Created by Patrick Brink, the frontman of VOLUME and former frontman of legendary desert rock outfit Fu Manchu, the inaugural Mojave Experience will take place March 20, 2026 – March 21, 2026 at Joshua Tree, CA‘s Joshua Tree Lake and Campground. Attendees are encouraged to make use of the camping, hiking and rock climbing of the area, while taking in the vast beauty and mystery of the region that helped create and inspire the Desert Rock movement.
The Mojave won’t be a backdrop. It’ll be a raw, unfiltered stage where music, art and chaos collide. As its founder and organizing team firmly believe, the harsh and surreal beauty of the desert strips away everything fake, and leaves what’s real behind.
Mojave Experience was inspired by and born from that spirit. It won’t be yet another sanitized festival in a city park or a fairground, it’s specifically a gathering for wild ones, wanderers, and true believers, who know that the desert doesn’t hand out comfort, only freedom.
So no, there won’t be velvet ropes. No corporate gloss and bullshit. Just artists, misfits and seekers meeting in the desert for a weekend that they won’t forget.
The inaugural festival will be feature legends in explorative and countercultural music, as well as up-and-coming outfits who are out there making waves right now. The festival will feature co-headliners Earthless and Dead Meadow, Philly‘s Ecstatic Vision, and 15 other bands who will be performing over the course of its two-day run.
The full lineup is:
Earthless
Dead Meadow
John Garcia (ex-Kyuss)
Acid King
Nick Oliveri’s Death Acoustic
Yawning Man
Hippie Death Cult
Rubber Snake Charmers feat. Sean Wheeler
Ecstatic Vision
Howling Giant
Early Moods
The Freeks
Arthur Seay and the Riff Killers
Borracho
Insomniac
Soft Sun
Check out a Spotify playlist featuring tracks from the bands playing at the inaugural Mojave Experience.
Tickets are available here for both individual days are available here. My understanding is that Friday night’s tickets are running low. So grab them before they run out, y’all.
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