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The 21st Annual Spring Joshua Tree Music Festival

Arts and Entertainment

September 23, 2023

From: Joshua Tree Music Festival

lineup:
 
8:00pm - Novalima

Novalima is a live musical force revered worldwide for breaking boundaries and uniting seemingly irreconcilable genres, communities, and generations.

9:45pm - DJ Dragonfly

A magic carpet ride of sound transports the dancefloor when Dragonfly throws down his full-spectrum, body-mind-soul transglobal sound experience.

KIDSVILLE SCHEDULE

2:00pm – 4:00pm -  Button Making, Peepholes and Design-you-owns

4:00pm – 6:00pm - Steelies and Bears

October 6, 2023

6:30pm - Lido Pimienta

Afro/Indigenous, Colombian, Canadian, punk, folklorist, traditionalist, transgressive, diva, angel. There are so many layers to Canadian-Colombian singer Lido
Pimienta's identity that you might get lost in them.

10:00pm - High Step Society

A dance party from another dimension; a high-flying, beat-dropping, big band rocket ship with an ear to the past, and both feet on the gas. Bringing jazz back to the party, where it belongs.

8:15pm - Al-Qasar

Middle Eastern psych-rock collective Al-Qasar is an explosive mix of heavy Arabian grooves, global psychedelia and North African trance music. (FRI 8:15PM)

11:30pm - Q.Varo

Q.varo elegantly creates harmonious melodies together looping guitar, bass, vocals, and beats into a unique soundscape bound to take listeners on a mysterious and sultry trip.

3:10pm - Mak Nova and the Kings

Mak Nova and the Kings are a force of nature. Theirs is a captivating fusion of Hip-Hop, Soul, Afro-Beat, and RandB. Live shows with Mak and her band are positively electrifying, uplifting experiences.

4:50pm - Mikey Reyes and The Feeling

Music with a message, party with a purpose. Mikey Reyes and The Feeling takes you on a journey through time.

11:30pm - Ding

esteemed House warrior, funk-stylist and purveyor of outrageously dance-tastic DJ sets, returns to the Joshua Tree Music Festival for an ecstatic Friday Night Boogaloo set.

10:00am - Wildlife Freeway

Using piano, voice, guitar, melodica, kalimba and various instruments, Wildlife Freeway music and performances weave stories and sounds of Earth beings stepping out of time into the present musical moving stillness.

2:15pm - Angelica Garcia

Angelica's sound (she/they) is an amalgamation of Noise Pop, textured Latino polyrhythms and inspired ambient electronica. Angelica has been featured on NPR's Tiny Desk, NYTimes year-end lists, and on Barack Obama's annual 'best of' list.

11:20am - Dom Jones

Dom Jones(she/her), is a singer-rapper-songwriter-musician and Creative Entrepreneur. She weaves her passion for music, media, and social justice through various projects, and performs with an astonishing depth that belies her years.

1:20pm - TRISHES

TRISHES is a project by Trinidadian-American Trish Hosein, created to express Freud's construct of self through spoken word, live looping and vocal effects. As an activist, she's given a TEDx talk and is working on her first book, Pretty for a Brown Girl.

1:00pm - Rosa Pullman

Channeling her inspiration through the vast and complicated human experience, Rosa follows in the footsteps of other musical troubadours that have healed her through the important message of song.

1:00pm - Davis

Woven with threads of love, a lilting tapestry of soulful sweetness to draw you to her side - to sit a while - to listen - to enjoy. Your heart will be happy you did

1:00pm - Rags Rosenberg

Rags' mythopoetic songs are in the poet/songwriter tradition of those he calls his mentors-in-absentia: Dylan, Cohen and Waits.

1:30pm - Wrecka

Wrecka loves to get on down with the get down to lyrical music, and fires up the dance floor with mood-elevating, booty-shaking music.


3:15pm - Ian Winters

Born from his personal dancefloor experiences at JTMF and Symbiosis festivals in the mid-2000's, Ian creates DJ sets to exercise and exorcize.


