On September 5, 2015, the Redlight District Show in Ventura County hosted the 2015 Ventura County Music Awards to celebrate and support live music in the area. Musicians of all genres performed for a packed house on the lawn of the Musuem of Ventura County.
All in all, there were roughly 25 different awards handed out including best vocalists, breakthrough star award as well as individual genres.
There were also two hall of fame inductees this year to the Ventura County Music including Jim Salzer and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.
To see performances from some of the nominees as well as learn who was chosen for this year’s Artist of the Year, click the video below.
The rest of the winners
include:
- New Artist- Square 1
- Female Vocalist- Jay Lynn
- Male Vocalist- Mitchell Blake
- Jazz- Lola Hagg
- Country- Lara Britt
- Punk- The Boxheads
- Cover band- The Bloody Reunion
- Blues- Crooked Eye Tony
- Reggae- Herbal Roots
- Rock- Kings Ransom
- Rap- King Harris
- Hip Hop- Auxillerie
- R&B- Chris Greer
- Metal- Bone Maggot
- Alternative- Holigram Empire
- Live Band- Fallen Saints
- Break Through Artist- Dosa Looch
- Video of the Year: Heart 6
- Song of the year: “Porcelein” by No Good Deeds
- Album of the Year- Wild Ride
- “Nothing Left to Give” Award- Grit Harbor
- Showman Award- The Seaside Band
- “We Bring It” Award- Magnificent Bastards
- “OMG” Award- Velveteen Band
- “Can You Feel it” Award- American Has
All of the finalists were voted on by the public through the Ventura county music awards website by way of a poll system. To be part of the voting process for next year’s awards, like the Facebook page for updates.