The Ridgecrest Petroglyph Festival is an annual weekend-long festival held in Ridgecrest, California, celebrating the Coso people, and specifically the 10,000-year-old petroglyphs of the Coso Rock Art District.
[2] Events include an intertribal powwow, street fair, and guided tours to the local petroglyphs.
The festival is focused on petroglyphs, with several tours throughout the weekend, organized by the Maturango Museum in Ridgecrest.
Big and Little Petroglyph Canyons, the sites of the Coso petroglyphs, are located within the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, creating an undisturbed home for over 20,000 documented images.
The 2014 festival featured a performance by famed Native American flautist R. Carlos Nakai (Navajo/Ute).