Small Festival, Big Spirit: JTMF

There's a festival happening in the California desert this October and if you haven't heard of it yet, consider this your sign.

Joshua Tree Music Festival returns for its 21st Fall edition October 8-11, 2026 in Joshua Tree, California. Four days of intentionally intimate, independently produced music, art, healing, and community in the Los Angeles’ backyard!

This isn't a mega-festival. It's a family friendly campout.

The Lineup

Headlined by Cure for Paranoia, the 2026 NPR Tiny Desk Contest winner , alongside Colombian acid tropical pioneers Acido Pantera and funk supergroup The Breaks featuring Eddie Roberts (New Mastersounds), Stanton Moore (Galactic), and Robert Walter (Greyboy Allstars).

Plus: Southern Avenue · Elias Alexander · Trishes  · Jimetta Rose & The Voices of Creation · Future Joy · Bad Snacks · We Them Grays · Dogo du Togo · Mystical Joyride · Bicicletas Por La Paz · Mak Nova · August Lee Stevens · AC Sapphire · Jesus Gonzalez · Rags Rosenberg · Katzroar · Eagle Rock Gospel Singers · Parker Ainsworth · Stephanie Anne Johnson and more.

DJ Sets by: Donald Glaude · Bad Snacks  · Dirty Texans  · Nina Sol · Manila Vanilla · The Disco Shaman Is Real · RHYTHMX · Sir Kaydian · Shanell Grey  · and more.

More Than Music

Beyond the stages, JTMF offers 100+ playshops across the Positive Vibration Station, Sanctuary, Kidsville, and Astro Mojo Dojo Tea Lounge. Sacred practitioners at the Healing Oasis lakeside. 30+ live artists in the Art Gallery. Desert camping under an endless Mojave sky.

It's a social wellness retreat disguised as a music festival. Or maybe it's a music festival disguised as a social wellness retreat. Either way, you leave changed!

What People Say

"A family-friendly microdose of the very best parts of Burning Man."
— Joshua Tree Voice

Tickets

Tier 3 passes are available now, but moving fast. 

Single Day Tickets also available for those who want a taste of the desert.

Use Pay in 4 at checkout and split your passes into four smaller payments.

Family friendly · Independently produced · 24 years strong