
The 2025 SMAs will take place Sunday, March 2 at the Regina Performing Arts Centre, Regina.​
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SaskMusic will honour excellence, and celebrate the achievements of our music industry members over the past year with the 2025 Saskatchewan Music Awards. Submissions for this year's awards are now closed.
​You can watch the nominee announcement on our YouTube channel
See the list of nominees here.​
Public Voting Closed January 31/25 10pm CST
A combination of public votes and jury marks will determine the nominees of these four categories.
To vote, you will need to provide a valid email address. After voting you will receive an email with a link to further validate your vote. Only ONE vote per valid email address will be accepted for each poll for the duration the polls are open.*
Be sure to type your email address correctly, or you won't get the validation email.
Album of the Year
The Long List of 39 albums has been selected by our jury.
Now it's your turn to help determine the nominees and winner.
VOTING IS NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED.
THE FINAL NOMINEES WILL BE ANNOUNCED ONLINE IN EARLY FEBRUARY AND THE WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT THE AWARDS CEREMONY MARCH 2.​​​​​
Industry Categories:
Industry Achievement
Music Company or Organization of the Year
Venue or Festival of the Year
The nominees have been selected by our juries. You can help determine the winners.
VOTING IS NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED.
THE WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT THE AWARDS CEREMONY MARCH 2.
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*The fine print: Anti-bot and anti-spam tools are engaged in the voting application. Only your first vote per valid email address will be counted for the duration of the voting period, regardless of how many voting attempts are logged. Clear attempts at vote stuffing will disqualify all votes tied to that email and may, in our sole discretion, result in an album's disqualification. In the event of technical errors, marks will be determined by jury results alone.​
Press mentions:
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"Southeast Saskatchewan Artists Shine with 2025 SaskMusic Award Nominations", Discover Estevan
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"Southeast performers on the shortlist for SaskMusic Awards," SaskToday.ca
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"Mae Wilson Theatre nominated for Sask Music Award," Discover Moose Jaw
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"Ocean Man's Justin Holness nominated for Sask Music Award," SaskToday.ca
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Award-winning rapper and activist Eekwol on her 10th studio album ‘Tmrws’ , APTN​
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Teagan Littlechief up for two Saskatchewan Music Awards, SaskToday.ca
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Local musician and writer nominated for two SMA Awards, PA Herald

Indigenous Music Achievement Award Honouree: Erroll Kinistino
We are very pleased to announce our Indigenous Music Achievement Award honouree for 2025, Erroll Kinistino. He will be recognized for his legacy and impact on music at the Saskatchewan Music Awards celebration, Sunday, March 2 in Regina.
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Erroll Kinistino is a Saulteaux Treaty Indian with membership on the Ochapowace First Nation near Broadview, Saskatchewan, that borders the historic Qu'Appelle Valley, in South East Saskatchewan. He was born in Whitewood, Saskatchewan, and graduated from Grenfell Consolidated High School.
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In 1989, Erroll was in the original production of Tomson Highway’s award-winning play, Dry Lips Outta Move to Kapuskasing, as the character Creature Nataways. His other theater acting credits include Red Sky Performance’s play, Raven Stole the Sun (2009-2010); Dancing Sky’s centennial tour in Saskatchewan, All My Relations – Wahkotowin (2005), and Sheater’s Saskatchewan tour of Far From the Heart (2012).
Film wise, he is well-known for his role as Leon Deela on North of 60 (1992-2002). Other screen credits include Phil the bartender on Corner Gas (2006-2008), Cold As Ice in Out In the Cold (2005). Kenny Bearclaw in Moccasin Flats (2003) and Sol in This Time Last Winter (2009). He has been active in Saskatchewan’s theatre and music scenes for many years as an actor, director, singer and acoustic guitarist.
He has since become a performing artist, on stage, screen, and radio. He is also a videographer, and created a short film with the Touchwood Agency youth, called Stop The Cycle, with his partner, editor, Josie Linka. It was a big hit and received coverage by Creeson Agecoutay of Nelson Bird's CTV show Indigenous Circle.
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As a musician, Erroll Kinistino plays a variety of instruments: acoustic and electric guitar, drums, and harmonica, to name a few, and he also sings traditional songs with a hand drum. He sings and plays his own songs, such as Kokum’s Kaddilac, Shuk Sha Ki-Nuk, and 24 Hours. He recently recorded Kokum's Kaddilac with the Billy Joe Green band, and it it went to Number One on NCI FM, in Manitoba.
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He has appeared in GX94’s Star Search (2013), the Gold Eagle Casino’s Pride of the Northwest Talent Competition (2014), and was chosen as a performer in Voices of the North (2014), in Prince Albert Saskatchewan. Erroll Kinistino MC’s many events on the prairies, and across Canada, acts as an elder at various ceremonies, and can always be found at music scenes in Regina and Saskatoon. He is a constant humanitarian, speaks and represents his people with pride everywhere he goes.

Call for Youth Performers: Deadline 5pm January 27/2025 (Now closed)
SaskMusic is reserving a performance spot at the 2025 SMAs for a youth performer. This call goes out to artists around the province who are age 21 or under, performing in any genre, as a solo, duo, or trio.
To submit, you will need a video of yourself performing one song that you wrote. To see additional information and submit, visit this form.