2025 WAM Award Nominations Now Open!
Nominations are now open for the 2025 WAMAwards. Don’t miss the chance to nominate someone to recognise the contribution they have made to our local music scene.
Nominations range from genre, to craft, venues and other music businesses. The Golden WAMi will be awarded on the evening to an individual who has provided exceptional contribution to music within our state.
Given the postponement of the awards in 2024, the nomination period for this years awards includes activity from an artist, organisation and individual from August 2023 to September 2025.
All nominations must comply with the terms and conditions of the awards and provide all the information requested by the awards nomination platform.
Following the close of nominations independent judging panels will review the information provided in the applications and with WAM announcing a top 5 in each category in advance of the awards evening.
Nominations close 8am on the 13th October 2025.
Before submitting a nomination please read the full T&Cs HERE.
2025 WAM Award Categories
Craft Awards
- Bassist of the Year
- Brass / Strings / Woodwind Player for the Year
- Drumer/Percussionist of the Year
- Electronic Producer of the Year
- Guitarist of the Year
- Keys/Syth Player of the Year
- Vocalist of the Year
- Genre/Artist Awards
- Alternative/Indie Act of the Year
- Blues Act of the Year
- Country Act of the Year
- Experimental Act of the Year
- Folk/Singer Songwriter Act of the Year
- Global Music Act of the Year
- Hip Hop Act of the Year
- Indigenous Act of the Year
- Jazz Act of the Year
- Metal/Heavy Act of the Year
- Punk/Hardcore Act of the Year
- Pop Act of the Year
- R&B / Funk / Soul Act of the Year
- Regional Act of the Year
- Rock Act of the Year
Golden WAMi
Event, Venue or Business Awards
- Label of the Year
- Live Music Venue of the Year
- Live Music Event of the Year
- Live Sound Engineer of the Year
- Recording Studio of the Year
EP/Album of the Year
- Album of the Year
- EP of the Year
