Moon Block Party has just announced the lineup for this year's Desert Daze Music & Arts Festival in Sunset Ranch (near Mecca, CA) on Saturday, April 20, 2013. Acclaimed “Touareg” band Tinariwen and former Amoeba Home Grown artists Warpaint headline the festival, with Chelsea Wolfe, Fool's Gold, Mini Mansions, Night Beats, The Entrance Band and many more performing.

Tickets are on sale now via Brown Paper Tickets and “the fair-trade ticketing company” will donate a portion of the proceeds from the festival to the charity of the ticket purchaser’s choice. You can buy general admission passes ($35 + $2.22 service fee) or there are three additional ticket options that include camping (tent, lakeside or RV) for a bit more. Buy tickets here.

Keep an eye on Moon Block Party's Facebook page for more updates and ticket giveaways in the coming weeks.

 

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UPDATE 5/25: Two-day passes are now $10 off at Amoeba Hollywood! Weekend passes are now $25 (plus $2 service fee).

The schedule for the 2012 Silver Lake Jubilee has been announced! The festival takes place on Memorial Day weekend in Los Angeles and features two days of music, comedy, food trucks, vendors, beer gardens, and more.

You can purchase two-day passes to the Jubilee at Amoeba Hollywood for $37 (this includes a $2 facility fee). 

Saturday, May 26: 12 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.	Sunday, May 27: 12 p.m. to 10:00 p.m
KINKY Autolux La Santa Cecilia Las Cafeteras  Letting Up Despite Great Faults FIDLAR  Matthewdavid Allah-Las  Virtual Boy XBXRX  La Vampires Soft Metals Moses Campbell Catwalk Dunes JJAMZ  Leech Leslie Stevens & The Badgers Robert DeLong Wildcat! Wildcat! Threeway Black Boots Public School Rocks	Aloe Blacc Family of the Year  La Sera The Soft Pack Abe Vigoda  Maya Jupiter LAKE  Princeton  Eastern Conference Champions  TEARIST Incan Abraham  Gangi  Chasing Kings Summer Twins Heatwave  Contact Field Orchestra  Manhattan Murder Mystery Batwings Catwings The Mormons The Dharma Bums Bright Beast Little Guy Silverlake Conservatory of Music

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This year's Silver Lake Jubilee in Los Angeles is on Memorial Day weekend May 26 and 27. The two day neighborhood festival may be its biggest yet with more than 35 bands, 40 comedians and performers, food trucks, craft vendors, and beer/wine for the 21-and-overs.

You can purchase two-day passes to the Jubilee at Amoeba Hollywood for $37 (this includes a $2 facility fee). 

One of the cool things about the festival, aside from all the great bands, is its focus on environmental sustainability. You are very much encouraged to bring your own container and pour water for FREE from the fountains provided on site (that's a lovely change from other festivals that charge ridiculous amounts of money for very small bottles of water). Vendors use compostable food containers, and recycling and composting happens during the festival. Big no-nos inside the Jubilee include single-use plastic bags, Styrofoam, balloons, or other non-recyclable containers. 

When: Memorial Day Weekend, May 26 & 27

• 12 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 26
• 12 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 27

Where: Santa Monica Blvd., with entrances from Sunset Blvd. and Commonwealth

Here is the lineup (so far):

• Abe Vigoda
• Allah-Las
• Aloe Blacc
• Autolux
• Catwalk
• Chasing Kings
• The Dharma Bums
• Eastern Conference Champions
• Family of the Year
• FIDLAR
• Funeral Party
• He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister
• Incan Abraham
• KINKY
• La Santa Cecilia
• Las Cafeteras
• Leslie & The Badgers
• Letting Up Despite Great Faults
• Madi Diaz
• Manhattan Murder Mystery
• Matthewdavid
• The Mo-odds
• Moses Campbell
• Princeton
• The Record Company
• Robert DeLong
• Summer Twins
• TEARIST
• Virtual Boy

Abe Vigoda performing at Amoeba Hollywood in 2008:

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