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Tequila’s Punk Museum Comes to Joshua Tree
Last month, the LA Beat’s own Tequila Mockingbird joined forces with graphic artist, Rolo Castillo, and AI artist and inventor, Phil Bosua, to bring “the past, present, and future of Punk” through the art of AI and the Punk Museum … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Events, Miscellanious, Music
Tagged desert trip, Joshua Tree, L.A. Punk Museum, Library Special Collections Punk Archives, Nina Hagen, Phil Bosua, Punkast, Rollo Castillo, Tales of the American, Taylor Junction, Tequila Mockingbird, Tequila Mockingbird's Punk Museum, UCLA Archives
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Festive Santa and Krampus Crawls, Stumbles, and Runs Across LA
This weekend and beyond, the winter holiday season truly begins within Greater Los Angeles when the city’s streets fill with both the most wicked and the most festive of revelers, celebrating in a style that can only be found in … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Miscellanious
Tagged Christmas crawls, krampus, krampus night, krampusnacht, pub crawls, santa crawls, SantaCon
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The Second Annual LA Rum Festival Includes More Tiki This Year
The Los Angeles Rum & Tiki Festival comes back to Downtown LA for its 2nd Annual Southern California festival Friday, September 8, 2023, from 4 p.m. – 9 p.m., once again at The Majestic Ballroom. This year will also feature … Continue reading
Surf Guitar Fans Venture to Long Beach for ‘101’ Convention
The 14th Annual Surf Guitar 101 Festival will be at the beachfront Golden Sails Hotel in Long Beach for the first time, Friday, July 28 through Sunday, July 30, 2023. The Surf Guitar 101 Convention is to feature “the very best … Continue reading
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Tagged Deke Dickerson, Draculina, Paul Johnson, Pollo Del Mar, Rocket Fish, Satan’s Pilgrims, Sir Bald Diddley a.k.a. Hip Bone Slim, The Bomboras, The Charades, The Concussions, The Eliminators, The Hellbenders, The Irradiates, The Messer Chups, The Reventlos, The Surf Kings, The Tikiyaki Orchestra, The Volcanos, Tiki Creeps, Waves of Steele
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EXOTIKON: A New ‘Wild, Weird, and Wonderful’ Comes to DTLA
EXOTIKON promises to be the “Disneyland of Exotica” — an inaugural weekend celebration of all things “wild, weird, and wonderful” in the World of Exotica, this weekend, Friday through Sunday, June 23-25, 2023, at the WisdomeLA Art Park in DTLA’s Arts … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Attractions, Events, Miscellanious, Upcoming Events
Tagged Blue Hawaiians, Creepxotic, Creepxotica, Ego Plum, El Vez, exotikon, Hukilau Hotshots, Hula Girls, Infernal Order of the Black Flame, Jason Lee & The Dark Entities, Mambo Diabolico, Martini Kings, peekaboo gallery, Reckless Night Ensemble, Shag, Thea Triffid, tiki culture, Tikiyaki Orchestra, yma sumac
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High Desert Cool Spot ‘The Station’ Becomes Cheesier in the Tastiest of Ways
On 29 Palms Highway, which cuts straight up through the high desert to Joshua Tree, sits a stunning and popular local landmark that has now, albeit briefly, been transformed into a retro “Cheez-It Stop” this week. Open only until Sunday, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Attractions, Events, Food, Miscellanious
Tagged Big Josh, California summer, Cheez-It, classic cars, Glen Steigelman, grammers, high desert, instagrammers, Joshua Tree, photo ops, Steve Halterman, Summer vacation, The Cheez-It Stop, the los angeles beat, the muffler man, The Station
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The Spring Joshua Tree Music Fest returns for a more intimate festival experience
Nestled within the Joshua Tree Lake and Campgrounds, the Joshua Tree Musical Festival will feature five stages and 40 acres to fill four days and nights with soul-lifting, high-energy music, art, workshops, and more, this Thursday through Sunday, May 12-15, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Cocktails, Beer, Wine & Weed, Events, Food, Miscellanious, Music, Upcoming Events
Tagged 79rs, Adam Freeland, Banda Sin Nombre, Cimafunk, DJ Dan, Father Taj, Gone Gone Beyond, Gorangutang, House of Hamsa, Joshua Tree Music Festival, Kate Vargas, Mikey Reyes’ Beats & Rhymes, Neal Francis, Sofaz, Sunny War, The California Honeydrops, TheSeshen, Thumpasaurus
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