Airdate: National Indigenous Music Awards 2022

NITV / SBS VICELAND will screen the National Indigenous Music Awards 2022 this Saturday from Darwin Amphitheatre.

After two years of live performances cancelled, this massive celebration of Indigenous music is back to celebrate in person with the community.

The NIMAs have partnered with triple j and its First Nations show, Blak Out, to create a two-hour special. Thelma Plum and King Stingray will be joined onstage by a slew of deadly talent from Emma Donovan & the Putbacks, Birdz & Fred Leone, Yirrmal, and J-MILLA.

“After a two year hiatus it’s very exciting to be bringing the NIMAs back to the Darwin Amphitheatre on Larrakia Country,” said NIMA Creative Director Ben Graetz, “I’m thrilled to see such an extraordinary list of finalists this year and cannot wait for live performances from some of our most powerful First Nations musicians such as Thelma Plum and Emma Donovan & the Putbacks. This year is all about coming together and celebrating as one big community.”

BARKAA, Thelma Plum and Baker Boy lead the nominations while Thelma, King Stingray, Emma Donovan & the Putbacks, Birdz and Fred Leone will lead a killer Darwin awards show proudly supported by Amazon Music – the first
live NIMAs ceremony since 2019.

Finalists for this year’s coveted National Indigenous Music Awards have been chosen, along with the ceremony’s live performance lineup, with more artists to be announced soon. More than twenty talented artists have been nominated as the finest in First Nations music, with winners to be chosen under the stars at Darwin Amphitheatre on August 6.

Tickets for the event are on sale now, via the ticket link at nima.musicnt.com.au. The NIMAs are supported by the Northern Territory Government and Australia Council for the Arts in association with Darwin Festival.

7:30pm AEST Saturday on NITV / SBS VICELAND.