Desert Daze

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Desert Daze
DesertDazeSign2018.jpg
The neon Desert Daze entry sign from the 2018 festival at the Lake Perris State Recreation Area
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Years active2012-2019, 2021-2022
Most recentSep 30, 2022 – Oct 2, 2022
Attendance10,000
Website desertdaze.org

Desert Daze is a music festival held at the Lake Perris Recreation Area in Moreno Valley, California. [1] Festival founder Phil Pirrone, formerly of post-hardcore band, A Static Lullaby, and of JJUUJJUU, had "...always wanted to do an extended festival, and all these people being in the desert for an extended amount of time presented a perfect opportunity to make that happen". [2] The current format of the festival is no longer extended, spanning a more traditional three days. Described as "sort of an anti-festival festival", [3] the festival grounds often showcase abstract and psychedelic art installations, thematically aligned with the artists primarily from the neo-psychedelia, desert rock, experimental, dream pop, art pop, hip-hop, lo-fi, and noise genres. [4] Notable headliners include King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Iggy Pop, Tame Impala, Stereolab, Devo, Wu-Tang Clan, Beach House, and My Bloody Valentine. [5] In 2022, the festival drew an estimated crowd of 10,000 attendees. [6]

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History

Pirrone previously organized the Moon Block Party festival, which evolved into Desert Daze in 2012, where the festival was initially held in Desert Hot Springs, California. [2] For the following 3 years, until 2015, the festival took place at the Sunset Ranch Oasis in Mecca, shifting from its previous extended 11 day format. [7] In 2016, the festival relocated to the Institute of Mentalphysics in Joshua Tree National Park. [8] The most recent iterations of the festival, since 2018, have been in the Lake Perris State Recreation Area with cancellations in 2020, 2023, and 2024. [3] [9] [10]

The 2019 poster for Desert Daze was featured briefly in Ari Aster's Beau is Afraid.

Lineups

The following lineups include artists that have performed at the Lake Perris State Recreation Area venue including years: 2022, [11] [12] 2021, [13] [14] 2019, [15] [16] and 2018 [17] [18]

2022

2021

2019

2018

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Desert Daze". Desert Daze. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  2. 1 2 Jackson, Nate (2012-02-28). "Desert Daze brings 11-day local festival to the Coachella crowd". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  3. 1 2 Blueskye, Brian (2018-09-25). "Daze on the Move: Phil Pirrone's Desert Daze Fest Finds Yet Another New Home, This Time at Lake Perris". Coachella Valley Independent. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  4. ↑ Reiss, Sasha; Matthew, Dillon (October 16, 2018). "REVIEW: Desert Daze dazzles with psychedelic visuals, serene setting".
  5. ↑ "About". Desert Daze. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  6. ↑ Blueskye, Brian. "Desert Daze 2022: How does the rock festival stack up against Coachella?". The Desert Sun. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  7. ↑ Blueskye, Brian. "10 things to love about Desert Daze 2022, headlining Iggy Pop, Tame Impala, and more". The Desert Sun. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  8. ↑ Barlow, Eve (2016-10-17). "Desert Daze Is a Strange Trip of a Festival, and It Kicks Ass". Vice. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  9. ↑ Alvarado, Holly (2023-07-13). "Desert Daze Festival postpones to 2024, announces new Daze in the City series". The Press-Enterprise. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  10. ↑ "Desert Daze festival is canceled: 'This is a tough year'". Los Angeles Times. 2024-08-30. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
  11. ↑ "Desert Daze 2022 Setlists". setlist.fm. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  12. ↑ March, Kim; Mellin, Joshua. "Desert Daze Announces 2022 Lineup feat. Tame Impala, Iggy Pop, Sky Ferreira, and Many More". Flood Magazine. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  13. ↑ "Desert Daze 2021 Setlists". setlist.fm. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  14. ↑ Deville, Chris (2021-07-21). "Desert Daze Now Back To One Weekend At Lake Perris With The War On Drugs, Toro Y Moi, Kamasi Washington, & More". Stereogum. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  15. ↑ "Desert Daze 2019 Setlists". setlist.fm. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  16. ↑ Young, Alex (2019-08-06). "Desert Daze Reveals Full 2019 Lineup". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  17. ↑ "Desert Daze 2018 Setlists". setlist.fm. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  18. ↑ Young, Alex (2018-08-28). "Desert Daze completes its sensational 2018 lineup". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  19. ↑ Franko, Vanessa (2018) [October 12th, 2018]. "Desert Daze festival's opening day cut short due to lightning, plagued by parking problems". The Press-Enterprise.
  20. ↑ Performance interrupted and canceled due to lightning storm.
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