The Scottish Live Music Awards 2025 - Nominations Open Now
Nominations for SLMA 2025 are now closed. After 36,065 nominations, we are delighted to reveal the longlist nominees in each category as follows.
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LONGLIST NOMINATIONS 2025:
Live Artist of the Year
Beluga Lagoon
Brooke Combe
Callum Beattie
Cloth
Nathan Evans & Saint PHNX
Retro Video Club
Rianne Downey
Skerryvore
The Eves
Vistas
Indie, Rock & Alternative Live Artist of the Year
Ben Walker
Calum Bowie
Caseveti
Faeda
Fright Years
Indoor Foxes
Parliamo
The Marches
The Rampants
The Rants
Folk & Traditional Live Artist of the Year
Brogeal
Clann An Drumma
Elephant Sessions
Jarad Rowan
Kinnaris Q
Kirsteen Harvey
Talisk
The Laurettes
Trail West
Valtos
Electronic & Dance Live Artist of the Year
Fourth Daughter
Lusa
LVRA
Mikey Thomas
Natasha Tee
Roisin McCarney
Roller Disco Death Party
Thundermoon
Valtos
Vlure
Hip Hop, Rap & Pop Live Artist of the Year
Becca Starr
CHEF
ISO YSO
JusHarry
Kai Reesu
Loki
Psweatpants
Solareye
Stagb0y
Supermann On Da Beat
Rock & Metal Live Artist of the Year
Anchor Lane
Bad Actress
Connor Byrne & The Bad Kissers
Dead Pony
Gambit
Permacrisis
Sixth Wonder
The Sankaras
Too Red
Vukovi
Acoustic Live Artist of the Year
Brodie Barclay
JOYFUL
Katie Nicoll
Kirsteen Harvey
Liv Dawn
Lucy Tay
Matthew Hall
Mick Hargan
Niamh Morris
Rosie Alice
Tribute Live Artist of the Year
Deacon Blues
Elvis King
Foo Fifers
Gerry Cinna-Man Experience
Killer-Instinct
Maiden Scotland
Simple Minded
The McCommittments
The Runrig Experience
Them & Us
Young Live Artist of the Year (All members must be age 25 or under)
Abbie Gordon
Ellijai
Fraser Mclean
Jasmin Jet
Joe Goodall
Katie Nicoll
Matthew Hall
Reliever
Shay O'Dowd
The Claes
Newcomer Live Artist of the Year (First live show no earlier than Sept 2024)
Charlie Ferguson
Ellijai
Ewan McKenna
heavyskint
Lewis Aird
Pat Hamilton
Shay O'Dowd
Stratus
Stride
Whyte Noise
Live Venue of the Year (Small) Up to 500 capacity
DreadnoughtRock (Bathgate)
Hug & Pint (Glasgow)
King Tuts (Glasgow)
MacArts (Galashiels)
Macsorleys (Glasgow)
McChuills (Glasgow)
PJ Molloy's (Dunfermline)
Sneaky Pete's (Edinburgh)
Stramash (Edinburgh)
The Bungalow (Paisley)
Live Venue of the Year (Medium/ Large) Above 500 capacity
Barrowland (Glasgow)
Corran Halls (Oban)
La Belle Angele (Edinburgh)
Music Hall (Aberdeen)
O2 Academy (Glasgow)
Oran Mor (Glasgow)
Saint Luke's (Glasgow)
Slay (Glasgow)
SWG3 (Glasgow)
Usher Hall (Edinburgh)
Festival of the Year
Belladrum
Eden
Edgefest
Heartland
Kelburn Garden Party
MacMoray
Stay Fresh Dunoon
Tenement Trail
Tiree Music Festival
TRNSMT
Legend Award (Must have been playing live for 15+ years)
Amy Macdonald
Franz Ferdinand
Julie Fowlis
Lewis Capaldi
Paolo Nutini
Primal Scream
Skerryvore
Teenage Fanclub
The Proclaimers
Twin Atlantic
How it Works
Nomination: Public nominations are collected for each award category.
Longlist: A longlist of nominees is drawn up for public vote.
Shortlist: Shortlisted artists are submitted to a panel of industry expert judges.
Presentation: Awards are presented to winners across each category at a ceremony later this year. 
The Scottish Live Music Awards is proudly independent. We are not affiliated with any other music awards or events in Scotland.