| Desert Daze | |
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The neon Desert Daze entry sign from the 2018 festival at the Lake Perris State Recreation Area
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| 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 AreainMoreno 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]
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 and 2023.[3][9]
The following lineups include artists that have performed at the Lake Perris State Recreation Area venue including years: 2022,[10][11] 2021,[12][13] 2019,[14][15] and 2018[16][17]
