ANAHEIM, Calif. — It just doesn’t feel like a full year has gone by since we last stepped on the sprawling green grass at the Empire Polo Club in Indio for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and its sister country music event, Stagecoach.
Time has flown by and we’re now just days away from the kickoff of another festival season in the desert. Coachella is scheduled to take place over two weekends, April 14-16 and April 21-23, with headliners Bad Bunny, Blackpink and Frank Ocean, followed by Stagecoach, led by Luke Bryan, Kane Brown and Christ Stapleton, on April 28-30.
Last year, both festivals made mighty comebacks following two very long years of COVID-19 pandemic-forced cancellations. While there was a palpable excitement in the air to return to the festival grounds, there was some hesitation as a variety of suggested protocols was still very much in play, though festival promoters amended their strict policy and decided not to enforce showing proof of COVID vaccinations to attend.
