Acid King – at Desertfest New York, by Dante Torrieri / Useless Rebel Imaging
Created by Patrick Brink, frontman of Volume, and former lead singer of Fu Manchu, The Mojave Experience festival has announced their full day-splits for the innagural fest! are your next two bands added to the festival bill! The monster bill includes co-headliners Earthless and Dead Meadow, John Garcia (Kyuss, Slo Burn, Hermano), Acid King, Mario Lalli and The Rubber Snake Charmers, Ecstatic Vision, Yawning Man, Hippie Death Cult, Nick Oliveri (Kyuss, Queens of The Stone Age, Stoner), The Freeks, Insomniac, and Early Moods. The splits are listed below. “Riff Rider” day tickets are on sale today, December 5th, 2025, as two-day passes sold out with the earlybird sale.The Mojave Experience takes place from March 20th-21st, 2026, in Joshua Tree, California, and tickets are on sale at the links below.
🔥 MOJAVE EXPERIENCE 2026 — FULL LINEUP REVEAL 🔥
March 20–21 • Joshua Tree, CA
The dust has settled… and the full lineup is here. Two days. Two iconic desert venues. One massive celebration of heavy psych, fuzz, groove, and the raw creative energy that lives out here in the Mojave.
FRIDAY • Mojave Gold (Pre-Party)
Rubber Snake Charmers feat. Sean Wheeler
The Freeks
Arthur Seay & The RiffKillers
Borracho
Insomniac
SoftSun
SATURDAY • Joshua Tree Lake (Main Event)
Earthless
Dead Meadow
John Garcia
Acid King
Yawning Man
Hippie Death Cult
Nick Oliveri’s Death Acoustic
Ecstatic Vision
Howling Giant
Early Moods
Single-day Riff Rider Passes drop Dec 5 — Friday or Saturday, your choice- or get both!
Two-day bundles already gone.
This is shaping up to be a weekend where the desert’s pulse gets loud, strange, and beautifully alive. ⚡🌵
🎟️ mojaveexperience.net
Poster by @mattjadamsart
Tickets are on sale at the links below.
https://www.mojaveexperience.net/
Follow for updates here and the fest website below:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1125642332836970
https://www.instagram.com/mojave_experience_festival/
The Mojave Experience takes place in Joshua Tree, California at the Joshua Tree Lake & Campground. Attendees are encouraged to make use of the camping, hiking and rock climbing in the area while taking in the vast beauty and mystery of the region that birthed the desert rock movement. The Mojave isn’t just a backdrop — it’s the raw, unfiltered stage where music, art, and chaos collide. Out here, under endless stars and brutal sun, the desert strips away the fake and leaves only what’s real.
The Mojave Experience was born from that spirit. It’s not another sanitized festival in a city park, it’s a gathering for the wild ones, the wanderers, the true believers who know the desert doesn’t hand out comfort, only freedom. This is where local desert legends share the stage with national heavyweights, weaving new stories into the myth of the Mojave. No velvet ropes. No corporate gloss. Just artists, misfits, and seekers coming together for a weekend that won’t be forgotten.
They bring the sound. You bring the fire. Together you’ll carve something into the desert that echoes long after the amps shut down. This is more than a festival — it’s a ritual. A pilgrimage into the heat, dust, and sound that will rattle your bones and rewire your soul. Come ready. Come raw. The Mojave Experience isn’t here to entertain you — it’s here to change you. Find more information here: https://www.mojaveexperience.net/