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Jennifer Barmach's Desert Muse Entertainment, LLC has scheduled the second edition of its women's wellness retreat for September 25–27 at Hotel Valley Ho, 6850 East Main Street in Scottsdale.

The festival, which first ran in October 2025, is designed as an inclusive experience for queer, straight, bi, lesbian, trans, and non-binary women. The format blends wellness experiences, movement, meditation, creativity, workshops, and live music into a single immersive weekend.

Barmach founded Desert Muse with the intention of building an annual gathering centered on connection and sisterhood. Hotel Valley Ho, a four-star property in the heart of Old Town, sits seven minutes' walk from Western Spirit: Scottsdale's Museum of the West and less than a mile from the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, making the campus a natural anchor for a culturally oriented retreat.

Who is behind Desert Muse Festival?

The event is the creation of Jennifer Barmach, operating through Desert Muse Entertainment, LLC. Barmach launched the first edition in October 2025 in Scottsdale and has described the festival as an annual experience intended to bring women together through connection and sisterhood.

Registration is open now via Eventbrite. The retreat runs through the evening of September 27.

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