The 2020 South Australian Music Awards will go ahead with the ceremony (Tuesday 3 November) to be conducted in line with current COVID-19 safety restrictions.
Whether the awards ceremony happens IRL or is moved to a virtual showcase will be announced at a later dater.However the SAM Awards are presented, the best and emerging South Australian musical talent's accomplishments of the past 12 months will be celebrated once again (nominations are now open).
Last year's Awards witnessed indie rockers Horror My Friend walk away with three awards: Best Group, Best Song and Best Music Video directed by Ryan Sahb. While Adrian Eagle and Electric Fields both came away with two awards each.
Click here to read our review of the 2019 SAM Awards.
Newly appointed General Manager at Music SA, Kim Roberts says: "In what's been a very difficult year for our industry, I'm really looking forward to celebrating all of the excellent music and fantastic achievements that have emerged out of SA in the last year.
"It's such a great opportunity to acknowledge the creativity and innovation that makes our community so exciting."
2020 sees new award categories including Best Innovation, an award focused on championing new media and ideas around the music landscape, Best Music Educator and the splitting of the Festival / Event category into 'major' and 'small' awards.
The SAM's Industry awards will be decided by a panel of 15 national and local judges.
• Alex Karatassa (5/4 Entertainment)
• Beck Pearce (Office of Adelaide UNESCO City of Music)
• Declan Byrne (Triple J)
• Ed Noble (Sunny Side Uploads)
• Emily York (Penny Drop)
• Grant Gillies (Gaga Music)
• Grayson Rotumah (Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music)
• Hannah Fairlamb (Girls Rock! Adelaide)
• James Alberts (Jimblah)
• Kate Bailey (ABC Adelaide)
• Lewis Wundenberg (Wundenberg's Recording and Rehearsal Studios)
• Maggie Collins (Morning Belle)
• Tam Boakes (Jive)
• Tyler Jenke (Rolling Stone)
• Zane Dean (Fresh 927)
Industry Voted Awards
• Best Studio
• Best Studio Engineer
• Best Live Technician
• Best Major Festival/Event
• Best Small Festival/Event
• Best Venue
• Best Cover Art
• Best Manager
• Best Music Video
• Best Song Best New Artist
• Best Group
• Best Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander Artist
• Best Solo Artist
• Best Release
• Best Music Educator
• Best Innovation
The People's Choice Awards (12 genre-specific categories) will be voted by members of the public.
Click here to read the 2019 SAM Awards winners.
