Desert Daze
| Desert Daze | |
|---|---|
 The neon Desert Daze entry sign from the 2018 festival at the Lake Perris State Recreation Area | |
| Genre | |
| Years active | 2012-2019, 2021-2022 |
| Most recent | Sep 30, 2022 – Oct 2, 2022 |
| Attendance | 10,000 |
| Website | desertdaze |
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]
History
[edit | edit source]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]
Popular culture
[edit | edit source]The 2019 poster for Desert Daze was featured briefly in Ari Aster's Beau is Afraid.
Lineups
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]- King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
- Tame Impala
- Beach House
- Chicano Batman
- Sky Ferreira
- Perfume Genius
- Mild High Club
- Kikagaku Moyo
- Viagra Boys
- The Marías
- BADBADNOTGOOD
- JPEGMAFIA
2021
[edit | edit source]- The War on Drugs
- Tim Heidecker
- Weyes Blood
- Ty Segall
- DIIV
- Kamasi Washington
- Devendra Banhart
- Toro y Moi
- Japanese Breakfast
- Yves Tumor
- Crumb
- Sasami
- Spellling
2019
[edit | edit source]- The Flaming Lips
- Stereolab
- Animal Collective
- Fred Armisen
- Connan Mockasin
- Mdou Moctar
- Atlas Sound
- Ween
- Ride
- Devo
- Flying Lotus
- Parquet Courts
- Psychedelic Porn Crumpets
- Viagra Boys
- Wu-Tang Clan
- Khruangbin
- Alvvays
- Shintaro Sakamoto
2018
[edit | edit source]- My Bloody Valentine
- Slowdive
- King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
- Tame Impala[19][20]
- Death Grips
- Mercury Rev
- A Place to Bury Strangers
- Pond
- Dakhabrakha
- Earth
- Julia Holter
- Chelsea Wolfe
See also
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