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.
[4] as well as lesser known up-and-coming artists, such as Schizophonics, Trouble in the Wind, Gilbert Castellanos, Whitney Shay and others.
[8][9] That year's Lifetime Achievement Award went to singer and guitarist Jerry Raney, formerly of the 1970s psychedelic band, Glory.
[10] 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.