The Desert Daze music festival was held in Joshua Tree over the weekend. The event featured performances by Iggy Pop, Spiritualized, Eagles of Death Metal, and more. According to the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department, things were pretty chill at the festival – as there were no arrests. But, one nearby resident seemed kind of upset with all the noise, noise, noise.
Via the Sheriff’s Dept. news release (emphasis by me):
During the event, Sheriff’s Dispatch received 39 complaints regarding noise coming from the location. Some of those complaints were from the same person calling multiple times.
“Oh, hey, Earl….Yeah, we know you are upset about the noise….Yes, ee will look into it…aaaaagain. Talk to you again when you call back in 10 minutes.”
In all seriousness, the department did take the complaints seriously and seemed to handle it in the best way possible:
Deputies, along with Code Enforcement officers, and professionals trained in taking decibel readings, responded to the reporting parties’ residences to investigate the complaints. All incidents investigated, except for one, showed the music festival was in compliance with the San Bernardino County noise ordinance. For the one incident that had a decibel reading out of compliance, the information was provided to the sound crew at the event, who immediately addressed and corrected the issue.
Nicely done.
This is pretty funny, given the reality of the 2017 Desert Daze festival. First, the dust was without a doubt the worst I have ever experienced at an outdoor event, and I’m including sprint car races, It was horrific. Every one of the operating personnel was wearing a bandana the whole weekend. Second, 29 Palms is the worst white-trash sinkhole it has been my regretted experience to inhabit. The hotel was abominable. There’s no laundromat in the whole town…think that over. On top of it, we were attacked at the 7-11 by some homeless drunk sociopath. A real all-star weekend. The only good thing about it was that Desert Daze moved to Moreno Beach the next year.