25th Annual San Diego Music Awards

The following are the winners of the 25th annual San Diego Music Awards, presented on Monday, October 5, 2015 at Humphreys by the Bay.

- - Best Rock
  - The Routine
- - San Diego Music Industry Award
  - Deering Banjos
- - Lifetime Achievement Award
  - Peter Sprague
- - Song of the Year
  - Little Hurricane
  - Heart Skips a Beat
- - Best Music Video by a San Diego Band
  - Slightly Stoopid
  - The Prophet
- - Best Live Performer
  - Schizophonics
- - Artist of the Year
  - Switchfoot
- - Album of the Year
  - Slightly Stoopid
  - Meanwhile...Back at the Lab
- - Best New Artist
  - The Bassics
- - Best Local Recording
  - G. Burns Jug Band
  - The Southern Pacific & the Santa Fe
- - Best World Music Album
  - B-Side Players
  - Dos Generaciones
- - Best World Music
  - Todo Mundo
- - Best Hard Rock Album
  - Joy
  - Under the Spell of Joy
- - Best Hard Rock
  - Schizophonics
- - Best Rock Album
  - Barbarian
  - Night Blooms
- - Best Club DJ
  - DJ Claire
- - Best Alternative Album
  - Wild Wild Wets
  - 14th Floor
- - Best Alternative
  - Prayers
- - Best Pop Album
  - Tolan Shaw
  - Chin Up
- - Best Pop
  - Gayle Skidmore
- - Best Hip Hop Album
  - 1019 & J. Treel
  - Treel Tales of Number Running
- - Best Hip-Hop
  - Vokab Kompany
- - Best Americana Album
  - Nancarrow
  - Simple Things
- - Best Americana
  - Sara Petite
- - Best Blues Album
  - Sure Fire Soul Ensemble
- - Best Blues
  - Rebecca Jade & the Cold Fact
- - Best Jazz Album
  - Danny Green Trio
  - After the Calm
- - Best Jazz
  - Gilbert Castellanos
- - Best Singer/Songwriter
  - Sierra West
- - Best Cover Band
  - Lady Dottie & the Diamonds