Traffic Jams On Tap This Weekend Due To 2 Large Desert Music Festivals

INLAND EMPIRE, CA — Two desert music festivals are expected to tie up traffic this weekend.

The three-day heavy metal Power Trip Festival scheduled at Indio's Empire Polo Club is expected to draw upward of 50,000 fans. Produced by Goldenvoice, the festival runs Oct. 6-8 and features rockers Metallica, Iron Maiden, Guns N' Roses, Tool, AC/DC, and Judas Priest.

The polo grounds at 81800 51st Ave. open at 4 p.m. Friday; the show closes late Sunday night. (Find ticket information here; see the weekend lineups here.)

As a result of the anticipated high turnout for the event, the city of Indio announced road closures and traffic information. Read more here.

Also underway this weekend is the 21st annual Joshua Tree Music Festival. The event kicked off Thursday at the Joshua Tree Lake Campground and continues through Sunday. The first-day lineup includes Novalima, DJ Dragonfly, Wrecka and Ian Winters. Wildlife Freeway picks up performances Friday, followed by Dom Jones, Trishes, Davis, Rosa Pullman, Rags Rosenberg, Groove with Alyssa Decaro, Lisa Pimienta, High Step Society, and Q. Varo. The GetDown and Alcazar will continue Friday night. Saturday's performances include NYChillharmonic, Lisa Sanders and Brown Sugar, Diggin Dirt, Madalitso, Nicky Genesis, Lettuce, Baila Nova, Apollo Bebop and Adam Deitch. Before Father Taj closes out the festival Sunday, Las Tias, Ryan Heffington, Kerala Dust, Ron Artis II, Ladama, Shabaz, and TV Broken 3rd Eye Open featuring Katie Skene will also perform.

Ticket availability and more information can be found at joshuatreemusicfestival.com.

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