How Desert Daze 2021 will happen in-person again with some new rules

As a musician, concertgoer and amusement promoter, Phil Pirrone knows however to respond erstwhile chaotic paper scenarios travel up successful the deck.

In the 9 years since Pirrone started Desert Daze, a euphony festival that started arsenic a bid of shows successful the Coachella Valley, helium and his squad person navigated venue changes, an electrical storm and now, a pandemic.

Desert Daze volition instrumentality to the Lake Perris State Recreation Area betwixt Moreno Valley and Perris Nov. 12-14 successful a lower-key iteration owed to the COVID-19 pandemic, with performances from artists specified arsenic The War connected Drugs, Kamasi Washington, Toro Y Moi, Japanese Breakfast and more.

“It’s intentionally pared down,” Pirrone said. “There’s 1 stage, and there’s a reduced capableness due to the fact that it’s a weird year.”

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Organizers announced the festival implicit the summertime arsenic the Delta variant of the coronavirus surged and threatened the the unrecorded euphony industry’s dilatory instrumentality to normalcy.

“It messes with your caput moving connected thing that you’re not definite is going to happen,” Pirrone said.

As coronavirus cases person waned successful caller weeks, festivals astir Southern California, including Desert Daze, person recovered much coagulated crushed connected which to physique their stages.

From the satellite to the desert

Pirrone’s inheritance successful promoting started agelong earlier helium started putting connected shows. He said helium started playing successful a set erstwhile helium was 13 and would beryllium the 1 to grip immoderate bookings oregon medication work.

“I’m an organizer astatine heart,” said Pirrone. “I’ve conscionable ever been that feline successful the band.”

When creating Desert Daze, Pirrone said that what informed his team’s imaginativeness were their corporate experiences arsenic touring artists and euphony fans. Each performance and euphony festival they attended oregon played guided their decisions connected what they should and shouldn’t do.

Pirrone was among the organizers of the Moon Block Party, a unrecorded euphony festival that happened successful the Pomona Arts Colony successful the aboriginal 2010s and promoted shows nether that banner astir Los Angeles, Orange County and Palm Springs.

In 2012, the archetypal Desert Daze took spot arsenic a bid of 11 shows successful the Coachella Valley, moving other the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. As Desert Daze grew, it yet moved into the precocious godforsaken and became much of accepted festival set-up and attracted headlining artists specified arsenic Iggy Pop and Spiritualized.

For 2018, the festival moved to Lake Perris and snagged its biggest headliner to date: Tame Impala, but a thunderstorm chopped the band’s opening nighttime acceptable short, forcing an evacuation of the festival. But the skies had cleared by the adjacent greeting and the squad had returned the festival grounds to a pristine authorities for memorable performances from King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard and a ground-shaking acceptable from My Bloody Valentine.

Even though Desert Daze volition instrumentality to the Lake Perris site, this twelvemonth is simply a small spot different.

There volition lone beryllium 2 stages alternatively of erstwhile years, wherever determination were 3 to four. One of the stages volition lone beryllium accessible to campers, who tin drawback further performances each time earlier and aft the main sets. Some of the acts connected the camping signifier see Tropa Magica, George Clanton and Pirrone’s set JJUUJJUU.

Capacity volition beryllium little than successful erstwhile years astatine the site, Pirrone said, but helium declined to supply specifics.

To enter, attendees volition request to supply impervious of coronavirus vaccination oregon a antagonistic COVID-19 trial taken wrong the past 72 hours. The festival volition supply escaped investigating on-site should guests request it, Pirrone said.

Masks are not mandatory but encouraged, helium said.

But 1 happening volition lucifer erstwhile years. Desert Daze volition showcase projection creation and creation installations passim the festival grounds.

Pirrone said plans are to bring backmost the afloat program, with aggregate stages, panels and a movie festival successful 2022, but helium hopes fans volition inactive bask this year’s edition.

“In a cleanable satellite they volition permission feeling similar they’ve enriched their minds, bodies and souls,” Pirrone said. “If we tin execute that with anyone that’s large for us.”

If you go

When: Friday, Nov. 12, done Sunday, Nov. 14. Gates unfastened astatine 3 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Where: Lake Perris State Recreation Area, 17801 Lake Perris Drive, Perris.

Admission: Three-day passes are $297 for wide admittance and $457 for VIP, some earlier fees. Single-day wide admittance is $99 and VIP is $199, earlier fees. Camping passes for the play commencement astatine $129. Single-day parking is $25, positive fees, and play parking passes are disposable for $75, positive fees. Preferred parking passes goes up to  $75 for single-day and $150 for the weekend. On-site parking is limited, truthful purchasing passes successful beforehand is recommended.

Information: desertdaze.org

COVID-19 rules: Proof of afloat vaccination oregon a antagonistic trial wrong 72 hours required for entry.