The 2025 BAMMY Awards

The 2025 Bay Area Music Awards

The historic Tarlton Theatre is proud to host the second annual Bay Area Music Awards on Wednesday-Thursday, March 19-20, 2025!

The BAMMY Awards will recognize and celebrate our local, Green Bay Area music industry and will showcase bands, musicians, performers, and other music industry professionals in 40 award categories. Nominees will be chosen through a public nomination process and finalists will be selected by industry professionals on the BAMMY Awards Committee and the public.

2024 BAMMY Recipients & Finalists | Industry Awards

Original Artist of the Year

Matty Day (Recipient)

Rändi Fay

Trash Pandas

Original Album of the Year

META DADA by Matty Day (Recipient)

In My Life: A Tribute to the Life & Music of Bob Balsley by Various Artists

Leftovers From Tomorrow by The Smart Shoppers

Original Song of the Year

"Terrified!" by Modern Haunting (Recipient)

"Inside Groove Out" by Jeremiah Jams Band

"New Years" by Kurt Gunn

Recording Studio/Studio Producer of the Year

LuckyLamb Productions/Joseph Lambert (Recipient)

The Bridge Recording Studio/Carl Romey

Studio 330/Hans Christian

Live Music Venue of the Year

The Tarlton Theatre (Recipient)

EPIC Event Center

La Vie Taverne

Live Sound Producer of the Year

Steve Havlichek (Recipient)

Collin Catalano

Dan Collins

Radio Station of the Year

91.1 The Avenue (Recipient)

94.7 Razor

105.7 WAPL

Breakthrough Artist of the Year

Modern Haunting (Recipient)

Trash Pandas

Wet Possum

Singer-Songwriter of the Year

Tarl Knight (Recipient)

Brad Bordini

Kurt Gunn

Lifetime Achievement

Jim Runge (Recipient)

Frank Hermans

Tom Smith

2024 BAMMY RECIPIENTS & FINALISTS | Musical Artist Awards

Americana/Bluegrass Artist of the Year

Kurt Gunn (Recipient)

Dig Deep

The Snowbirds

Bass Music/Dance Music of the Year

UNKNWN (Recipient)

DJ Woodworth

GB Bass

Blues Artist of the Year

Dale Anderson (Recipient)

The French Irish Coalition

Little Cisco

Country Artist of the Year

The Raglanders (Recipient)

Kurt Gunn

Logan Spicer

Jazz Artist of the Year

Cat Plan (Recipient)

Sam Bodhi

Sam Stranz

Metal Artist of the Year

Trash Pandas (Recipient)

Choke

Micawber

Punk Artist of the Year

The Smart Shoppers (Recipient)

Boris the Sprinkler

Holly and the Nice Lions

Rock/Alternative Artist of the Year

Spencer Smet Band (Recipient)

The French Irish Coalition

Sons of Kong

World/Latin/Reggae/Ska Artist of the Year

Unity the Band (Recipient)

Banda Los Locales

Luma Knotty