COACHELLA RISING SHOWCASE

Catch fresh local talent at Coachella Rising Showcase in the VIP Lounge! Multiple artists, 45-minute sets, hosted by Dede Ondishko & Jason Powell. Join us in a closer peek at these rising performers and songwriters as they are about to soar!

"The most attentive appreciative audience I've ever played for." - Performer, Alan Ehrlich

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Full Bar, Small Plates- Arrive Early and Put Your Order In!

DEDE ONDISHKO, Ph.D. (fiddle, keys and vocals) started playing piano at the age of seven at the Peabody Conservatory and went on to Carnegie Mellon University and Eastman School of Music (Ph.D.). Dede is a retired music teacher and continues to enjoy writing concert music. She plays fiddle with both Prickly Pear Jam at O'Caine's on Saturday afternoons and the Scottish Fiddlers of LA seasonally. Dede co-hosts the Bluegrass Jam at Date Palm on the second Sunday of each month. Her favorite thing about music: it connects us heart to heart.

JASON POWELL, Ph.D. is our only true local leprechaun. In disguise during the day hours as a music teacher, musician, author, artist, woodworker, and family man; you can occasionally catch him sneaking about in his true form performing Irish music as "Plastic Paddy's Midlife O'Crisis" or his Irish Duo, "Paradox in Clover" with Dr. Dede Ondishko. ¨Music is the only true magic we have. It brings cultures together, evokes emotions, brings back memories, helps us physically work better, challenges our mental capacities, enhances our faith, brings us genuine happiness, and always meets us right where we are.¨— Dr. Jason Powell

1.30 - Champagne Taylor and the Cool Cats (2 sets)

2.13 - Valentine's Day Theme: 1-Tommy Dodson, 2-Kim & Michelle

2.27 - 1-Alan Ehrlich, 2- TBA

3.13 - Irish and Celtic Roots Music by local Irish Musicians (2 sets)

4.10 - Troy Garza and Joel Baker (2 sets)

4.24 - 1-Ariss Durazo and Radio Ready, 2- TBA

If you are planning on attending with a large group please call ahead to make special arrangements and purchase your block of tickets.

Want more?!

From the producers of COACHELLA RISING SHOWCASE come on up for wild night of music and mayhem with THE SHENANIGANS hosted Dede Ondishko, Jason Powell, and Troy Garza. Or take that first step and sign up for AMERICANA GUEST HOUSE OPEN MIC NIGHT! Click the links for schedules.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

VIP LOUNGE at the Palm Springs Cultural Center, 2300 E. Baristo Rd, Palm Springs, United States