San Diego Music Awards

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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.{{cite web |title=Archived copy |url=http://www.sdmusicawards.com/ |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010055108/http://www.sdmusicawards.com/ |archivedate=October 10, 2007 |accessdate=October 8, 2007}} The awards show benefits the San Diego Music Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting San Diego music education programs.

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,{{cite web |url=http://www.ucsdguardian.org/hiatus/annualsandiegomusicawardsannouncesnominees/ |title=Hiatus | UCSD Guardian |accessdate=August 17, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728141919/http://www.ucsdguardian.org/hiatus/annualsandiegomusicawardsannouncesnominees/ |archivedate=July 28, 2011 }} Jason Mraz,{{cite web |url=http://www.union-trib.com/weblogs/street/2007/jul/25/mraz-reeve-oliver-to-headline-san-diego-music-awar/ |title="Mraz, Reeve Oliver to headline San Diego Music Awards" by Street |accessdate=August 17, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717162825/http://www.union-trib.com/weblogs/street/2007/jul/25/mraz-reeve-oliver-to-headline-san-diego-music-awar/ |archivedate=July 17, 2011 }} P.O.D.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nbcsandiego.com/blogs/sounddiego/2018-SDMAs-Winners-Performers-477351523.html|title=The 2018 SDMAs Go Off Without a Hitch|work=NBC 7 San Diego|access-date=2018-05-09|language=en}} as well as lesser known up-and-coming artists, such as Schizophonics, Trouble in the Wind, Gilbert Castellanos, Whitney Shay and others.

In 2021, best Hip-Hop album of the year nominee The Toven, released the music video for his single "Sweet Home San Diego", from his Welcome To San Diego album, which was recorded live at the 30th annual San Diego Music Awards at Humphrey's by the Bay.{{Cite web|date=2021-08-19|title=Big things in store for SDMA-nominated rapper The Toven|url=https://www.pacificsandiego.com/things-to-do/music/story/2021-08-19/big-things-in-store-for-sdma-nominated-rapper-the-toven|access-date=2021-09-03|website=Pacific San Diego|language=en-US}} Bigger Vibes,{{Cite web|date=2021-07-02|title='Music is life': Local hip-hop artist releases single about La Jolla|url=https://www.lajollalight.com/news/story/2021-07-02/music-is-life-local-hip-hop-artist-releases-single-about-la-jolla|access-date=2021-09-03|website=La Jolla Light|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2021-08-19|title=Big things in store for SDMA-nominated rapper The Toven|url=https://www.pacificsandiego.com/things-to-do/music/story/2021-08-19/big-things-in-store-for-sdma-nominated-rapper-the-toven|access-date=2021-09-03|website=Pacific San Diego|language=en-US}} the debut album by The Toven, lost to Boston native Van Bates aka Black Hesher's Saints And Sirens album.{{Cite web|title=Local Stars Shined Bright at 2021 San Diego Music Awards|url=https://www.nbcsandiego.com/entertainment/the-scene/local-stars-shined-bright-at-2021-san-diego-music-awards/2701887/|access-date=2021-09-03|website=NBC 7 San Diego|date=August 25, 2021 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=MIA at the SDMAs {{!}} San Diego Reader|url=https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2021/may/13/blurt-mia-sdma/|access-date=2021-09-03|website=www.sandiegoreader.com|language=en}} That year's Lifetime Achievement Award went to singer and guitarist Jerry Raney, formerly of the 1970s psychedelic band, Glory.{{Cite web |last=Breznikar |first=Klemen |author-link=Klemen Breznikar |date=September 17, 2020 |title=Glory interview |url=https://www.psychedelicbabymag.com/2020/09/glory-interview.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020030731/https://www.psychedelicbabymag.com/2020/09/glory-interview.html |archive-date=October 20, 2020 |access-date=February 3, 2023 |website=It's Psychedelic Baby! Magazine |language=en-US}}

Through 2019, the annual awards have raised $615,317 for its Taylor Guitars for Schools program, which has provided free instruments and lessons for more than 57,200 students across San Diego County over the past three decades.{{Cite news|url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/music/sd-me-music-sdma-20180319-story.html|title=Trouble in the Wind is top winner at 2018 San Diego Music Awards|last=Varga|first=George|website=Sandiegouniontribune.com|access-date=2018-05-09|language=en-US}}