Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival

Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, best known as just Coachella, is an annual three-day music festival held in Indio, California. It has taken place every year since the first year in 1999, except in the year 2000. It has had artists ranging from Rage Against the Machine to Nickel Creek. The 2014 festival will have 184 artists. In 2024, the headliners were Lana Del Rey, Doja Cat, and Tyler, The Creator.

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• Goldenvoice's Paul Tollett credits Radiohead's appearance at the 2004 festival (pictured) with elevating the festival's stature.

• Daft Punk's performance at Coachella 2006 is frequently cited as one of the most memorable in the festival's history.

• Björk, the festival's first female headliner, performing at Coachella on April 27, 2007

• The 2012 festival during sunset

• Coachella 2013, with the Do Lab and Helix Poeticus snail visible

• A view of the ferris wheel from the polo grounds during Coachella 2015

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• Blackpink became the first Asian act to headline Coachella in 2023

• Two art installations from Coachella 2014: Lightweaver and Escape Velocity. The latter piece was one of several giant moving art installations designed by Poetic Kinetics for past Coachella festivals.

• Coachella features Global Inheritance's TRASHed :: Art of Recycling campaign, in which artists from across the US design recycling bins.