Pure Imagination Fest announces 2024 Lineup feat. Flaming Lips, The Pharcyde, Sylvan Esso, Tanya Tucker and more

The stellar and wide-ranging lineup for the 2024 Pure Imagination Festival coming to beautiful Watson Lake in historic Prescott, AZ on Friday and Saturday, May 17 and 18, 2024 has just been announced. Below is the official poster and media release! (read my coverage of last year's great event HERE)...Robert Kinsler

Pure Imagination Festival will be returning to the awe inspiring granite dells of Watson Lake in historic Prescott, AZ this year. The female-led and curated, all-ages destination festival will return to the site for its third edition, set to take place May 17 & 18, 2024.

This year's festival boasts an impressive bill, headlined by pre-eminent psychonauts The Flaming Lips, who are celebrating the 20th Anniversary of their tour for Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, as well as critically acclaimed indie dance-pop duo Sylvan Esso, revered country artist Tanya Tucker, two-time Grammy Award winner, and hip-hop legends, The Pharcyde. Additionally, the lineup includes Danielle Ponder, The National Parks, Sarah Shook & The Disarmers, The Irie and more. Friday’s kickoff concert lineup will feature singer-songwriter, musician, poet and outspoken activist Michael Franti & Spearhead, as well as Ponderosa Grove.

Ponderosa Grove performing at the Pure Imagination Music Festival in May 2023.
Photo credit: Daryl Weisser

The festival has been the work of Candace Devine, frontwoman of Ponderosa Grove and CEO of Further West, the company that produces Pure Imagination Festival. Devine started the festival out as part of a desire to see Prescott rise as an epicenter for arts, culture and music in the Southwest. The town itself is surrounded by the Prescott National Forest which offers 1.25 million acres of natural, rugged beauty and is a top destination for mountain biking, hiking and bouldering. 

“I am so excited for this year's festival! Pure Imagination has truly become a movement of wonder and joy in our community and it feels more important than ever. In this time when the world feels a little off course, nothing brings a warmer feeling to my heart than knowing we are just a few months away from experiencing true human connection to each other, our beautiful landscape, and a greater communal kindness that comes through all of us from live music,” said Devine.

She continues, “I can't wait to see this year's lineup on our stages along with the addition of the Friday night kick-off concert. What's better than the most magical festival experience? More of it! I am so looking forward to seeing faces that I have seen the last couple years return, and seeing the many new faces that have heard about us and are joining in to add to the magic. It's our festival family that really makes Pure Imagination as special as it is.”

Visit the official Pure Imagination Festival website HERE.