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JANUARY JUNE • CareerBuilder Challenge • Greater Palm Springs PGA Golf Tournament Restaurant Week • Desert Arts Festival • Palm Springs International • Desert Women’s Show Short Film Festival • HITS Coachella Desert Circuit • Splash House Horse Show • Palm Springs International JULY Film Festival • Independence Day • Palm Springs Kennel Club Celebrations & Fireworks Dog Show (Various Cities) • Southwest Arts Festival • Sunday Polo at Empire Polo AUGUST events Club and El Dorado Polo • Idyllwild Jazz in the Pines Club (Season Opens) • Palm Springs Annual Elvis • Tour de Palm Springs Tribute Day • Splash House FEBRUARY • Modernism Week SEPTEMBER • Art Palm Springs • Cinema Diverse Film Festival • Riverside County Fair & National Date Festival OCTOBER Located in the foothills just north of Palm Cathedral City is a center of family oriented A combination of perfect weather, Hollywood Unique for its designation as the “Playground Palm Desert is a cultural, educational and • Coachella Valley Heart Walk MARCH Springs, Desert Hot Springs is best known fun, unique dining, hiking and special events, glamour and an intimate village atmosphere of Presidents,” Rancho Mirage’s stellar golf retail center featuring the “Rodeo Drive of • Desert AIDS Walk • BNP Paribas Open • Dia de los Muertos for its natural underground hot mineral from the annual Hot Air Balloon Festival to keeps Palm Springs on the A-list of great courses, lushly landscaped estates, first-class the Desert”—El Paseo. The city also claims • Coachella Valley Wildflower • Joshua Tree Music Festival water streams that feed into its multiple Art Fairs. People from around the world come destinations. Visitors enjoy fine dining, shopping and fine dining remind visitors why the renowned McCallum Theatre, The Living Festival • Howl-O-Ween at The • Fashion Week El Paseo Living Desert spa properties. The city’s unique geology to visit the award-winning Fountain of Life shopping and renown, unique hotels amid a the likes of Frank Sinatra, Lucille Ball and Desert, excellent hiking trails, beautiful golf • Food & Wine Festival • Modernism Fall Preview Palm Desert • Palm Desert Golf Cart Parade has made it a world famous destination for in Cathedral City’s Town Square, the site of celebrated midcentury modern architecture. President Ford and former First Lady Betty resorts and shopping for every taste. • La Quinta Arts Festival relaxation and rejuvenation. many festivals and events. Art, culture and many special annual events, Ford chose to call this city home. • Native FilmFest NOVEMBER Fun Facts such as the Palm Springs International Film • Rhythm, Wine & Brews • Cathedral City Hot Air Fun Facts Fun Facts Fun Facts • The nation’s only citywide Golf Cart Parade is Experience Balloon Festival • Desert Hot Springs’ more than 20 boutique • The city’s Mary Pickford Theater houses a Mary Festival, put the city on the map. • Sunnylands, the former estate of US Ambassador held in Palm Desert each October, drawing about • Greater Palm Springs APRIL Pride Festival mineral water spa resorts and hideaways have Pickford museum featuring personal belongings Fun Facts Walter Annenberg and his wife Leonore, is open 25,000 spectators who watch more than 100 • American Documentary • Palm Springs Veteran’s earned it the nickname: “California’s Spa City.” and costumes of the world famous silent screen star. • The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, with rotating to the public. Admission to the Sunnylands Visitor creatively decorated golf carts travel down El Paseo. Film Festival Day Parade • ANA Inspiration, LPGA • Rancho Mirage Art Affaire • Cabot’s Pueblo Museum, one of Desert Hot • Sports and family fun include Big League tramcars, takes visitors on one of the steepest ascents Center & Gardens is free, while tours of the estate • College of the Desert Street Fair, a collection of Tournament Springs’ unique treasures, is a Hopi-inspired Dreams Sports Park while ice skaters and in the world to elevation 8,200 feet and 54 miles of and special events are offered at select times with clothing, crafts, food, music and vendors, is held in • Club Skirts presents DECEMBER advance ticket reservations. The Dinah Shore Weekend • Coachella Christmas Parade pueblo in the heart of Desert Hot Springs, hand- hockey players enjoy Desert Ice Castle. hiking trails. The 10-minute ride to the top reveals Palm Desert each Saturday and Sunday morning. • Coachella Valley Music & Arts • Dennis James Golf Classic Festival created from reclaimed and found objects 30-degree temperature drops, as well as winter snow. • The River entertainment complex, Children’s • The Palm Springs Art Museum in Palm Desert • Indio International Tamale • The Festival Lawn is the home of on-going and • Indian Wells Arts Festival Festival throughout the surrounding area. special events in Downtown Cathedral City • Every Thursday night, vibrant Palm Canyon Drive Discovery Museum and Tolerance Education features ongoing and temporary exhibitions of • Stagecoach Country • Palm Springs Festival of Lights between the Mary Pickford Theatre and the is transformed into VillageFest, an outdoor festival Center are just a few of the visitor highlights internationally recognized art in different media. Music Festival Parade located in Rancho Mirage. • Palm Springs Walk of the Inns Desert Cinemas UltraMAX. of food, music, arts and crafts and more. • On “First Weekends of the Month,” November- MAY • The Palm Springs Indian Canyons are filled with trails • The SHOW concert theater, a $75 million high- May, the city offers art walks and an assortment of • Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival YEAR ROUND • Cinco de Mayo Fiesta tech, 2,000-seat headliner showroom at Agua • VillageFest (Thursdays) for hiking or horseback riding, lush oases, natural water entertainment, from gallery exhibits to a popular • International Museum Day • College of the Desert Street formations and historic remnants of the early Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa features major cruise night. • Joshua Tree Music Festival Fair (Saturday/Sunday) • White Party Caliente Band of Indians who inhabited the area. entertainers throughout the year. • Certified Farmers Markets: Palm Springs Sat Oct - May La Quinta Sun Oct - May Palm Desert Wed Oct - Apr

