Anyone living in Los Angeles knows they’re pretty lucky.  You’ve got several show options any night of the week for you self-proclaimed music fiends, a city that never sleeps for those artistically nocturnal types, and an endless array of musical genres to fit any one of your moods.  Sometimes, however, when the going gets tough, the tough get going- to about 3 hours outside the city to Joshua Tree, like they will be doing next weekend to head to the New L.A. Folk Fests Desert Weekend!

Now I’m all for an awesome lineup, most of the bands listed have been around the L.A. block- but the whole get a great bunch of performers and displace them to the desert and I’m so there.  (Who doesn’t love a little impromptu road trip straight to the middle of nowhere?)

Aside from Silverlake staples “He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister,” the lineup also includes Tommy Santee Klaws, Amanda Jo Williams, Mia Doi Todd, The Driftwood Singers- and a few others to softly rock your boots off.  Aside from an entrée of great musical acts, the weekend comes complete with the L.A. Folk Fest’s desert guide that will be GPS-ing you to several little desert hotspots, one of which comes in the form of pseudo ghost town.

Since the weekend is promised to be packed (I made sure to get my tickets in advance to avoid the hassle!) we here at bestnewbands.com decided everyone is deserving of a little impromptu R&R- so give us the best reason of why you need a break from the city (leave it in a comment below) and we’ll hook you up with two tickets for next weekend’s sweet insanity!  For folk’s sake-  separating from the city never sounded so good!  We’ll be announcing the winners Thursday morning, so check back then (or cyberstalk before and scope out your competition!)