern, Toronto, ON
Café Dekcuf, Ottawa, ON
Club Absinthe, Hamilton, ON
The Dominion Tavern, Ottawa, ON
The eBar, Guelph, ON
El Mocambo, Toronto, ON
The Ford Plant, Brantford, ON
The Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, Toronto, ON
The Grad Club, Kingston, ON
The Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, O
Hugh's Room, Toronto, ON
The Kildare House, Windsor, ON
Lee's Palace, Toronto, ON
The Lucky Dragon, Toronto, ON
Maverick's, Ottawa, ON
The Mod Club, Toronto, ON
The Montreal House, Peterborough, ON
The Music Gallery, Toronto, ON
Paddy Flaherty's Irish Pub, Sarnia, ON
The Pepper Jack Café, Hamilton, ON
The Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto, OB
The Phog Lounge, Windsor, ON
Rancho Relaxo, Toronto, ON
The Rex Jazz Bar, Toronto, ON
The Rivoli, Toronto, ON
The Smiling Buddha, Toronto, ON
Sneaky Dee's, Toronto, ON
The Starlight Social Club, Waterloo, ON
The Towne House Tavern, Sudbury, ON
The Tranzac, Toronto, ON
The Wrong Bar, Toronto, ON
Zaphod Beeblebrox, Ottawa, ON
Zooma Zomma Café, Jordan, ON
Le Garage Cafe, Winnipeg, MB
Lo Pub, Winnipeg, MB
The Pyramid Cabaret, Winnipeg, MB
The Royal Albert Arms, Winnipeg, MB
The Royal George Hotel, Winnipeg, MB
Times Change(d) High & Lonesome Club, Winnipeg, MB
The Zoo, Winnipeg , MB
Amigo's Cantina, Saskatoon, SK
The Distrikt, Regina, SK
The Exchange, Regina, SK
Lydia's, Saskatoon, SK
O'Hanlons Irish Pub, Regina, SK
Blues On Whyte Pub, Edmonton, AB
The Brickyard, Calgary, AB
The Brixx Bar & Grill, Edmonton, AB
Broken City Social Club, Calgary, AB
The Broken Jug, Calgary, AB
The Canmore Hotel, Canmore, AB
The Chrome Room, Calgary, AB
The Distillery Public House, Calgary, AB
The Ironwood Stage and Grill, Calgary, AB
New City Suburbs, Edmonton, AB
The Palomino Smokehouse Inn, Calgary, AB
The Pawn Shop, Edmonton, AB
The Rusty Cage @ Studio 82, Calgary, AB
SAIT'S The Gateway Restaurant and Bar, Calgary, AB
The Shamrock Hotel, Calgary, AB
The Slice Bar and Grill, Lethbridge, AB
The Starlite, Edmonton, AB
The Vat, Red Deer, AB
The Alix Goolden Hall, Victoria, BC
The Art Space, Prince George, BC
The Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver, BC
The Cellar, Vancouver, BC
The Cobalt, Vancouver, BC
The Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC
Darcy's Wharf Street Pub, Victoria, BC
The Dream Café, Penticton, BC
The Duncan Garage Showroom, BC
Glenwood Hall, Smithers, BC
Habitat, Kelowna, BC
Logan's Pub, Victoria, BC
Lucky Bar, Victoria, BC
Pat's Pub, Vancouver, BC
The Queen's Hotel, Nanaimo, BC
The Railway Club, Vancouver, BC
Richard's on Richards, Vancouver, BC
The Golden Lodge Hotel & Roadhouse Tavern, Golden, BC
The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 65, Tofino, BC
The Waverley Hotel, Cumberland, BC
The Wired Bean Coffee Lounge, North Vancouver, BC
The Wired Monk, Vancouver, BC
The Palace Grand Theatre, Dawson City, YT
The Top 10 venues in CBC Radio 3's spotlight search have been revealed and are not what you'd expect. Every venue in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver is out but there are still 6 in Ontario (2 in New Brunswick and one each in PEI and Sask. 
