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The 2027 Saskatchewan Music Award Guidelines are here!
October 23, 2026
SaskMusic will honour excellence and celebrate the achievements of our music industry members with the 2027 Saskatchewan Music Awards. The eighth edition of the awards will be held in Saskatoon on Saturday, February 20, 2027.
We are thrilled to announce that the
guidelines for submissions are now available.
We are just putting the finishing touches on our new, improved submission portal - it will open to receive submissions by Monday, October 26.
MAKE NOTE OF THE SUBMISSION DEADLINE: MIDNIGHT CST NOVEMBER 13, 2026
This awards cycle offers 27 categories:
Artistic Awards
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Afrobeats Artist of the Year
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Children’s Artist of the Year
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Classical or Broadway Artist of the Year
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Country Artist of the Year
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Electronic Artist of the Year
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Hip Hop Artist of the Year
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Inspirational or Spiritual Artist of the Year
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Instrumental or Ambient Artist of the Year
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Jazz or Blues Artist of the Year
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Metal or Hard Rock Artist of the Year
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R&B Artist of the Year
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Rock Artist of the Year
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Pop Artist of the Year
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Roots or Folk Artist of the Year
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Indigenous Music Makers: Contemporary Indigenous Artist of the Year
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Indigenous Music Makers: Traditional Indigenous Artist/Group of the Year
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Single of the Year
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Music Video of the Year
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NEW CATEGORY!! Graphic Piece of the Year
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NEW PROCESS! Album of the Year
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NEW CATEGORY!! Live Artist of the Year
Industry Awards
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NEW NAME: Community Impact Award
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Music Company or Organization of the Year
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Music Professional of the Year
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Producer of the Year
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Venue or Festival of the Year
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Indigenous Music Achievement Award
The next edition of the Saskatchewan Music Awards: An Update
We are happy to announce that the Saskatchewan Music Awards will be continuing! Thank you to everyone who completed our survey and talked with us as we took a pause to evaluate the future of the SMAs. We had an excellent number of responses and are pleased to conclude that we have overwhelming support to continue presenting the SMAs.
Our staff is now getting ready to launch the 2027 awards. The Ninth Edition of the Saskatchewan Music Awards will be held Saturday, February 20, 2027 at Prairieland Park, Saskatoon. Live performances and our Very Prairie music summit will be held on the same weekend, February 19-21 in Saskatoon. The eligibility period for nominations will pick up where the 2025 SMAs left off. The SMAs run on a cycle of every 18-24 months.
We expect to open up nominations by October 23/26. All categories are free to submit to, and we keep the ticket price to attend the show itself very reasonable.
Stay tuned, as we'll be sharing some FAQ that came up through the evaluations here, as well as making a few tweaks to the guidelines/processes based on overall feedback received. To receive event updates to your inbox, please subscribe to the SaskMusic E-release by logging in or creating a free account on www.saskmusic.org.
