Palm Springs Colors
Inspired by memorable lightings around the country during COVID, two Palm Springs residents have taken the idea to heart – and to home.
Begun on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2021, Alfredo Casuso & David Perry light up the LED powered palm trees in front of their Los Compadres home in ever changing rainbow hues to mark important days in history, national commemorations honoring nonprofits and charities and other significant dates.
It’s an idea they hope will grow and get picked up and magnified at a community and official level.
Schedule
2025
May 3: National Press Freedom Day (GREEN)
May 4: “Star Wars” Day — May the Fourth Be With You (BLUE)
May 12: Florence Nightingale’s Birthday / International Nurses Day (WHITE)
April 5, 2063: “Star Trek” First Contact Day (alternating BLUE & GOLD)
April 12 - 20: Passover (BLUE)
April 20: Easter (PINK & WHITE)
April 22: Earth Day (GREEN)
April 30: Beltrane Celtic Festival (GREEN & RED)
February 7 - Black History Month (RED / GREEN)
February 11 - National Cancer Prevention Month (PURPLE)
February 16 - World Whale Day (BLUE)
January 1 - New Year's Day (White)
January 6 - Three Kings Day / Epiphany (Blue)
January 20 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Red, White & Blue)
January 27 - Holocaust Remembrance Day: 2025, 80th anniversary of liberation of Auschwitz (Purple)
January 28 & 29 - Lunar New Year (Red and Gold)
2024
December: Red & Green for Christmas and the Holiday Season
October 1, 2024: President Jimmy Carter’s 100th Birthday (RED, WHITE & BLUE)
October 9: Stop Bullying Day (ORANGE)
October 10: Mental Health Day (GREEN)
October 11: National Coming Out Day (LAVENDER)
October 12: Spain’s National Day (RED & GOLD)
September 8: “Star Trek Day” (Deep Space BLUE)
September 9: Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month (GOLD)
September 11: 23rd Anniversary of 9/11 (RED / WHITE / BLUE)
September 12 - 16: National Suicide Prevention Week (PURPLE)
September 22: National Centenarian's Day (WHITE)
May 12: International Nurses Day (LIGHT BLUE)
May 14: Founding of Israel Day (BLUE & WHITE)
May 18 - National Armed Forces Day (RED, WHITE & BLUE)
April 2: World Autism Awareness Day & Month (BLUE)
March 1: St. David's Day, Patron of Wales (RED & GREEN)
March 8: International Woman's Day (WHITE)
March 17: St. Patrick's Day (GREEN)
March 19: First Day of Springs (YELLOW)
March 30: Transgender Day of Visibility (PINK & BLUE)
March 31: Easter (PINK)
February 1 - 8; 11 - 29: Black History Month (Red / Yellow / Green)
February 9 & 10: Lunar New Year “Year of the Dragon” (Red)
February 24: Anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine (BLUE & YELLOW)
January 15: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday (RED / WHITE / BLUE)
January 27: Holocaust Memorial Day (BLUE)
2023
December 7 - 15: Hanukkah (BLUE)
December 16 - 31: Christmas & New Years (RED & GREEN)
November 12 - 16: Diwali "Festival of Lights" (RED & DEEP BLUE)
November 18: National Adoption Day: (WHITE)
November 20: UNESCO World Children’s Day (BLUE)
November 23: Thanksgiving (ORANGE)
November 24: Native American Day (GREEN)
October 1: Raccoon Awareness Day (GOLD & WHITE)
October 7: Ageing Awareness Day (BLUE)
October 9: Indigenous Peoples Day (GREEN)
October 11: National Coming Out Day (PURPLE)
October 12: Spain’s National Day (RED & GOLD)