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Desert Daze Cancels 2024 Fest Over ‘Rising Production Costs’ and ‘Volatile Festival Market’

Desert Daze, the annual festival held in Lake Perris, California, has been canceled this year due to rising costs and a 'volatile festival market.'

Desert Daze, the independent festival in Lake Perris, California that was set to return this year with Jack White, Cigarettes After Sex, and more, has canceled its 2024 fest. The Desert Daze 2024 lineup was also slated to feature performances from Alex G, the Mars Volta, Thundercat, Fleet Foxes, 100 Gecs, Sleep, Liz Phair, De La Soul, the Kills, Beach Fossils, DIIV, Marc Rebillet, and Molchat Doma. In the years since the pandemic, the live music industry has been grappling with issues like higher costs and lower profit margins, which has made it increasingly difficult for independent festivals to keep running, or for smaller artists to tour.

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