Film premiere / Shoshone
Opening night
Ted Faye’s Weird Tales film premiere, reception, and Q&A at the Shoshone Flower Building.
View Friday scheduleThree improbable days in the desert
Weird
Tales
Festival
A gathering for the curious, the creative, and anyone who has ever looked up and wondered.
- 14
- November
2026 - Tecopa,
- California
400 Hot Springs Rd.
STORYTELLING + OPEN MICFILM PREMIEREARTISTS + VENDORSFOOD TRUCKSFUNDRAISER FOR SIFPD
01 / The invitation
Come for the
strange. Stay
for the stories.
Somewhere between the hot springs and the stars, a small town gets gloriously weird. Spend a day with desert makers, tall-tale tellers, musicians, filmmakers, and fellow seekers—and come together for a good cause: supporting the Southern Inyo Fire Protection District.
02 / Field notes
Three days of odd delights
From Friday night to Sunday evening,
there is plenty to discover.
Art, storytelling & vendors / Tecopa
Weird Tales & Weird Tales
Weird Tales Open Mic, a Temple of the Weird filled with art, a Vendor Fair, food trucks, and Weird Tales’ second screening! All at the Tecopa Community Center.
View Saturday scheduleField trips & excursions / Mojave Desert
Keep wandering
Explore Cathedral Canyon, Tecopa Mines, China Ranch, and other desert destinations. Details to come.
View Sunday schedule
Friday, November 13 / Shoshone Flower Building
A strange film for opening night.
Something strange is waiting after sundown. Ted Faye’s Weird Tales arrives in Shoshone for a premiere, reception, and Q&A—an opening-night transmission for anyone who likes their desert stories a little unexplainable.
Details are still taking shape; consider this your invitation to reserve the evening and follow the signal.
See the full film premiere listing on the schedule
Saturday, November 14 / 12:00pm – 5:00pm
Midday in the Desert with Artesia Belle
You are invited to join Artesia as she hosts weird tale-tellers on stage in an open mic storytelling, music, and interviews experience on November 14th from 12:00pm – 5:00pm to share your weird tale.
Read all the Artesia Belle information on the scheduleSaturday / Temple of the Weird
The Temple of the Weird
When intentions and synchronicities meet for tea, they rendezvous at the Temple of the Weird.
Enter a dimensional paradox within the Mojave where the detritus of this reality finds meaning. This is your sneak peek at the place where the creatures of the hot springs leave their prayers. Join them for a sacred community conjuring built by local artists.
Saturday / YouTube meet & greet
Meet the Mojave video makers.
Wonderhussy Adventures, Tecopa Mines, and Wandering Jeepsy each document a different route into the strange, beautiful edges of the Mojave.
See the full YouTuber meet & greet listing on the schedule
Wonderhussy Adventures
Wonderhussy follows remote desert weirdness, from hot springs and ghost towns to abandoned mines and the stories they hold.
Tecopa Mines
Tecopa Mines goes beneath the surface with mine lore and close-up looks at the workings that make this corner of the desert uncanny.
Wandering Jeepsy
Wandering Jeepsy brings an off-grid, overland perspective to remote roads, camps, and the unexpected communities along the way.
Saturday / After dark / Under the stars
The strange signal returns.
After dark, Ted Faye’s Weird Tales returns for a second screening beneath the Mojave stars. Placeholder art for now; final start time and viewing details to come.
See the second screening listing on the scheduleSunday / Field trips & excursions
Go farther into the Mojave.
Join Ted Faye and fellow guides for a day of wandering through canyon walls, mine shafts, desert stages, and date palms. The location descriptions below are placeholder copy; times and routes are still taking shape, and the schedule has the latest list.
See the full field-trip details on the schedule
Cathedral Canyon
Follow sculpted canyon walls into a natural stone cathedral carved by the desert.
Tecopa Mines
Look into Tecopa’s mining history and the hidden workings beneath the wide-open sky.
Amargosa Opera House
Visit a legendary desert stage where performance, history, and the uncanny share a roof.
China Ranch
Wander among date palms at a remote ranch tucked into the folds of the Amargosa Valley.
03 / The scenery
Otherworldly
by nature.
Tecopa is a tiny oasis with big horizons. Come curious; leave with a few new coordinates.
Field guide / Getting here
Find your way
to Tecopa.
Routes from the high desert, the valley, and the coast converge at the Tecopa Community Center.
Route notes
Tecopa
directions.
Use these approach routes to reach the Tecopa Community Center at 400 Hot Springs Road.
Pahrump (about 40 minutes)
- Head West on NV SR-372 for about 25 miles. Note: NV SR-372 becomes CA SR-178 at the state line.
- Turn Left at the stop sign onto CA SR-127 South and continue about 5 miles.
- Turn Left onto Tecopa Hot Springs Road and continue for about 2.7 miles.
- Turn Right at the stop sign to enter the parking lot of the Tecopa Community Center at 400 Hot Springs Road.
Las Vegas (about 1 hour and 40 minutes)
- Take NV SR-160 W (Blue Diamond Road) out of Las Vegas for about 37 miles.
- Turn Left onto Tecopa Road/Old Spanish Trail Highway and continue for about 35 miles.
- Turn Right at the triangle onto Tecopa Hot Springs Road and continue for about 1.8 miles.
- Turn Left at the stop sign to enter the parking lot of the Tecopa Community Center at 400 Hot Springs Road.
Death Valley (about 1 hour and 20 minutes)
- Take CA SR-190 East and continue for about 30 miles.
- Turn Right onto CA SR-127 South and continue for about 32 miles.
- Turn Left onto Tecopa Hot Springs Road and continue for about 2.7 miles.
- Turn Right at the stop sign to enter the parking lot of the Tecopa Community Center at 400 Hot Springs Road.
Los Angeles (about 4 hours)
- Take I-10 East towards San Bernardino for about 40 miles.
- Take Exit 58A for I-15 North towards Barstow/Vegas.
- Continue on I-15 North for about 120 miles.
- Take exit 246 for CA SR-127 toward Death Valley and continue for about 23 miles.
- Turn Right onto Tecopa Hot Springs Road and continue for about 2.7 miles.
- Turn Right at the stop sign to enter the parking lot of the Tecopa Community Center at 400 Hot Springs Road.
04 / Make a plan
See you in
Tecopa.
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Shoshone Flower
Shoshone Flower
Building
117 N. State Highway 127
Shoshone, CA 92384
Friday, Nov. 13
Ted Faye ‘Weird Tales’ Film Premiere & Reception
6:00pm – 9:00pm
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Tecopa Community
Tecopa Community
Center
400 Tecopa Hot Springs Road
Tecopa, CA 92389
Saturday, Nov. 14
Art, Storytelling & Vendor Fair
10:00am – 5:00pm
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Bring a layer.
Bring a layer.
Bring a story.
Desert days are warm, nights are magic. Comfortable shoes recommended; costumes encouraged.
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to stay.
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