An Award Winning Music and Art Experience in the Mojave Desert

We are grateful and honored to have been recipients of multiple grants, awards, and recognitions for our efforts to bring culturally rich experiences to our desert communities. Many of the following awards were received in partnership with the Morongo Basin Cultural Arts Council.

  • Impact Award

    On behalf of the Morongo Basin Cultural Arts Council, The California Arts Council awarded Mon Petit Mojave a $17,100 grant for our community drive-in concerts. Mon Petit Mojave will produce the concert series in the spring of 2022 as a program of the MBCAC via this grant.

  • TourWest Grant

    TourWest awarded Mon Petit Mojave a grant to fund a fall 2021 show. With support from The National Endowment for the Arts, the TourWest grant funds artist fees for touring performers. Our guests for this show was Paris Chansons, a French Jazz band based out of Los Angeles, CA.

  • IE Project Grant

    This IE project grant allowed us to finish programming the Spring//Summer 2021 drive-in concert season.

    The award is funded by: Arts Connection, The Arts Council of San Bernardino County; Inland Empire Community Foundation; Arts For IE

  • Artists as Second Responders

    We are honored to have been selected as a recipient of the “Artists as 2nd Responders” award from The Arts Council – San Bernardino County in conjunction with the Riverside Arts Council and the Music Changing Lives Foundation.

    “First responders save lives. Second responders help put them back together. Art heals, gives hope, and reminds us all why it’s all worth it!”

  • Best of the Best

    In 2020, after operating for only 6 months, Mon Petit Mojave was awarded 3rd place in the following categories of the Hi Desert’s ‘Best Of” awards: Best Entertainment, Best Performing Arts Venue, Best Live Music. We were also awarded second place for Best Live Music in 2023.