Signature Events in Joshua Tree and the High Desert
Festival weekends, desert music, and the events that shape the calendar in the Morongo Basin.
The High Desert has its own event calendar, shaped by the Coachella Valley festivals nearby and a handful of homegrown gatherings that fill the basin every year.
Signature Events

Valley Festival Weekends Fill the High Desert Too
The big spring festivals happen down in the Coachella Valley, but they book out the Joshua Tree basin. How to plan around them either way.

The Joshua Tree Music Festival
The Joshua Tree Music Festival is small, family-run and desert-weather dependent. What it is like, and how it affects lodging across the basin.


