From its beginnings, the Santa Barbara Mariachi Festival has emphasized its revenues towards Latinx students in higher education. Regardless of the major, we strongly believe our community will benefit greatly from Latinx students being given access to a college degree. The Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara takes in applications and chooses the scholarship recipients based off our chosen criteria. Once chosen, awarded students and their families are invited to a scholarship reception ceremony, along with our sponsors, who make this event possible. Student scholarship recipients and two guests are also invited to our Mariachi Festival show in August.
We are proud to say that since the inception of the Santa Barbara Mariachi Festival Scholarship Fund, we have awarded $1,000,000 in scholarships towards our youth!
2025 Student Scholarship Reception
Location: Craft House at Corque
Solvang, CA
These students received scholarships from the Santa Barbara Mariachi Festival in 2025— some students not pictured.
2024 Student Scholarship Reception
Location: Hilton Garden Inn
Goleta, CA
These students received scholarships from the Santa Barbara Mariachi Festival in 2024— some students not pictured.
2023 Student Scholarship Reception
Location: Hilton Garden Inn
Goleta, CA
These students received scholarships from the Santa Barbara Mariachi Festival in 2023— some students not pictured.
2022 Mariachi Festival
The 2023 Scholarship recipients were honored on stage during our 2023 Santa Barbara Mariachi Festival. Each recipient gets tickets to the show for themselves and two guests.
2022 Student Scholarship Reception
Location: Glen Annie Golf Club
Goleta, CA
These students received scholarships from the Santa Barbara Mariachi Festival in 2022— some students not pictured.
2022 Mariachi Festival
The 2022 Scholarship recipients were honored on stage during our 2022 Santa Barbara Mariachi Festival. Each recipient gets tickets to the show for themselves and two guests.