There are more than 20 major mariachi festivals around the U.S., and mariachi ensembles are found today in the majority of states. With the Washington, DC area as a base, Mariachi Los Amigos has played for a wide variety of events, from weddings, baptisms and quinceañeras, to shopping center promotions, to Presidential state dinners and inaugurations. Whatever the occasion, they play the music they love the most, the “straight-ahead” mariachi sound.