The South Australian Music Awards returned once again for its ninth year, dishing out a treasure trove of awards at the annual ceremony. 

Hosted on November 3rd at The Cloisters and Unibar Lawns at Adelaide Uni, the night's proceedings saw Motez and Wing Defence taking home multiple awards, while local legends Towns, Jess Day, Naomi Keyte, SONS OF ZÖKU, Jessica Wishart, Ollie English and Germein were amongst the other winning artists. 

Moshtix was proud to sponsor this year's People's Choice Awards for the Electronic category with crowd favourite producer Motez claiming the crown. Motez also took home the prize for Best Music Video with the video clip for his track 'Soulitude', which also shared the winning spot for Best Release alongside Wing Defence's 'Friends'. 

Adelaide's newest live music venue Lion Arts Factory took out Best Venue for the second year in a row (two awards for two years of being open!). They play host to a heap of amazing local South Australian, plus wider Australian and International acts. Make sure to check out what they've got coming up HERE, including the just-announced Jaguar Jonze show in December!

In the Industry Awards portion of the night, over in the Festivals category, we saw The Porch Sessions take out Best Small Festival, alongside St Jerome's Laneway Festival - Adelaide taking out the Best Major Festival award. 

Check out the full list of winners from the night, below.

SPECIAL AWARDS

UNESCO Best International Collaboration Award

Farhan Shah and Udan Khatola

Music SA Community Achievement Award

Craig Armstrong

APRA AMCCOS Emily Burrows Award

SEABASS

PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS

Blues & Roots

presented by Radio Adelaide

Ollie English

Country

presented by Grace Emily Hotel

Jessica Wishart

Electronic

presented by MOSHTIX

Motez

Experimental

presented by Ancient World

SONS OF ZÖKU

Folk

presented by Wheatsheaf Hotel

Naomi Keyte

Heavy

presented by Enigma Bar

NO NO NO NO NO

Hip Hop

presented by The Gov

We Move Like Giants

Jazz

presented by Elder Con

Django Rowe

Pop

presented by Lion Arts Factory

Germein

Punk

presented by Three D Radio

Wing Defence

Rock

presented by Crown & Anchor

TOWNS

Soul/Funk/R'n'B

presented by Woodville Town Hall

Wanderers

SAM AWARDS

Best Innovation

presented by CityMag

play / pause / play

Best Music Educator

presented by SAMII

Nick O'Connor

Best Studio

presented by Adelaide Music Collective

Ghostnote

Best Studio Engineer / Producer

presented by SAE Institute

Mario Spate

Best Live Technician

presented by Novatech

Luke Hancock

Best Small Festival/Event

presented by UniBar

The Porch Sessions

Best Major Festival/Event

presented by Pirate Life

St Jerome's Laneway Festival - Adelaide

Best Venue

presented by AHA (SA Branch)

Lion Arts Factory

Best Cover Art

presented by VERSION Design

Todd Fischer (Lost Woods - Shaping Distant Memories)

Best Manager

presented by Association of Artist Managers

Matthew Khabbaz

Best Music Video

presented by Channel 44

Motez, Pilot Studio, Mapped Design, Daggers Production, Kelsey Pedler (Motez - Soulitude)

Best Song

presented by APRA AMCOS

Affection by Jess Day

Best New Artist

presented by WOMADelaide

Siberian Tiger & Slowmango

Best Group

presented by Derringers

Wing Defence

Best Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

presented by CASM

Jessica Wishart

Best Solo

presented by Adelaide Festival Centre

Jess Day

Best Release

presented by The Music

Soulitude by Motez & Friends by Wing Defence