DESERT DAZE
Since day one.

I was there in Mecca, CA (2014)—when Tinariwen played a daytime set and stirred up a literal sandstorm. Blonde Redhead headlined just before Vincent Gallo’s elusive, no-photos performance (not that it stopped me from getting one with him and my twin earlier that day).

Jonathan Mattson & Jared Mattson (The Mattson 2) w/ Vincent Gallo at Desert Daze

Client HOOVERIII, billed on the highly anticipated 10 year anniversary & return of Tame Impala - post torrential downpour chaos.

Desert Daze poster (2014)

Since then, I’ve kept close. Partnered events. Festival bookings for my clients. Leading the deal on a livestream partnership (see HERE).

From the dust to the main stage. Still growing. Still connected.

Projects with Desert Daze include:

booking my clients Tino Drima and Vicky Farewell at DD’s new “Mountain” incarnation at Sweet Water - Mill Valley, CA (manifested in 2023)

Performing w/ my own band Mattson 2 at Desert Daze nights at ACE Hotel Palm Springs & at Desert Daze’s memorable 2018 Sunrise Set, where we played Coltrane’s A Love Supreme

Booking showcases at Gold Diggers, Hollywood & San Diego Freakout Festival for my cleint Pearl & The Oysters

Hooveriii’s Record Release show at Gold Diggers in Hollywood, and their appearance at the highly anticipated 10 year anniversary/return of Tame Impala - post torrential downpour disaster (poster above).

DESERT DAZE Since day one.

I was there in Mecca, CA (2014)—when Tinariwen played a daytime set and stirred up a literal sandstorm. Blonde Redhead headlined just before Vincent Gallo’s elusive, no-photos performance (not that it stopped me from getting one with him and my twin earlier that day).

Since then, I’ve kept close. Partnered events. Festival bookings for my clients. Leading the deal on a livestream partnership (see HERE).

From the dust to the main stage. Still growing. Still connected.

DESERT DAZE
Since day one.