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EVERY THURS VillageFest Palm Canyon Drive is closed to vehicle traffic between Amado Road and Baristo Road so you can stroll down the center of the street and browse more than 175 booths offering beautiful art, handcrafted items and unique food. 6-10pm. 760-320-3781
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THRU APR 9 Concerts Under The Palms Surrounded by a grove of skirted palms under a starry night sky, a stage, lights, sound system and seating are placed in perfect harmony, creating a unique al fresco venue poised to present some of the most memorable music of the last half-century. On select dates throughout Season. Starting 7:30 pm. Seating is firstcome, first-served. Spa Resort Casino. 760-833-8109
EVERY THURS Free admission at the Palm Springs Art Museum THRU APR 9 Improv Laugh out Loud at some of the best comedians of today every From 4-8pm during VillageFest. 760-322-4800 Friday and Saturday night. 9pm Fridays, 8pm & 10pm Saturdays. Fantasy Springs Resort Casino. 800-827-2946 EVERY THURS & SAT Morning Desert Hikes Join an interpretive guide for a FREE guided hike from the National Monument Visitor Center. National Monument Visitor THRU MAR 20 HITS Horse Shows The HITS Desert Horse Park in Thermal, California is one of the Center. 760-862-9984 largest hunter/jumper horse show venues in the United States and is the home to the HITS Desert Circuit. Shows on select dates EVERY SAT & SUN College of the Desert Street Fair Features 340 vendors offering art, crafts, new merchandise and only. 760-399-9200 food. 7am- 2pm Oct-May, 760-636-7957 THRU NOV 1 Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Exploring EVERY FIRST SAT The City of Palm Desert offers free African-Native American Identity Agua Caliente Cultural Museum will open the Smithsonian guided tours of its public art collection Free guided tours are available on select Saturdays. Wear traveling exhibition IndiVisible: African-Native American Lives comfortable shoes, bring a bottle of water, and be prepared for a in the Americas on Tuesday, January 19, 2016. This exhibition focuses on the seldom-viewed history and complex lives of one-hour walking tour. 9am. 760-346-0611 people of dual African American and Native American ancestry. Agua Caliente Cultural Museum 760-778-1079 EVERY SECOND SUN Free Admission at the Palm Springs Art Museum 760-322-4800 1 THRU 6 Native FilmFest MOST SAT One of the most highly regarded events of its kind. The festival Special Programs At Palm Springs Air Museum presents the best in films by, about, and starring Native Americans On most Saturdays, visit the Palm Springs Air Museum to and other Indigenous peoples from around the world. Camelot learn about a unique topic from the history of aviation. Flight Theatre. 760-833-8169 Exhibitions are scheduled to accompany each program. Visit their website for specific dates and details. 1pm Palm Springs 3 Rick Springfield Air Museum 760-778-6262 A benefit concert for the American Cancer Society. 8pm Agua Caliente Resort Casino 800-585-3737 THRU MAR Live music on select Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights at 3 THRU 6, 34th La Quinta Arts Festival the Date Shed (Empire Polo Club). This spectacular outdoor gallery is extolled as “the most stunning 8pm or 9pm start Most events are open to the public 18 y/o & festival site in the country” and has been instrumental in the older. 760-775-6628 ranking of #1 Fine Art & Fine Craft Festival in the Nation for the past three years. 10 am to 5 pm daily at the La Quinta Civic THRU MAR Purple Room Supper Club Center Campus – 78-495 Calle Tampico. 760-564-1244 The Desert’s premier supper club offers live entertainment including dinner shows featuring international stars Friday, 5 Rhythm, Wine, & Brews Experience Saturday, and Sundays. Purple Room 760-322-4422 Experience craft beer, wine tasting from a huge selection of vendors, colorful art installations, and live music performed by THRU APR Historical Palm Springs Walking Tours five crowd-pleasing bands. Empire Polo Club in Indio Join the Palm Springs Historical Society on a remarkable trip through Palm Springs’ past. They offer eight different walking 5 Charles Kelly tours throughout the week. 760-323-8297 Lead Singer of Lady Antebellum. Outdoor concert under the palms. Bar gardens. 7:30pm Spa Resort Casino 888-999-1995 THRU APR 3 Empire Polo Polo games are open to the public and general admission is free. 5 The Gap Band Featured matches are held on the 2nd Friday of each month (5:30 The Gap Band has released over 30 albums since their inception PM in Jan. & Feb. and 6:30 PM in March) and every Sunday at in 1974, including back-to-back platinum albums, and reaching 12:00 and 2:00 PM. Empire Polo Club. For VIP Reservations, or No. 1 on the R&B chart with such hits like “Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me) 8pm Spotlight 29 Casino 800-585-3737 group rates, call 760-393-7298