12:10pm - GROOVE w/ Alyssa Decaro

Body of Sound takes you on an immersive rhythmic journey through your body into the pocket of GROOVE. Tune up, hop on, and get down as we ignite the dance floor together!

1:30am - Late Night Headphone House

JTMF's silent disco. Dance til sunrise, with HEADPHONES on, to outrageous deep house sets.

Sanctuary

11:15am  - AA Meeting

9:00am - Elka Wilder: Find Your Voice

3:15pm - Jenn Parma & Amber Deylon: Grieve and Breathe

1:15pm - Lynn Crounse: Living in the Light

1:15pm -Sant Khalsa: Artists for Environmental and Societal Change

 

Positive Vibration Station

12:00pm - Aimee Takaya: Release Stress and be Free

2:10pm - Alyssa Decaro: Groove(Music Bowl)

2:30pm - Amber Lux Archer: Dance Church

9:30am - Aurora Dawn: Divine Movement and Sensual Play

5:00pm - Brooke Radding: Embodied Sound

1:15pm - Kathleen Pizello: Acro Yoga Playshop

3:45pm - Laura Hess: Consent Playshop, Beyond Words

10:45am - Leah Taylor: Embodied Groove

7:00am - Sonia Soma: The Glow Up, Embodied Vinyasa Flow

8:15am - Walt Winfield: Qi Gong

Queer Salon

12:00pm - Jamie O’Neil (she/her): Cosmic Smash Booklet

6:00pm - Kit Tapata (she/her): Drag King Makeup Tutorial

11:00am - Lauren Bright (she/her): Radical Love Workshops, Golden Hour Hike 6:00pm

7:30pm - The Lady Chilane (he/him): Drag Bingo

3:15pm - KEYCHANGE U.S. Storytelling Panel

Astro Mojo Dojo

7:00pm - Isidora Allen: Can’t We All just Get Oolong

11am - Meredith Melvin & Taylor Sanders: Communi-Tea Open Table

11:00pm - Ferra Melissa Honeybee: Facing and Embracing the Dragon Through Tea

KidsVille Schedule:

10:00am – 12:00pm - Wild Ears with the Bass Dog Crew

11:00am – 1:00pm -  Parasols!

12:00pm – 2:00pm - Transfer Art with Nick Bahula and Family

2:00pm – 4:00pm -  Kaleidoscopes

4:00pm – 6:00pm - Light it Up! Lanterns and Rainbow Lights

October 7, 2023

6:30pm - Ron Artis II

Ron Artis II a blistering guitarist, soulful vocalist, pianist, songwriter; not to mention BIG LOVE personified.

8:15PM - Diggin Dirt

With a deeply original sound and a reputation for high energy performance, Dirt's tight stage presence and irresistible groove will keep you dancing all night.

1:30am - Late Night Headphone House

JTMF's silent disco. Dance til sunrise, with HEADPHONES on, to outrageous deep house sets.

4:45pm - NYChillharmonic

Female fronted, Brooklyn-based, 18 piece, progressive-rock orchestra. Their music fuses multiple genres including rock, pop, and jazz.

11:30pm - Nicky Genesis

HouseHeads rejoice, Las Vegas based DJ/Producer Nicky Genesis brings the deeply soulful groovy house.

3:00pm - Madalitso

Intuitive, authentic, and full of ruthless rhythms, Madalitso will make you clap, dance, smile, and rethink everything you thought you knew about African sound and instrumentation.

11:30am - Baila Nova

Whether interpreting Samba, Bossa Nova, or covering pop songs in a Latin style, Baila Nova, with Laura Vall's vocals, delivers a fresh musical perspective that surrounds the audience with that mix of power, fun and dance.

1:15pm - Apollo Bebop

Building off the likes of John Coltrane and A Tribe Called Quest, Apollo Bebop is redefining and innovating hip hop as it's known today through their authenticity and raw energy.

