The South Australian Music Awards are calling on all artists, bands, music industry professionals, and music fans to show their love for the state’s booming music scene.
Nominations for this year’s SA Music Awards are now open. Artists and bands can submit nominations for themselves, but if you just love the music coming out of South Australia, you can put forward a nomination for local talent or someone you believe deserves recognition for their work.
This year’s awards will be revealed on Tuesday, 10 November, at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre, so save the date.
Artists, bands and other members of the local music industry will be nominated across 34 award categories, which are unveiled across two streams: the industry-voted awards, judged by an independent panel of judges, and the People’s Choice awards, voted by the public.
You can check your eligibility and nominate yourself or someone else here.
The SA Music Awards contain major awards, such as Best Song, Best New Artist, Best Group, Best Release (EP/Album), and more, plus industry awards that cover music festivals, photography, venues, artist managers, and other nominations, as well as the People’s Choice awards, which comprise genre-voted winners.
At last year’s SA Music Awards, pop singer Aleksiah and hip-hop group Dem Mob took home four wins apiece in the Major, Industry, and People’s Choice categories.
In addition to Aleksiah and Dem Mob, Oscar The Wild and Ella Ion each claimed two awards.
Don't miss a beat with our FREE daily newsletter
The former won Best Group and the People’s Choice Rock Award, while the latter won the Best New Artist and People’s Choice Folk Award. The Adelaide Beer & BBQ Festival also won two awards: Best Large Music Festival and Best Regional Music Venue, Festival or Music Event (for its Limestone Coast Beer & BBQ Festival).
Other winners included Effie Isobel, Lion Arts Factory, TOWNS, LOLA, and more. The Music’s Emily Wilson attended the awards and wrote up this stunning recap - revisit last year’s event here.
