The Mojave Experience festival today announces the full lineup for the 2026 event, which takes place from March 20th-21st, 2026 in Joshua Tree, California. The festival was created by High Desert native Patrick Brink, frontman of VOLUME and former lead singer of desert rock legends Fu Manchu. Co-headliners Earthless and Dead Meadow top the bill, sixteen bands confirmed to perform over two nights.

The Mojave Experience festival 2026 Lineup

Earthless
Dead Meadow
John Garcia (ex-Kyuss)
Acid King
Nick Oliveri’s Death Acoustic
Yawning Man
Hippie Death Cult
Rubber Snake Charmers feat. Sean Wheeler
Ecstatic Vision
Howling Giant
Early Moods
The Freeks
Arthur Seay and the Riff Killers
Borracho
Insomniac
Soft Sun

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.

Says the Festival: 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. We bring the sound. You bring the fire. Together we’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.

THE MOJAVE EXPERIENCE 2026:

03/20-21/2026 Joshua Tree, CA – Joshua Tree Lake & Campground

Order tickets for Mojave Experience Festival 2026 HERE