After 35 years as the world’s longest-running and most iconic music festival and party for LGBTQ women, The Dinah has entered a new chapter. Founder and producer Mariah Hanson has sold the legendary Palm Springs–based event to queer event producer and longtime Dinah Operations Manager Bella Barkow and veteran Dinah emcee, reality television personality, and real estate entrepreneur Rose Garcia.
The acquisition ensures that The Dinah remains independently owned, community-led, and firmly rooted in LGBTQ+ culture. The festival will now operate under BellaRose Productions, a newly formed company founded by Barkow and Garcia. Organizers say the transition represents both continuity and evolution for an institution that has shaped queer women’s spaces for more than three decades.