The Sammys - Syracuse Area Music Awards

01/01/2026

Today's January 1st! EVERYONE can now "nominate" their CNY Favorites! Nominate your favorite Artists and Bands, Events and Music Series, Academic and Musical Organizations, and Venues now through January 11th!

Get in on the Sammys’ action by participating in our annual People’s Choice vote. Each year we host a web-based competition to see whose fans are the most psyched about their favorites in each of four categories: Artist or Band, Event or Series, Academic or Musical Organization, and Venue. Since...

12/17/2025

“I like the fact that this city seems to love me," Isreal Hagan once said of Syracuse. "I love it, and it loves me right back.”

12/16/2025

January 2 deadline for 2025 recordings. Submit you album, EP and or single.

Local musicians, bands, and artists are encouraged to submit their commercially available albums, EPs and single to the Syracuse Area Music Awards! If you’re a Syracuse area musician and released new work between January 1 – December 31, 2025, you are eligible for consideration! All submissions ...

12/09/2025

Now accepting 2025 recording submissions. January 2, 2026 deadline.
SyracuseAreaMusic.com/submissions

People’s Choice submissions open January 1!

Local musicians, bands, and artists are encouraged to submit their commercially available albums, EPs and single to the Syracuse Area Music Awards! If you’re a Syracuse area musician and released new work between January 1 – December 31, 2025, you are eligible for consideration! All submissions ...

12/02/2025

Submit your 2025 recording!
SyracuseAreaMusic.com/submissions

Local musicians, bands, and artists are encouraged to submit their commercially available albums, EPs and single to the Syracuse Area Music Awards! If you’re a Syracuse area musician and released new work between January 1 – December 31, 2025, you are eligible for consideration! All submissions ...

11/30/2025

Recorded submissions open tomorrow.
People's Choice submissions open Jan 1
SyracuseAreaMusic.com

11/30/2025

He performed in multiple groups, including United B***y Foundation and the Pink Floyd tribute Childhood's End.

11/28/2025

https://oswegocountytoday.com/entertainment/syracuse-area-music-awards-sammys-2026/?fbclid=IwZnRzaAOWHcNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEe0HTLgf5I9qgMBxsSq5JdcVzc4EilFJzYIHMC0mIO4QoGnrTpccVfByAoUsk_aem_rNNY8dQm2zZaAUM5CLbJ8Q

SYRACUSE, NY – The SAMMYS Board is pleased to announce the 2026 Syracuse Area Music Awards Hall of Fame Dinner and Awards Show. The SAMMYS Hall of Fame Dinner will be held on Thursday, March …

11/26/2025

https://www.syracuse.com/music/2025/11/sammys-its-time-for-local-artists-to-submit-for-2026-syracuse-music-awards.html

The Syracuse Area Music Awards are CNY's version of the Grammys.

11/18/2025

Did you record an album or ep in 2025?
Recorded submissions open December 1 SyracuseAreaMusic.com
Popular People’s Choice submissions open January 1

09/25/2025

Save the dates!
Thursday, March 5, 2026 Hall of Fame dinner
Friday, March 6, 2026 Awards Show
SyracuseAreaMusic.com