1:00pm - Lisa Sanders and Brown Sugar

A musical style that can only be described as a soulful country blues, her genres include folk pop, gospel, rock and jazz.

10:00am- Son of the Velvet Rat

Grizzled, aching and enigmatically poetic folk rock with substance, originality, and cleverness.

5:00pm - Adam Deitch

Join the Grammy nominated drummer (Lettuce, Break Science) and record producer for a drum masterclass in the Boogaloo Lounge!

1:30pm -The GetDown

The GetDown loves being in a flow state when mixing, interweaving house, techno, tech-house, and breaks, while making the crowd get down with The GetDown.

1:30am - Alcazar

Born from the fires of Burning Man in the year 2000, Alcazar's music is dark, dirty, booty shakin', and cerebral. (SAT 1:30AM)

11:30pm - Sparkle and Swagger Drag Show

A drag-o-licious night of LGBTQIA+ drag queen, king, gender-fluid and non-binary performance, comedy, and music. (SAT 11:30PM)

10:00PM - Lettuce

These legendary and relentless funksters will teleport you to a funky galaxy far, far away, where all life coexists as one in peace, love, harmony, and music!

Sanctuary

11:15am  - AA Meeting

9:15am - Adriene Jenik: Grief Circle

1:15pm - Lynn Crounse: Living in the Light

3:15pm - Victoria “Hellcat” Carp: Shadow Work

Positive Vibration Station

3:45pm - Anna Thomson: Embrace your Inner Silly

2:30pm - Bliss and Jacob: Untethered Movement

8:15am - Cindy Vo: Qigong Alchemy

7:00am - Jonathan Isaacs: Free To Breathe

10:45am - Jenn Parma: Breath as Medicine

5:00pm - Lindsey Young: Vinyasa Sound Bath

9:30am - Pierrette Baker: Sound Session

1:15pm - Shreen Shukla: Eye Gazing and Creative Expression

12:00pm - Victoria “Hellcat” Carp: Yoga Flow

Astro Mojo Dojo

3:00pm - Laura Hess: Gong Fu Inspired

11:00am - Isidora Allen: Can’t We All just Get Oolong

11:00am - Meredith Melvin & Taylor Sanders: Communi-Tea Open Table

7:00am - Ferra Melissa Honeybee: Facing and Embracing the Dragon Through Tea

Queer Salon

Tania “T” Hammidi (she/they): Queer Salon Curator, Co-host, Emcee & LBGTQIA++ Support Circles

Cindy Bookout (she/they) – Making No-Sew T-shirt Green Bags – Sat 1:30pm

Graham Kolbeins (they/them): Queer and Trans Silent Film Loop – Sat 8pm

Ismalia Gutierrez (she/her): Silent Group Meditation as Collective Self-care: Refuge from the Storms – Sat 9am

Jamie O’Neil (she/her): Cosmic Smash Booklet – Fri 12pm & Sat 11am

Jayelle Lopez (they/them): Dormant Heart: Gender Identity & Vulnerability Art Workshop – Sat 1:30pm

Jonathan Andre Culliton (he/him): Queer and Trans Silent Film Loop – Sat 8pm

Kit Tapata (she/her): Drag King Makeup Tutorial – Fri 6pm

Lauren Bright (she/her): Radical Love Workshops – Fri 11am & Sun 11:30am – Golden Hour Hike Fri 6pm

Mayan Wish (he/him): Fairy Make-Up – Sat 3pm

The Lady Chilane (he/him): Drag Bingo – Fri 7:30pm

Sparkle & Swagger Drag Show – Sat 11:3opm

UNICORN Prance – Sat 5:15pm

KEYCHANGE U.S. Storytelling Panel – Fri 3:15pm

KidsVille Schedule:

10am – 12pm: For the Birds

11am – 1pm: Parasols!

