The Santa Barbara Mariachi Festival, a non-profit organization, is dedicated to promoting and preserving the tradition of mariachi music and directing its revenues to provide scholarships that help further the education of Latino students.

The Santa Barbara Mariachi Festival was co-founded by Salud Carbajal and Al Pizano, who both served as co-presidents for the first several years of the organization.
It was officially recognized as a non-profit organization with the creation of its by-laws in 1995.

Over 19 years of Mariachi Festivals have enabled us to provide numerous scholarships to our local youth. We envision many more successful years to come!