The La Quinta Arts Festival, the #1 fine arts festival in the nation, takes place this year from March 1-4. Located at the La Quinta Civic Center campus at 78495 Calle Tampico, this a really great way to spend a day or so strolling through the beautiful grounds and enjoying paintings, sculpture, jewelry and many other forms of fine arts from many acclaimed artists.

You can buy your tickets in advance online here. A single day ticket is $17 per person, and a multi day is $22.

Many locals enjoy biking to the festival, using the bike trails on Washington to Calle Tampico, then parking their bikes at either the La Quinta Library, or in the bike racks in Old Town La Quinta. For those who want to drive, valet parking is $15, self parking is $10, or if

We took a look at single family home sales in Andalusia, La Quinta Country Club, Mountain View CC, PGA West, Rancho La Quinta CC, The Citrus and The Palms. We compared sales from 10/1/16-2/23/17 to the most recent 5 month period of 10/1/17-2/23/18. 

We found number of sales down slightly, from 111 last year, compared to 94 this year. Average selling price is up slightly, from $895,086 last year, to $897,712 this year. Number of days on market is also down slightly, to 118 days for most recent 5 month period, compared to 125 days last year.

Here are links to homes for sale in each of these country club communities:

• Homes For Sale In Andalusia
• Home For Sale In La Quinta CC
• Homes For Sale In Mountain View CC
• Home For Sale In PGA