The valley’s first professional sports team and Seattle Kraken’s AHL affiliate named Coachella Valley Firebirds take its name from a desert legend. Acrisure Arena includes modern suites and premium hospitality clubs with an adjoining facility that serves as a year-round community gathering space and the training center for the AHL team.

Enjoy a sample of the many of the vehicles they have at the Performance Center. Take the wheel of a BMW X vehicle as you follow an instructor through the challenging off-road course. Rotate between various BMW vehicles, driving each through tight corners and fast straightaways.

The Palm Springs Festival of Lights Parade kicked off in the early 1990s along Palm Canyon Drive and has been held every year since on the first Saturday in December. The parade allows residents and visitors to celebrate the spirit and joy of the holiday season while at the same time creating a unique tourism event.

Palm Springs International Film Festival is a film festival held in Palm Springs, California. Originally promoted by Mayor Sonny Bono and then sponsored by Nortel, it started in 1989 and is held annually in January.

The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens is a non-profit zoo and desert botanical garden located in Palm Desert. The Living Desert is home to over 500 animals representing over 150 species and welcomes over 500,000 visitors annually.

Known for being the Rodeo Drive of the desert, El Paseo Shopping District is comprised of The Shops on El Paseo and The Gardens. Over 250 discoveries including enchanting shops and boutiques featuring fashion, jewelry, art, home, spas, dining, and more.

The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway in Palm Springs is the largest rotating aerial tramway globally. It was opened in September 1963 to get from the floor of the Coachella Valley to near the top of San Jacinto Peak and was constructed in the rugged Chino Canyon.

Located in Indio, an oasis situated in the vast California desert. The Fair started as a festival to celebrate the end of the annual date harvest in the Coachella Valley, the central commercial date-producing area in the western hemisphere.

Annual music and arts festival held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, in the Coachella Valley.

An outdoor country music festival is held annually at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. Whether mainstream or relatively unknown, various artists attend, ranging from folk, mainstream country, bluegrass, roots rock, and alternative country.

Indian Wells Open and BNP Paribas Open is an annual tennis tournament usually held in early- and mid-March at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California.

10 BEST Hiking Trails: 1. Bump and Grind Trail 2. Araby Trail 3. Indian Canyons Hiking Trails 4. Palm Desert Cross Hiking Trail 5. Art Smith Trail 6. Randall Henderson Loop Trail 7. Murray Canyon Trail 8. Palm Canyon Trail 9. Palm Springs Museum Trail 10. North Lykken Trail

Founded in 1938, and is a regional art, natural science, and performing arts institution for Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley. Palm Springs Art Museum has a wide-reaching and growing permanent collection of over 12,000 objects rooted in modern and contemporary art, architecture, and design.

The McCallum has gained acclaim as one of the country’s finest presenting theaters by audiences, entertainers, and peers alike. Ticket sales consistently place the McCallum in the top 50 theaters in the world.

Home to one of the world’s largest collections of flyable WWII aircraft, and unlike many other museums, our air-conditioned hangars have no ropes to keep you from interacting with our exhibits.