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Heavy Metal is a 25-foot green metal cactus sculpture by Don Kennell and Lisa Adler, shaped like the rock hand sign. Shown at the October 2023 Power Trip festival, it is listed in 2026 on Towne Street in downtown Indio.
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Heavy Metal giant cactus
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Site-level location · 33.7150° N, 116.2298° W
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Heavy Metal is a 25-foot cactus made from green metal, designed by Don Kennell and Lisa Adler, according to Visit Greater Palm Springs. Its arms form a rock-and-roll hand sign. The piece was shown in October 2023 at the all-metal Power Trip Festival, held at the Coachella festival site and run by the same organisers as Coachella.
The tourism bureau's April 2026 guide to Coachella-linked art lists it in downtown Indio on Towne Street, in the same grassy lot as The Messengers, the robot sculptures by Kumkum Fernando that debuted at Coachella in 2023.
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Visit Greater Palm Springs listed Heavy Metal in April 2026 as a 25-foot green cactus in a grassy lot on Towne Street, next to The Messengers sculptures.
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In downtown Indio on Towne Street near Bliss Avenue, in the grassy lot shared with The Messengers, per Visit Greater Palm Springs (April 2026). Visible from Towne Street.
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