12pm – 2pm: Transfer Art with Nick Bahula and Family

2pm – 4pm: Art Not War (Spray Gun Painting)

4pm – 6pm: Light it Up! Wands

October 8, 2023

2:30pm - LADAMA

With rhythm and percussion driving their original compositions sung in Spanish, Portuguese and English, Ladama combine disparate, traditional roots music with pop.

12:45pm - Shabaz

Pakastini-born brother-sister duo Riffat Sultana and Sukhawat Ali Khan join Richard Michos, a guitarist and producer, to fuse jazz, Hindustani classical, Qawaali, and ghazals with rock and electronica music.

7:30pm - Father Taj

Solid grooves and deepening bass. Father Taj will cure your soul and exercise your booty!

4:15pm - TV Broken 3rd Eye Open – Fea. Katie Skene

An eclectic and versatile seven-piece band that fuses together a multitude of musical styles from across the world into a psychedelic explosion of sound.

12:30pm - Las Tias

Timeless boleros and Rancheras speak to modern sway in the music of Las Tías.The duo formed by Giselle Woo and Janine Rivera is steeped in Mexican American heritage and deeply rooted in the Coachella Valley.

11:30am - Ryan Heffington

Ryan Heffington, the esteemed Choreographer and Dancer is on a mission to help you find inner joy through movement. Find happiness and community dancing in the music bowl.

6:00PM - Kerala Dust

Kerala Dust conjures deep, mesmerizing, slow burnin' bangers, melding psych-rock, blues and techno/dance with aplomb.

Astro Mojo Dojo

3:00pm - Eric Linnert and Jena Blanck: Comuni-Tea Cafe

11:00pm - Laura Hess: Gong Fu Inspired

7:00am - Isidora Allen: Can’t We All just Get Oolong

11:00am - Ferra Melissa Honeybee: Facing and Embracing the Dragon Through Tea

Queer Salon

11:30am - Lauren Bright (she/her): Radical Love Workshops

KidsVille Schedule:

10:00am – 12:00pm: Clay Play- MYO reusable clay and try it out, and take it home

12:00pm – 2:00pm: Merry-onettes

2:00pm – 4:00pm: Tye Dye It

4:00pm – 5:00pm: Don’t Tread on Me! Adopt a Cactus

Sanctuary

11:15am  - AA Meeting

3:15pm - Larissa Bell: Empowered Boundary Setting & Love

Positive Vibration Station

9:30am - Ellen Sickenberger: Free Movement, Kinetica

2:30pm - Fernando Artiga: Belonging, Creative Play

10:45am - JD Rudometkin: Ritual of the Four Elements

7:00am  - Jennifer Lewis: Flow and Slow

1:15pm  - Lynn Crounse: Meridian Yoga

11:30am - Ryan Heffington: SWEATFEST – The Music Bowl

5:00pm - Shima Azee’: Shamanic Breathwork and Sound

3:45pm - Sunny Atema: Free Way Yoga

12:00pm - Yucca Yoga: Adventures in Khyal

8:15am - Walt Winfield: Qi Gong

Healers

Aimee Takaya

Bill Wicks

Cassie Vega

Gena Strung

Laurie Jean

Fernando Artiga

Sarah Zelman

Willow


Visual Artists

JTMF Art Gallery

Ali Kat

hendrix banding

Banding Hendrix

Bronte Rodriguez-Straub

CJ Troxell

Glossolalian Arts – Matthew Garcia

hector gonzales

Hector Gonzalez

Kathy Zyduck

Kristin Weiss

Kylie Howell

LoveDiodes – Curtis McHenry

NickDanger

Suki Berry

TheLadyEgg

Westernwinds

Marcella Swett

Artfool – Maurice Laflamme

IllestRated – Ryan Martinez

Madison Ebersole

Monkey Monk – Dai Hasegawa

Pierrette Baker

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Tyler Baker

Date: October 5-8, 2023

Location: Joshua Tree Lake Campground, 2601 Sunfair Road, Joshua Tree, CA 92252

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