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EMBERLINE

September 19–20, 2026 · The Quarry

EMBERLINE

Two nights of sound, talks, and light. One quarry. One stage. Dusk until the stone goes quiet.

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The Quarry, Redrock, Arizona · Gates 5:00 PM · First talk 6:30 PM

The gathering

A weekend in the stone.

Emberline is a two-night festival cut into a working quarry outside Redrock. Talks at dusk, music after dark, light against the cliffs until morning. No second stage, no sprawl, no sponsor wall on the rim.

Capacity is the point. The bowl holds a thousand people if we are careful, and we are. Bring a jacket. The desert drops fast after the last set.

September 19–20, 2026. Gates 5:00 PM .

Agenda

Two nights, one room.

Saturday

Sep 19

  1. Gates & desert market

    Arrive

  2. Opening remarks

    Talk

    Maya Chen

  3. Designing for dusk

    Talk

    Jules Okonkwo

  4. Live set

    Music

    Northroom · Kenji Mora

  5. Light walk through the bowl

    Talk

    Lila Hart

  6. Late set

    Music

    Vera Coil

  7. Quiet hours / camp

    Close

Sunday

Sep 20

  1. Coffee & field notes

    Break

  2. Workshop: field recording

    Talk

    Samir Rao

  3. Lunch in the quarry

    Break

  4. Panel: cities after dark

    Talk

    Ada Voss, Jules Okonkwo

  5. Closing set

    Music

    The Low Hundreds

  6. Last light, last dance

    Music

  7. Close

    Close

Voices

Six people who work in the dark on purpose.

  • Jules Okonkwo

    Lighting designer, Studio Umbra

    Builds night as a material — wash, cut, and afterimage — for stages that refuse a black box.

  • Maya Chen

    Festival director

    Runs Emberline from a folding table and a radio. Wants fewer stages, longer nights, and no branding on the cliffs.

  • Samir Rao

    Field recordist & composer

    Collects quarry wind, insect beds, and distant freight. Turns them into scores you feel in the ribs.

  • Ada Voss

    Architect, Night Cities Lab

    Designs public rooms that work after dark: plazas, pools, and the quiet edges of a crowd.

  • Kenji Mora

    Live electronics, Northroom

    Two decks, no laptop theatrics. Low-end that sits in the stone and does not rush.

  • Lila Hart

    Curator, Desert Light Fund

    Commissions work that has to survive dust, heat, and a thousand phone cameras — then still look like itself.

Passes

Pick how you enter the bowl.

Numbers are live. When a pass hits zero, it is gone — we do not oversell the quarry.

  • Early Access

    First through the gate. Gone.

    $75

    • Full weekend
    • Printed map
    Sold out
    Sold out

  • General Admission

    Both nights, one stage, the bowl.

    $110

    • Full weekend
    • Desert market access
    284 of 900 remaining
    RSVP for this pass

  • Quarry Pass

    Dinner, deck seating, and a quieter view of the stone.

    $195

    • Full weekend
    • Saturday supper
    • Viewing deck
    41 of 180 remainingMost requested
    RSVP for this pass

  • Community

    Student, local, and working-artist rate.

    $40

    • Full weekend
    • Limited run
    19 of 80 remaining
    RSVP for this pass

Ground

The Quarry, Redrock.

A worked-out sandstone pit twenty minutes north of town. One road in, one gate, camping on the south rim. Phones work if you stand still. Shade is scarce — the grove is the only guaranteed cover.

Quarry Road, Redrock Canyon
Redrock, Arizona

The Bowl

Main stage cut into the quarry floor. Standing room.

RSVP

Hold a place in the bowl.

Name, email, pass. We send a confirmation and a map the week of. Payment is collected later — this reserves capacity, not a refundable ticket.

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