Joshua Desert Retreats
Recommended Calendar of Events
June 2009
- Desert Wildflower Season is from March to about May and should be especially beautiful this year with all of the rain this winter.
- Summer Movies in the Park | Beginning May 15th
The City of Twentynine Palms Park and Recreation is proud to announce the Movies in the Park summer line-up. This season will begin on May 15th with the showing of Disney's "Cars". This movie is sponsored by the new City of Twentynine Palms Youth Advisory Commission, and the Commission will be handing out toy cars to the children in attendance. The next movie will be the blockbuster "Transformers" on June 19th sponsored by Microsoft. Also showing this summer will be "The Goonies", "The Bee Movie", "Shrek the Third", "Surf's Up", "Over the Hedge", "How to eat Fried Worms". All the movies are free and will begin at dark. The Movies are shown on the Theater screen painted on the North side of the racquetball courts in Luckie Park and a snack bar will be provided by the Twentynine Palms Youth Club. Come out and enjoy some great family fun in the park.
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- 29 Palms Street Fair & Car Show | June 6 4:30 - 10:30pm
Don’t miss the annual Twentynine Palms Street Fair and Car Show! This extravaganza is held on Twentynine Palms Highway (State Route 62) in downtown Twentynine Palms the first weekend in June. Vendors line the street and downtown merchants extend business hours for your shopping and dining pleasure. Enter your own classic car or help us elect winners in a "People’s Choice" contest. Try your hand at a rock climbing wall or belt one out at the karaoke booth. Have a snowcone or visit an old fashioned soda fountain. Get an airbrush tattoo or face paint for the kids. You can even test wireless internet services or check out new wireless phones! Local radio station Z107.7 provides music with a live, remote broadcast. Join us for hometown summer fun.
For more detail, please contact the
29 Palms Chamber of Commerce - (760) 367-3445
- High|Desert|Test|Sites | June, 28 2008
83131 Amboy Rd, Wonder Valley, California 92277 On June 28th, 2008 High Desert Test Sites is pleased to collaborate with the Center for Land Use Interpretation to present a film by London based artist Bernd Behr titled “House Without a Door”. The weekend will include a Saturday afternoon panel discussion, followed by dinner at the Palms in Wonder Valley and then an evening screening of the film on the most remote Test Site on Iron Age Road. (Low impact camping will be allowed on the site)
For more info and to RSVP for dinner visit the High|Desert|Test|Sites
July 2009
- 4th of July celebration | July 4, 6pm
This will be the only fireworks show in the Morongo Basin offered off the Marine Base and all residents of the Morongo Basin are invited to bring a picnic, blankets and lawn chairs to the Yucca Valley High School Football field this July 4th to enjoy this special traditional celebration of freedom.
Yucca Valley Rotary Club for more information.
August 2009
- Perseids
Meteor Shower | August 12th
The shower's peak is from around 11 p.m. until dawn. Meteors can streak across any portion of the sky so you don't need to look toward Perseus to see them.
September 2009
- Arts and Tourism Week
Morongo Basin Cultural Arts Council - (760) 361-1805
- Desert Writers Weekend | Sept 27 & 28
Writers Celebration 27 Sept 6pm at the Sun Runner Magazine
61855 29 Palms Hwy, Joshua Tree 92252 760 / 366-2700
October 2009
- Crussell Fine Arts presents the Joshua Tree Short Film Festival
Please join us for our Second Annual Joshua Tree Short Film Festival. All films will be viewed outside under the stars on Saturday, October 11, 2008 at dusk on the Crussell Fine Arts Installation Site in Joshua Tree, California. The event is free to all so bring your lawn chair, flashlight, jacket, blanket and drinks. Pop corn will be provided. Films start at dusk so please arrive early.
OPEN CALL, NOW ACCEPTING ENTRIES! Crussell
Fine Arts
- Morongo Basin Orchid Festival | October 3 & 4
Just in time for the Orchid blooms in October, this festival is a fundraising event for charity programs throughout the Morongo Basin. There is food, entertainment, flower education and plenty of fun to be had at this event. For more information, please contact Gubler Orchids
at (760) 364-2283 or at Gublers.com
- Joshua Tree
Roots Music Festival | Oct 18 & 19
So far he line up includes: Hillstomp, The starlings, Trampled by Turtles, The Stairwell sisters, Nathan and The Belleville Outfit.
Tickets may be purchased here $12 in advance | $14 at the door
Call 877.327.6265 or email jtmf@onebox.com for more information.
- Open Studio
Art Tours ..:East End:..
October 11 & 12
Includes the east side of Joshua Tree, 29 Palms and Wonder Valley.
This is an exciting year to be involved with the Open Studio Art Tours. With much planned publicity for this years event, and over 100 studios and galleris participating, it is sure to be the biggest OSAT ever. If you have not participated before this is a great year to start. We hope you will join us!
- Open Studio
Art Tours ..:West End:..
October 18 & 19
Includes Morongo Valley, Yucca Valley the west side of Joshua Tree and Landers.
This is an exciting year to be involved with the Open Studio Art Tours. With much planned publicity for this years event, and over 100 studios and galleris participating, it is sure to be our biggest OSAT ever. If you have not participated before this is a great year to start. We hope you will join us!
- Gram Fest | TBA
Hi-Desert Playhouse - (760) 366-3777
- Pioneer Days Celebration | October 16 - 19
Arm Wrestling Contest, Carnival, Firefighters Pancake Breakfast (29 Palms Fire Department), Judge & Sheriff Contest, Outhouse Races, Pioneer Days Parade, Pioneer Days Rodeo, Soap Box Derby and much more.
Daily schedule can be found here.
Contact the 29 Palms Chamber of Commerce for more info - (760) 367-3445
- 5th Annual Wild West Coyote Fest | TBA
Think you can ride a Mechanical Bull? Test it out along with the Mechanical Calf-Roping ride at the Wild West Coyote Fest, Friday night & Saturday, in Joshua Tree. Gates open Friday at 4:00pm, and Saturday at 10am, with great vendors, LIVE music, a dunk tank, rock
climbing wall, a jumping house for the kids, and always -great food and drink. Bring your pet Saturday at 10:30am for the Pet Parade and stay to enjoy great musicians, including the Cactus Pricks, Kristina Quigley, the Hafler Duo and the Thrift Store All Stars. You’ll find the Coyote Fest 1 block south of the highway on Park Boulevard in Joshua Tree.
For more info, call (760) 366-3723
November 2009
- The Weed Show | TBA
For over 50 years the people of the Hi-Desert have been expressing their creativity by entering desert bouquets made of found desert objects.
29 Palms Historical Society, (760) 367-2366
- Headquarters Battalion Ball | TBA
M.C.A.G.C.C. - (760) 830-6213
December 2009
- Festival of Lights Parade | TBA
This is a fun parade for the whole family, whether your in it or just watching on the sidelines. The general rule is: If you can put lights on it, you can enter it. Everything from cars and floats, to pets and skateboards have been entered in the past.
The parade travels down Adobe Road to Highway 62. Many merchants along this downtown strip extend their business hours on this night to aid you in your holiday shopping. So come early and shop, or stay late and shop!
Old Town Merchants Association - (760) 365-0044
- Geminid
Meteor Shower December 13th
Around 70 meteors an hour can be seen in the southern sky
- Christmas Tree Lighting | TBA
M.C.A.G.C.C. - (760) 830-6213
