The Stagecoach Country Music Festival and the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival are annual traditions at the Empire Polo Club in Indio. While the festivals share the month of April and happen on consecutive weekends, they usually have some similarities and differences. One of the most significant differences this year was that Stagecoach sold out, which is rare. Coachella ticket sales usually go within a couple of hours, but it took a month for weekend one to sell out, and weekend two sales stalled. Aside from that, the music, food, activations and more give each festival ..read more

We came, we saw, we loved it. Here’s our favorite photos from Weekend 2 of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival. Festival goers move about the Babylon art installation, by Brando Posocco and Madhav Kidao, during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Saturday, April 20, 2024. (Photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, Contributing Photographer) No Doubt’s Gwen Stefani performs at the Coachella Stage during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Saturday, April 20, 2024. (Photo by Jennifer Cappuccio M ..read more

While this year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio is now in the past, Goldenvoice is already looking to the future, having announced the dates for the next installment in 2025. The three-day, two-weekend festival will return on April 11-13 and April 18-20, 2025. Advance ticket sales for general admission and VIP passes will go on sale Friday, June 16, at coachella.com. More information on times and details on ticket pricing will be released soon. In past years, Coachella has reliably sold out for both weekends. However, this year, the second weekend fa ..read more

Leaving his first-ever Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival three years ago, Aidan Martinez was fed up. He’d gone to the festival hoping to catch his favorite acts, and was left sorely disappointed. The reason? The group he came with. “It was a lot of drama and nobody could agree on anything,” Martinez said. In spite of his experience, Martinez decided he wouldn’t call it quits on the festival. Last year, he went alone. Aiden Martinez, of Albuquerque, NM, listens to Victoria Monet perform during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Sunday, Apri ..read more

Sunday, April 21, the final day of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival was the warmest of both weekends and saw fans doing whatever they could to survive the high temperatures while still enjoying the music and activities. Slurpees to the rescue Weekend two of the festival was much hotter than weekend one, so hydration was crucial. And if you’re going to hydrate, why not do it the most delicious way possible with a free Slurpee. The fruity slushies were being poured in small cups for free at the Coachella campgrounds at a booth near the main path to the festival entrance. With flavo ..read more

Doja Cat closed out the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Sunday night with hairy monsters, pyro and everything else a fan could ask for in a headlining set. Doja Cat headlines day three of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio on Sunday, April 21, 2024. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer) Doja Cat performs at the Coachella Stage during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Sunday, April 21, 2024. (Photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, Contributing Photographer) Doja Cat headlines day three of the Coa ..read more

The Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival continues to take the necessary steps to be diverse and inclusive in as many ways as possible. The event has produced a central hub known as the Community to provide a safe environment for anyone in need of them. The space provides resources to help create a better festival experience for people who are disabled, struggling with mental health and more. It also serves as a place where people can skip out on the crowds and hot weather. “Community means an effort to take care of each other and support everybody regardless of who they are, where they ..read more

Imagine being in the crowd during your favorite band’s set when the members announce that this is going to be the last show they’ll ever play. Just like that, you’ve suddenly become one of the last people, ever, to see them live. That’s what happened during Blur’s Weekend 2 Coachella Valley Arts & Music Festival set, and that’s why Emma Kremer-McCarthy argues that the three-day festival is still absolutely worth going to. “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” Kremer-McCarthy said. “We don’t know the next time we’ll be able to come back.” Fans sing along as Renee Rapp performs at the ..read more

Kid Cudi apparently injured his ankle at the end of his Coachella Valley Arts & Music Festival performance Sunday, April 21, ending his set early. Kid Cudi performs in the Sahara tent during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio on Sunday, April 21, 2024. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer) Kid Cudi performs in the Sahara tent during day three of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio on Sunday, April 21, 2024. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer) Kid Cudi performs in the Sahara tent during the Coachella Valley Mus ..read more

From music to fashion, here’s everything we saw during Day 3 of Weekend 2 at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Sunday, April 21. Doja Cat headlines day three of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio on Sunday, April 21, 2024. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer) Atarashii Gakko! performs in the Gobi tent during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio on Sunday, April 21, 2024. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer) From left, Hannah Fernando and Bridget Williams of New Zealand ..read more