Clutch and Warm Uncle are the latest additions to the second annual ‘Mojave Experience‘ festival. That desert rock-friendly bill already boasts Corrosion Of Conformity, Red Fang, Brant Bjork and more. It will be held March 19th-21st, 2027 at the Joshua Tree Lake & Campground in Joshua Tree, CA and is thus far set to feature:
Clutch
Corrosion Of Conformity
Fu Manchu
Red Fang
Brant Bjork
earthlings?
Mondo Generator
Nebula
Deathchant
Fatso Jetson
Unida
Yawning Balch
Big Scenic Nowhere
Sasquatch
Heavy Temple
High Desert Queen
Sons of Arrakis
20 Watt Tombstone
Magick Potion
Black Moon Cult
Warm Uncle
A press release said of the 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.
There’s a long history of people coming out here to make music on their own terms, from Desolation Center and generator parties to infamous sessions at Rancho de La Luna and the early days of desert festivals. The Mojave Experience comes from that same independent spirit.
The Mojave isn’t just a backdrop — it’s the raw, unfiltered stage where music, art, and chaos collide. Out here, under open sky and desert sun, things feel different. There’s distance from the city, from the usual venues and from everything that normally surrounds a show. You come out here because you want to be here.
The Mojave Experience grew naturally out of that. It wasn’t created to recreate something from the past. It came from the music and culture that have existed in this desert for decades, while giving the next generation of bands and fans a place in it.
Year one proved that people will travel a long way for that experience. They came from across the country and beyond to spend a weekend in the Mojave, surrounded by people who came for the same reason. Desert legends, road-worn bands and new blood sharing the same stage for a few days in the place that inspired it.
No city park. No corporate festival setting.
Just the bands, the people and the Mojave.
Come ready. Come raw.
The Mojave Experience isn’t here to entertain you — it’s here to change you.’
