News May 27, 2021

National Indigenous Music Awards unveil 2021 live performance lineup

The National Indigenous Music Awards has unveiled its brilliant live performance lineup for the 2021 event set to grace the Darwin Amphitheatre on August 7th.

The seventeenth instalment of the ceremony will feature performances from the likes of Baker Boy, Miiesha, Electric Fields, King Stingray, Dallas Woods and Kee’Ahn, Alice Skye and more. The NIMA’s will be hosted by Steven Oliver (Faboriginal, A Chance Affair, Black Comedy).

The theme for this year’s instalment is collective experience, healing and reflection. “The vision for this year’s awards is to draw on our opportunity to come together and celebrate in person and as a community,” Creative Director Ben Graetz shares.

“We will reflect on our journey over the past year and acknowledge each others’ personal stories of being able to push through the challenging times but also finding gentle opportunities in these moments. This year we focus on healing as a community and how, through the magnetism of music, we can make this happen.”

Nominations for this year’s ceremony close tomorrow (May 28th) and are open to any member of the community. To nominate First Nations artists or releases from the past twelve months, head here.

Tickets for the event are on sale now from www.darwinfestival.org.au. The ceremony will be broadcast via NITV.

Last year’s virtual event was the biggest in NIMA’s history reaching over 250,000 people with broadcasts across NITV, Double J, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. The 2020 event saw performances from the likes of Archie Roach, Miiesha, Thelma Plum, Mambali, JK-47 and more.

Listen to ‘Damaged’ by Miiesha