Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is an annual event held at the Empire Polo Fields in Indio, California featuring musical performances by a number of artists on different stages, showings of independent films, and a number of displays of contemporary art.

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Indio, California - Independent films - Contemporary art

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Coachella is a two day event, whose attendance has steadily increased from about 10 to 20 thousand people at the first Coachella in 1999 to a sold-out 160 thousand in 2004. The event skipped an appearance in 2000.

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1999 - 2004

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The Coachella Music Festival is noted for its desert setting (the Mojave Desert is approximately 50 miles north of Indio). Consequently, daytime temperatures frequently rise to over 100°F (38°C) with little cloud cover or shade, then drops drastically after sunset.

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Desert - Mojave Desert - Indio - F - C

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The typical genres of music represented at the festival are alternative rock, rap/hip hop, and electronica.

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Alternative rock - Rap - Hip hop - Electronica

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