This past weekend saw Desert Hearts celebrate its 10-year anniversary with its biggest festival to date. Running April 28 to May 2 at Lake Perris in Cali’s Inland Empire, the event drew over 6,000 fans, according to organizers. The festival not only doubled in size from the previous years, but it also added an extra performance platform near the lake, the Desert Stage, which played host to festival regulars like Atish, who has played the festival every year since 2013. Other frequent performers – Francesca Lombardo, D!NK, RYBO, and Lubelski – highlighted the stage and spun melodic and uplifting beats…
Author: Saxe Coulson
When the Desert Hearts Festival touches down in Lake Perris, Calif., April 28 through May 2, there will be plenty to celebrate – namely, a decade of existence that has seen the organizing collective grow organically from humble beginnings to the artistic force it is today. In 2012, Mikey Lion partnered up with Marbs, Lee Reynolds, and his younger brother, Porky, to put together the first Desert Hearts party, which drew 200 people. Ten years later, Desert Hearts is not only a festival and event brand, but it’s also a label, a collective, and a community that has grown to…