AAM Awards Reveal Nominees, Host For 2026 Ceremony

The nominated managers represent artists including Boy & Bear, Folk B*tch Trio, Amyl And The Sniffers, SPEED, Miss Kaninna, and many others.

It’s a big day for the Association of Artist Managers (AAM), which today revealed the managers nominated for this year’s AAM Awards and announced the host of the award ceremony.

The AAM has previously announced the recipient of the 2026 Legacy Award – Melita Hodge of Six Boroughs Management, who’s known for her work representing artists such as Kasey Chambers, Andy Golledge, Denvah, and others.

This year’s award ceremony, held on Wednesday, 29 April, at Sydney’s Crowbar during a mid-afternoon, invite-only event, will be hosted by comedian Matt Okine.

Okine is an award-winning comedian who’s appeared on screens and stages, starring in The Other Guy and the reboot of Mother And Son. Meanwhile, he and Alex Dyson co-host SCA’s All Day Breakfast on the LiSTNR app and previously hosted triple j’s Breakfast Show.

Award nominees have been chosen across multiple categories, including Manager of the Year, Breakthrough Manager of the Year, Emerging Manager of the Year, and the Community Engagement Award.

The finalists have been determined following thorough consultation by a judging committee of representatives across the Australian and international music industry. Together, they represent artists including Boy & Bear, Folk Bitch Trio, Mack Geiger, Amyl And The Sniffers, SPEED, Wade Forster, Miss Kaninna, Mia Wray, and many others.

Check out the list of nominees below.

Winners will be revealed at the invite-only ceremony at Crowbar in Sydney on Wednesday, 29 April, from 12 pm local time. Matt Okine will be joined by special guest performers throughout the afternoon.

2026 AAM Award Nominees

Manager of the Year

Presented by White Sky

Aidan McLaren & Joe Miles, Weird Fishes

Roster: Boy & Bear, The Dreggs, Pete Murray, Steph Strings, Tim Hart, RAGEFLOWER

Alastair Burns, Heartstop Music

Roster: Folk Bitch Trio, Marlon Williams

Caleb Williams, UNIFIED Music Group

Roster: Radhika Das, Jahnavi Harrison, Bodyjar, The Amity Affliction, Premanjali, Violent Soho (Co-Manager)

Dan Nascimento, UNIFIED Music Group

Roster: Ocean Alley, Jack Botts

Simone Ubaldi & Andrew Parisi, Sundowner Artists

Roster: Amyl and The Sniffers, Grace Cummings, The Gnomes, Girl and Girl, Nice Biscuit (Consultant Managers), Baby Cool (Consultant Managers)

Breakthrough Manager of the Year

Presented by DMT Law Firm

Ashlyn & Ken Dinsdale, Goldspur Entertainment

Roster: Mack Geiger, Briana Dinsdale

Christopher Kevin Au, 24 Karat Enterprises

Roster: POSSESHOT, SPEED (Co-Manager), Shady Nasty (Co-Manager), FUKHED (Co-Manager)

Jade Nazareth, One Louder

Roster: Matthew Ifield

Melody Forghani, Twnty Three MGMT

Roster: Shady Nasty (Co-Manager), These New South Whales, Stella Bridie, Parissa Tosif, Ashwarya (Lead Manager), GAUCI (Co-Manager), Dogworld (Co-Manager)

Nick Lynagh, UNIFIED Music Group

Roster: Wade Forster (Co-Manager), Brad Cox (Co-Manager), ISHAN (Co-Manager)