The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival an annual music and arts festival held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, located in the Inland Empire’s Coachella Valley in the Colorado Desert. It was founded by Paul Tollett in 1999 and is organized by Goldenvoice, a subsidiary of AEG Live.
The event features many genres of music, including rock, indie, hip hop, and electronic dance music, as well as art installations and sculptures. Across the grounds, several stages continuously host live music. The main stages are: Coachella Stage, Outdoor Theatre, Gobi Tent, Mojave Tent, and the Sahara Tent; a smaller Oasis Dome was used in 2006 and 2011, while a new Yuma stage was introduced in 2013.
The 2017 edition will take place over two weekends, April 14th – 16th and April 21st – 23rd.
Ticket Price: $399 (GA); $899 (VIP)
Headliners
Festival lineup
- Allah-Las
- Amtrac
- Arkells
- Autograf
- BJ the Chicago Kid
- BROODS
- Banks
- Banks & Steelz
- Barclay Crenshaw
- Bastille
- Ben UFO
- Bicep
- Big Gigantic
- Bishop Briggs
- Bixel Boys
- Bleep Bloop
- Blossoms
- Bon Iver
- Bone Thugs N Harmony
- Bonobo
- Botnek
- Breakbot
- Brodinski
- Capital Cities
- Car Seat Headrest
- Caveman
- Chicano Batman
- Chris Lake
- Chuckie
- Classixx
- Crystal Castles
- D.R.A.M.
- DJ Khaled
- DJ Shadow
- DJ Snake
- DREAMCAR
- Daphini
- Denzel Curry
- Devendra Banhart
- Dillon Francis
- Dixon
- Downtown Boys
- Empire of the Sun
- Ezra Furman
- FKJ
- Father John Misty
- Floating Points
- Four Tet
- Francis and the Lights
- Future
- Future Islands
- Galantis
- George Clinton & The Parliament Funkadelic
- Glass Animals
- Goldlink
- Grouplove
- Gucci Mane
- Guided By Voices
- HAYWYRE
- Haana
- Hannah Watts
- Hans Zimmer
- Hinds
- Hot Since 82
- Jack Garratt
- Jagwar Ma
- Jai Wolf
- Jan Blomqvist
- Joseph
- Josh Billings & Nonfiction
- Justice
- Justin Martin
- Kaleo
- Kaytranada
- Kehlani
- Kendrick Lamar
- King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
- King Sunny Ade
- Klangstof
- Lady Gaga
- Lee Fields & The Expressions
- Lee Reynolds
- Lil Uzi Vert
- Liquid Stranger
- Little Dragon
- Local Natives
- Loco Dice
- Lorde
- Mac DeMarco
- Mac Miller
- Majid Jordan
- Marshmello
- Martin Garrix
- Maya Jane Coles
- Mitski
- Moderat
- Monolink
- Mr. Carmack
- Mura Masa
- NAO
- NGHTMRE b2b Slander
- Nav
- Netsky
- New Order
- Nicolas Jaar
- Oh Wonder
- Oscure
- PNL
- PartyWave
- Phantogram
- Pond
- Porkchop
- Porter Robinson & Madeon
- Preoccupations
- Preservation Hall Jazz Band
- Radiohead
- Raury
- Real Estate
- Red Axes
- Richie Hawtin
- Roisin Murphy
- Royksopp
- SOHN
- SURVIVE
- Sampha
- Sasha
- ScHoolboy Q
- Shannon and the Clams
- Shiba San
- Show Me the Body
- Shura
- Skepta
- Solomun
- Steve Angello
- Swet Shop Boys
- T.S.O.L.
- Tacocat
- Tale Of Us
- Tennis
- The Atomics
- The Avalanches
- The Belleville Three
- The Gaslamp Killer
- The Head and the Heart
- The Lemon Twigs
- The Martinez Brothers
- The xx
- Thundercat
- Toots and the Maytals
- Tourist
- Tove Lo
- Travis Scott
- Troy Lanez
- Twin Peaks
- Two Door Cinema Club
- Tycho
- Warpait
- What So Not
- Whethan
- Whitney
- Will Clarke
- XXYYXX
- Yotto
- Zimmer
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