2025 Golden Indie Music Awards announces global guest performers, 'Best Asian Creative Artist Award' nominees, and ceremony highlights
The Golden Indie Music Awards (GIMA), Taiwan's premier independent music award-giving body, will be hosting its grand ceremony on Saturday, November 1, 2025, at the Taipei Music Center , and it will be livestreamed in South Korea and Thailand . This year’s edition puts a spotlight on international guest performers, including South Korea’s leading indie rock band Silica Gel and rising Thai rapper AUTTA , who will be sharing the stage with Taiwan’s folk-pop trio The Chairs in a rare cross-border collaboration. The highly anticipated teamup is centered on this year’s theme, “ Brave ,” and will feature four more acts from across Asia whose work reflects fearlessness in confronting expectations and expressing uncompromising truth in music. On the Asian front, GIMA will be honoring the " Best Asian Creative Artist Award ,” whose nominees illustrate the breadth of Asia’s independent music scene, crossing languages and genres while...