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Joshua Tree National Park thanks community and partners; local organizers win Levitt Foundation music series grant
Summary
Joshua Tree National Park officials and local partners credited community support during a federal appropriations lapse; local organizers said they secured a $120,000 Levitt Foundation grant to fund 30 free concerts over three years beginning April 2026.
Joshua Tree National Park Superintendent Jane Rogers formally thanked Twentynine Palms residents and local businesses for supporting park staff during a recent lapse in federal appropriations and acknowledged the Joshua Tree National Park Association’s new role managing the 29 Palms Visitor Center.
Rogers said volunteers and local partners kept morale high during the lapse and enabled the visitor center to remain open. “Without those efforts … we would have been faced with closing that visitor center,” Rogers said, thanking executive director Jackie Guevara and local partner Stone James for their work.
Local arts organizers and grant partners then described a successful application to the Levitt Foundation. Anna Stump, vice chair of the music committee, said the Levitt award totals $120,000 to produce 30 free community concerts over three years, beginning in April 2026. Basinwide Foundation will act as the fiscal sponsor, organizers said, and the series will run in spring and fall each year with the possibility of renewal if the program performs well.
Organizers asked for continued city support and volunteer assistance to ensure the series succeeds; city staff and council thanked volunteers and said staff could help accommodate the series in city programming.
What’s next: Organizers will coordinate logistics, venues and permits with city staff and the Basinwide Foundation and plan the first season for April 2026.
