A Tribal Oasis MoutainMuse Festival: Cozy Mountain Cabins

Gather round, friends — the Mountains are calling

In the green mountains just North West of Santa Monica, up the winding, leafy Old Topanga Canyon Road, you’ll find Tribal Oasis — a haven from the pavement on 12 mountain acres in Hondo Canyon — perhaps Topanga’s wildest and most pristine canyon. To walk the grounds is to enter a rustic realm that decades of SoCal sprawl and monoculture has left behind — a Bohemian grove of oak trees and a dozen motley-colored cabins, each with it’s own adorable spirit and earthy aesthetic, all tucked away in the folds of the astonishing topography. There’s a path on the grounds, that’ll lead you up the side of a mountain to take in a fuller perspective. And right outside the main house is the most humbling view of these sublime Santa Monica Mountains. You won’t believe that you’re in the heart of LA County, the most populous county in the country — it simply doesn’t make sense how such peace and majesty has been preserved, but there it is.

And so, we groupmuse, in a manner most immersive, most ecstatic. That’s right: Tribal Oasis is welcoming us in for a 24 hours mini-festival of some of the greatest music ever made. We’re bringing ten of the best classical and jazz musicians in LA for a day and night and morning of the sublime. We’ll have five fully-fledged groupmuse performances over the course of these 24 hours, featuring a classical string quartet and a jazz ensemble, but peppered throughout the experience will be emergent happenings: A solo cellist for 15 minutes under an oak tree, a vibraphone-bass duo by the babbling brook, jazz guitar in a train-car cabin, and more.

The plan

12 noon — Doors, first arrivals
1.30 pm — String Quartet by the river
4 pm — Jazz Sextet at the main house
6.30 pm — String quartet on the porch
—7.30 pm Dinner—
9 pm — Jazz Sextet up on the mountain
—Midnight performance TBA—
7.30 am — Yoga
8.30 am — Breakfast
10 am — Final morning musical performance
12 noon — Final Departures

A delicious and wholesome dinner will be provided to all and a simple breakfast will be there for those who spend the night.

Tickets

We’ve got three tiers of tickets:
1. A Saturday day pass that includes dinner for $100
2. An overnight pass for those that want to bring a tent and camp these grounds for $200
3. A night in an absolutely adorable and luxurious mountain cabin, complete with a bathroom and a kitchenette for $300 — but we’re only selling those slots in groups of two for $600

Ticket Tiers

• 🌅 Day passes
• 🏕️ Camping passes
• 🏡 Cozy mountain cabins

What's the music?

Jake Chapman Vibes

Nicole McCabe Sax

Mark Ferber Drums

Jacob Scesney Sax/Clarinet

Hannah White Violin

Nadav Peled Guitar

Jake Leckie Bass