Arts, Events+Music: The Desert Explodes this Year, Appealing to a New Generation ARTS & EXHIBITS | June 14, 2014 | BY: NICHOLE WRIGHT Los Angeles Examiner | Arts & Entertainment Palm Springs has been declared “haute” in the hip scene again. Could have seen that coming. Thanks primarily to music festivals and well, um lots of disposable income. But it’s not only Palm Springs. There are other special events and festivals springing up all year long, in the entire desert.