Nominees announced for the 2017 FBi Sydney Music, Arts & Culture Awards

FBi Radio has announced nominees for the 2017 FBi Sydney Music, Arts & Culture (SMAC) Awards.

Each year since 2008, theFBi SMAC Awards have recognised Sydney’s most exciting new talent in music, arts and culture. Its partners this year includeAPRA AMCOS, Young Henry’s, 42BELOW, Cake Wines, Epic Pizza and Carriageworks.

This year’s winners will join past recipients such as The Preatures, Shining Bird, Flume, Royal Headache, Sampa the Great, artists Angela Tiatia and Tony Albert among many more.

Over 9 categories, this year’s Awards will celebrate Sydney’s most exceptional musicians, artists, performers, restaurants and events. A special SMAC of the Year Award will also be presented to an individual who has made a significant contribution to Sydney’s vibrant cultural life.

Voting is open to the public as of 9am today (November 30) and will run until 5pm December 28.

Winners will be announced at a ceremony on Tuesday, January 30, held at Carriageworks and broadcast live on FBi 94.5FM.

The invite-only Awards ceremony will feature performances by a handful of 2017’s most groundbreaking artists, to be announced very soon.

Here is the complete list of 2017nominees:

RECORD OF THE YEAR

Alex Cameron – Forced Witness
Cloud Control – Zone
Mere Women – Big Skies
Orion – Orion
Party Dozen – The Living Man

NEXT BIG THING
Body Type
Jikuroux
Manu Crook$
Odette
Rebecca Hatch

BEST LIVE ACT
Presented by Young Henrys
Body Type
Manu Crook$
Party Dozen
These New South Whales
Winston Surfshirt

BEST MUSIC EVENT
Presented by 42BELOW
Electric Lady
King Street Crawl
Pavlova Bar
Ricardo’s
Soft Centre

BEST EATS
Annandale Cornersmith
Bad Hombres
Madre
Paper Bird
Saga

BEST SONG
Presented by APRA | AMCOS
Gussy – ’Mornings’
Odette – ’Watch Me Read You’
Okenyo – ’Women’s World’
Touch Sensitive – ’Lay Down’
Rainbow Chan – ’Let Me’

BEST ON STAGE
Bennelong – Bangara Dance Theatre
Carrion – Justin Shoulder
Ich Nibber Dibber – post
Hir – Belvoir
The Second Woman – Nat Randall

BEST ARTIST
Angela Goh
Emily Parsons-Lord
Jason Phu
Spence Messih
Zanny Begg

BEST ARTS PROGRAM
ATYP
Bayanihan Philippine Art Project
Liveworks 2017
Subbed In
The National

For more info on the FBi SMAC Award nominees and to vote, head to fbiradio.com/smacs.