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Coachella
or Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival [ koh-chel-uh ]
What is Coachella?
Coachella is the popular short name for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, an annual music festival held in Indio, California. The festival includes dozens of concerts across multiple stages by popular artists from a variety of genres, including hip hop, rock, and pop.
Coachella is one of the largest and most popular music festivals in the US. It’s known for attracting an extensive lineup of popular headliners and hundreds of thousands of concertgoers, including many celebrities.
Coachella is often considered the unofficial start of the music festival season in the US, with most major festivals happening in the spring and summer after Coachella.
⚡️When is Coachella?
Coachella typically begins on the second or third Friday in April and runs for two weekends. Coachella 2024 will be held the weekends of April 12-14 and April 19-21.
Where does Coachella come from?
Coachella gets its name from the Coachella Valley, which is located in the Colorado Desert, where the festival takes place. The event was started in 1999 by the music promotion company Goldenvoice. For many years, it took place over a single weekend, but has since expanded to span two weekends (with many of the same artists performing on both weekends). The event was originally held in October but was moved to April in 2001.
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- Headlining artists at the first Coachella included Beck and Rage Against the Machine.
- Noteworthy performances at Coachella include Beyoncé in 2018, Prince in 2008, Daft Punk in 2006, and Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg in 2012, which featured a hologram of the late rapper Tupac Shakur.
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