He’s my Brother She’s my Sister to play LA Folk Fest Desert Weekend

THE NEW L.A. FOLK FEST DESERT WEEKEND
Multiple venues – Joshua Tree, CA and its vicinity
2/26 thru 2/27/11

Febrary 26 is the lovely start of a folk-inspired getaway in the High Desert by the good folks at Los Angeles Folk Festival.  The 2-day weekend is co-presented by The Deli L.A. + L.A. RECORD + O.N.E. Natural Experience.  You can see He’s My Brother She’s My Sister, Amanda Jo Williams, and Tommy Santee Klaws play at infamous desert honky tonk Pappy and Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace. Then wake up for desert soccer before doing brunch at Joshua Tree Saloon, with Mia Doi Todd, The Driftwood Singers, and Emily Lacy.

The high desert is the closest thing we’ve got to a land of enchantment, just about 130 miles away from Los Angeles, where Joshua Tree National Park meditates in awesome glory. Strange flora and fauna populate the arid landscape like dessicated undersea creatures—their hardened contorted shapes pepper the dry landscape, surrounding big rock piles abandoned by celestial giants. The horizon is visible in any direction, stretching everything in sight. You can’t help but feel good and enlightened in this place.

Feb 26 | $10 | 8pm | 53688 Pioneertown Road, Pioneertown, CA
Feb 27 | Free with Desert Weekend ticket | 11am-2pm | 61835 29 Palms Hwy, Joshua Tree, CA

RESERVE TICKETS to reserve tickets and to be listed for desert discounts CONTACT US
CARPOOL Need a ride or want to Give a ride? Save gas and $? CONTACT US
ACCOMMODATIONS camp right in Pioneertown for $10! Or get a motel room. We’ve got hookups for $50-$60 rooms as well as more pricey, amazing places to stay. To reserve a tent spot or to get motel/hotel discounts CONTACT US

HANDY DESERT GUIDE
We encourage you to make a weekend of it, so we’ll be cooking up a handy guide to attractions. In addition to coupons and advice you can use on your own, we’re arranging some activities throughout the weekend to maximize the desert experience. Appropriately enough, there are plenty of unusual sights and activities in Joshua Tree and the surrounding area. Like the Integratron, a round building with no metal where you can get a sound bath. Or the Institute Of Mental Physics, a whole compound dedicated to meditation and breathing. There’s poppy fields and haunted bowling alleys, and some of the best thrift store shopping (visit Gypsy Land in Desert Hot Springs, owned by very tall goth bro & sis that listen to Disney soundtracks all day…they’ve got clothes, records, random paintings and rusty objects, great hats and sunglasses, and incredible mid-century furniture). There’s no better place to have a good time than Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace. It’s the mecca of strangeness set against an old fake cowboy ghost town still inhabited by animals with different color eyes and people with accents, limps, and whiskey-worn skin. And now take all this and cap it off with mimosas at Joshua Tree Saloon after a sweaty game of desert soccer…and what you’ve got is just a taste of THE NEW L.A. FOLK FEST DESERT WEEKEND.

LA FOLK FEST DESERT SCHEDULE:

Saturday

12pm
Soundbath
Integratron
$2 off with code word LAFOLKFEST
2477 Belfield Boulevard, Landers, CA, 760-364-3126

4pm-5:30pm
Breathing & Meditation session
RESERVE a spot
Institute Of Mental Physics
59700 29 Palms Highway, Joshua Tree, CA, (760) 365-8371

8pm
He’s My Brother She’s My Sister, Amanda Jo Williams, Tommy Santee Klaws, Turn On The Sunlight
plus DJs Carlos Nino & Andres Renteria
$10 RSVP
Pappy and Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace
53688 Pioneertown Road, Pioneertown, CA

Sunday

11am-2pm
Mia Doi Todd, The Driftwood Singers, and Emily Lacy
Free with fest ticket
Joshua Tree Saloon
61835 29 Palms Hwy, Joshua Tree, CA

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http://lafolkfest.com/