Tropical Events

Tropical Events Tropical is a legendary West Coast event series that recently celebrated 25 years in business. In 2024 Tropical hosted 6 events - 3 in Oregon and 3 in California!. In 2024 Tropical works more as a collaborative force, bringing people together for more dynamic and successful results.

🌴 Tropical was founded in 1998 by Ben Annand with a vision to improve the image of electronic music events by creating a high-quality production that also raises money and awareness for the less-fortunate. There have been over 90 Tropical events in California, Washington, Hawaii, and Oregon since, over which time the nonprofit party has raised over $33,000 for charitable causes.

Tropical start

ed in a warehouse on October 9, 1998, and moved around to different warehouses in its first 5 years. In 2004 things got experimental with the first-ever Tropical Boat Party, and other formats were later added including Tropical Campout (2007), Tropical Beach Party (2009), and Tropical Oasis Retreat (2011).

Tropical Oasis Retreat happened 6 times in Southern California before jumping to a truly Tropical desination - Hawaii - in January 2018 (Tropical Oasis Retreat Kau'ai). Tropical followed in 2019 with a 400-person extravaganza right on the beach on Maui. After fortuitously planning 2020 off after NYE in California, Tropical returned to Hawaii December 2021 for it's 3rd Hawaiian Island - Tropical Oasis Retreat Big Island. Stay tuned if we make it 4!

After 25 years, 2024 is a year of change for Tropical. Mostly we plan to work as a collaborative force, bringing people together for more dynamic and successful results.

Here are some collaborations we have planned:


April 6, 2024 Mazatlan Mexico. Tropical hosts Saturday night dance music at Portal Eclipse Festival, ahead of Monday April 8th's total solar eclipse. For information on tickets and vacation packages, visit Facebook.com/tropaztlan

Sept 27-29, 2024 Tropical celebrates 26 years in Frazier Park, CA at a stunning and modern Girl Scout camp in. their off-season. Up to 6 other collaborators will be pulled in to host different cabin and tent villages in this gorgeous spot with over 200 beds, heated swimming pool and 5400 foot elevation just over an hour from Los Angeles.

Tropical Hot Tub Oasis Retreat is in 5 weeks!Get tickets at tinyurl.com/tropical27yearContinuing our Artist features A-Z...
08/22/2025

Tropical Hot Tub Oasis Retreat is in 5 weeks!

Get tickets at tinyurl.com/tropical27year

Continuing our Artist features A-Z, our next set of 5 DJ features will be:

Luis Triptych
Matthew Brian
Matty Be
Megalina
Michael Be

Look for each specific artist feature daily over the next few days!

Taking a pause from Artist Features to tell you more about our stunning location for Tropical Hot Tub Oasis Retreat and ...
08/20/2025

Taking a pause from Artist Features to tell you more about our stunning location for Tropical Hot Tub Oasis Retreat and 27-Year Anniversary!

First of all, please note that although the nearest city to the event is Anza, we are no longer naming the nearest city to private outdoor events in order to keep our locations safe. We are not trying to attract locals or local attention to the event, and we do not want the wrong people to know about it and jeopardize our future here or anywhere..

You will notice our flyers now say "Anza Borrego Mountains" as does the event page. Flyers can be shared anywhere, and the event page is public, so this is safer.

Next year expect us to dive deeper underground, and to make our event pages and all info private to invited friends. Please assess the political climate around us, and agree that taking precautions now is very wise ;)

If you find this a little confusing, all you have to do is ask! It is much to our advantage to be a little confusing to the county and local sheriff!

And it's not that we are doing anything wrong, it's just that they may not interpret event as 'private' if it comes to their attention in public forums. Our legality hinges on being a private event.

For the same reason, please note our branding as a retreat. Retreat implies small and private. While festival implies large and public. Think about it...

Moving on, check out on the graphic with all the amazing features this stunning location offers in year 1 of development!

Working together with our kind friends at to accelerate the development process through their access to heavy machinery, things are starting to really move here to add to the list! For example, we expect 3-4 working hot tubs on site for this year's event, but there are actually 10 total possible :)

The best thing about this place is the amazing owners who have no other plans for the space but to create a beautiful, open container for beautiful gatherings like this! It will only get better with time!

The location is available, selectively, for booking through /

Text 541-543-3341 or email benannand@gmail for inquiries

Taking a pause from Artist Features to tell you more about our stunning location for Tropical Hot Tub Oasis Retreat and ...
08/20/2025

Taking a pause from Artist Features to tell you more about our stunning location for Tropical Hot Tub Oasis Retreat and 27-Year Anniversary!

First of all, please note that although the nearest city to the event is Anza, we are no longer naming the nearest city to private outdoor events in order to keep our locations safe. We are not trying to attract locals or local attention to the event, and we do not want the wrong people to know about it and jeopardize our future here or anywhere..

You will notice our flyers now say "Anza Borrego Mountains" as does the event page. Flyers can be shared anywhere, and the event page is public, so this is safer.

Next year expect us to dive deeper underground, and to make our event pages and all info private to invited friends. Please assess the political climate around us, and agree that taking precautions now is very wise ;)

If you find this a little confusing, all you have to do is ask! It is much to our advantage to be a little confusing to the county and local sheriff!

And it's not that we are doing anything wrong, it's just that they may not interpret event as 'private' if it comes to their attention in public forums. Our legality hinges on being a private event.

For the same reason, please note our branding as a retreat. Retreat implies small and private. While festival implies large and public. Think about it...

Moving on, check out on the graphic all the amazing features this stunning location offers in year 1 of development!

Working together with our kind friends at Fire Tribe to accelerate the development process through their access to heavy machinery, things are starting to really move here to add to the list! For example, we expect 3-4 working hot tubs on site for this year's event, but there are actually 10 total possible :)

The best thing about this place is the amazing owners who have no other plans for the space but to create a beautiful, open container for beautiful gatherings like this! It will only get better with time!

The location is available, selectively for booking through Ben Annand / Bridge to Paradise

Text 541-543-3341 or email benannand@gmail for inquiries

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541 Willamette Street, Suite 102
Eugene, OR
97401

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