South Australian Music Awards
The South Australian Music Awards, also known as SA Music Awards, commonly SAM Awards, formerly Fowler's Live Music Awards (FLMA), are annual awards that exist to recognise, promote and celebrate excellence in the South Australian contemporary music industry. They take place in Adelaide, South Australia every November. The venue has varied over the years. History. The inaugural South Australian Music Awards took place in November 2015, after having been known as the Fowler's Live Music Awards (FLMA) from 2012 to 2014, when custodianship was handed to Music SA. Fowler's Live (since 2018 and  Lion Arts Factory) was a popular Adelaide live music venue. Major partners are the South Australian Government's Music Development Office (in the Department of Innovation & Skills), The Music, Moshtix & Australian Hotels Association. Eligibility and awards. Eligibility. All applicants must have commercially released the entered work between the eligible period of 1 August to 31 July (of the award year). All applicants must have at least 50% of their band members residing in South Australia or they must identify and promote themselves as being South Australian. All applicants should be registered with APRA AMCOS. All entered works must be original  compositions. Award winners. People's choice awards are 100% voted for by the public via themusic.com.au. For the Industry and Major awards, a judging panel consisting of ten local and five national industry peers is selected each year. The panel includes a diverse range of gender, age and culture. 2012–2014: Fowler's Live Music Awards. 2012. The 2012 Fowler's Live Music Awards took place at Fowlers on 1 November 2012 to "recognise success and achievement over the past 12 months [and] celebrate the great diversity of original live music" in South Australia. 20 industry and five public voted awards  were handed out. The winners are listed below. 2013. The 2013 Fowler's Live Music Awards took place in November 2013. The winners are listed below. 2014. The 2014 Fowler's Live Music Awards took place on 13 November 2014. Organiser Peter Darwin said "It is humbling to see the level of support both within the industry and from the music loving public for the FLMA's. The event has become a great celebration, and well-deserved recognition for our quality artists!" The winners are listed below. 2015–present: SAM Awards. 2015. The 2015 South Australian Music Awards took place  on 10 November 2015. The Ryan Freeman Live Music Award, created in honour of Ryan Freeman, a live music fan who died in 2009, was awarded to Kelly Menhennett who also received $4000 to assist her career. 2015 marks Music SA's inaugural custodianship of the rebranded awards. The winners are listed below. 2016. The 2016 South Australian Music Awards took place on 10 November 2016. The winners are listed below. 2017. The 2017 South Australian Music Awards took place on 9 November 2017 at the Thebarton Theatre. The winners are listed below. 2018. The 2018 South Australian Music  Awards was hosted by Zan Rowe and took place at Thebarton Theatre on 8 November 2018. The winners are listed below. 2019. The 2019 South Australian Music Awards took place in Bonython Hall at the University of Adelaide on 22 November 2019. Kelly Menhennett, Jimblah, Stellie, Jess Day, Horror My Friend and Electric Fields gave live performances. There were a few changes in 2019. The APRA/AMCOS Emily Burrows Award, instituted in 2001 in memory of Emily Burrows, a former APRA AMCOS membership representative and compliance officer and awarded to a South Australian artist or band, was included in the  ceremony. The "World Music" category was replaced with "Soul/Funk/RnB", and the "Best Engineer" category was split into "Best Live Engineer" and "Best Studio Engineer". The winners are listed below. 2020. The 2020 South Australian Music Awards took place on 3 November 2020 at UniBar Adelaide. The inaugural presentation of a new award, the "Innovation Award", was presented by "CityMag" magazine. The winners are listed below. 2021. The 2021 South Australian Music Awards took place on 18 November 2021 at the Old Adelaide Gaol.