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5 Korean Show Featuring Baek Z Young 7pm Agua Caliente Resort Casino 800-585-3737
19 Art Under the Umbrellas La Quinta Arts Foundation presents a diverse collection of 80 artists exhibiting their original creations along Old Town La Quinta’s picturesque Main Street – lined with boutiques and 5 Julio Iglesias The best-selling Latin artist in history, he has sold more than 300 restaurants on 8 key Saturdays throughout the desert season. million copies of the 80 albums he’s released worldwide. 8pm Live Music! Free Admission & Parking! Old Town La Quinta – 78-100 Main Street, La Quinta. 760-564-1244 Fantasy Springs Resort 800-827-2946 5 Coachella Valley Wildflower Festival The desert comes alive with the vibrancy of spring as the wildflowers bloom and transform the Coachella Valley into a colorful canvas. The best place to celebrate them is at the Coachella Valley Wildflower Festival, which is held on Saturday, March 5, from 9 am to 4 pm at the Santa Rosa & San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Visitor Center in Palm Desert 760-862-9984 7 Jazz Supper Club A series of 6 unique and wonderful supper concerts featuring a group of great jazz vocalists and musicians, proceeds of which benefit The American Jazz Institutes’s in-school mentoring and music scholarship program in the Coachella Valley. Starting at 6:30pm in the Supper Club Lounge with no-host cocktails, followed by a specially planned prix fixe dinner. Vicky’s of Sante Fe. 760-345-9770
19 Eli Young Band With the 2011 release of their Republic Nashville debut, Life at Best, the Eli Young Band scored their first No. 1 hit with “Crazy Girl.” 8pm Spotlight 29 Casino 800-585-3737 20 Show Jumping AIG $1Million Grand Prix. 2pm HITS Desert Horse Park 20 Placido Domingo & Renee Fleming 8:30pm Agua Caliente Resort Casino 800-585-3737 25 Golden Boy Boxing Amateur boxing showcase. 8pm Fantasy Springs Resort 800-827-2946
25 THRU APR 3 Sugar (Some Like It Hot) Two musicians who witness the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre in 1929 disguise themselves as women who play in an all-girl band to avoid gangsters. 7pm Thu, 8pm Fri & Sat, 2pm Sun. Palm 7 THRU 20 BNP Paribas Open Tennis Tournament The world’s top male and female tennis players will compete in Canyon Theatre (affordable not-for-profit professional theatre, this annual event. The event at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, located in Downtown Palm Springs). 760-323-5123 has grown into the fifth most attended tennis tournament in the 26 Happy Together Tour 2016 world. 800-999-1585 Named after The Turtles’ hit single “Happy Together,” the tour, which began in 1984, brings together The Turtles featuring Flo 12 Nelly Eddie, The Buckinghams, The Grass Roots and Gary Lewis 2015 was a big year for the multitalented Grammy-winning music and the Playboys for a night of fun music and upbeat songs. 8pm icon, Nelly, who worked relentlessly on multiple television, film and and music projects. 8pm Fantasy Springs Resort 800-827-2946 Spotlight 29 Casino 800-585-3737 26 Tower of Power & Average White Band 13 Daylight Saving Time Begins. Roll your clock ahead one 8pm Agua Caliente Resort Casino 800-585-3737 hour or you might be late! 26 Olivia Newton-John 18 Natalia Lafourcade With a career spanning more than five decades she is still a Natalia Lafourcade, the accomplished singer whose brand of vibrant, creative individual adored by fans around the globe. 8pm intelligent music garnered the most number of wins at this year’s Fantasy Springs Resort 800-827-2946 Latin Grammy Awards. 8pm Fantasy Springs Resort 800-827-2946 26 THRU 27 Easter Eggstravaganza 18 Creedence Clearwater Revisited Hop on over to The Living Desert for a jumping two-day Easter Outdoor concert under the palms. Bar gardens. 8pm Spa Resort Eggstravaganza from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. Join the Easter Casino 888-999-1995 Bunny and his strolling friends (photo opportunities available) for fun activities. 10am-2pm The Living Desert 760-346-5694 18 THRU 20 Oaxacan Artists Enjoy two wonderful weekends meeting artists demonstrating 27 Easter Sunday and creating their pottery, carvings and paintings. These artists are first and second generations that keep the traditional practice 28 THRU APR 3 ANA Inspiration of their craftsmanship without modern technology involved. The first “Major” LPGA tournament of the year features top female golfers. Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage. 9am-4pm Cabot’s Pueblo Museum 760-329-7610 1-844-426-2849 19 Smokey Robinson Once pronounced by Bob Dylan as America’s “greatest living 30 THRU APR 3 Dinah Shore Week poet.” 8pm Fantasy Springs Resort 800-827-2946 Annual event is the largest lesbian gathering in the world.
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