Each year the ceremonies honor a small group of artists for their contribution to music history. Current eligibility rules dictate 25 years from an artist or group's first record release.
Each artist/group's presentation is usually followed by a special performance from the inductee (or, if the artist(s) has/have passed away, by an associate of or representing the artist). For a list of those who have been inducted over the years, see Inductees of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The annual ceremony usually ends with an all-star jam session (on the mold of those that used to end Dick Clark's American Bandstand specials).
Of the four major music awards shows, this is the only ceremony that is not aired live (except on closed-circuit television at the Hall of Fame building on the night of the ceremony). However, edited versions are currently shown on VH1.
The Rock and RollHall of Fame and Museum is the nonprofit organization that exists to educate visitors, fans and scholars from around the world about the history and continuing significance of rock and roll music.
The RockHall is situated on the shores of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, within 500 miles of 43 percent of the U.S. population and less than a day’s drive or an hour’s flight from many major cities in the U.S. and Canada.
The Rock and RollHall of Fame and Museum is a nonprofit institution, supported by public investment, corporate sponsors, private donors, its membership program and the revenues it generates at the Museum, including ticket sales and the Museum Store by FYE.
The Rock and RollHall of Fame honors the legendary performers, producers, songwriters, disc jockeys and others who have made rock and roll the force that it is in our culture.
For a decade and a half, the Rock and RollHall of Fame Foundation has been nominating and electing those figures, and honoring them at an annual ceremony that has become one of the most celebrated events of the year, and certainly one of the hottest tickets in rock.
Ceremonies have featured many unforgettable moments: like when Mick Jagger, Tina Turner, Bob Dylan, members of the Beach Boys and Bruce Springsteen, among others, shared the same stage, or when Santana performed “Black Magic Woman” with ex-Fleetwood Mac member Peter Green, the song’s composer and original performer.
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