Yucca Valley Sunset Rotary Club

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The Thirteenth Annual Morongo Basin Orchid Festival
Saturday, October 4th from 10-5
Sunday, October 5th from 10-3
Gorgeous Orchids, Fantastic Live Jazz Band, Gourmet Mesquite Grilled Burgers and Kabobs, Exciting Wine & Cheese Tasting, Family Fun, Local Charity Fundraising,...

Please click on the headings at the top of this page for more information, directions, etc.
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In addition to the local charities (click the Beneficiaries link above) who receive donations from the Festival proceeds, all donations to Rotary International's PolioPlus project will be matched dollar for dollar by the Melinda & Bill Gates Foundation. Watch the video to learn more.

Come join us all weekend and listen to the smooth sounds of Jim Palmer & the Jazz Norwegians playing on the Pacific Western Bank stage.

Visit the famous Gubler Orchid nurseries, try the wine & cheese tasting, enjoy mesquite-grilled kabobs or burgers, donate to our beneficiary charities, and relax your weekend away.

Christina Quigley joins Jim Palmer and the Jazz Norwegians

One of the orchids for sale & viewing

Chris Gubler receives the "Service Above Self" Award at the 2007 Festival

Wine & Cheese Tasting Raises Funds for Charities

Mimes at the Morongo Valley Orchid Festival sponsored by Sunset Rotary Club of Yucca Valley

Mime Performers Entertain Festival Goers During the Band's Break

Our Rotary club's primary fundraising event has been the Morongo Basin Orchid Festival, which is now in its thirteenth year. Through this event we have raised and distributed tens of thousands of dollars to local charities and schools -- providing a positive and significant impact on our local communities.

This year the event runs for two days, Saturday and Sunday, October 4th and 5th. As is true every year, the Festival is centered around Gubler Orchids in Landers, California. The Festival offers free behind the scenes tours that are not otherwise available to the public, both free and fee-based orchid classes, many rare orchids for sale, vendors selling unique pottery and crafts, and -- of course-- a FREE live jazz band (Jim Palmer & the Jazz Norwegians), great food and drink for all ages -- including the Trader Joe's wine and cheese tasting--, and much, much more for the entire family including our new Children's Fun Zone!