Tickets are on sale now for Modernism Week, the annual festival highlighting mid-century modern architecture, art, interior and landscape design, and vintage culture in the greater Palm Springs area. The fall event takes place from Thursday, October 24 through Sunday, October 27. 

While smaller in scope than the 11-day festival held every year in February,  the October event will offer more than 50 events over four days, including many free and low-cost programs.

New events this year include:

  •       Sinatra’s Rat Pack Homes and  Hangouts Bus Tour.  Climb aboard a double-decker bus and experience the Palm Springs homes and hangouts of the members of the  Rat Pack and their era.
  •       Discover Historic Bel Air Estates in Idyllic Indian Wells.  This first-time walking home tour presents the perfect opportunity to discover an exceptional two-mile area of ungated Indian Wells. The tour includes four distinct mid-century homes and a poolside reception at a 1964 William Cody-designed house.
  •       Firebird Estates Inaugural Neighborhood Home Tour. This exclusive inaugural home tour showcases five meticulously preserved Firebird Estates units that feature striking rooflines, expansive windows, and serene, landscaped grounds.
  •       Villa Cornelia: A Gem in Old Las Palmas. This tour of one of the gems of the Old Las Palmas neighborhood is the finest example of Palm Springs’ early “romantic” architecture.
  •       Desert Stardust: Contemporary Uptown Design District.  This walking tour showcases the second homes of celebrities such as Clark Gable and Carole Lombard and explores an area of Palm Springs that features elegant mid-century modern designs side-by-side with dramatic Spanish Colonial-style structures.

Other fan favorites will also be available like the House of  Tomorrow and the Modernism Week featured home tour of the wildly popular Shag House.  The artist Shag has reimagined a 1958 mid-century Modern home, creating a fully immersive tour experience that will make you feel like you’ve walked into a colorful life-size Shag painting. Book early, this one sells out fast.

Go to  modernismweek.com for tickets and the full schedule of events.

 

Shag House tiki bedroom Michele Stueven

Shag House tiki bedroom (Michele Stueven)