About
High Desert Soundings is a two-day outdoor music festival near Joshua Tree National Park in the California High Desert. Founded in 2018 by T.J. Borden and Daniel Meyer-O’Keefe, the festival is a crossroads of experimental musicians from different communities and backgrounds, coming together to share their work and perspectives. The festival is held at the Palms Restaurant in Wonder Valley, a homesteading frontier community. The Palms is the primary meeting place for the diverse group of artists, free spirits, and isolationists who call the valley home. Wonder Valley's natural beauty and remarkable quiet set the stage for unique, immersive, and eclectic performances.
High Desert Soundings is currently co-directed by T.J. Borden and Ethan Marks and under the fiscal sponsorship of Fractured Atlas Inc, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. We have featured performances from Wolf Eyes, Sarah Hennies, King Britt, Michael Pisaro-Liu, Vinny Golia, Agriculture, Audrey Chen and Phil Minton, Palberta, Jeph Jerman, Jack Wright, Carolyn Chen, and many more.