BEST RELEASE (EP / ALBUM)
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Swapmeet – Mount Zero

BEST SOLO ARTIST
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Elsy Wameyo

BEST SONG
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Swapmeet – I Know!

BEST MUSIC EDUCATOR
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DEM MOB

BEST MUSIC VIDEO
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Elsy Wameyo – Elsy Wameyo (WAMEYO)

BEST REGIONAL MUSIC VENUE, FESTIVAL OR MUSIC EVENT
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Space Jams

BEST SMALL FESTIVAL
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Caltowie Chilled Out ’n’ Fired Up Music Festival

BEST STUDIO
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Wundenberg’s Recording Studio

BEST STUDIO ENGINEER/PRODUCER
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James Brown

Pop
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effie isobel

Punk
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TOWNS

Rock
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Swapmeet

Soul / Funk / RnB
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OPULENCE

MusicSA Community Award

The MusicSA Community Achievement Award is selected by the Board of MusicSA, and serves to recognise outstanding work to support and develop South Australia’s music industry by an organisation or individual.

Nancy Bates

UNESCO Adelaide City of Music Collaboration Award

The UNESCO Best International Collaboration award celebrates an outstanding music collaboration between an international and South Australian musician, as chosen by Adelaide UNESCO City of Music.

Breeze

Neville Clark Awards

The Neville Clark Awards honour the late Neville Clark, who was a leading mastering engineer, owner of Disk Edits and highly respected champion of SA music and production. Initiated and facilitated by Neville’s wife, Rosanna Clark, the award includes a generous cash prize and will be presented to two leading sound production graduates – one from TAFE SA and one from SAE Creative Media Institute.

– presented by SAE Institute

Ellie Moffatt

– presented by TAFESA

Felicity Slee

SA Hall of Fame Induction – BAD//DREEMS

From humble beginnings to grand stages, the South Australian Music Hall of Fame has become a cornerstone of the state’s vibrant musical landscape, celebrating legends and nurturing new talent.

Bad//Dreems are an Adelaide rock band formed in 2011 by Ben Marwe, Alex Cameron, Miles Wilson and James Bartold, with the addition of Alistair Wells in 2014. Across five studio albums, all charting in the ARIA top 40, they became one of South Australia’s defining bands. Their debut Dogs at Bay (2015), produced by Mark Opitz, was followed by Gutful (2017), Doomsday Ballet(2019) and Hoo Ha! (2023), which was nominated for Best Rock Album at the ARIA Awards. Their fifth album, Ultra Dundee (2026), was released independently and debuted at #1 on the ARIA Australian Albums Chart (#5 overall). The band have won eight South Australian Music Awards, including Best Release and Best Group, and toured Australia, the UK and Europe extensively, and have supported Midnight Oil, Pavement, The Avalanches, Cold Chisel and At the Drive-In. The band went on hiatus in 2026.