FBi Radio announce 2018 SMAC Award nominees

Kicking off in 2008, Sydney's FBi Radio has held the SMAC (Sydney music, arts & culture) Awards annually, recognising and celebrating the incredible pool of talent that's left its mark upon Sydney.

The Sydney institution has just announced their 2018 nominees for categories ranging from Best on Stage to Best Eats to Record of the Year. With previous winners including Body Type for 2017's Next Big Thing, Heaps Gay with Best Music Event in 2016 and Sampa The Great taking out Next Big Thing in 2015, the year's set to be a big one.

Check out the full list of nominees below and cast your vote here.

BEST ARTIST

Justin Shoulder

Shireen Taweel

Shahmen Suku aka Radha La Bia aka the Diva From India

Nadia Hernandez

Talia Smith

Leila El Rayes

BEST ARTS PROGRAM

Campbelltown Arts Centre - Real Real

52 Artists 52 Actions

Sissy Ball

The Countess Report

Parramatta Artists Studios

Desire Lines

BEST ON STAGE

Yarramadoon: The Musical

The Harp in the South

Blackie Blackie Brown: The Traditional Owner of Death

Right Here. Right Now.

The Howling Girls

Dark Emu by Bangarra Dance Company

BEST EATS

Cavalier 2.0

Paperbark

Lankan Filling Station

Bella Brutta

Sang by Mabasa

A1 Canteen’s

BEST SONG - PRESENTED BY APRA AMCOS

The Presets - 'Martini'

Shady Nasty - 'Jewellery'

Kwame - 'WOW'

Julia Jacklin - 'Body'

Kota Banks - 'Zoom'

Slim Set - 'Cooked'

BEST MUSIC EVENT - PRESENTED BY 42BELOW

Mad Racket

Newtown Festival

SOFT CENTRE

Pavlovabar

Heaps Gay Pardi Gras

Psyched As

BEST LIVE ACT - PRESENTED BY YOUNG HENRYS

DIN

Slim Set

100

Freda & Jackson

Sampa The Great

Dispossessed

NEXT BIG THING

100

CLYPSO

Slim Set

Milan Ring

The Kid Laroi

Kwame

RECORD OF THE YEAR

NASHO - 'NASHO'

Phantastic Ferniture - 'Phantastic Ferniture'

DEN - 'Deep Cell'

B Wise - 'Area Famous'

Retiree - 'House Or Home'

Jack River - 'Sugar Mountain'

Photo by Ash Berdebes for FBi Radio

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