San Diego Music Awards

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San Diego Music Awards
Location San Diego, California
CountryUnited States

The San Diego Music Awards is an awards show held annually in San Diego, California, United States, to recognize the best artists and bands in local music. [1] The awards show benefits the San Diego Music Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting San Diego music education programs.

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The show has featured awards in a variety of categories covering nearly every genre of music, and featured live performances by such major-label recording artists as Blink-182, Switchfoot, [2] Jason Mraz, [3] P.O.D. [4] , Pierce the Veil, as well as lesser known up-and-coming artists, such as Schizophonics, The Beat Farmers, Gilbert Castellanos, Whitney Shay and others.

Through 2025, the annual awards have raised over $915,000 for its Guitars for Schools program, which has provided free instruments and lessons for more than 75,000 students across San Diego County over the past three decades.

Country Dick Montana Lifetime Achievement Award

Each year the San Diego Music Awards honors an outstanding musician with the Country Dick Montana Lifetime Achievement Award. The award is named for the late drummer Dan McLain's alias in the band, The Beat Farmers. Two awards were given in 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2004. Since 2014 a special Lifetime Industry Achievement Award has also been issued on occasion.

Industry Achievement Award

References

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  2. ↑ "Hiatus | UCSD Guardian". Archived from the original on July 28, 2011. Retrieved August 17, 2010.
  3. ↑ ""Mraz, Reeve Oliver to headline San Diego Music Awards" by Street". Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved August 17, 2010.
  4. ↑ "The 2018 SDMAs Go Off Without a Hitch". NBC 7 San Diego. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  5. ↑ https://timesofsandiego.com/arts/2025/04/30/kimmi-bitter-daring-greatly-neighborhood-kids-score-san-diego-music-awards
  6. ↑ https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/05/01/san-diego-music-awards-top-winners-sara-petite-jonny-tarr-each-score-two-victories
  7. ↑ https://thescenesd.com/music-scenesd/r-i-p-soul-legend-jesse-davis
  8. ↑ https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2019/03/06/java-joe-to-be-saluted-by-jason-mraz-at-san-diego-music-awards-then-will-launch-new-concert-series/
  9. ↑ https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/celebrating-the-local-music-scene/2094813
  10. ↑ https://www.kpbs.org/news/arts-culture/2009/09/10/san-diego-music-awards-honors-best-local-music
  11. ↑ https://www.jazz88.org/articles/Previous_Jazz_and_Blues_Music_Winners_and_Honorees_of_the_San_Diego_Music_Awards
  12. ↑ https://ucsdguardian.org/2004/09/21/san-diego-music-week-topped-off-with-awards-gala
  13. ↑ https://ucsdguardian.org/2003/10/23/sdmas-award
  14. ↑ https://ucsdguardian.org/2001/10/11/our-music-sdma-2001/
  15. ↑ https://sandiegotroubadour.com/frankie-laine-a-century-of-mr-rhythm/
  16. ↑ https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2023/04/26/san-diego-music-awards-top-winners-are-gilbert-castellanos-jeff-berkley-and-joshua-taylor
  17. ↑ https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2021/08/25/gregory-page-bests-switchfoot-and-jason-mraz-for-top-2021-san-diego-music-awards-honors-2
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