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music festival, Indio, California, United States
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- Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
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Coachella, annual rock festival held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, featuring music on multiple stages. The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival began in October 1999 as a two-day festival. Beck and Rage Against the Machine headlined, and more than 25,000 people attended, but the festival failed to make money. It was held just months after the disastrous Woodstock ’99, and it was unclear if promoters could turn a profit on a weekend-long multistage event. Coachella’s organizers took a year off and then brought the festival back as a one-day event in April 2001. (The change in ...(100 of 305 words)