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May 16-19, 2024

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The 22nd Annual Spring Joshua Tree Music Festival is happening May 16-19, 2024!

Joshua Tree Music Festival is: Supreme and diverse live music experiences to feed the body, mind and soul. Deep dive workshops to uplift and inspire. Random acts of mindfulness inviting you to interact and connect. Spontaneous eruptions of gratitude. A friendly familial spirit. A community of music lovers.

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* MUSIC * NOWHERE FOUND LOUNGE * POSITIVE VIBRATION STATION * SANCTUARY * QUEER SALON * ASTRO MOJO DOJO * KIDSVILLE  * HEALING OASIS * VISUAL ARTS * VENDORS *

THE LINEUP

*lineup & schedule subject to change
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Fantastic Negrito

An exhilarating feast for the musical senses with a potent fusion of roots and blues, funk, rock, and jazz with occasional psychedelic flourishes. (SAT)

Moon Hooch

Blending elements of virtuosic jazz, groovy funk, and pulse-pounding electronic dance music. (FRI)

Steve Poltz

Steve will make you laugh, cry, sing, blush, dance and rejoice. Armed with his voice, guitar and a supernova fueled electrifying wit, he is the one of the single greatest entertainers rocking the free world today. (SAT)

Funk You

Funk You has enchanted audiences with an unmistakably intoxicating blend of modern and vintage sounds for over a decade, and are blessed by the opportunity to continue doing what they love most: creating music that moves both body and soul. (SAT)

Telmary & HabanaSana

Telmary is a Cuban rapper, musician, and spoken-word artist. Combining music genres, tearing down cultural barriers, and connecting people of different backgrounds and languages. (FRI)

Madison McFerrin

Throughout her fruitful independent career, Madison has earned accolades from The New York Times, NPR, The FADER, and Pitchfork. Her genre-bending work has led to Questlove dubbing her early sound “soul-appella". (SAT)

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. (SAT)

Bongo Sidibe & The TonTons

Sidibe has created a thrilling sound rooted in Guinean tradition but also powered by funk, Manding reggae, ragga and dancehall. (SUN)

Object Heavy

Object Heavy’s magnetic blend of classic Cadillac soul, effortlessly contagious dance grooves, vocal harmonies and blazing musicianship is ripe for a live experience you don’t want to miss. (SUN)

Evan Hatfield

A genre defying dazzler with his entirely live electronic sets where he combines his virtuosic musical abilities on the Indian sitar, keyboards, and saxophones. (SUN)

Mak Nova w/ ElieDanGary

Mak Nova is a sensual, alluring, queer icon, and poet. Backed by “ElieDanGary”, their live act is described as a “Groovy Hip-Hop, Afro-Funk Dance Party”. (SAT)

Orchestra Gold

The band is a mix of African-inspired analog psychedelic rock and soul, with a badass percussion section and a fat horn section sound. (FRI)

Mikey Reyes & The Feeling

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

Spacehall Sound Machine

Inspired by explosive rhythms from West Africa & Latin America, Jamaican dub, driving post-punk basslines, and haunting melodies from the Middle East. They create hypnotic grooves designed to move bodies on the dance floor. (FRI)

Lis

Get ready to shake it! There’s no one out there passionately pounding the drums as beautifully as Lis Viegas. Lis "lease" DJs global house dance music with the organic vibrations of live drums offering high energy performances to get your dance on. (THU)

QWANQWA

With swirling masinko (one-stringed fiddle), wah-wah violin, bass krar grooves, the heavy riffs of goat skin kebero beats, and powerful melismatic lead African diva vocals, QWANQWA keeps the people rapt in celebratory attention. (SAT)

Afrobeta

They’re EDM. They’re bass. They’re deconstructed salsa with dynamic vocals. Afrobeta found their voice as artists over nearly two decades, playing huge venues around the world like Ultra and Burning Man. (FRI)

Las Tias

Timeless boleros and Rancheras speak to modern sway in the music of Las Tías. Formed by Giselle Woo and Janine Rivera, Las Tías is steeped in Mexican American heritage and deeply rooted in the Coachella Valley. (SUN)

