For the past three years people have hitched, driven, flown, bussed, trained and done whatever it took to arrive to Moab Utah for Memorial Day Weekend and the Desert Rocks Music Festival. It is certainly worth the trip, and the audience is not the only ones who sweat to be here…An amazing amount of energy is expended all year long to work out the logistics of creating 4 separate stages, vending areas, food/drink/showers and lining up some of the best regional and national jam bands the 21st Century has to offer. For five afternoons, evenings and 4 sunrises in a row there is non stop entertainment on any one or multiple stages and you can’t help but feel the universe is unfolding just as it should when you are there. Highlight photos from Friday night/Saturday morning by Richard Gagne of Synergy Images

Low impact Desert Rocks sign

Bridget Law & Sage T. Cook of Elephant Revival

Bonnie Paine & Sage T. Cook of Elephant Revival

Jim Lewin of Great American Taxi

Vince Herman & (his son) Silas Herman playing with Great American taxi

Vince Herman shedding light on Desert Rocks

Pete Wall of The Motet

Patrick Sites of Whitewater Ramble

Patrick Latella of Whitewater Ramble

Dave Meservy of Wisebird