Esalen Institute is open! However, Highway 1 to the south is closed — please review the current travel advisory.
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Due to road closures along Highway 1 to our north and south, Esalen is closed through April 11.
Esalen Institute is open! However, Highway 1 to the south is closed — please review the current travel advisory.

Esalen opens May 3, 2024

Visitors are now able to access Esalen as well as other businesses and trails in northern Big Sur via twice-daily convoys on Highway 1 operated by Caltrans.

Convoys run only at 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. each day. These are the only opportunities to travel into and out of Big Sur, so visitors must plan accordingly.

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Marques Wyatt

In the annals of dance music, DJ Marques Wyatt has earned his rightful spot in the upper echelons alongside the genre’s brightest lights. Through his tireless efforts, both on the turntables and as the figurehead and promoter of some of the West Coast’s most stellar parties, including the seminal Deep LA, Marques has been instrumental in putting Los Angeles on the dance music map. He has given LA’s dance scene in the electronic music industry the coveted credibility to rival New York and Miami. 

Marques is one of the few DJs who have managed to cross pollinate audiences and merge at least two generations of music fans on his dance floors. He is in demand at clubs, as well as on the festival circuit — stateside and abroad. Marques' unerring, knowledgeable selections are sure to stir up some emotions and are known to turn huge dance floors into intimate rituals. 

Marques Wyatt is a seminal pioneer and one of the most respected DJs in the United States. A West Coast legend and founder of the long running (20 years) institution for dance music, DEEP-LA, Marques' selections are sure to stir up some emotions and are known to turn huge dance floors into intimate rituals.

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Marques Wyatt

In the annals of dance music, DJ Marques Wyatt has earned his rightful spot in the upper echelons alongside the genre’s brightest lights. Through his tireless efforts, both on the turntables and as the figurehead and promoter of some of the West Coast’s most stellar parties, including the seminal Deep LA, Marques has been instrumental in putting Los Angeles on the dance music map. He has given LA’s dance scene in the electronic music industry the coveted credibility to rival New York and Miami. 

Marques is one of the few DJs who have managed to cross pollinate audiences and merge at least two generations of music fans on his dance floors. He is in demand at clubs, as well as on the festival circuit — stateside and abroad. Marques' unerring, knowledgeable selections are sure to stir up some emotions and are known to turn huge dance floors into intimate rituals. 

Marques Wyatt is a seminal pioneer and one of the most respected DJs in the United States. A West Coast legend and founder of the long running (20 years) institution for dance music, DEEP-LA, Marques' selections are sure to stir up some emotions and are known to turn huge dance floors into intimate rituals.

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