Arts & Entertainment

Palm Springs Splash House Festival Begins With After Hours Party

The annual festival will be held Saturday and Sunday.

PALM SPRINGS, CA — This weekend's Splash House pool party, set to bring a bevy of electronic music artists and swimsuit-clad partygoers to a trio of Palm Springs hotels, kicks off Friday evening with the After Hours party at the Palm Springs Air Museum.

The annual festival will be held Saturday and Sunday beginning at noon at the Riviera, the Renaissance and the Saguaro hotels during the day, while partygoers can enjoy Friday and Saturday night after-parties at the Palm Springs Air Museum after 9 p.m.

Duke Dumont, Blacklizt and What So Not will headline more than 40 acts during the weekend's hotel parties, while Nora En Pure, Autograf and SNBRN lead the After Hours events.

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This year's event also continues the "Bitchin' Balconies" contest, which challenges hotel guests to decorate their room's balconies for a chance to win lifetime Splash House tickets, vouchers, VIP upgrades and more.

General admission tickets are sold out, but $40 After Hours party tickets remain available at www.splashhouse.com.

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Those who miss out this weekend can still catch Splash House's second weekend, slated for August 10-12.

Visit www.splashhouse.com for more information.

— By City News Service / Patch file photo by Renee Schiavone