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The Copper Room’s defining feature is its history as a 1950s airport dinner house, revived beside Yucca Valley Airport after years closed. Its restored dining room combines wood paneling, stonework and copper details, with broad windows facing the runway and high desert beyond. It is a restaurant and cocktail lounge as well as a place for live music, so an evening can include dinner or a martini alongside a set, with the occasional small plane landing outside. The calendar lists recurring jazz and blues evenings, old-timey music and DJ nights; many shows begin around 6 p.m. and run for three hours. The venue says events are free unless otherwise specified. You’ll find it at the airport in Yucca Valley, a High Desert town near Joshua Tree.