RAC Arena’s Limelight applications are now open!
For the fourth consecutive year, RAC Arena is once again giving local musicians the chance to step into the spotlight with the return of Limelight,
3 November 2025
WAM AWARDS
Celebrating excellence within the WA Music Community
The Western Australian Music Awards are prestigious, long-running annual awards that aim to recognise the achievements of WA artists and industry.
Highly-regarded across Australia, the awards serve as a promotional tool for introducing audiences to the year’s most exciting and outstanding music and the people that create it.
WA Music Award nominations will be opening at WAMCon, the 14th of August 2026, and run until the 1st of February, 2027.
We are having our nominations period open for an extended period of time to allow for the achievements of all artists to be recognised over the year, as opposed to just the achievements closest to the awards period. Artists are encourage to nominate themselves and recognise their own successes within the industry.
Please see below for this year’s T&C’s and nominate below!
WAM AWARD CATEGORIES
The Golden WAMi is a prestigious award that recognises an individual who has made an outstanding, long-standing contribution and provided exemplary service to the Western Australian music community.
HALL OF FAMERS
| 2005 | Bon Scott (posthumous), Dave Hole, Martin Clarke |
| 2006 | David McComb (posthumous), The Pigram Brothers, James Baker |
| 2007 | The Farriss Brothers |
| 2009 | Dave Faulkner |
| 2010 | Matt Taylor |
| 2011 | Shaun O’Callaghan (posthumous), The Waifs, Pete Carroll |
| 2012 | Tim Minchin, Robert Hunter (posthumous), Paul Bodlovich |
| 2013 | Ken ‘Squasha’ Knight |
| 2014 | Philip Stevens, Martyn P. Casey |
| 2015 | Paul Sloan, Helen Matthews |
| 2016 | Rick Steele, The Triffids |
| 2017 | Eurogliders, Graham Wood (posthumous) |
| 2018 | Dixie Battersby, The Stems |
| 2019 | Johnny Young, The Scientists |
| 2020 | Will Backler (RTRFM) |
| 2021 | Paul McCarthy, Fitzroy XPress |
| 2022 | Sue Hammersley |
| 2023 | Jebediah |
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