Event

JANUARY 6-17
Palm Springs International Film Festival
Twelve days. Almost 200 films. Hollywood glamour. Film lovers and aficionados from around the globe. Palm Springs International has grown into one of the nation’s premiere film fests – and it just keeps getting better
JANUARY 17-23
Bob Hope Classic
So big it sprawls across five days of play on four desert golf courses, the Bob Hope Classic is the granddaddy of all golf and charity events in the Coachella Valley.
JANUARY 28-30
Southwest Arts Festival
The area’s largest outdoor marketplace showcases the spirit and tradition of artists of the Southwest, featuring over 200 acclaimed artists from the area.
FEBRUARY 18-27
National Date Festival
Riverside County’s annual celebration of the chewy, fibrous fruit features carnival rides and midway with food and camel races. Daily concerts and a nightly Arabian Nights festival highlight the entertainment.
FEBRUARY 24-26
Frank Sinatra Starkey Hearing Foundation Celebrity Invitational
Celebrities spend as much time playing to the crowd as they do playing golf in this annual tournament founded by the late entertainer.
MARCH 7-20
BNP Paribas Open
Formerly the Pacific Life Open, this tennis event brings in the top-ranked men’s and women’s players every year in March.
MARCH 10-13
La Quinta Arts Festival
Over 250 top artists participate in this outdoor, juried fine art event.
MARCH 28-APRIL 3
Kraft Nabisco Championship
One of the premiere events on the LPGA circuit, the Kraft Nabisco Championship features more the world’s best professional women golfers.
  MARCH 30-APRIL 4
Dinah Shore Weekend
Dinah Shore Weekend is the world’s largest lesbian party event. There is no official affiliation with the golf tournament, but the event coincides each year with the Kraft Nabisco Championship.
APRIL 2011 – DATES TBA
Indian Wells Arts Festival
A judged and juried art marketplace where 200 artists traveling from across the country will present their work on the grassy East Plaza of the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.
  APRIL 8-11
The White Party
One of the nation’s premiere circuit parties celebrating gay culture, this event is one of the West Coast’s largest gay festivals, drawing more than 20,000 men to Palm Springs every April.
APRIL 15-17
Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
It’s the biggest, most cutting-edge music festival in Southern California. Maybe the world.
APRIL 2011 – DATES TBA
Stagecoach Music Festival
Stagecoach brings country music fans from across the world to the Coachella Valley.
  JUNE 2011 – DATES TBA
Palm Springs Short Film Festival
The largest short film showcase in America. Over 300 films from multiple countries
on three screens for seven days.
  NOVEMBER 6-7
Palm Springs Pride
Annual festival and parade celebrating the pride and diversity of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in the greater Palm Springs area.
DECEMBER 4-5
Tamale Festival
The annual International Tamale Festival is held in Indio.
 

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