Twentynine Palms' 90th Pioneer Days runs Oct 15-18, 2026, with a parade, 5K, Outhouse Races and KidsFest on Oct 17. Plan your family weekend here.

Joshua Tree Music Festival runs October 8–11, 2026. Here's the honest tradeoff between camping on the festival grounds and a private stay with a real bed and shower.

By late September, Highway 62 starts doing something it does every fall: garage doors lift, hand-painted signs go up along the shoulder, and for three weekends in October, the stretch of desert running through Joshua Tree, Yucca Valley, and Twentynine Palms turns into one long open house. This year the HWY 62 Open Studio Art Tours 2026 marks its 25th year running — a quarter century of artists opening their own studios to strangers, no gallery walls in between. What the Tour

Thinking about a weekend at Wanderlust? Here's everything guests ask before booking — from the drive in to what's included.