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Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival

Apr 16 2010 - Apr 18 2010  •  Indio CA  •  Empire Polo Fields
Genre(s): alternative-rock, folk-rock, hard-rock, indie, pop
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Founded: 1999
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Category: Rock
Region: Golden West
Type: Camping Festival

Everything is mega about Southern California's festival of the year—three days and nights of the biggest names in alternative rock, huge crowds, beautiful grassy grounds, gigantic art installations, and the ultimate VIP experience. Having moved up a week last year, it is early enough in the season to beat the daytime desert heat (be prepared for chilly nights). The wild camping scene is part of the experience, but ample condo options for groups wanting to party privately. Sleep when you get home.




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NY Times: Newbies and the Reunited Gather in the Desert

INDIO, Calif. — “We’re Pavement, back from the dead,” Scott Kannberg, Pavement’s rhythm guitarist, told thousands of people gathered on Sunday night at the main stage of the 11th...

LA Times: Coachella festival gets a new lease on life

The Empire Polo Fields are 90 acres of pristine green in a land of craggy brown and represent a field of dreams for music fans as the home of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. But a few years ago, the festival, which brings international travelers together in this small, low-desert city, came close to being buried by bulldozers.

At the height of the real estate boom, owner Alexander Haagen III was tempted to chop up the polo grounds and covert them to...

NYT Arts Beat: Coachella’s Capitalist and Its Naysayer

Coachella’s two head-to-head headliners on Friday night, blasting away simultaneously on adjacent stages, were opposites in some ways. Jay-Z was the triumphal capitalist, touting his business savvy and long-term success with a big band, a full stage production — complete with a video backdrop and an entrance via lift — and a glamorous cameo from Beyonce, his wife, that was topped with fireworks. Public Image Ltd. (PiL on its logo), playing John Lydon’s pioneering post...

Billboard.com: Jay-Z, LCD Soundsystem Bring NYC Party To Coachella

Jay-Z brought his arena-sized stage show -- complete with a guest spot by Beyonce -- to the California desert Friday night (April 16), capping off the triumphant first day of the 11th annual Coachella Music and Arts Festival with a rapid succession of more than a decade's worth of hip hop hits delivered with his trademark braggadocio. The rapper's show, a celebration of ambition and triumph against long odds, was the perfect coda for an event that has has become one of the most respected -...

Festival Spring season gets underway a week earlier than usual

Frequent festival-goers, start your engines.

In years past, we have always considered the fourth weekend in April as the unofficial kickoff of the Spring music festival season, considering the number of important festivals that took place on those dates. Now, with Coachella sticking to its week-earlier schedule and the growing importance of other third-weekend festivals, it seems safe to say that the season kicks off today.

True, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, the...

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