
Grant AndersonThis year’s Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award ceremony will be hosted in Dundee for the first time in its 13-year history.
The city’s Caird Hall will stage the event, which has been hosted in Stirling since 2022, for the next three years.
The £20,000 prize was won last year by Edinburgh band Redolent, who will also open this year’s show.
About 1,500 people are expected to attend the award ceremony on 6 November.
Previous winners include Kathryn Joseph, Mogwai, Anna Meredith, Fergus McCreadie and Young Fathers – the only band to have won the award three times.
Nine runners-up will each win £1,000.
Eligible albums for the award must have been released between 1 June 2024 and 31 May this year.
Music fans, artists and labels can submit eligible albums for free via the SAY website between 1 and 31 July.
The SAY Award has also opened expressions of interest for its Design Commission, calling on local creators to design prizes for this year’s nominees and winners.

Scottish Album of the YearThe event was originally hosted in Glasgow and has also been held in Edinburgh and Paisley.
Scottish Music Industry Association (SMIA) chief executive Robert Kilpatrick said Dundee was a place where “creativity, innovation and collaboration are deeply embedded.”
He added: “We introduced our host city model in 2016 to broaden the SAY Award’s reach, deepen place-based impact and ensure nation-wide cultural benefit.
“Since then, we’ve worked in three-year cycles to move the ceremony across the country.
“Dundee has long been a city we’ve aspired to bring SAY to, and now feels like the perfect time to do so.”
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