The SAMMYS Award Show on Friday, March 3, 2023, at the Palace Theatre on James Street in Syracuse.

Thursday night SAMMYS 2020 Hall of Fame will induct:

• Larry Hoyt
• Carolyn Kelly
• Doug Thaler
• Music Educator: Kevin Dorsey
• Lifetime Achievement: Irving Kaufman

Friday night, the SAMMYS 2023 Awards Show at the Palace Theatre welcomes back MC, Dave Frisina. Celebrity presenters will announce Local Musicians, Bands, and Artists who submitted their 2022 recordings.

Winners of the People’s Choice categories. This year the general public cast over 242,000 online votes!

Founder’s Award: Liz Nowak

Performances include:

• Brownskin Band
• The Carolyn Kelly Blues Band,
• Chuck Schiele’s Quatro
• Not Robots!
• Trauma Cat

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The SAMMYS is proud to recognize our 2023 supporting sponsors: NewsChannel 9 & Bridge Street, Dinosaur Radio, 96.5 The Beat, 92.1 The WOLF, Soulshine Radio, Joshua Johnson Design, KMase Productions, SubCat Music Studios, Dinosaur BBQ, NYS Music, cnyalive.com, 315 Music, Jack O Bocchino, Skinner & Associates Realty.