Accompanying Coachella side concerts, Rolling Stone Live presented by Meta's Poolside Concert & Desert Gold Concert Festival at Ace Hotel & Swim Club, Palm Springs, Bring Back Music Festival Season.

 By Laura Medina

Real Spring has sprung back!

Coachella Arts, Culture, and yes, the Music Festival returns Easter holiday back to its Spring Awakening/Renewal fertility maypole roots.

Especially with people emerging out of that dark COVID-19 cocoon, people are ready to celebrate sunlight, brightness, and sound while soaking up all-natural Vitamin D.

If you're bummed that you were too late to the party or haven't saved up enough for official Coachella tickets, no fear.

Those in the know, know they're lucky enough to soak up the sun and fun while catching fresh, emerging music acts and talents at these exclusive brand parties, supplies guests with desert/poolside gear.

Rolling Stone, who has been the leading voice of music and popular culture for over 50 years, returns to ARRIVE Palm Springs for its third annual weekend-long festival experience headlined by its pool party concert featuring live performances by Grace McKagan, BLXST and Carwash, DJ performances by James Hype and perennial festival headliner Gryffin. 

  

Rolling Stone will once again partner with Meta to bring its successful Creator House platform to the desert valley. The brands will develop unique and engaging experiences for attendees to explore the products and tools that support creators' storytelling ambitions - including Reels, Meta Quest 2 VR headsets and Ray-Ban Stories smart glasses.

Chilling poolside is a great way to discover acts and talents so fresh, they have yet to hit Coachella.

Guns n' Roses' Duff McKagan's daughter rose up then rocked the poolside stage.

Leon Bridges dropped by Ace Hotel's Desert Gold.

After a two-year hiatus, Desert Gold at Ace Hotel & Swim Club, Palm Springs, returns for its 13th edition during the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival weekends with an array of programming to bliss the body and muse the mind, including live performances by Sudan Archives and Esty; resident DJs Pangea Sound and Chulita Vinyl Club; a Future Classic night and with Desert Gold mainstay The Do-Over returning for their annual Sunday throwdowns. Los Angeles based Analog Culture Collective In Sheep’s Clothing will take over The Amigo Room at the hotel, curating nightly DJs as well as a beverage program inspired by the former In Sheep’s Clothing hi-fi bar. Ace Hotel & Swim Club will also unveil its new, large-scale mural on the Commune wall from artist Kris Chau. 

Global dance music collective and party-makers Pangea Sound anchor weekend one as resident DJs, with daytime poolside sets Friday through Sunday. Saturday’s Pangea Sound kickback will be hosted by Tribe and EngineEars, before ceding to Los Angeles-based Sudan Archives for her headlining set. 

Pangea Sound is an authentic, highly-acclaimed collective and experiential event series founded on the passion to bring music cultures together. Fusing fresh sounds from the Caribbean, Africa, Latin America, USA and everywhere in between, Pangea Sound is bridging the gap and creating an all-inclusive environment — this is The Global Sound.

Sudan Archives contains multitudes. She first emerged as an avant-garde violinist who channeled her playing through loop pedals. But she’s also much more than that: a lovelorn songwriter, powerful vocal performer and experimental beatmaker. She’s captivated audiences at festivals around the world with her hybrid sound, playing at Coachella, Pitchfork Midwinter and FORM: Arcosanti, and sharing stages with St. Vincent, Ibeyi and Michael Kiwanuka while touring her trailblazing EPs ​Sudan Archives​ (2017) and​ Sink​ (2018). Sudan’s many identities truly coalesce in her debut album, ​Athena (2019)​: a psychedelic, magnetic take on modern R&B that’s unlike anything else you’ve heard.

Again, if you're bummed out you missed Coachella, don't.

The key to enjoy Coachella Weekends is to book a hotel that throws its own concerts so fresh music can be discovered by you all.  A win-win situation.

Sunday sees The Do-Over return their legendary party to the Commune, bringing a roster of always-incredible talent and surprise guests from around the world. Past years have included the likes of Virgil Abloh, Kaytranada, Questlove, A-Trak (Duck Sauce), Ape Drums (Major Lazer), Busy P, Benji B & more.

The second weekend of programming kicks off Thursday night, April 21 with record label Future Classic throwing a party in the Amigo Room. All-vinyl, all-genre, all-women DJ collective Chulita Vinyl Club will hit the decks on Friday, Saturday and Sunday poolside. Saturday’s headlining performance comes from Los Angeles-based Esty, whose Estyland EP came out in February 2022. The Do-Over will rejoin to close out the proceedings on Sunday. 

From Friday through Sunday across both weekends, the hotel is pleased to welcome In Sheep’s Clothing to The Amigo Room. The ISC crew will take over the space, programming a rotating roster of DJs and contributing a drinks menu featuring cocktails from their beloved hi-fi bar in Los Angeles.