Did you get snubbed from the guest list at the Grammy’s? Did your ticket get lost in the mail for the MTV Video Music Awards?

Don’t fret; the San Diego Music Awards’ tour bus will make its one and only stop on September 10, 2009 to award the best in San Diego music, and you’re invited.

Now in its 19th year, San Diego Music Awards (SDMA), which is open to the public at a small $25-75 cost, will host big names like Jason Mraz, Switchfoot and Slightly Stoopid, honor legendary band The Zeros, and try to bolster the notoriety of such underground bands as the Wavves, Anya Marina and the Delta Spirit. The SDMAs also awards new up-and-coming bands like The Beaters and The New Archaic as a way of introducing them to a larger local audience.

SDMAs honor local bands that have impressed the community with their talent and originality. However, the award show also graciously supports a charity cause. All of the proceeds from the 2008 SDMAs went to the Taylor Guitars in Schools Foundation, which provides children with a guitar and teaches them the skills to play it while they are in elementary school, and there will be a similarly honorable cause for the 2009 SDMAs.

Insider Tip: View 2008 SD Music Awards photos here.

Nominees for this year reach across the spectrum from club DJs to country singers and well-known pop artists. Discover a few of the 2009 San Diego Music Awards nominees...

Best Cover or Tribute Band
40 Oz. to Freedom
Cashed out
Cheap Leis
Dazed & Confused
Electric Waste Band
Rockola
Rolling the Stone
The Tighten Ups

Best Hip Hop
afterschoolspecial
Deep Rooted
Jimmy Powers
Lil Uno
MC Flow
The Concrete Project
The Kneehighs
Vokab Kompany

Best Local Recording
Chad Farran - On Surfari Sessions
Chris Leyva - 27
Goddamn Electric Bill - Topics For Gossip
Happy Ron - Terribly Happy
Josh Damigo - Raw
Pocket - s/t
Rafter - Sweaty Magic
Shark Attack - Shooting Judas (DSD pick!)

Album of the Year
Anya Marina - Slow & Steady Seduction, Phase II
Crocodiles - Summer of Hate
Drew Andrews - Only Mirrors
Jason Mraz - We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things
Scarlet Symphony - Foundation
Slightly Stoopid - Slightly Not Stoned Enough to Eat Breakfast Yet Stoopid
The Donkeys – Living on the Other Side
Wavves - s/t

Artist of the Year
Anya Marina
Crocodiles
Delta Spirit
Jason Mraz
Scarlet Symphony
Slightly Stoopid
Switchfoot
Wavves

The “Concerts in the Park” venue at Viejas will surely fill up with enthusiastic San Diego music fans during the 2009 San Diego Music Awards. To buy tickets, see a full list of nominees or for more info, visit sandiegomusicawards.com.

Pictured: Shark Attack DJ Duo - Turned - Trio