For its 25th year, the annual Boston Music Awards extravaganza returned once again to the normally swanky environs of the Liberty Hotel on Sunday night, bringing a cross-section of the region’s emerging and venerable musical talent together under one roof.

The layout of the sprawling space, while engendering a few traffic jams, allowed for some 20 bands and DJs to perform in various function rooms throughout the course of the night in something like the hippest industry convention you can imagine.