Palm Desert First Weekend

Saturday, 9am-4pm: Celebrate Spring in the desert at the Coachella Valley Wildflower Festival, organized by the Friends of Desert Mountains. We'll see you at Palm Desert Civic Center Park!
https://www.desertmountains.org/wildflower

In collaboration with the Desert Sun, the Palm Springs Art Museum In Palm Desert will present a discussion Friday evening focusing on the power photography has as a record and storyteller. Related to the museum's current "Imaging Change" exhibition, the panel will include students, reporters, and photojournalists who will cast the discussion in a local light with meaningful stories about the Coachella Valley.
(Photo Credits: Bruce Davidson, Alabama. Paul Fusco, California Grape Strike.)
https://www.psmuseum.org/events/gff-feb-20?date=2020-03-06

Palm Springs Art Museum | Journalism and Community Histories

Love those old classics? And the cars that they drive? Don't miss El Paseo Cruise Night this Friday afternoon. View the cars first on the top deck of the Gardens parking structure, or enjoy them when they starting cruising the street around 4:30pm.

Music! Dancing! Bowling? Yep, all that and Twister, too, at Swing 'N Hops Street Party today from 12 noon to 5pm. Grab the kids and your dancing shoes. We'll see you on El Paseo!

Public Art Trivia: Did you know that "Desert Dessert" by Michael Anderson (1990) won an international competition and became Palm Desert's first public art commission? Take a tour of all the artwork, including Desert Dessert, found at Palm Desert Civic Center Park Saturday at 9am.

The featured event for this month's First Weekend is the Swing 'N Hops Street Party. This fun, free event will be held Saturday from 12 noon to 5pm. Live music by the Swing Cats Big Band will get you dancing in the street! Food trucks, beverages, family-friendly activities and crafts, vintage cars and vendor booths set the rest of the stage. See you there!

It's a beautiful day in Palm Desert, and we have lots of First Weekend activities this afternoon and evening for you to get out and take advantage of this warm weather! See you later at El Paseo Cruise Night and El Paseo Art Walk.
https://discoverpalmdesert.com/el-paseo-artwalk/

Take a free docent-guided walking tour of the public art found at Palm Desert Civic Center Park this Saturday, February 8 at 9am. Join your group at "The Messenger of the Puul" sculpture located off the Fred Waring Drive entrance to the park.

Don't just take our word for it! The Desert Sun has made Swing 'N Hops a top entertainment pick for this weekend. We'll see you Saturday on El Paseo!

Swing 'n Hops Street Party tops this weekend's nightlife El Paseo will turn into a swing dance ballroom Saturday for the Swing 'n Hops festival.