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How to get here: BY CAR: DESTINATION MAP From Los Angeles Take Interstate 10 East > Drive time about 2 hours 9 cities. From San Diego one beautiful oasis. Take 163 North to 15 North to 215 East to 60 East to 10 East > Drive time about 2.5 hours From Orange County 5 Take 55 North to 91 East to 60 East to Interstate 10 East Residents and visitors enjoy an unparalleled La Quinta charms visitors from around the Known as the “City of Festivals,” Indio is as much Celebrating its multi-generational Mexican > Drive time about 2 hours

array of amenities in this premier luxury resort world with phenomenal golf at PGA WEST, at home with agriculture as world recognized American culture with annual events, 80 destination. Attractions include the top-ranked La Quinta Resort & Club and SilverRock entertainment, blue-blooded polo tournaments Coachella is also home to a popular farmers Sacramento Indian Wells Golf Resort, world renowned Resort while outdoor aficionados explore the (including night polo) and gaming. The market featuring plentiful crops, such as 80 Indian Wells Tennis Garden, four outstanding scenic trails of the Santa Rosa Mountains; art increasing popularity of the Coachella Valley grapes, citrus, corn, carrots, artichokes and San Francisco resort hotels, sensational spas, shopping, lovers indulge in the abundance of art and Music & Arts Festival and Stagecoach Music peppers. Coachella marks the easternmost dining and year-round recreational activities, culture; and everyone enjoys fabulous dining, Festival, as well as the Riverside County Fair and city in Greater Palm Springs and has a rich from golf to tennis. shopping and hospitality. National Date Festival, Southwest Arts Festival cultural heritage to explore. and International Tamale Festival, attract many Fun Facts Fun Facts Fun Facts thousands of visitors each year. • The state-of-the-art, 55-acre Indian Wells Tennis • La Quinta boasts a variety of shopping and • Coachella is home to some of the area’s best, 5 15 Garden is home to the prestigious BNP Paribas restaurants along the bustling Highway 111 Fun Facts authentic Mexican restaurants. Open tennis tournament featuring the world’s corridor and in Old Town La Quinta, a charming Ontario • Favorite Indio attractions include Empire Polo Club, • Together with neighboring cities Indio, Thermal Greater Palm Springs top tennis players, as well as the Indian Wells Arts village-style destination filled with unique Los Angeles Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Coachella Valley and Mecca, Coachella produces 95 percent of Orange County 10 BY AIR: Festival and more outstanding events. boutiques and bistros. History Museum and the Cabazon Cultural Museum. the nation’s dates. The Palm Springs International Airport, • One of the most extraordinary zoos in the United • A Sunday farmers market and Saturday art show, San Diego • Shields Date Garden, established in 1924, is a • Downtown Walking Tour guides visitors to the located just three minutes from downtown States, The Living Desert, is located in both Art on Main Street, take place in Old Town for desert icon. The store with date gardens features city’s murals, art displays, filming sites and Palm Springs, offers direct flights from 18 Indian Wells and Palm Desert. several months of the year. many varieties of the delicious and healthy snacks historical structures. markets and is served by ten major carriers. • La Quinta Arts Festival, held each spring, has for tasting and buying, as well as a popular café been ranked the #1 fine art festival in the country starring dates. and attracts thousands of art-lovers from around the world.

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Children’s Discovery Museum of the Desert 3 FROM LAS VEGAS 260mi/418km 19 Coachella Valley History Museum 4 JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK 61mi/99km Coachella Valley Repertory Theatre 5 North

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JACKSON ST. JACKSON MONROE ST. MONROE ASS RD FROM 72 ST. MADISON Eagle Falls Golf Course 56 CABAZON SAN DIEGO 85mi/137km CABAZON 24 54TH AVE.

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JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa 65 SANTA ROSA 62ND AVE. MOUNTAINS La Quinta Resort & Club and PGA West 66 TO BANNING, RIVERSIDE, TO PALM SPRINGS Marriott’s Shadow Ridge Golf Club 67 ORANGE COUNTY & LOS ANGELES Pete Dye Resort Course 68 PGA WEST - Nicklaus Tournament and Stadium courses 69 Rancho Las Palmas Country Club 70 Rancho Mirage Country Club 71 FOR ACCOMMODATION INFORMATION: SilverRock Resort 72 VISITGREATERPALMSPRINGS.COM/STAY SALTON SEA Tahquitz Creek Golf Resort 73