Coachella is the city that is situated in Riverside County in California. It is located 130 miles (210 km) east of Los Angeles. There is a subtropical climate so people can always feel summer there. It is heaven on earth for me because I love the summer climate: the sun, tropical flowers, warm nights.
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Since 1999 there has been is organized Coachella Valley Music Festival and Arts Festival The festival takes place annually and was founded by Paul Tollett. It takes place in the Colorado Desert.
This event brings together different types of music including rock, indie, hip hop and electronic. Music is complemented by wonderful art installations and huge sculptures. Visual art is an important part of the festival. A lot of pieces of art are interactive. It is undisputed kind of attraction for attendees. Paul Clemente who has been Coachella's art director since 2009, said, "I think the level of detail and finish and artistry and scale and complexity and technology, everything is constantly getting notched up, ratcheted up. We're obviously constantly trying to, for lack of a better word, (to) outdo ourselves and make it better for the fans.”.
Since 2003 people participating in the festival have been able to sleep in a campsite. At the 2012 edition of Coachella event there were a general store, showers, mobile phone charging stations and an internet cafe with free WiFi. I think that this is a really exclusive campingsite. Moreover, there were more than 17 000 campers.
The main stages are called: Coachella Stage, Outdoor Theatre, Gobi Tent, Mojave Tent, Sahara Tent, Oasis Dome, Yuma. Summing up there are 7 main stages where the biggest stars like Drake, Kanye West, Jay-Z, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pink Floyd etc. gave concerts.
People in Coachella Festival wear characteristic clothes. Vogue, Elle and other fashion magazines show Coachella outfits that inspire readers. They can say that Coachella created a new fashion style : ethereal light materials, typical body jewelry, short t-shirts that show your belly. It looks fantastic. I really like this style.
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Have you ever taken part in a music festival?
Do you like "climate" Coachella?
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However, despite of the music, I'm not into festivals - I really hate sleeping in a tent, standing in a queue for the shower for a few hours, toi-tois, etc. If I go to another music festival in the future, I'm definately going to rent a room with a normal bed and a shower. :)
Obviously, as Patrycja’s mentioned, there are quite a few inconveniences when it comes to music festivals, but I guess with ‘practice’ one may get used to most of them (well, maybe apart from theft). Although my knowledge of fashion is limited, I’m not so sure whether the style you’ve described is the result of Coachella itself. What about Woodstock Festival from the late 1960s?
BTW, their camp is very impressive
I have taken part in festivals like Juwenalia and other concerts. Climate of Coachella seems to be like Coachella outfits- ethereal, hot and loose.
I really like the music and all the events associated with it. I participated in several music festivals. They were mainly electronic music festivals. Such events have their own unique atmosphere.
I can definitely recommend to all this kind of spending free time :)
I don't like concerts and music festivals, so I don't think that Coachella would be a good place for me. I don't enjoy very loud music and since I got almost killed during a Slayer concert (I got overturned, lost my glasses, got stomped on and crushed; I ended up only with an injured knee), I have tried to avoid large crowds of people;)
I have taken part in music festivals twice. Few years ago I attended to the Coke Music Festival in Cracow with my friends. It was very cool but nothing special. I just expected more. Last year I went to see Florence and the Machine concert at the Orange Warsaw Festival. It was terrible because of the cold weather and poor sound system.
That's why I've never attended any of the music festivals. However, having opportunity to visit LA would be awesome so Coachella festival might be one of the points to check :)
The atmosphere of Coachella sure looks nice but the described climate is a big turn off for me. I usually do not handle hot weather very well, 20 degrees is tolerable for me, but above that amount I prefer to lay on a comfy chair somwhere in a shadow and with a cold drink in my hand.