2015 Alternative Press Awards Show at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio

Winning Album of the Year is the group Black Veil Brides, album titled "Black Veil Brides", at the Alternative Press Music Awards Show at Quicken Loans Arena on July 22, 2015, Cleveland, Ohio.

(Chuck Crow)

CLEVELAND, Ohio - The Alternative Press Music Awards have a new home for 2016.

The show, which honors the hottest acts in alternative rock, pop punk, post-hardcore, metalcore and other genres, has taken place in Cleveland the previous two years. However, the magnitude of the Republican National Convention prevented Cleveland-based Alternative Press Magazine from hosting its event locally in 2016.

Thus, the APMAs will be held July 18 at Value City Arena at the Jerome Schottenstein Center on the campus of Ohio State University in Columbus. The news comes courtesy of promotional materials released online by Alternative Press.

"The first two APMAs took place in Cleveland, Ohio, and now we are moving into an even bigger location in the state capital of Columbus," the promotional materials say. "Created in partnership with the annual Vans Warped Tour, the even starts with a 2-hour-long red carpet pre-show followed by a 4-hour award ceremony, proceeded by a VIP artist/industry after party. The 2016 show is already set to surpass previous year's shows."

The last two APMAs were held at Voinovich Park and The Q in 2014 and 2015, respectively. The shows featured headliners like Fall Out Boy, Paramore, Panic! at the Disco, Weezer and Twenty One Pilots.

The 2016 APMAs will take place on the same day as the Republican National Convention. This past September, Mike Shea, CEO and publisher of Alternative Press, expressed concern that the awards show would have to venture outside of Cleveland.

July's RNC, which could inject as much as $400 million into the local economy, has first rights to book events at 13 venues in Cleveland, leaving the APMAs out in the cold. Shea has said he would still like to move the ceremony back to Cleveland in the future.

The 2016 APMAs will once again be sponsored by Journeys and work in partnership with the Vans Warped Tour, serving as a de facto tour-stop for the annual festival. Thus, you can expect the events' lineups, which have yet to be announced, to somewhat mirror each other.

Alternative Press is also planning a three-day takeover of Columbus, with smaller events leading up to the big awards show.

Last year's APMAs was a social media juggernaut. It generated more than 900 million impressions across sites like Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, Vine and Snapchat. The APMAs aired live on AXS TV, as was the case in 2014.

Headliners for the 2016 APMAs will likely be announced in March. Tickets for the show at the Schottenstein Center could go on sale soon after. Check back for more details.