The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is an annual music and arts festival.
The event features musical artists from many genres of music, including rock, pop, indie, hip hop and electronic dance music.
Across the grounds, several stages continuously host live music.
The festival's origins trace back to a 1993 concert that Pearl Jam performed at the Empire Polo Club while boycotting venues controlled by Ticketmaster.
Organizers began permitting spectators to camp on the grounds in 2003, one of several expansions and additions in the festival's history.
The festival was not held in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Coachella showcases popular and established musical artists as well as emerging artists and reunited groups.
It is one of the largest, most famous, and most profitable music festivals in the United States and the world.
Each Coachella staged from 2013 to 2015 set new records for festival attendance and gross revenues.
The 2017 festival was attended by 250,000 people and grossed $114.6 million.