Skate With Pride
Roll up for some spooky roller-skating fun over three days! Queer Skate Fest, running from Thursday, Oct. 31, through Saturday, Nov. 2, will host three fun skating events to celebrate Halloween and Palm Springs Pride. At 4 and 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 31, the Halloween PRIDE Social Push will offer fun roller tours through Palm Springs, complete with Halloween scavenger hunts and prizes! The 4 p.m. time slot is for ages 17 and younger, while the 7:30 p.m. slot is for adults. The skates are free to attend. For meeting info, visit the Eventbrite page. At 7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 1, experience the Skull Ball, a queer goth and Day of the Dead celebration filled with skating and music, at the Palm Springs Pavilion, 401 S. Pavilion Way, in Palm Springs. You must be 18+ to attend. Tickets start at $15. At 1 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 2, enjoy the Empty Pool Party, featuring open skating, lessons, demos and live music, hosted at Monkey Weenies, 448 E. Arenas Road in Palm Springs. You must be 18+ to attend. Tickets start at $15. For more info, visit the Eventbrite page. —Matt King
Local Music, Local Beer
Celebrate Halloween with local music and brews! At 8 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 31, check out Brews, Boos and Band Tunes at Coachella Valley Brewing Co., 30640 Gunther St., in Thousand Palms. Punk rockers The Hellions, genre mashers Tourists, and Rage Against the Machine cover band People of the Sun are all set to perform. There will be a costume contest, along with the debut of CVB’s new Black Widow brew, and the premiere of local band The After Lashes’ music video for their Halloween smash “Swoon Lagoon.” The event is free to attend. For more info, visit www.instagram.com/touristsmusic. —Matt King
Queer Art Expressions
Enjoy queer art and artists at the Stephen Baumbach Gallery, 4116 Matthew Drive, in Palm Springs. Rainbow Palette: Expressions of LGBTQ+ Artistry, curated by Terry Hastings and featuring one of Palm Springs Pride’s grand marshals, Aaron-Allen Marner, the free-to-attend exhibit showcases the diverse creative talents of LGBTQ+ artists across mediums and explores themes of identity, resilience and freedom. The show spans three separate art galleries and the adjacent open-air spaces, so there should be lots to look at. If you decide to purchase, the artists are donating 10% of their sales to Greater Palm Springs Pride. The galleries will be open from 1 to 5 p.m., Friday and Saturday, Nov. 1 and 2. For more information, check out the Facebook event page. —Charles Drabkin
Bunch o’ Punk
Ready for 100% hardcore music? Get your mosh-pit moves ready for Dia de Desmadre, happening at 5:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 1, at Little Street Music Hall, 82707 Miles Ave., in Indio. Hardcore punk heavyweights Desmadre bring a can’t-miss headlining performance (off the heels of their performance at Sound & Fury festival) for a nonstop show filled with local and out-of-town bands. Catch performances from Face Facts, Two Guns, Bronca, Fatal Wounds, Killfloor, War Prison and Palkia. Tickets are $22.47, available on Fanimal. —Matt King
A Grammy Award Winner
The Palm Springs Women’s Jazz Festival preserves and fosters an appreciation of jazz and blues music and supports female jazz and blues musicians, who traditionally struggle for recognition. On Saturday, Nov. 9, five-time Grammy Award winner Lalah Hathaway will perform at the Annenberg Theater at the Palm Springs Art Museum, 101 N. Museum Drive, for two performances, at 3:45 and 6:45 p.m. Her performances transcend genres, from soulful jazz to R&B ballads and pop standards. Get your tickets, which start at $75.47, here. —Charles Drabkin
Grilled Meats, Dance and More
St. Garabed Armenian Apostolic Church of the Desert, at 38905 Monterey Ave., in Rancho Mirage, hosts the 16th Annual Armenian Cultural Festival from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 9; and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 10. The festival will include guided church tours, folk-dancing performances, live music and family-friendly activities. Armenian foods, beer, wine, pastries and coffee are also available for purchase. Admission is $5. See the Facebook event page to learn more. —Charles Drabkin
Choreography in Action
The Coachella Valley is fortunate to have myriad music, comedy and even sports events to enjoy. But dance? Not so much. That’s why the annual Palm Desert Choreography Festival at the McCallum Theatre, at 73000 Fred Waring Drive, is so important. At 7 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 9, 11 finalist choreographers will watch as their works are performed by professional dancers, while at 4 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 10, “dancers from emerging companies, colleges and studios” will perform choreographies by nine finalists; in both cases, prizes are up for grabs. Tickets start at $28-$33; get them at www.mccallumtheatre.org. —Jimmy Boegle
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