Last Chance To Vote For The 2024 SA Music Awards

South Australian music’s night of nights is quickly approaching, the SA Music Awards taking place on Thursday, 7 November, at the Dom Polski Centre. Tomorrow, the opportunity to vote in the People’s Choice Award categories for this year’s ceremony will close.

With the strength of the South Australian music scene on display – this year’s awards have seen a record-breaking number of nominees across the board (people’s choice and industry-voted awards) – making your voice heard has never been so important to the artists. You can vote here.

This year, a massive 693 nominations have been received across Industry and Major Awards categories, while a whopping 269 artists across 12 categories have been nominated for the People’s Choice Awards.

The 2024 colourful list of nominees sees emerging indie rock band Swapmeet gather the most nominations, with nominations in five different categories, including Best Song, Best New Artist, Best Group, Best Release for their debut EP Oxalis and Best Cover Art (which was designed by the band’s front-person and guitarist, Venus O’Brien).

Close behind is aleksiah, who has four nominations, including Best New Artist, Best Solo Artist, Best Release for her debut EP Who Are You When You’re Not Performing? and Best Cover Art, designed by Lucinda Corin.

Other notable nominees include Dem Mob, Coldwave, The Genevieves, My Cherie, and stacks more.

This year sees the introduction of a new awards category: Best Live Photograph. The nominees are Ariadne Mercer, Deb Kloeden, Evie Wonder, Lucinda Corin, and Nash Blight.

The SA Minister for Arts, Andrea Michaels MP, said of this year’s awards, “With a record number of nominations, it’s clear that South Australian contemporary music continues to grow, innovate, and punch above its weight locally and nationally.

“We are so very proud to celebrate and amplify the achievements of these artists and music businesses, and we look forward to what promises to be a spectacular night.

“South Australia has a strong legacy of producing extraordinary musicians, and you have all made an important contribution to our state’s musical history. I look forward to celebrating with you all and unveiling this year’s South Australian Music Hall of Fame inductee.”

The major awards nominees, sponsored by The Music, are:

SA MUSIC AWARDS 2024

MAJOR AWARDS FINALISTS 

Sponsored by The Music

BEST SONG – Sponsored by Wonderlick

Molly Rocket | God Damn 
Motez | Make Way (Feat. Elsy Wameyo) 
Swapmeet | Ceiling Fan 
The Genevieves | Adore You 
The Tullamarines | I’m So 

BEST NEW ARTIST – Sponsored by WOMADelaide

aleksiah | 24 
Coldwave | No Conflict 
My Cherie | Darkness & Gold 
Swapmeet | Ceiling Fan 
The Genevieves | Adore You 

BEST REGIONAL ARTIST – Sponsored by Country Arts SA

Alana Jagt and Ryan Martin John | I hope for you this Christmas 
DEM MOB | DIP 
Germein Sisters | City Lights 
Rob Edwards | Dreaming 

BEST GROUP – Sponsored by Moshtix

DEM MOB | DIP 
Oscar the Wild | She’ll Be Right 
SONS OF ZOKU | ENDLESS 
Swapmeet | Oxalis 
Teenage Joans | The Rot That Grows Inside My Chest 
West Thebarton | Mongrel Australia 

BEST ABORIGINAL or TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER ARTIST – Sponsored by the University of Adelaide 

DEM MOB | DIP 
Electric Fields | One Milkali (One Blood) 
J-MILLA | On My Soul 
Rob Edwards | Dreaming 

BEST SOLO ARTIST – Sponsored by General Admission Entertainment

Adam Page | Stasis and Flux: Evolution I 
aleksiah | Who Are You When You’re Not Performing? 
MANE | Caught In The Undertow 
Motez | Make Way (Feat. Elsy Wameyo) 

BEST RELEASE – Sponsored by Hindley Street Music Hall

aleksiah | Who Are You When You’re Not Performing? 
Coldwave | No Conflict 
Motez | Coalesce 
Swapmeet | Oxalis 
West Thebarton | Mongrel Australia

And the Industry Awards nominees, sponsored by Moshtix, are:

INDUSTRY AWARDS FINALISTS

Sponsored by Moshtix

BEST STUDIO – Sponsored by Northern Sound System

Cactus Cactus Sound 
Forest Range Studios 
House of Sap 
Wundenberg’s Recording Studios 

BEST STUDIO ENGINEER/PRODUCER – Sponsored by Novatech

Jess Day 
Lucinda Machin 
Ryan Martin John 
Sam Lench 

BEST LIVE TECHNICIAN – Sponsored by Adelaide Guitar Festival

Lachlan Sheehan 
Luke Hancock 
Matt Adams 
Ryan Martin John 

BEST SMALL FESTIVAL/EVENT – Sponsored by Woodville Town Hall

Heavy SA Fest 
Housing Boom 
I Am Not A Burden Fest 
IndieFest 
Space Jams 

BEST MAJOR FESTIVAL/EVENT – Sponsored by Adelaide Backline Production Hire

Adelaide Beer & BBQ Festival 
Cry Baby Fest 
Froth & Fury Fest 
Nice Day to Go To The Club 
Spin Off Festival 

BEST REGIONAL MUSIC VENUE, FESTIVAL OR EVENT – Sponsored by the Australian Hotels Association 

Big Easy Radio – McLaren Vale 
South East Beer & BBQ Fest – Mt Gambier 
Space Jams – Inman Valley 
The Three Brothers Arms – Macclesfield 
Yabaardu – Ceduna 

BEST VENUE – Sponsored by the Australian Hotels Association 

Ancient World 
Crown & Anchor 
Grace Emily 
Hindley Street Music Hall 
UniBar ADL 

BEST MANAGER – Sponsored by ThreeD

Hannah Louise 
Rachel Whitford (27 Music) 
Sam Szabo (PAK) 
Sebastian James (27 Music) 
Tayla Carlaw (Pretty Good Thanks) 

BEST COVER ART – Sponsored by Version Design

Coldwave | Designer – Aysh Field | Released – 9th August 2023 
aleksiah | Designer – Lucinda Corin | Released – 28th May 2024 
Druid Fluids | Designer – Pia Gynell Jorgensen | Released – 27th October 2023 
Swapmeet | Designer – Venus O’Brien | Released – 12th April 2024 

BEST MUSIC VIDEO – Sponsored by JCDecaux

DEM MOB / Natasha Wanganeen – “DIP” 
Kitchen Witch / Kristoffer Lucia – “Lost” 
LOLA / Bryce Kraehenbuehl – “Game Over” 
My Chérie / Bryce Kraehenbuehl – “Darkness & Gold” 
TOWNS / Luke Franceschini – “Birthdays” 

BEST LIVE MUSIC PHOTOGRAPH – Sponsored by Atkins Photo Lab & Atkins Pro

Ariadne Mercer | Swapmeet @ Crown & Anchor, 15th March 2023 
Deb Kloeden | The Empty Threats @ Woodville Town Hall, 8th November 2022 
Evie Wonder | Molly Rocket @ Crown & Anchor, 23rd December 2022 
Lucinda Corin | aleksiah @ Jive, 8th June 2023 
Nash Blight | The Empty Threats @ Lion Arts Factory, 19th April 2023 

BEST MUSIC EDUCATOR – Sponsored by Carclew

Annie Siegmann 
Hayley Wedding 
Peter Spiniello