The AFMAs - The Australian Folk Music Awards

The AFMAs are a project of Folk Alliance Australia www.folkalliance.org.au established to recognize and celebrate the musical and cultural talent, vibrancy, diversity and community nature of the Australian Folk Music sector. Folk Alliance Australia (FAA) is a not-for-profit incorporated membership organization with over 500 members nationally. The awards were developed from a previous FAA Youth Artist of the Year award held each year at the National Folk Festival. Previous winners uncovered new exciting new talent such as Oh Pep, The Maes, Kuarna Cronin, and in 2021 Charm of Finches and Khristian Mizzi both of whom are appearing as guests on the night.

The AFMA’s will be presented on WEDNESDAY 26th OCTOBER 2022 7.30pm EST at the Brunswick Ballroom Melbourne as a Live Concert & Awards Night and also as a free live streamed event.

The Awards Event will feature, Indigenous Welcome, Live Music performances, Awards Finalists and Winners Presentations, guest interstate artists and will be hosted by leading Folk-Roots artists. The AFMA’s will be a lead-in event to the Maldon Folk Festival (Vic)