Each year, Palm Springs Life readers vote for their favorite businesses, restaurants, attractions, and more across Greater Palm Springs in our city-by-city Best of the Best reader survey. Here are this year’s winners for Best Live Music.
See the complete list of Best of the Best winners at palmspringslife.com/best.
Palm Springs
Agua Caliente Casino Palm Springs
- When: Wednesdays to Saturdays, year-round
- Genres: Folk, jazz, country
- Why Go: Live DJs take over Fridays, 10 p.m.–1:30 a.m. aguacalientecasinos.com
Desert Hot Springs
Delicias Mexican Cuisine
- When: Various dates, year-round
- Genres: Latin
- Why Go: Pair Mexican cooking with intimate live performances. ilovedeliciasmexican cuisine.com
Cathedral City
Agua Caliente Casino Cathedral City
- When: Fridays and Saturdays, year-round
- Genres: Metal, pop, folk, country
- Why Go: Catch free tribute bands and other live entertainment most weekends. aguacalientecasinos.com
Rancho Mirage
Agua Caliente Resort Casino Spa Rancho Mirage
- When: Various dates, year-round
- Genres: Country, rock, Latin
- Why Go: Headlining music and comedy at The Show. aguacalientecasinos.com
Palm Desert
McCallum Theatre
- When: Various dates, September through June
- Genres: Classical, Broadway, blues
- Why Go: The calendar swings from internationally acclaimed performers to homegrown productions at one of the Coachella Valley’s premier performing arts venues. mccallumtheatre.org
Indian Wells
Vicky’s of Santa Fe
- When: Tuesdays to Saturdays, September through June
- Genres: Jazz, country, contemporary
- Why Go: For dinner or drinks in the music lounge. vickysofsantafe.com
La Quinta
Arnold Palmer’s Restaurant
- When: Mondays to Saturdays, September through May
- Genres: Blues, jazz, pop, rock, Latin, country, classical
- Why Go: Pair dinner on Arnie’s Patio with nightly live music. arnoldpalmersrestaurant.com
Indio
Fantasy Springs Resort Casino
- When: Select nights, year-round
- Genres: Rock, country, Latin
- Why Go: Three venues host rock concerts, dance music, and major touring acts. fantasyspringsresort.com
Coachella
Augustine Casino
- When: Fridays to Sundays, year-round
- Genres: Latin, country, rock
- Why Go: Catch weekend performances in a relaxed casino that’s long been a local favorite. augustinecasino.com
