Splash House 2024: The ultimate guide to tickets, parking, who's performing and more

The Coachella Valley summer heat is no match for August's biggest event: Splash House.

Although its third weekend coincided with Tropical Storm Hilary last year, the festival soldiered on, and is planning to keep the party going yet again — rain or shine.

The part pool party, part electronic dance music festival shenanigans kick off Friday, Aug. 9, and the lineup features renowned DJs including Gorgon City, Green Velvet, AC Slater, Chris Lorenzo and more.

Whether you're a Splash House first timer or you're just interested in learning more about this festival in your backyard, here's our complete guide to Splash House 2024.

What is Splash House?

Splash House is a co-production of Goldenvoice, the promoters behind the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and Stagecoach country music festival, that was founded in 2013 by desert locals (and siblings) Tyler and Kelly McLean.

The event, which takes place across three Palm Springs hotels, is the city’s largest summer concert, continually drawing thousands despite its occurrence during the area’s slowest (and hottest season). All artists perform poolside, so festivalgoers can kick back, cool off and enjoy an array of EDM acts while taking a dip.

Its After Hours at the Air Museum events also bring in big DJs — including the likes of Duke Dumont and John Summit this year — who perform next to the hangars at the Palm Springs Air Museum once the sun has gone down and the poolside DJs are done spinning for the day.

When and where does Splash House take place?

Splash House takes place across two weekends in August this year:

• Weekend 1: Aug. 9-11

• Weekend 2: Aug. 16-18

All performances are spread across three Palm Springs hotels:

• Renaissance Palm Springs Hotel, 888 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way

• Margaritaville Resort Palm Springs, 1600 N. Indian Canyon Drive

• Saguaro Palm Springs, 1800 E. Palm Canyon Drive

Who’s performing at the 2024 Splash House music festival?

Unlike last year, there was no June edition of Splash House 2024, but there are two weekends of the festival in August. The complete lineup (combining the artists from both weekends) is as follows:

• AC Slater

• Aimmia

• Airwolf Paradise

• Austin Millz

• Biianco

• Bijou

• Biscits

• BODY HI By Alesso

• Bruno Furlan

• Brux

• Chris Lorenzo

• Disco Dom By Dombresky

• Distant Matter

• DJ Topgun

• Dr. Fresch

• Duke Dumont

• Essel

• Ewan Mcvicar

• Fly With Us

• Girl Math (Vnssa B2b Nala)

• Gorgon City B2b Green Velvet

• Hugel

• Jaguar

• Jengi

• John Liwag

• John Summit

• Joshwa

• Ky William

• Lavern

• LF System

• Life On Planets

• Linska

• Manics (DJ Set)

• Martin Ikin

• Meduza

• Millk

• Moon Boots

• Nitti

• Odd Mob & Omnom: Hyperbeam

• Patrick Topping

• Riordan

• Salvatore Ganacci

• SG Lewis

• Ship Wrek

• Solardo

• Strawbry

• Sunday Scaries

• The Blessed Madonna

• Tinzo + Jojo

• Tobehonest

• Truth X Lies

• TSHA

• Wenzday

• Wes Mills

How do I get tickets to Splash House?

Those interested in attending Splash House 2024 have limited options left. Weekend 2's daytime festivities are entirely sold out, but there are some tickets remaining for After Hours at the Air Museum. As for Weekend 1, there are limited tickets available for both daytime events and After Hours.

Weekend 1 GA - Last Call ($269)

• Grants you admission to one weekend of Splash House

• Grants you access to the host resorts (the Renaissance, Saguaro, and Margaritaville) and transportation on festival shuttles running between the venues

• Does not include After Hours events admission (access to those events must be purchased separately)

Combo Pass - Last Call ($320)

• Grants you admission to everything the GA pass gives you access to

• In addition, grants you access to After Hours programming at the Palm Springs Air Museum

If you're not feeling the daytime events, you have the option to purchase After Hours-only passes:

GA ($96 for Weekend 1, $123 for Weekend 2)

• Grants you admission to Friday and Saturday's After Hours dance parties at the Palm Springs Air Museum (doors open at 9 p.m. both nights and event runs until 2 a.m.)

• Grants you access to shuttles that will run both nights between the museum and Splash House host hotels

VIP ($161 for Weekend 1, no longer available for Weekend 2)

• Grants you admission to everything the GA After Hours pass gets you

• In addition, grants you admission to the hangar, which includes a private bar, specialty drinks, air-conditioned restrooms, comfortable seating and a reserved stage viewing area

Note: Shuttles will run both nights between the Air Museum and Splash House host hotels. For more information or to purchase, visit splashhouse.com/pass-types/.

Any rules or logistics to be aware of?

Rules to keep in mind at Splash House:

• Each guest must be 21+ in order to attend

• Each guest needs to pick up their own wristband for ID check

• Parking is available at the hotels for hotel guests only

Other things to keep in mind:

• Parking is available at the Palm Springs Air Museum for an additional fee ($39 for one day or $64 for both Saturday and Sunday)

• Splash House shuttles are complimentary for anyone who's purchased a pass, and they run between all venues, including the air museum

• All wristbands will be available for pickup just before each weekend at the Splash House box office (usually located at the Palm Springs Convention Center, but yet to be announced for this year)

• Re-entry is allowed at all venues, subject to capacity

• Hotel programming runs Saturday & Sunday from noon until sundown

What impact does Splash House have on the local economy?

On Aug. 11, 2023, Splash House marked its 10th anniversary with a celebration at the Renaissance Palm Springs Hotel. Several members of the Palm Springs City Council were in attendance to proclaim Aug. 11 "Splash House Day," and to discuss the positive impact the decade-long festival has had on the local tourism industry.

The festival is Palm Springs' largest summer concert and draws thousands of attendees during the city's slowest and hottest months of the year, councilmembers agreed. Then-Palm Springs Mayor Grace Garner said Splash House brought $20 million to the city during its three weekends in 2022 alone (the year it expanded to three weekends), and booked 50,000 room nights in the area in its first decade.

Garner told The Desert Sun she thought it was a "great idea" in 2013 because it was targeted to a younger demographic of people in the early-to-late 20s and it was the kind of event Palm Springs was looking for during the summer months.

"It's not surprising to me that it's taken off and it's still that early-to-late 20s crowd that comes out, and that's also impressive. Tyler and his team are still making the event appeal to a younger audience, which is so cool," Garner said.

Desert Sun reporter Brian Blueskye contributed to this report.

Niki Kottmann is The Desert Sun's features editor, and she oversees all the health, education and arts/entertainment coverage for the paper. You can reach her at [email protected].

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