The 36th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival is scheduled to be held from January 2 - 13, 2025. The annual star-studded Film Awards, honoring the best and brightest performances of the year, is scheduled for January 3, 2025, at the Palm Springs Convention Center.
The American Express® Golf Tournament is a premier PGA TOUR event that brings together 156 professional and amateur golfers, music entertainers and golf fans to celebrate the sport and its community impact. Held annually at PGA WEST’s Pete Dye Stadium Course (host course) and Nicklaus Tournament Course, as well as La Quinta Country Club, the tournament showcases exceptional talent while supporting local charities through various initiatives.
Taste of Jalisco Festival (TOJ), running from Friday, January 31 through Sunday, February 2, 2025. The ninth edition of the event celebrates the sights, sounds, and tastes of its sister city Tequila in Jalisco, Mexico, honoring the 28-year relationship between the two cities through culture, art, cuisine, music, and fashion. Doors Open at 5:00PM Friday, and Noon Saturday and Sunday. All programming takes place at Cathedral City Town Square Park and environs and the Cathedral City Community Amphitheater.
EXPERIENCE MLS AND NWSL PRESEASON LIKE NEVER BEFORE The Coachella Valley Invitational is the largest professional soccer preseason event in North American soccer history and welcomes some of the biggest clubs from the MLS and NWSL to Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. Sweeping desert vistas provide the perfect backdrop for this three-week competition to secure roster spots, build momentum, and launch a new season.
Celebrating its eleventh anniversary in 2025, the Rancho Mirage Writers Festival stands as a world-class gathering, welcoming 60 esteemed authors and 1,000 readers annually from across the globe to the Rancho Mirage Library and Observatory every January. Founded by Jamie Kabler in 2014, with the vision of creating a premier intellectual event for the Coachella Valley, the festival has earned the moniker “Coachella for the brain.”
The Palm Springs Art Museum’s annual Black History Month closing celebration. The evening will be filled with music by DJ Theregozaay, games, food, a break dance performance by The Desert Peeps, and local BIPOC vendors including Lunar Jewelz, UTB Worldwide and many others. Celebrate Black culture, connect with community, and honor the lasting contributions of Black people to our history and society.
Each March, the Coachella Valley becomes tennis paradise as the world’s best players compete at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. Fans witness thrilling matches featuring stars like Carlos Alcaraz, Iga Swiatek, Novak Djokovic, and Coco Gauff on the iconic courts of the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.
The 21st annual Desert Smash, the world’s most famous celebrity tennis event that brings together Hollywood and pro tennis for charity event is set to take place March 3-4, 2025, at the recently renovated La Quinta Resort & Club.
An unforgettable evening of tennis pros and culinary excellence,Taste of Tennis returns to the desert on Monday, March 3, 2025. The event will take place at the Grand Hyatt Indian Wells Resort & Villas from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM, offering guests the chance to mingle with tennis pros and rising stars while savoring delicious dishes from the valley’s most celebrated chefs.
The highly anticipated fifth edition of Desert X returns to the Coachella Valley from March 8 – May 11, 2025, showcasing site-specific installations by eleven internationally acclaimed artists. This year’s exhibition explores themes of time, transformation, and humanity’s impact on the desert landscape, blending architectural forms with ephemeral elements like wind and light.
"Embers & Shadows" brings artists from various backgrounds together to showcase their interpretations of how fire & smoke shapes our emotions, memories, and environments.
Metropolitan Fashion Week will showcase a groundbreaking fashion show inspired by "Forbidden Tango," featuring Atelier GRANDI, Saori Mitome, Lauren-Bacall Snowden, Carl Andrada, Eruvey Tapia, and artist Ramon Reyes, who transform music, composers, genres, and iconic lyrics into couture. Each piece captures the rhythm, emotion, and harmony of its musical muse.
