In January of 2024, Visit 29 Palms, the City of Twentynine Palms’ Tourism Business Improvement District (TBID) launched a new Sponsorship and Event Grant Program with the goal of driving community engagement, attracting overnight visitors, and supporting the city’s five key tourism destination pillars.

Backed by $200,000 in TBID funding, made possible by utilizing reserves, the TBID has allocated and awarded a significant amount of funding to support events this year, with the goal of cultivating a culture of self-sustainability and empowering event organizers to establish successful and financially viable events that will thrive independently in the years to come.

Following the close of the first open call for proposals in February, the TBID Advisory Board awarded a total of $60,150 in event funding across 11 events and ongoing programming scheduled to take place between the March to June period. Following the close of the second open call in April, the TBID Advisory Board awarded an additional $132,850 in funding support for 17 events scheduled to take place July – December 2024.

In total, $193,000 has been awarded in support of 28 events and ongoing programming over the 10-month, March–December period. This includes everything from music festivals, film festivals, half marathons, rock climbing events and bouldering competitions, art festivals and studio tours, wellness weekends, comedy nights, and more!

This concludes the event grant and sponsorship funding cycle for the TBID’s 2023-2024 budget year. The program is anticipated to continue next year, with the next open call for event proposals planned for October 2024, pending the TBID’s annual reauthorization.  

To stay in the loop on all the exciting things happening in Twentynine Palms, be sure to subscribe to our Visit 29 Palms newsletters. Bookmark the Visit 29 Palms events calendar and check back often as new event details are being added on a daily/weekly basis, and submit your own upcoming community events to our calendar by using the new submit your event form on the newly relaunched Visit 29 Palms tourism website!

May 2024

May 4: Desert Rat Convention
Host Organization: Twentynine Palms Historical Society
Venue: Old Schoolhouse Museum

May 4–25: Music at the Market (Every Saturday)
Musician: Michael Proud
Venue: 29 Palms Farmers Market, Freedom Plaza

May 10–11: All Summer’s Eve Desert Rendezvous
Host Organization: All Summer's Eve Desert Rendezvous
Venue: The Palms

May 10–June 2: Conjuring Cathy Allen
Host Organization: Positional Projects
Venue: Cathy Allen’s Studio

May 30-31: Retro Perspectiv 
Host: Ryan Heffington
Venue: D E S E R T R A D E

May 31: Adobe Mara Arts Walk
Host Organization: Black Cactus Co-Working
Venue: Black Cactus Co-Working

 

June 2024

June 1–2: Retro Perspectiv 
Host: Ryan Heffington
Venue: D E S E R T R A D E

June 1–29: Music at the Market (Every Saturday)
Musician: Mike Proud
Venue: 29 Palms Farmers Market, Freedom Plaza

June 7–8: To 29 and Beyond
Host Organization: To 29 and Beyond
Venue: Outpost 29

June 15: Juneteenth
Host Organization: Women of Color Global 29
Venue: Knott’s Sky Park

 

July 2024

July 4–6: Freedom Daze 29
Host Organization: JT City Limits
Venue: Freedom Plaza

July 27: Hi-Desert Comedy Night
Host: Jenny Zigrino
Venue: Kitchen in the Desert

 

August 2024

August 3–31: Music at the Market (Every Saturday)
Musician: Mike Proud
Venue: 29 Palms Farmers Market, Freedom Plaza

August 9–13: Area 29 UFO Festival
Host Business: Scorpion Lollipop
Venue: Scorpion Lollipop & Corner 62

August 9–13: Area 29 UFO Scavenger Hunt
Host Business: Blake Hodges / Hi-Orbit
Venue: Downtown 29 Palms businesses

August 31: Wellness Weekend
Host: Stacy Paczan
Venue: Studio 29 Yoga

 

September 2024

September 7–28: Music at the Market (Every Saturday)
Musician: Mike Proud
Venue: 29 Palms Farmers Market, Freedom Plaza

September 20–22: 29 Queer Film Festival
Host Organization: 29 Queer Film Festival
Venue: Theatre 29

September 27–29: Desert Ship Overland Festival
Host Organization: Desert Ship, LLC.
Venue: Outpost 29

 

October 2024

October 4–5: Night Sky Festival
Host Organizations: Joshua Tree Residential Education Experience, Sky’s The Limit
Venue: Sky’s The Limit Observatory and Nature Center

October 5–26: Music at the Market (Every Saturday)
Musician: Mike Proud
Venue: 29 Palms Farmers Market, Freedom Plaza

October 5–6, 12–13, 19–20: Art Tours After Dark
Host Organization: Morongo Basin Cultural Arts Council
Venue: City/Basin-wide venues as part of the 2024 Hwy 62 Open Studio Art Tours

October 10–13: Joshua Tree Music Festival
Host Organization: Joshua Tree Music Festival
Venue: Joshua Tree Lake RV & Campground

October 11–13: Connected Landscapes  
Host Organization: Friends of Joshua Tree
Venue: Joshua Tree National Park + Freedom Plaza

 

November 2024

November 2: Joshua Tree Half Marathon 
Host Organization: Vacation Races
Venue: Joshua Tree Lake RV & Campground

November 2–3: Joshua Tree National Park Art Exposition
Host Organization: Joshua Tree National Park Council for the Arts
Venue: 29 Palms Art Gallery

November 2–30: Music at the Market (Every Saturday)
Musician: Mike Proud
Venue: 29 Palms Farmers Market, Freedom Plaza

November 8–9: 29 Palms Book Festival
Host Organization: Desert General, LLC.
Venue: Desert General Store, Corner 62, Freedom Plaza + More

 

December 2024

December 6–8: Climb Smart
Host Organization: Friends of Joshua Tree
Venue: Indian Cove, Joshua Tree National Park

December 7–28: Music at the Market (Every Saturday)
Musician: Michael Proud
Venue: 29 Palms Farmers Market, Freedom Plaza

December 14–15: 29 Palms Rock Rumble Royale Bouldering Competition    
Host Organization: Cliffhanger Guides
Venue: Joshua Tree National Park, Freedom Plaza