SAVE THE DATE: INTO ACTION in DTLA Chinatown – January 13th through January 21st
Join us at INTO ACTION, a large scale pop-up art exhibition and series of free community cultural events taking place over the course of 9 days in DTLA’s Chinatown. The groundbreaking social justice festival of art and ideas will feature nearly 175 artists with hundreds of inspiring works of art, large scale installations by world-renowned…
Save the Date: “Quema Del Diablo,” A Music and Arts Festival at the Joshua Tree Retreat Center – December 9th & 10th
Traditionally held at the town square, the Quema Del Diablo, annual celebration is a modern day version of an old Guatemalan tradition – the burning of devil effigies at the year end. The event signifies the clearing of bad energy from the previous year, and “rising anew from the ashes.” This year, there is a…
Save the Date: 29Rooms “Turn It Into Art” : Refinery29’s festival of style, culture, and technology – December 7th through December 17th
29Rooms, Refinery29’s festival of style, culture, and technology, will be taking place for the first time in Los Angeles, specifically in our neighborhood of the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District. For the past three years, 29Rooms has been captivating audiences in both physical and digital worlds, with its immersive storytelling experience designed for discovery and…
Photos, Wrap Up: Lightning in a Bottle 2014
What happens when three ever-engaging, ridiculously charismatic brothers invite 15,000 of their closest friends to camp, picnic and party somewhere in the wine valley, midway btween San Francisco and Los Angeles? The answer is the biggest and most inventive Lightening in a Bottle to date. The location of this year’s LIB at a new rural…
Coachella Preview with Poetic Kinetics
This year marks the 16th anniversary of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, which runs April 11-13 and April 18-20 where thousands of fans from around the world will attend in celebration of today’s best in music and art. Ever since the inaugural festival in 1999 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA, Coachella…
Photos: SXSW Art Scene
South by Southwest (SXSW), Austin, TX’s annual music festival, focuses on promoting musicians, filmmakers, and interactive tech subdivisions. The exciting, high energy scene makes a natural location for muralists and installation artists who display visual art throughout the SXSW festival. SXSW is currently ranked as the largest music festival in the world, with more than 2,200…
Fest300 Launches, Website Brings In-Depth Look at Festivals Worldwide
CARTWHEELart loves festivals! From Glastonbury and SonicFest to Lightning in a Bottle, Coachella, and Burning Man, our writers have experienced the music, art and immersion into these short-lifespan-universes. Now a new website is bringing the best of the fests together in one location, Fest300.com. Created by Joie de Vivre Hospitality founder Chip Conley, the man…