Kids Helping Kids — a student-led entrepreneurship community where lives are transformed through the process of learning by doing — will hold its 2025 Benefit Concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25 at the Arlington Theater in Santa Barbara.

The program will feature contemporary pop music star Andy Grammer, who is known for his inspiring lyrics and positive messages.

Opening the concert will be local student performers selected through the recent competition, Voices of Santa Barbara. Due to a tie at Voices of Santa Barbara, there will be two groups of student openers.

The first student opener act is Daniella Terry and Nate Creager. Terry is a senior at Providence High School and Creager is a junior at Bishop Diego High. The two said they are as passionate about the mission of Kids Helping Kids as they are about sharing their music.

The duo of Emma Crooks and Avila Edwards will make up the second student opener. Crooks is a sophomore at Providence School. Edwards is a sophomore currently being home-schooled.

The two have been playing music together for several years and have been close friends for even longer.

Ticket for the concert costs range from $67-$337, which includes all purchasing fees. Buy tickets here.

The nonprofit Kids Helping Kids was founded 21 years ago in Jaime DeVries’ economics classroom at San Marcos High School.

At first it was a small penny drive, but as they began to work with Grammy-award winning artists, the group’s efforts grew, allow it to donate to various causes.

Forced to take a hiatus during the pandemic, Kids Helping Kids made a strong comeback through the efforts of students from Providence, San Marcos and Dos Pueblos high schools.

Through years of hard work and the partnership of talented headliners, Kids Helping Kids has raised some $4.5 million to rescue children in need in their local communities and around the world.