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. (SAT)

Corinne West

Corinne is a poet, a tunesmith, a visionary and stellar performer. Her music evokes the eternal stories of mystic troubadours, while speaking with power and grace to a modern audience. (FRI)

Divina Jasso

Singer. Musician. Producer. Songwriter. Divina lit up the Joshua Tree Music Festival, performing with Boostive in May 2023. Now she is back to unfurl her own creations. She provides an eclectic style, ranging from Latin jazz, soul, reggae, hip hop and R&B. (SUN)

MTN GRL

MTN GRL is a collection of meditative teleportations through lyrics, chords and the love for natural and synthetic sounds. They believe in LOVE, by following the voice and the words that gently hug on the heart strings. (FRI + SAT)

Helena Holleran

Eyes close, ears open, as the sounds of Helena Holleran fill the void between them. Helena’s original music disrupts the mainstream of computer-generated beats and lyrics of materialism. (FRI)

Madame Harlequin

Madame Harlequin's original music is poetic lyricism, dreaming aloud over ricocheting basslines; cosmic laughter and divine feminine energy, sex magick spells, and soul power in the flow state. (FRI)

Sister John Angela

Sister John Angela blends trance elements, impressionistic freedom, glimpses of Tejano, and inspiration from the Balkans, bridging timeless folk idioms to the present moment in what’s been coined “Desert Jazz”. (FRI)

Anna & Cassie

Meet the harmonious duo, blending the bass and ukulele into heartfelt melodies. Their music is a poetic journey through life, love, and emotion. (SUN)

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. (SUN)

Alcazar

Born from the fires of Burning Man in the year 2000, Alcazar's music is dark, dirty, booty shakin’, and cerebral. (SUN)

DJ Mai Girl

Consistently playing one MJ, Stevie, or Prince song every set, DJ Mai Girl's unique blend of genres and hand-picked selections keep people moving all night. (FRI)

LMcG

Laura first began mixing music on her dual cassette Boombox. While the equipment and technology have evolved, LMcG remains dedicated to selecting just the right tracks not only for the moment but getting people on the dance floor. (SAT)

Abe Tostado

Abe has been playing records since 1986. He’ll play almost anything and everything, and has rocked clubs from Amsterdam to London to S.F to L.A. (FRI)

Sir Kaydian

Sir Kaydian's unique stylistic approach is adorned with gourmet blends spanning Desert Ethereal & Trance to Hip Hop & House. ​Spontaneous Mix. Unstoppable Flow. Irresistible Rhythm. Pure Fun. (SAT)

DJ Cinergy

Cindy Vo, aka DJ Cinergy, is a Queer multi-dimensional artist, dancer, music lover, and creator at heart. Influenced by the eclectic sounds of underground parties, raves, live concerts, Soulection shows, and festivals, Cindy's journey is a vibrant tapestry of experiences. (FRI)

The Disco Shaman Is Real

Dig Globalicious Grooves from the intrepid aural adventurist, Sie Ballard. The desert dweller is (under the) influence of bangin’ London dancehalls, intergalactic beats, ancient indigenous inspirations, and a move-it-or-lose-it ethos. (SAT)

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Cactus Wine Experience

A dirty blues & dusty boots rollickin’ roadhouse revue. (FRI)

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! (FRI)

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! (SAT)

Major Butta

Hip-Hop Freestyle Improv Playshop & Dance-off lead by the Bay Area’s very own SOLBUTTA aka TABITHA JOY. (SAT)

Late Nite Headphone House

For those that want more, more, more! Late night on Friday and Saturday (technically Sat & Sun morning) at 2am when the Boogaloo set ends, the dancing does not stop. (FRI + SAT)

Lorka & The Echo Orchestra

Lorka is a dream-folk loop artist, harpist & multi-instrumental songwriter. Her music has been described as medicinal, intimate & other-worldly. Drawing from her own post-war experience as the daughter of refugees, Lorka explores themes of memory, belonging and wholeness through music. (Astro Mojo Dojo - SAT + SUN)